The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-29
The Wharton Trial,

i ANNAPOLIS, December 2S.-ln tht
Wharton case Mrs. Jacobs (colored) being
sworn testified that she was Mrs. Whar
toms cook and lived with hers at the time
of General Ketchum's death she took
charge of Ketchum's room until his death
DR.. Williams called TO sec the General
Monday; after he left she discovered thai
Retchum had vOmited in the slop jar he
took no medicine while she was there
she asked il the doctor had lcN him any
medicine; he said tho doctor had left but
one dose, which he thought insufficient,
and he had taken dose of his own
medicine, which he knew was sufficient
she then left the room, but returned about
three o'clock to sec what hc would
have for dinner; found him asleep
called him and asked him how
he felt; he said to let him alone, and
he would sleep il Off he asked for tea and
toast for dinner; said he would try and sit
up and he got out Of bed and started to
the loungei hO staggered and seemed US if
he wasgoing to FALL after he got TO the
lounge placed pillow under his head;
went down stairs and found Mrs. w. in
tho baCkroom reading, and asked her to
go up and see KetChCum; she went up
stairs to him; went down to the kitchen;
in few minutes Mrs. Wharton rang the
bell; l went up; when got up stairs she
asked me to make up the bed for she
wanted KeteCheum to lie down; she told
mo to go down stairs and bring the
feather bolster from Mrs. Milcr's bed;
brought it up; Mrs, Warton was sitting be-
side the General all this time; ] started to
to take off the bolster the General spoke
to me quite sternly; Hooked around to sec
what was the matter, for l saw nothing
but q tumbler at tho head of the bed
| picked up the tumbler and 1t contained
cracked ice. The tumbler was between
tho bolster and head board, wrapped up
In towels. put tho tumblGr on the man.
tlc'picCe, and again attempted to take the
bolster from the bed, and as I took off the
bolster, u small phial rolled down in the
bed from about where the tumblcr had
been; put the phial on the floor and
finished fixing the bed, Mrs. Wharton,
by this time, had LEFT the room, and Gen.
cral KetChum Ind got into bed and went
to sleep Before he got his dinner, Mrs.
Wharton had gone driving with Mrs.
Tcney. That day saw Gen. Ketchum
quito often, and while she was out he
quito drowsy. went down
down stairs and left tho phial in Ketch.
lm's room. saw Mrs. Wharton and
Iold her about tho phial before
she went out with Mrs. Tcney,
md told her left the phial up stairs.
brought 1t down while she was out; kept
i till she came In, and showed 1t to her
We saw what was in It; she told me to
AXE some fit; put II away. On Wed.
lesday Mrs W. asked me for the bottle
IhG had sent me for to DR.. Wins that
morning; never saw the bottle before l
ound 1t in Gen. KS. bed ; had only seen
len. X. al Mrs. WhartOn's after had
zen him take the medicine sometime
n tho summer Of this year he was in the
lining room with his medicine; | asked
lin ifhc would have spoon he said he
lid not wantany spoon; that he general.
y drank out whath thought was enough
or a dose did not know what medicine
vas in the bottle found 1t smcllcd like
told Mrs. W. so. Gen. Kctch.
I'M did not tell witness what kind Of
he had taken; he had no tum.
'lcr when he took the medicine saw
lin drink the medicine from The bottle.