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THE ALLIANCE IIEHALD, TUESDAlr, JANUARY 13, 1920.
L. II LACKEY
IS UOUXD OV131 TO
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(Continued from rage 6.)
tent to kill, KlTen candy containing
strychnine to hit seren-year-old
daughter, Pauline,
The Mate was represented by
County Attorney Lee Basye and Eu
gene Burton, who called to the atand
Dr. Elnar V. Bias. Dr. Blak testified
that he was the Lackey family phyil
clan. He had been called by a
teacher at the Central school about
9:20 on the morning of December
11, and had arrived at the achool
imm some fire minutes later. He
found Tauline Lackey in a state of
relaxation upon his arrival, but a
few minutes afterward she had a
mild convulsion. He phoned for his
car, wrapped the little jtlrl up and
took her to her home. There were
repeated attacks of convulsions at In
tervals of from two to five minutes
until she died.
The symptoms, Dr. Blak pro
nounced to be those of strychnine
poisoning. He gave as a character
istic symptom the concentration of
the muse' -is along the spinal column,
which resulted In the head bein
thrown back and the back curved.
Between convulsions,, the child was
able to talk, but the least little e
citement or noise would bring about
another convulsion. He stated that
the effects of strychnine poisoning
would be noticeable In from ten to
forty-five minutes, depending . on
whether the stomach was empty or
full.
The child's grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Lackey, was at home when the
child was brought there, and the
father was called almost Immediate
ly afterward. He was present at the
death, and broken down. The doc
tor said that Lawrence Lackey had
made no Inquiry as to what caused
the child's death. -
An autopsy was held at the Dar
ling undertaking establishment on
December 12, Doctors Blak, Basktn
and Hand and an attendant of the
establishment being present. A rou
tine examination was made, Dr. Blak
stated, and the organs were found
to be normal. There was a conges
tion of the blood vessels of the
brain, usually found In canes of
death by convulsion. Nq examlna
tlon was made of the stomach at the
autopsy, but It was tied up at both
ends and later packed In Ico and
sent by Dr. Blak to Governor
McKelvle.
Cross-examination by the attor
neya for . the defense, William
Mitchell and It. E. Uantc. breught
out i the tact that the embalming of
the child's body would not prevent
the discovery of strychnine poison-
In had this been th i. nf death
vr. uisk statea mat oue-sutn or. a
grain of tho poison was sufficient to
cause death In a child that aee. and
that a larger quantity might hasten
death. The doctor said he had ad
ministered an eroeue ana naa later
given a hypodermic Injection to
opium to quiet the patient's nerves
and reduce the convulsions. He had
not used a stomach pump and doubt
ed whether, under the conditions, it
could have been used. ; He had, he
aald, suspected strychnine poisoning
from the symptoms, and had com
municated his suspicions to Dr.
Hand, city physician, and later to
Countv Attnrnev DnavA
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After the first witness had been
examined, recess was taken for an
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court again convened.
Mrs. Mary Lackey, mother of the
defendant and grandmother of the
dead child, was then called to the
lano. one lesunea mac ner ton
and four of his children, two boys,
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daughters, Wllma and Pauline, were
living with her. On the morning of
December 11, all of the children had
eaten a breakfast composed of pan
cakes, bread and coffee. At 8:15 she
had sent the two girls t school.
Their father accompanied them,
rauline was apparently in i good
health when she started for school.
There was strychnin lo Um bouse.
It had been in her possession for sev
eral years, having beea purchased
by her last husband, while living on
the farm, to kill ground squirrels.
He had pMrchased two bottles, and
had used but one. The other she
wrapped In paper, and placed In a
trunk. When she removed to the
city it was still there end remain d
there until about five weeks apo
when he youngest son, whj Is a car
penter, brought It dovn to her. He
was leaving for Wyoming and In
getting his tools from the trunk dis
covered It. She had placed It, still
wrapped. In a glass ahl set it on top
of the sideboard, out of r.ach of the
children. Later, afltr the child's
death, on the advice of a ne'ghbor,
she had burned the bottle, but had
no'. Icoked ta -co whether It had
been unwrapped and the seal broken
In the cross-examination, Attorney
Mitchell sought to show that she
was on unfriendly terms with her
son. She admitted that she had em
ployed a lawyer to defend her In the
case, and later qualified that state
ment by saying that her son, Frank,
had retained the attorney. She did
not know why he had done so. She
denied that she was unfriendly to
the defeVidr.nt, declared that he liked
her and that she had no reason to
bellevo tbat he had other than the
best of feeling toward her. When
asked whether she had felt any grief
at the death of the little girl, she
said: V .. .
"It worried me a great deal more
than It did the father." . , .
The father had brought home
randy the night before. He had left
the sack in his pocket,, and had
handed around a piece to each child
and to herself. The rest of the
candy remained In his pocket -all
night, his coat banging in the pantry
downstairs. He slept upstairs. He
got up before she did, but the coat
had not been moved and she had not
noticed that the strychnine on the
sideboard had been touched.
