Mr, Schuhl:—Please answer the question. Do you think he was in his right mind when he shot you?
Witness hesitatingly said that she thought he was not in right mind but in the same condition as he was when she met him on Thibet Road, Witneas went on to say that she had discussed with Mr. Elrod the possibilities of going to America and buying a small farm as she thought her husband was-a very sick man. She herself was alao.very nervous, She loved her husband and thought loved her. When the shooting occurred she had said to him "You have shot me, look you have shot me. He had replied "I never touched you." Later when he saw the wound he fetched a towel but she waved him away.
The District Attorney then re-examined the witness and tried to recall to her mind the interviews which he had had with her. He asked: "Do. you remember me telling you that Mr. Schuhl was going to try and prove that Mr. Elrod is insane and that you said that you did not want that a9 he was as sane as you are?" Witness did not remember.
Counsel:—Do you remember say-ting to me two days ago in the Marshal's office "Don't let Mr. Schuh! send him to a lunatic Jasylum?" There was no reply to this question.
Counsel:—You have had an interview with Mr. Schuhl?
Mr. Schubl:—Witness asked if she could speak to me and I told her that 1 could only see her in the presence of Mr. Davies, the District Attorney. Later she came with Major Holcomb.
Mr. T. R. Porter, U. S. Marshi was called and said' Elrod was brought to the Court on July 3, by two French policemen. asked them if they wanted to prefer 'a charge and they replied 'No. Ho therefore let Elrod go and communicated with the District Attorney. Later Mr. Van Buskirk and witness went to Elrod's house and arrested him. It was witness' opinion that Elrod had been drinking.
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