The Washington times., 1934-12-14
COOK TEST|F|ES
SALAD, MEAT
HAD It
Churchman in Poison Case
Hears New, Damaging
Testimony in Trial
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could spot her at the beach,
and asked what he thought 1t
would cost for a week.
81 told him the expenses
would be about SIS or $50 and
he said he would talk to his
friend and see If this was all
right.
"The next day, however.
told him couldn't 90. He
seemed disappointed, and said
that he would regard 1t as a
personal favor If 1 would go.
/ told him l could not, and he
asked me to find some one else
to do the job. But l didn't
find any one"
The testimony Of the young
fireman. the bringing in of Mrs
McMullins name and the testl-
mony of Rebecca Burrus, colored
cook in the Bell home who de-
clared she saw Deacon Bell
sprinkle white powder" on his
invalid wife's food, we're the high
lights on the morning session
of the fourth day Of the sensa-
tional trial.
Chemists Testify
Much of the morning was
given over to technical testimony
BY chemists and druggists about
the amount Of deadly drugs
administered in Mrs. Bells
medicines.
There was a stirring in the
courtroom as Carroll Rager, chem,
list, testified that Deacon Bell
questioned him about poisonS. He
said:
II was at the Bell home and
Mr.. Bell said he had heard of a
farmer putting arsenic on corn
to kill cows.
81 replied why bother about
arsenic when cyanide is SO much
more deadly.
"He was very much interested
in this, and asked me how to
spell cyanide of potassium. As
q recall, l spelled it twice for
him."
There was laughter in the
courtroom when former State
Senator C. O'Connor Goolick, one
of the defense counsel. asked:
Didn't you talk to Mr.. Bell
about a plan to make syn
thetic liquOr?"
The chemist replied:
'Why I talked that over
with you, Senator, as well as
him. 1 wanted to get COM
pany to make liquor and re-
move the fuSel oil by process
L originated. But we never
did 90 very far with the plan."
DRUGGIST ON STAND
Dr.. w. I. Bond and DR.. Charles
Lewis, Fredericksburg druggists,
testified as to the amount of
arsenic and strychnine were in
prescriptions given Mrs. Bell.
There was one-eightieth of
grain of strychnine to four
ounces of fluid, it was brought
out, and so drops of l per cent
solution of arsenic in another
medicine.
DR.. Ralph R. Foran. control
chemist for a large New Jersey
firm, was brought here to testify
that the medicines sold by his
firm contained none of the poi
sons which the State chemists re-
ported we're found in bottles OF
Mrs. Bells medicines.
The large feminine contingent
in the courtroom was greatly in
terested in the testimony given
about Mrs. McMullin and her pur'
chases from a Richmond whole
sale house, which, it was testified,
were charged to Bell Brothers
Furniture Company"
Among the purchases were an
apron. costing II cents, and four
dresses at total of $2.S3.
Bill For $5O.S4
There was much laughter when
Senator Goolick said to w. A. viii.
liams, president of the firm who
read the record of the purchases
from the company books:
"If your dresses cost that
little, I'll have to send my wife
there to get some."
The other purchases made by
Mrs. McMullin, and charged to
the Bell Company, of which Dea.
con Bell is one of the principal
stockholders, consisted of two
bedSpreads, one of colonial design,
costing $1.35 each, large rug
costing $31.95, rug cushion,
$2.75, and six small rugs totalling
$3.50 and another rug costing
1910.
Mr.. Williams was unable to say
If Deacon Bell paid the bill, which
totalled $50.34, less discount, or
just who did pay it.
Judge Frederick w. Coleman an
nounced in court he had message
from New York that Irma Bell,
daughter of the accused Deacon, is
very i'll but will attempt to return
here next Monday to take the
stand as a State witness.
Rehecca Burris, colored cook in
the Bell home, testified at some
length on certain white powders"
she declared Deacon Bell sprinkled
on his Wife'S food.
The first time the cook said
Deacon Bell, came into the
Kitchen, took the white powder"
from his coat pocket and sprin'
killed. it on a piece of chicken pre-
~oovod For hic uifa