Evening star., 1933-11-24

peared wild-eyed and showed the ef-
fects Of the strain he had been under.
His brother Walter, waiting in an
ante room, called a word Of cheer to
him, but as Earle turned at the sound
of the voice he appeared not to recog-
nize him.
Previously, as Dr. Wynekoop, in whose
home the young wife was slain, was led
from the station, she pleaded persist
emily but in vain with officers that she
be permitted to go nome.
"Ive answered all your questions.
I've helped you in every way could"
she said
Shortly before Earles statement that
he would confess police brought Miss
Margaret McHale, an attractive blond,
to the station for questioning. While
waiting in an outer room she told re-
porters that the diamond ring she was
wearing had been given her by young
Wynekoop, but that they were not en-
gagged.
Told Her Of Love.
She said she met him while working
at the Worlds Fair and that he pro-
posed to her first on Labor day and on
numerous occasions, up until last Fri
day, when he last told her of his love
for her
Finally, she said, he brought her the
ring and asked her to keep it for him
while he was on his Western trip, If
she would not accept 1t as an engage
ment ring. 1t was under those circum-
stances that she took it, she said.
The girl was the second to be drawn
into the investigation of the case, Miss
Priscilla Wittl having been released a
fovI hnf0 of hcty ,A@
about her friendship with Wynekoop.
Police had asked DR.. Wynekoop point
blank at the grilling whether she had
slain her daughterin in-law, a talented
musician, in the 16-room mansion on
West Monroe street last Tuesday, and
her reply investigators said, was:
Absolutely not"
Police Capt John Siege asked the
woman If she administered chloroform
to her daughter-in-law for treatment
or for any other purpose" Without
hesitation DR.. Wynekoop replied:
mo, did not" .....
Announcement Of finding of the
chloroform contents in sufficient guam.
titles to anaeSthetetize her completely"
had been made by coroner's physicians
after an analysis of contents Of the
stomach. lungs and other vital organs.
Looking on as the questioning Of the
mother progressed were three alienists
engaged by Coroner Frank Walsh.
DR.. Clarence A. Neymann. associate
professor Of mental diseases at North
western University, said DR.. Wynekoop
is straightforward, stanch and
strong -willed person"
Unquestionably Sane.
Mentally" the professor said, "she
shows no effect of age and parties ques-
seemed to her disadvantage she turns to
her own advantage"
He said he would classify her as q
strong type Of New England woman.
and that. in his opinion, there was no
question of sanity involved
'She Is both legally and medically
sane" he said, land very clever and
astute woman"
OF the son. Earle Wynekoop, husband
Of Rheta, DR.. Neymann said he was
not weak willed, but has not the same
mental force thet his mother has"
Seized at a mortuary to which the
physician had gone for a last look at
the victim Of the fantastic operating
table murder" DR.. Wynekoop was taken
to a police station last night for Ques-
tioning.
"Significant" Circumstances.
The chemists report was but one OF
series Of circumstances which Police
Capt. John Siege said were significant
In the investigation. These included,
he said, the police belief that appar-
emily no member of the family was in
the Wynekoop home except DR.. Wyne-
koop at the time Rheta was slain, the
alleged fact that DR.. Wynekoop had
previously given her medical attention,
as well as the police theory that the
young woman's body lay on the op-
Grating table In a position indicating
she had believed she was with some one
whom she trusted
Capt. Siege also mentioned the dis
closure that a $4,000 insurance policy
and that DR.. wynekoop had been
named as the beneficiary.
Capt. Siege said it had been learned
that downtown bank held a mortgage
on DR.. Wynekoop's Monroe street home,
where Rheta lived:
A strange, unfinished letter was found
in DR.. Alice Wynekoop's home, written
after her husbands death several years
ago to DR.. George L. Knapp Of Wash
| ington, D. c., a close friend OF her hus-
band, DR.. Frank E. Wynekoop. Il
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