Assassination Trivia

[Susan Higginbotham]

Roger got it! Dr. Mary Walker. At the 1902 trial, she annoyed the press by sitting in a prime seat at their table. Occasionally, she munched on hickory nuts, to the amusement of the defendant. (The male defendants at the conspiracy trial had also been amused, in their case by Dr. Walker's Bloomerite attire.) Dr. Walker wore "male attire" at the 1902 trial and applauded when a lawyer who had been wrangling over the identity of a hair comb predicted that one day women would serve on juries and would be able to determine such matters.