Before he gave way to his broken heart McDonald drew up a will. He set aside a defense fund with which the woman might be given adequate chance for freedom in the court, and left her "such rights and only such rights as she may be entitled to as widow."
Trial Begins.
Mrs. McDonald was put on trial January 20. The jury was completed January 25 and the taking of testimony began at once. The case of the State was made as complete as possible and the defense began an exhaustive array of testimony. The defense, however, came to a surprisingly sudden end. It had been feared that Mrs. McDonald might not live through the trial and there was every desire to have a verdict before she might give way to heart trouble.
The case was heard before Judge Theodore Brentano, and it lasted twenty-one days.
Dora McDonald was represented by Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, Chief Assistant Patrick H. O'Donnell, Attorneys Benjamin M. Shaffner, Frank R. Cain, Gabriel Norden, Clarence Shaffner and Forest G. Smith.
LOVE TRAGEDY JURY
HARRY CORCORAN.
JOSEPH KOEHLY.
ARNE PETERSON.
CHARLES R. JOHNSON.
HERBERT R. GARN.
CHARLES M'GRATH.
HUGH H. FULTON.
GEORGE W. MILLER.
ROLAND F. GRAHAM.
JAMES J. NOONAN.
OTTO H. NELSON.
JOHN C. ANDERSON.
The State was represented by Assistant State's Attorneys William A. Rittenhouse and Edward S. Day.
Names of the Jury.
Harry Corcoran, Joseph Koehy, Arne Peterson, Hugh H. Fulton, George W. Miller, Roland F. Graham, James J. Noonan, Otto H. Nelson, Charles R. Johnson, Herbert R. Garn, Charles McGrath, John C. Anderson.