Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1933, Page 6

COSTELLO TRIAL GENTERS ON POISON Doctor Says Woman Asked About Oxalic Acid, but Not Cyanide. Gary Cooper Broke House Furnishings, $714 Suit Alleges Woman Lists Iron Skillet and Bronze Statue Among Broken Pieces. By the Asseciated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 25—During * |the yesr Gary Cooper, film actor, lived By the Afsociated Press. SBALEM, Mass, July 25.—Dr. mrfll S. Pomeroy, Peabody physician, “testify- ing yesterday at the trial of Mrs. Jessie B. Costello, denled that she had asked him whether she needed “prmrlpthm to buy the polmn me S administered to Dr. Pomeroy, who slld e had been the Costello (umlly phyl‘clln for 10| years, related that on February 16, the night before Wfllhm J. Costello, Pea- body fire captain, was found dead in & haliway of his home, Mrs. Costello came to his office and told him she was “run down” and was losing weight. The sician said that hl.l technician gave Costello a test that disclosed her blood was not normal, md that he then prescribed a medicine for her. Asked About Oxalic Acid. Before she left, Dr. Pomerdy said, asked him if she could procure oxalic acid without a prescription. He said she did not mention cyanide of potas- slum. The State claims autopsies and analyses showed died from the latter chemlcnl Previously | = in the trial Mrs. Costel had been quoted M saying she lsked the ph}uklnn lbout the poison and that she wanted It for cleaning a boiler. Testimony of Dr. Pomeroy, called by the State, closed the first day of the second week of the Il’inl of the mother of three children who was arrested one month after her hu.lbcndu death.” Preceding Dr. Pomeroy on the mnd State Detective Richard J. Griffin, fled Mrs. Costello had told him that she had used the pol.son llleledly ad- ministered to Costello, for cleaning purposes at least 10 times lnd thut me clerk at the drug store who sold 1 her had not warned her it was dndlv The clerk previously had testified he‘ did warn Mrs. Costello thlt the chem- cal was “very dangerous.” Learned About Insurance. ‘The detective quoted Mrs. Costello as saying she did not know her husband had attempted to cancel some of his insurance some time before his- death and that lhe first le-med of this from his ce agent the day after he died. Dr. Pomeroy, in his testimony also denied that he had any convemtlorn with Mrs. Costello concerning im| ing autopsies or that he had mm her -.s Mrs. Ca o previously had been that the amount of the embnlmlng fluid in the body would obvinu the possibility of finding poisen | The defense. m cross-examining the witness, gained the admission fmm him that he was p-rtly deaf in both ears. DIES AS AUTO TO UPSETS AIKEN, 8. C., July 25 (#).—One per- son was killed and five injured when an automobile, driven by George Holsen- | bake of mlsud county hlghwly Sunda; down a 5-foot emblnhnenc and crashed on a nurosd track. Clearwater . fextile operative, was instantly killed. Hol-n bake, Henry Joues J. B. Busbee, Rol M. Jenkins and George Widener, ull o(' Clearwater, wen injured. the fire captain had | in the house she rented him. Mrs. Eliza Albertson said yesterday in a Municipal Court action, be broke lamps, glassware, kitchen equipment and statuary which she valued at $714.35. Mrs. Albertson said she rented the actor the house for $4.300 with the provision the tenant would pay for any damage during his occupancy. She said Cooper refused to pay her bill Included in the items Mrs. Albertson sald were broken were a frying pan, an fron skillet, two chlmpl‘ne glasses, four wine glasses and a bronze statue of a faun. She asked an extra $10 be- cause, she said, the residence was left in a “filthy and dlrty condition. Theft From Cnr Eeported ‘Theft of $960 in postal savings cer- he | tificates, and a suitcase with contents valued at $37, from hia plrk:d lum ’mqblle was reported i & Swmbler ol Clpltol Hen;hu r ‘u parked VISIT THE F ORD f HOW Now in Progress at FORD DEALEBS EVERYWHERE Speciul Appearance GOLDEN FORD V-8 See the ear that breks Il rocords for _etonemy In S.dey run—vader AAA supervision. 22 5-10 ° LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY . 3 POINT SUSPENSION &ve. SEE YOUR FORD DEALER FOR FULL DETAILS Now, we'll be SWAMPED! The Final Clearance Entire stocks Men’s “Hahn Special” Sports Shoes - || have got to go—so out they go at $2.95 and $3.95. Regardless of 'the fact thal they’ll be worth more next year than this _year’s $4 and $5.50. All- whites—brown or black WHOOPEE! The Continues only about 10 d: Entire stocks included. N *Open Nights “Florsheim” trimmers, two-tone tans. This is Bairgain News, Men! 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