Show DEFENSE HITS I AT CONFESSION Attorneys Contend Woman Made S Statement Under Duress By Dr United Presa CHICAGO Jan 12 12 SuppressIon Suppression of Dr Alice Lindsay confession confession con that she killed her daughter- daughter law in-law Rheta will be the aim of defense counsel at the resumption of the physicians physician's murder trial nex next week Milton Smith her attorney announced an an- today The defense will follow this move by placing the brilliant practitioner on the witness stand to bring reality to her original story of finding Rheta chloroformed and shot to death on her operating table Taking advantage of the day two holiday from court sessions Dr secluded herself in the hospital ward of the county jail gathering gath ering her feeble physical strength for forthe forthe forthe the new ordeals Dr suffering from ar ar- terio found herself weary yesterday at the end of ot two days of hearings at which a jury of ot 12 tradesmen tradesmen trades trades- men and laborers was impaneled Resumption of the trial Monday will bring the opening statement of Assistant Assistant Assist Assist- ant States State's Attorney Charles Dougherty Dougherty Dough Dough- erty chief prosecutor with whom astute as as- tute lute defense counsel will match wits Milton and W. W W. W Smith brothers will conduct defense maneuvers They will be assisted by Frank Tyrrell Dougherty said the state would attempt attempt at at- tempt to prove Dr killed Rheta by chloroforming and arid sh shooting her The motive he charged was to collect insurance money and rid her herron herson son ron Earle of an unwelcome wife The confession was made to td palice poke po pa- ke lice shortly alter after Rheta died In it Dr admitted undertaking an examination of her frail daughter- daughter n inlaw An anesthetic killed the girl the he physician firing a bullet Into her body ody to make it appear she had been murdered by a burglar she said The statement was expected to be an important im Ira- part of ot the states state's case I Defense counsel claimed the statement statement state state- I ment was made under duress The defense will use a group of medical I experts to testify that Rheta could I not have been killed in in the manner the he state charges Testimony willbe willbe will be c produced to show that Dr Wyne- Wyne koop koon coop and Rheta had great affection for for each other The states state's fir first t witness probably will be Burdine Gardner father of Rheta an Indianapolis broker who is expected to establish the fact of Rheta's death The defense indicated it t would waive an opening statement |