Dr. George J. Hand, city physician,
said that Dr. Blak had reported the
death to him and had declared that,
under the circumstances, an investi
gation should be made. He was bus
piclous of strychnine poisoning, and
Dr. Hand recommended that an anal
ysls Bhould be made. The witness
stated that he had been present at
the autopsy, and that the organs of
the body, with the exception of the
stomach, which was not examined
were normal. He gave It as his opln
Ion that the result of a post-mortem
alen would not show conclusively
that death had been caused by
strychnia, but that a chemical anal
ysls of the stomach contents would
be required. Dr. Hand also gave the
characteristic symptoms of strych
nine poisoning.
Dr. F. J. Teterson testified that
he had examined some samples of
candy left at his office by. Earl Mai
lery, and that he had found them to
be free from poison of any kind.
Hal Cribble, meat cutter In the
Mallery grocery, was called. He
stated that on the afternoon of De
cember 10, the day previous to Paul
Ine Lackey's death, the father had
come Into the store and he had
waited upon him. Lackey had pur
chased 215 cents worth of chocolates,
and had particularly asked for choc
olates with soft centers, and had re
peated his request when Grlbble gave
htm some other varieties. Three
kinds of candy were In the assort
ment. On December 12, Lackey came
Into the store again and asked for
Grlbble. Lackey told him that be
wanted some of the same kind of
candy and suggested that he "be
pretty quick about It." Then he said
that he believed the candy had
"killed his little girl," and declared
that County Attorney Basye had told
htm to get some of It for examina
tion. He had spoken of the matter
to Earl Mallery as soon as the latter
came In and had made up a selection
from the same palls as the candy sold
to Lackey had been taken from. He
said there had been no complaints
from other purchasers of the candy;
that be himself had eaten of candy
from the same containers without ill
effect; and that they had continued
to sell from the same containers. On
cross-examination he said that the
candy was kept In open palls back
of one of the counters; that It was
on a shelf well off ine floor; and
that no poison of any kind was used
around the store. The candy was
not the highest grade of candy made,
but It was the best quality of bulk
goods. '
Earl Mallery testified that he had
taken the samples of candy selected
by Mr. Grlbble to the office of Doctors
Slagle and Peterson, where he had
left It with Mr. Slagle for Dr. Peter
son to examine. Dr. Peterson had
done so and reported to him that It
was free from poison.
The most sensational testimony of
he afternoon was furnished by
Frank Lackey, brother of the ac
cused. Frank said openly that he
believed his brother had committed
the murder and said that he. bad
charged him with It. Attorney
Mitchell was severe in his denuncia
tion of the witness, and the court
ordered one question withdrawn, in
which Frank was asked to furnish
reasons for believing his brother
guilty or "forever brand himself as
a modern Cain."
Frank Lackey testified that the
baby daughter of the defendant lived
at his home. He had been called
the morning that Pauline died, and
had seen and talked with the father
several times during the day. In the
evening he told Lawrence that from
his actions, he believed that the
father .was guilty. j
"Lawrence got red -In the face and
didn't say a thing," the brother said.
Frank told of his efforts to get
the father's permission for a post
mortem and said that this was not
obtained until after the minister who
preached the funeral sermon had rec
ommended It. He did not want the
little girl's body mutilated.
The testimony developed that after
the death of the girl, her father had
stayed at the brother's house, as had
also the accused man's wife. Frank
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admitted that he didn't like her, but
that there had been a sort of recon
ciliation after the death of Pauline.
There were two things that caused
them to fall out again one was,
Frank said, that she wouldn't help
his wife around the house. The
other was that she tried to connect
his mother, the girl's grandmother,
with the crime.
He admitted that he did not know
whether Lawrence had anything to
do with his wife's attempt to con
nect Mrs. Mary Lackey with the
death of the girl, but said that he
had blamed htm for It. lie had taken
an active part In seeing that his
brother stood trial, but "no more
than the law allowed."
Frank told of Lawrence calling at
his home the bight before the mur
der. He had given one of the chll
dren a piece of candy, which the
little one said tasted bitter and put
In the stove. The child was sick all
night, Frank testified, although no
physician wascalled.
The next witness to be called was
Mrs. Nettie Lackey, wife of Frank
Lackey. She also told of the defend
ant giving one of her children candy
the evening of December 10, but
phrased the story differently. She
said that the child said the candy
was nasty, and that she told her to
take it out of her mouth. Tho child
was restless all night, and didn't
sleep well.
She was not convinced that Law
rence Lackey was guilty, but thought
he might have showed more grief at
the death of Pauline.
Dr. C. E. glagle was the last wit
ness examined Monday. He stated
that Earl Mallery had brought to the
office and delivered to him samples
of candy with the request that Dr.
Peterson analyze them.
At the conclusion of Dr. Slagle's
testimony, the court took a recess
until 9 a. m. Tuesday.
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