Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-29

Dr. Cushing testified to the appearance Of th
body upon post mOrfsm examination. Il we
very much omahatSd, but Il could not be toll
whether old age had produced this or q want 0
Prorer ncurishment
Dr.. Boise, who lives next door, vas called b!
Ar. Graves few weeks ago to see bis mother
Hs found several bad sores on her body WhiCl
Od.OaFetul attention. BE told Mr. Graves tha
she should bO Put into more comfortable room
and better care paid her. He replied that tt
change her room would make more trouble ant
would affect the air In the house. The room wal
poorly furnished.
Mrs. II. B. Blaekmsr has been acquainted viii
Mrs. Graves for about two years. The Sunday
before the death of the young mans wife, (sOm,
four weeks HgO) she wen. to the house to snquir,
about the old lady. Mrs. Willis Graves told hel
that her mOthsr-ln-lAW did not require any one
she had been quite helpless for q number Of weeks
they took her up once day Mr.. Graves went In
each morning and opened the window to get fresh
air 90 he could breathe when be made ere; they
then took her up and washed and fed her, and put
her back to bed. She said that the old lady had
good appetite, but they did not think 1t best to
give her much, giving her once a day = slice Of
tread with a cup Of tea. To give the old lady
more would make them more trouble. She further
told Mrs. Blaekmsr that the room was so offensive
that u was impossible for any one to breathe n IT,
Mrs, Blackmer did not 60 10 at that time. The
next Sabbath she called and inquired Of q little
German girl, living with them, how the old lady
was. She replied that she was no better, and her
answers to Mrs. BIS enquiries, that the German
women had been there that day and fed her; that
they gave her once day, when the women took
her up and cleaned her, q slice Of bread and cup
Of tea. She then went up to see the old lady and
Afterwards had some conversation with Mr.. Willis
Graves and his wife. The latter told her that they
did'not dare to give her meat or other food as It
was not good for her and would make them more
trouble. Mr.. Graves added that they thought
his mother was suffering from erysipslas and he
could not blame his wife for not going 70 see her,
as she had young child and il might hurt her
Mrs. Graves said that In spite Of closing her nos
triE with a handkerchief and camphor In L. the
odor was SO bad that her jaw was 80 stiff for sew,
eral hours Afterwards. The last time she was In.
Mrs. Graves said she had tried to lift the old LADY
up and found the flesh coming of her limbs It
did not bleed, bat smelled terribly. They thought
the diRease was contagious. She did not feel Il
stances. Mrs. B. found but little furniture in the
room. There was very bad odor. On the bed
was tick Of linen filed With straw worn as ane
as could be. There was pillow.ca on one pill
low, two quilts we're spread over the body, but
there was no sheet. There was no FIRE in the stove
If the room had been cleaned, Il had been done by
some one that did not all understand il. The bed
was the most uncomfortable one that she mrs. b.
had ever seen. With proper care the room might
have been keep Rs clean and sweet as any sick
room. On the first visit, Mrs. Willis Graves sta
ted that they had been in the habit of fastening
the door to tbs old lady's 5om to keep her in, as
il would make them trouble to get her back. Mrs.
B. was 10 the room last Saturday and found the
room very much changed for the better as we'll as
treatment. She believed that the statements in
the MORNING. LEADER was not only true, but that
not one half had been told!
Mrs. Miller, Matron Of the "Home for the
Friendless," testified that they we're applied 10
there to receive the old LADY, nine or ten shilngs
week being offered. She visited the room of old
Mrs. Graves and found 1t in a shocking condition.
Mrs. Graves called the sores bed sores, and not
eTysipelas,
One Of the German women who were engaged
to go once day and wash and feed Mrs. Graves,
testified yesterday regarding their care Of her and
Of the care Of the family. While We do not wish
to detractOns particle from all that can be said to
sxculpats the family from the charges brought
against them, We do say that the statement made
by this woman yesterday before the Jury was al
together different from the one she made to our
Reporter ct her own house when the matter was
drst made public. She had, at the time, just re-
Turned from her daily visit to hs'Old lady and the
two (mOthsT and dasghloF) sat down and told Us
Of the condition of the patient under their charge
Which statement Is the most likely to be q simple
narrative of the facts, others cau judge as well as
We. -. l
The testimony Of this German was strongly in
Iavor of the suppOsitiOn that proper care had
been taken Of Mrs. Graves by her son and dauQh.
law, but as stated above, this conflicts di-
recty, In many important particulars with the
made to cur Reporter at her house
Moreover, the testimony of this woman, her moth
sr and her sister (all of whom had some charge of
the old LADY, is eOntrsdicting. She told our Re
porter that there were no sheets upon the bed;
that she was made go sick from the odor Of the
room IS to be obliged to leave it; that they always
gave her the same to eat, piece Of toast and
cup of tea; and that Shs was fed but once day.
She said to the Jury that there were sheets upon
the bed all the time, which we're frequently chang
ed that she was never made sick by the smell Of
the room. but only "fslt funny" that they asked
Mrs. G. every day what she wanted to eat and gave
to her, rice, soup, meat &C.; that Mr.. Graves
brought to her every day wine, meat, rice, milk,
and other things, and that be told her nearly eve.
~ day that he gave her breakfast and supper.
Johanna Ball, the youngest of these German
women, who was st work at the house, testified
that she went there about fcur weeks ago, and
after the second week, a bottle of wine for
the use Of the old lady stood constantly upon the
bureau in her room. Her mother, (Who has had
most Of the charge Of the patient testifes that
no time was there any wine in the room, Johanna
says that "she got toast once day, refusing il in
the morning; for breakfast she had crackers syerv
day. and the same for supper. Mr.. Graves slWaTu
fetched that up, first asking what she wanted u
For the past two weeks Mrs. Ball has been fberA
all the time attending her. She states that She
always prepared the toast and tea for the old la
dy; Mr.. Graves says that he always did il him.
self, with perhaps two or three exceptions. This
"oHAoA AN-Aea Jam VIC Algt4eE ol LQo d0TmRn
woman above spoken Of also told different storiys
to our Reporter and the Jury.
Mrs. Margaret Gribbls testified to the ststs,I of
things as she found them upon two calls upon the
old lady, and to conversations which she had with
her. She was rational and Intelligent She tee.
tihes that the German women ct that time ex-
pressed their surpris and indignation that she
was so poorly cared for. This testimony vas too
long to give in detail She said that Mr.. Graves
told her on late visit of hers in response to re-
marx Of hers that bis mother "did not sppear to
WOMAN"
Mr.. Graves being called to the witness stand,
stated that his mother had lived with them for sig
years. She had no lucid intervals since Dsosm-
Der. She had a good appetite. Mr.. Graves re-
marked, In answer to question, that "ths whole
Of the piece in the newspaper (rsfsrrine to the
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