Evening star., 1934-03-04
DR., WyNEK0OP ILL
AFTER TEST|FY|NG
Goes to Bed Following Hear
Ing Interrupted by Her
Collapse.
NJ tha Assnciated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. March 3-Weak and
exhausted after her collapse on the
witness stand today, DR.. Alice Lindsay
Wvnekoop. on trial for the second
time, charged with the operating
table murder of her daughter-in-law
Rheta, went to bed Immediately after
completion of her cross examination
at noon.
It was a narrowing session for the
63-year-old physician. At its conclu-
sion she cried out Historically as her
wheel chair was pushed back to jail
The morning session was only a
half hour old when the faced
physician collapsed. AS her first
feeble call attracted Judge Harry B.
Miller's attention, the court ordered
the jury removed.
Treated by Daughter.
After the defendant had been re-
moved to the judges chambers and
placed upon a cot. she was treated
for 90 minutes by her daughter, DR..
Catherine, and DR.. Frank Mcnamara,
jail physician. Then she was car
ried back to the stand, and the queS-
tioning was resumed.
After the session Attorney w. w.
Smith announced the defenSe's case,
as far as he knew, was completed.
Prosecutor Charles S. Dougherty
said he would place five rebuttal wit
nesSes on the stand.
Thus it appeared doubtful final
arguments would begin before late
afternoon. or Tuesday morning. with
q possibility that the case would not
60 to the jury before Wednesday.
In contrast to the thousands who
sought admittance to Fridays session.
the court room today could have ac-
commodated many additional persons.
As Prosecutor Dougherty questioned
DR.. Wynekoop about the clothing
worn by Rheta at the time which, ac-
cording to her repudiated statement,
she choloroformed the girl, she re-
piled:
Il tell you, ! don't know, wasn't
there"
Then the defendant swayed in her
chair. She turned to the judge and
mumbled something. AS she caught
at her throat, Attorney Smith leaped
to his feet and called Judge Miller's
attention to the woman's condition.
Judge Miller quickly ordered the
fury removed and all windows opened
Court Room in UprOar.
As the last juror passed through
the door the defendant slid down in
her chair A bailiff placed a pillow
under her head and for a few min
utes she lay with her eyes closed,
gasping for breath The court room
was in an uproar. and Judge Miller
ordered every one to his seat.
When DR.. Wynekoop was carried
back to the stand "a minutes later.
she had regained control of herself,
but her tightly clasped hands trem-
white.
Forgetfulness was her refuge when
Prosecutor Dougherty opened the ses-
sion. His questions were about a
conversation he had with her the
afternoon after she signed the state
nent that she fired bullet into the
body of Rheta after the girl had ap-
parently succumbed to an overdose
of chloroform.
She denied having any recollection
Of the converse ton with Dougherty
even when the prosecutor read the
alleged statement question by ques-
ton.
Q. Where did you get the gun that
day? A. I wasn't there. I got no
gun.
Q. Didn't you say to me on the
afternoon after the inquest, Il got
the gun from the desk drawer?" A.
I don't remember.
@. Did you say. II felt her pulse
There is no pulse after the heart stops
beating? A 1 can't recall
@. Did you take her pulse? A
! can't recall.
@. When you were asked the
question. who fired the shot?" Did
you reply, I did?" A. I don't re-
member.
@. Did you say, when asked how
many shots were fired. only one?"
A. I don't recall. I won't say that
I did, and 1 won't say that I didn't.