The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-25

torney, Frank Tyrrell, and another
son. Walker Wynekoop.
She still maintained, however, the
stoical calm which has carried her
through nights and days of nerve
Wracking cross s-eaXminatiOn.
In the courtroom she met her son
Earle, who has termed her signed
confession that his wife died under
her hands pack of lies" They
clasped hands across a table and
Earle burst into tears.
The courts action was fought Bit
terly by police and Charles F.
Dougherty assistant states attorney.
Dougherty said that investigators
believe that DR.. Wynekoop's state
ment that Rheta died from an over~
dose of chloroform and that shot
fired into her body was only an at
tempt to make the death appear
the work of a marauder, was false.
Must Find Evidence
Dougherty said that he did not
wish to file a charge against Earle.
An attempt to prove that DR..
Wynekoop and her son conspired
to slay the girl was dealt a severe
blow by Dr. Wynekoop's confession
yesterday. and police have been un-
able to shake his testimony that he
was in or near Peoria, Ill, at the
time she died.
You'll have to charge him with
something" retorted Judge David.
The court wants to help the police,
but you can't hold a person willy
nilly"
In a few remaining hours, there
fore, the investigators we're given
the task of discovering new evil
dence which two days of continuous
questioning of the youth has failed
to develop.
In the early morning hours detec-
tives removed Enid Hennessey,
school teacher who roomed with the
Wynekoops, from the family home
to take her ito stay with friends"
Miss Hennessey is considered an
important witness.
DR.. Wynekoop confessed that she
fired shot into her daughter-in-
laws body, but only after the girl
was dead Rheta, she said, died
from an overdose of chloroform
while submitting to a medical ex-
animation in her operating room.
She was treating the girl for a pain
in her side
Rheta wanted an anesthetic, she
said, and even poured some of the
chloroform on sponge herself. DR..
Wynekoop then noticed that respi-
ration had ceased and "on an i'm
pulse" she snatched a revolver from
her desk and shot her patient
through the heart, her confession
said.
Jury Returns Verdict
She described her motive as the
method to lease the situation best
of ALL"
This statement had been obtained
after police told the mother that
Earle had confessed to having killed
his wife to save his mother.
Charles S. Dagherty assistant
states attorney, and Coroner Frank
J. Walsh Immediately reconvened a
coroner's jury and presented the
mothers admission of having been
in the room when Rheta died. They
blocked attempts to introduce the
physicians full statement.
The jury returned verdict read
ing:
we, the jury, find that Rheta
Gardner Wynekoop came to her
death on Nov. 81 about the hour of
3 p. m. in the basement of her home
at 3406 West Monroe street, as the
result Of shock and hemorrhage from
a bullet fired in her back. We rec
ommend that DR.. Alice Lindsay
Wynekoop be held to the grand Jury
on charge of murder for the death
and that her accompices, if any. be
arrested and held on similar
charge"
Scratch on Surface"
Far from satisfied, however, was
supervising Captain John Siege,
dogged police investigator, who
claimed that investigators have
only scratched the surface of this
case thus far.
Siege said he intended to main
tain the pressure or the witnesses
until he had delved into all the
background and possible motives"
in the case.
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