Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1930, Page 7

PROSECUTION WINS SHEPARD CONTEST Draws Poisoning Testimony From Nurse Over Objec- tions by Defense. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans., December 19. —With the defense objecting to almost every question, the Government put Miss Clara Brown, a nurse, back on the stand today in the murder trial of Maj. Charles A. Shepard and drew from her again the statement that the defend- ant’s wife had told her she was poi- soned by Shepard. Shepard himself took the stand briefly to answer the nurse’s story, and declared if there was any bottle on the shelf in the closet of his room at the time of his wife's fllness, he knew nothing about it stated Mrs. Shepard connected a bot- tle found in the major's closet with her asserted poisoning. Maj. E. Strickler, chief of the| medical staff at Fort Riley, a psy-| chiatrist, then testified for the defense that Mrs. Shepard was not responsible for what she said on the day the al- leged statement was made about her being poisoned. He said Mrs. Shepard was not sane on that day. The nurse's testimony was stricken from the records when she gave it yes- terday, but went before the jury today JUNIORS SPONSOR SERVICE Adn‘ Israel Synagogue Ie‘ung Under Hadassah Auspices. The regular Priday evening services at Adas Israel Synagogue will be spon- sored tonight by the Junior Hadassah. Rabbi Solomon Metz has chosen as the subject of his sermon, “Behold the Modern Woman.” Miss Sophie Snyder of the Junior Hadassah will speak on the “Significance of Chanukah Today.” ‘The history of Junior Hadassah will b: reviewed by Miss Joan Sugar and Miss Sophie Baynard will talk on “A Night in Palestine.” The president of Junior Hadassah, Miss Lena Hyatt, will make the closing remarks. Services will begin at 8:15 | o'clock. VORI BLAINE INSURANCE BIL IS DISCUSSED Miss Brown had |Weekly Payment Benefici- aries Declared Not Suffi- ciently Protected. A subcommittee of the Senate District Committee heard arguments today for and against a bill introduced by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, intended to place further safeguards around holders of small industrial insurance policies on over repeated objections by the defense. The Government rested rebuttel evi- | dence in its efforts to convict the Army medical officer for the alleged poison | murder of his wife at Fort Riley, Kans., | in 1929 after questioning Miss Brown. | The witness said the mind of Mrs. | Shepard appeared normal on the second day of her illness, the day Miss Brown | declared Mrs. Shepard stated “Dr.| Shepard has poisoned me.” | G. B. VAN NEST BURIED IN CEDAR HILL CEMETERY Funeral of Battery Company Pro- prietor Is Conducted by Rev. John Weidley. | Funeral services for Garrett B. Van | to the policy in this jurisdiction unless were conducted at Zurhorst funeral | parlors yesterday. Rev. Dr. John Weid- | ley officiated. Interment was in Cedar | Hill Cemetery. | Honorary pallbearers were E. C.| Graham, F. G. Addison, L. W. De Gast, Merle Cain, T. L. Richardson and E.| W. Van Metre. Active pallbearers were V. C. Jordan, G. E. Heisley, H. E. Stuart, E. D. Wood, S. P. Smith and C. A. Morgan. | Mr. Van Nest, who was 72 years old, was fatally stricken with a heart at- | tack while at Wisconsin avenue and | M « street and pronounced dead at Georgetown University Hospital. | CAPT. BARTLETT TO TELL | OF EXPEDITION IN NORTH Assistant to Peary Will Speak on Recent Trip Before National | Geographic Society. Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, chief as- | sistant to Peary on the expedition | which first reached the North Pole, and an authority on the Arctic, will describe | his latest trip into the frozen North before members of the National Geo- graphic Society tomorrow at the Wash- ington Auditorium. | Capt. Bartlett’s journey, made last | Summer, was primarily to seek informa- | tion in regard to the “Lost Eskimos” on | the northeast coast of Greenland. The | tribe, last seen in 1823, disappeared, leaving thelr abandoned villages and | have never been traced. Capt. Bartlett | brought back much museum material | from the deserted dwellings as well as | motion picture films covering his long | Journey. | This repousse pattern is dis distinctively dif- ferent. It is gracefully de- signed, heavy in weight and ex- ceptional in value, Dessert Dessert Tea Spoons Sterling Silver 6 % dozen stainless JEWELERS Salad Forks....!%; Doz, Dessert Knives, which premiums are payable weekly Percy Budlong, spokesman for advo- cates of the bill, argued that without such legislation beneficiaries of holders of such policies are not sufficiently pro- tected against disputed claims when the insured dies within the first two years of the policy. After two years, the sub- committee was told, the pelicies are not contestable. Most of the hearing was devoted to a | discussion of whether copies of the ap- plication blank should be attacked to the policy. W. Gwynn Gardiner, a local attorney, who told the subcommittee his ex- perience in insurance litigations in the District, contended that under the Dis- trict code and decisions of the Court of Appeals, if copies of the application are not attached to the policy no de- fense can be based on anything put in or left out of the application. He said he could see no necessity for legislation to require attachment of the application the local courts should reverse in some future case the rule now followed. Mr. Budlong explained that the pend- ing bill would provide that if the ap- plication was not attached to the policy, a company would have to prove that the person insured knew or had reason to believe that his health was unsound if the policy was to be contested. 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