The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27

ments of defense counsel might be presented when Wynekoop is ar-
 raigned December 4.
 Transcript of the examination of Dr Wynekoop which preceded her
 formal confession" of the death
 was made public to-day by Assist ant States Attorney Charles DOugherty.
 The transcript revealed that the
 mother was questioned concerning the death of her daughter, Mary
 Louise. last April and that she was
 aware of the fact that her son had lost interest in his marriage and
 was going out with other women. It also disclosed new details of Dr Wynekoop's version of the last few minutes preceding the death of her daughter-in-law.
 The transcript in part: Question: On the day of the af- ternoon that Rheta died, when she was on the table, wasn't 1t custom cry for a physician to have some- body present with you when you are administering an anaesthetic to keep track of the pulse? A. Yes. if you are giving a regular anaesthe- tic, but if you are just giving a bit,
 it Is not necessary.
 0. How many fluid irams did
 you use? A. tOh, not fluid drams
 at all, just a few drops. It evapo-
 rates very readily.
 Q. How many times did you put it on the gauge. A. I had done it only once. 0. Were you holding 1t close to her nose?. A. No, l let her hold
 it. It was not close at all to her nose.
 o. What pain was she conl- plaining of. A. The pain in the side, low down.
 o. How long had you been hold ing the gauge. or how long had Rheta been holding the gauge be- fore you noticed anything. A. A very short time.
 Questioning turned to the death of her foster daughter. Dr Wyne- koop said the girl herself had ex- pressed desire to be cremated Il she died. Regarding her sons philanderine Dr Wynekoop said:
 q know that he, was going about some. I knew that. he was more than slightly interested in one young woman, but did not know of any other being of any particu- lar interest to him." Asked whether he ever discussed his marital relations with her, Dl Wynekoop said:
 Mot particularly. He made rath. CT an evasive reference, so that ii inferred the interest was waning somewhat on the part of both oi them, although it was not mani. ! l. .1s. io1 fr the living room.
 Taken before Judge Davis on g
 habeas corpus writ. the hearing
 was postponed to Dec 1, at the
 same time as Dr Wynekoop is due to appear.
 Judge David ordered the young man taken to the county jail and forbade police from moving hin l from there without a court order Dougherty prepared to lodge a l formal charge of murder against l Earle and his mother to-day. To- morrow or Wednesday he will take
 his case before the grand jury. Dr Wynekoop, he will allege fired a bullet which killed Rheta as she lay unconscious from an
 anaesthetic and stripped for med. ical examination. Earle, Dougherty will charge had advance knowledge of his mothers intentions and
 probably aided and melted her to
 kill the wife he considered men
 tally. and physically inferior" | Dougherty sought to obtain in- dictments before Friday when g
 hearing is to be held on a writ ot
 habeas corpus for Dr Alice, who is
 lodged in the county jail. Police
 still had custody of Earle.
 Earle's confession said that he
 killed his wife with chloroform
 and a gun. He re-enacted the scene
 for police but made several errors To prove their own explanation fol the case police took Earle with a travelling companion, Stanley :. Young. to Lockport. Filling station attendants there said Earle was the driver of an automobile which
 stopped there with tire trouble the
 day Rheta died. Young also said Earle was not in Chicago when his
 wife died. Earle later admitted his l nnu fnasinu was a hoax