The Washington times., 1934-01-16
DOCTOR IS CALM
At GRUESOME
RE C| 7 Al
Earle, In Hiding, Expected
TO Testify Before Trial
Is Concluded
By DOROTHY DUCAS


table was recalled today in pre-
else phrases by Enid HenneSsey,
school teacher boarder in the
Wynekoop home. as she came
back to the witness stand in the
trial Of DR.. Alice Lindsay Wyne-
koop for the murder of Rheta.
Bloodstains on the floor, a
folded bundle of clothes of the
girl who had been Earle Wyne-
koop's wife, the gun lying at
the head of the table, the desk
with it's top up, and a middle
drawer open, even the position
of q chair and a chloroform
bottle were described with &C
curacy by the zoology instructor,
who was questioned by Charles
S. Dougherty, prosecutor.
Ignorant of Gun
He got from her a layman's
impression of the gruesome scene
just that and no more. She
refused to say anything at all,
for instance, about the gun-save
that it was "about so long"
What kind Of gun was it?"
Il am not familiar with
guns"
Then photographs of the doc
tors office were introduced over
objections. Miss HenneSsey looked
at them, and identified pieces of
furniture, but under cross-exam.
ination she pointed out that the
room was more in disorder than
shown in the photographs.
Walker Wynekoop, the defend
ants son, spent this morning in
the corridor, excluded from the
court because he is to be a wit
ness for his mother.
He said he expected definitely
that Earle would testify before
the trial is over. The younger
son is avidly reading papers and
questioning his sister and brother
about the day o-day proceed
mgS, Walker reported.
Resumption of Miss Hennes-
Sey'S testimony opened the morn
ing session. The prosecutor
asked for details of the finding
Of Rheta's body in the basement
office, half-clad and covered with
a blanket.
Defendant Improved
DR.. Wynekoop listened stolidly.
She seemed somewhat better this
morning, although her daughter
reiterated, as she has every LAY,
that the 62-year-old woman is
very weak. She sat low in her
chair, her daughter close at her
left, fingers poised for the de-
fendant's pulse at any indication
of weakness.
But the woman doctor did not
move, even when Miss Hennes-
sey stood up to indicate on her
own brown -garbed back where
the bullet wound yawned in
Rheta's body.
Miss Hennessey said pr. Wyn-
koop lifted the blanket to see how
Rheta was wounded, when they
went to the basement.
The only blood Miss Hennessey
saw was on the floor, she re-
counted. Rheta's clothes were
folded on the chair as if the girl
had just taken them off. Miss
Hennessey remembered these
things vividly, but she was vague
as to time. Asked how long it was
before DR.. Wynekoop called the
undertaken, wAo arrived before po-
lice were summoned, she replied:
'I can't Say-time seemed so
long,"
Pictures Disputed
A SkirmiSh took place over the
photographs of the doctors office
which w. w. Smith, DR.. Wyne-
koop'S chief defense counsel,
called mot correct"
After the jury had looked at
them, Smith questioned the
school teacher about the "dis.
order" which it is believed is paw
ing the way to the defense theory
Of a prowler. He asked:
"What did you notice about
the medicine cabinet?"
"The middle drawer was open
and / think a right-hand drawer,
too"
"Were towels prOtruding from
. drawer?"
"NOt prOtruding, but they
were not lying flat, they had
been disturbed"
Switching then to the domestic
situation, Miss Hennessey was
asked how Rheta was treated in
the household.
"She was treated very well
by every member of the Wyne-
kOOp family. l never heard of
a quarrel between DIR. Wyne-
kOOp and Rheta."
NOTHING UNUSUAL
'cDid you notice anything un-
usual about DIR. WynekOOp at
supper the night of November
21?''
''NOt that I remember"
"WaS she concerned at Rheta's
abSence?"
"She was. She telephoned
Mrs. Duncan. / heard the con-
Observation-Disclosures 1
went to the drug store. When
I came back 1 stopped in the
library near the east window to
talk to DIR. WynekOOp."
'.Did she still seem concerned
about Rheta?"
''No, not especially, at that
time"