The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-24
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After her son, Earle. had been
led away this morning following
q long grilling by police of both
the mother and Earle, DR.. Wyne-
koop was left alone in the private
office of Capt. Thoma- Duffy with
Assistant States Attorney John
Long.
Long was washing his hands
at washbowl. The aged phySi-
clan was sitting in an opposite
corner of the room.
Caught Off Guard
Suddenly the assistant prosecu.
tor turned and said:
"FOr Gods sake, doctor, why
don't you tell what happened in
that operating rOOm?"
For the first time during the
many hours she had been queS-
toned, the woman of stone"
seemed startled and upset. But
she merely said:
81 can't tell you"
Long went about his washing
for a minute and then suddenly
said:
"You know you seized the
chlOroform bottle when you had
Rheta on the operating table.
that she struggled with you, and
you gave her an overdose by
lnistake-and then you shot
her"
Dr.. Wynekoop appeared panic
stricken. Long, who has the rare
ability to burst into tears at will,
started to cry. Sobbing, he ap-
preached the doctorand gently
took her hand. She trembled
andsaid:
''HOw could / explain?"
Long replied:
you cOuldbeat the case II it
was an accident"
DR.. Wynekoop suffered:
'T-II-I didn't kill Rheta."
That was all. Then DR.. Wyne-
koop, her lips just a thin, red
line, became silent.
size MAKES dLdI Sid
Capt. John Siege took over the
questioning. Then inadvertently
the doctor admitted that she was
in the operating room when Rheta
was undressing.
Siege then pressed Dr. Wyne-
koop and she began to talk.
He said:
CDR. WynekoOp said Rheta
was going to go downtown
TO get some music. On account
of being in ill health, she gen.
orally diSrObed herself and
went into the basement to DIR.
.WynekoOp'S office, where there
was a scale, to be weighed.
"She came downstairs, un-
dressed herselfg, and got on
the scale to weigh. DIR. Wyne-
kOop said she had been COM
planning of having a pain in
the right side.
GAVE HER CHLOROFORM
''Dr. WynekOOp said: Get on
the operating table and I'll
see If I can't help that pain
of yours along She put some
chlorOfOrm on the spot and
gave Rheta few shifts of it.
The pain was very great and
DIR. WynekoOp said she was in
the habit of giving Rheta
chlOrOfOrm when she treated it.
After giving the anaeSthetic
TO Rheta, she noticed that the
pupils of her eyes were dilated
and She was completely passing
out. She felt the pulse and
found there was no life in her
and she tried to revive her for
Is minutes.
Feared for Her Career
Knowing that her medical
career would be jeOpardized by
such a thing happening in her
own household. she thought
quickly, went over to the drawer
of her desk, got the .32caliber
revolver, and fired one shot,
five inches from her body as
she lay on the operating table.
"She then got a blanket and
laid it over Rheta after getting
. piece of gauZe, carefully wrap
ping the gun, and wiping off the
3inger.printS.
"She then went upstairs, put
on her hat and coat, went out of
the house, and walked up and
down Madison Street for about
Is minutes. She set the time of
the actual killing at 4 o'clock
In the afternoon"
Inquest Is ReOpened
Coroner Frank Walsh today
suddenly ordered reopening this
afternoon of the inquest into
the murder. The inquest pre-.
viously had been set to reopen
December 4.
Excited police officials had told
reporters that Earle had made a
partial confession" and news
papers plastered Chicago with ex.
ira editions. copies of which the
young husband read during a be-
lated breakfast. But subsequently
police said that information he
had disclosed constituted only a
possible motive for his mother II
she had committed the crime"
At the Fillmore police station
mother and son confronted each
other in a dramatic meeting
With lie detector attached and
with his mothers eyes on him
police said he had said:
81 believe my mother had a
L..