Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-21 | Page 10 | Alters Testimony in Murder Case

ALTERS TESTIMONY 1MB CASE Clerk Remembers Selling Poison to Doctor Accused of Slaying Wife. SPIUNGFIETjT), O., Sopl. 20. J?e-pudiating J?e-pudiating fcostiniony lie gavp at the first trial, Daniel Patlorsou, a drug clerk, testifying at tho afternoon session or the second trial of Dr. Arthur B. Smith, charged with the murder of his first wife, "Florence Cavalier Smith, by the U60 of poison, sworo that ho had sold Dr. Smith a solution of poison on the day bofore tho death ot! Mrs. Smith. Practically an hour's cross-examination did not shake his testimony. lie was closely questioned concerning the radical change in his testimony and said that ho recalled tho sale distinctly after his memory had been jogged by a fclloTV clerk.. He remembered that he had boon sent to a small wooden box under. tho stairs to sccuro tho drug before it was made up in solution. Edward Kerslmcr and Leon Wildman tcstilled that they had soon, the defendant de-fendant meot his present wifo on an isolated street crossing on the day after af-ter his first wife was" buried. Dr. Smith was today characterized by his sistor-in-law as "n motion picture pic-ture of hatred and contempt. ' ' The sister-in-law, Mrs. Mnry Middlefon, declared de-clared that when she told a friend that "Arthur killed Florence." sho meant that tho defendant had killed her sis tor by breaking her heart and not by poison.