Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-10-21

positive, when awoke and heardh her groaningin
the bed, that she had on her everyday ciothess
do not know when she dressed herself. 1 think,
on that night, sister hung her clothes on the beds
post, where she WAS in the habit of hanging thein
Aunt Lizzies baby slept in the cradle. The oil
cloth was taken from the cradle. The baby wns
one or two years old. The oilcloth was usually
kept up stairs the cradle was kept down stairs.
do not know when the oil-cloth was placed in
the CRADLE 1t had been in the cradle two or three
weeks; but it was usually kept up stairs.
Re-re-croSs--I did not ask sister why she put
! on her clothes, nor did she give any reason
r. w. WHITEsIDEs, syo,n.-I am Mary Isa-
bella Castles uncle. Her father married my ss.
ter. arrived at Hopes house between four and
five o'clock on the morning Of Mary Castles
death. Mr.. Dillingham;, young man working
for Meek Whitesides, came for me-. live two
miles from Mr.. Hopes. Dr. K. T. Allison lives
ee-quarters of mile from Hopes. >. NJ.
Whitesides lives nearer than doto Mr.. Hopes;
the distance being about one mile. When ar
rived at Hopes, met him and my brother at the
gate They told me that Mary had given birth to
a baby and was dead. 1 saw herlyng ON pallet
before the fire in the house. She was lying with
her head thrown back, toes drawn up, hands
clasped mouth shut, teeth clenched, and lips
parted. BY saying her toes were drawn up,
mean that she seemed to have died IN spasih;
| Her feet were drawn-the toes pointing toward
the heels soles OF the feet Noticed the side or
her right leg was burned to a blister. noticed
no other stains OIL the body. Don't Know OF any
peculiar appearance about the eyes. She was
lying on quilt or pallet in the hall. There was
not much fire. Mary Castles was not married.
Alter viewing the dead body, Hope, my brother
and myself went outinto the yard. asked Hope
| if he knew the father of the child he replied
| that he did not. / expressed wonder at Hope not
knowing who might be the father. Hope said
Hill was innocent Of being the father. Several
other young men were mentioned, but Hope
seemed to know Of none to suspect. l remarked
| - 90, MT ,rot,
could be suspected. Hope could not think ofany
one, as he said he had been very particular to keep
the deceased from company. The next morning,
when was leaving Hopes house, he told me if
starting place. Hill accompanied me home, but
to my questions could obtain very little satisfac-
ton from him. On the day Of the dcalh-the
l7th-bctween one and two o'clock, l, my brother
and Hope, had conversation. My brother John
suggested that there must have been foul play;
that Mary must have been poisoned. Hope re-
piled that he had strychnine in the house, but 1t
| was kept where Mary could not get to Tin his
trunk, the key Of which he kept We went into
the house to examine the medicines. The trunk
containing them was to the right of the door as
we entered. He unlockelit. 1t contained some
apples flask a box Of pills, via! Of strychnine
cles saw no herbs. The strychnine was in the
right hand corner Of the trunk rs he opened it
the vial standing on the bottom of the trunk:
The box of pills was next to the vial. He said
round vial. Zone said to resemble it exhibited
inch in diameter and II inches high] The vial
was one-third full. Hope took itup by the neck:
he did said mr. Hope this ya is ad
to have been full. did not see the pills. Hope
said they were Cooks pills. He did not account
for the use of the strychnine. He said he gave
pills to the deceased. 1 saw no weed i'll the trunk
| He said the vial might have been handled when
getting the medicine. The strychnine and pills
were side by side the strychnine in the corner Of
the trunk. His appearance on being confronted
i'm regard to the use Of the strychnne, was down
cast and detected. At our first meeting at the
door, Hopes eyes we're cast downward, and he
looked as if he was in trouble. When my broth
er remarked that he suspected poison, Hopes
countenance was downcast he looked to the
ground and answered that there WAS strychnine
in the house, but she could not get it, While with
him at the trunk, his look was downcast. On one
occasion, when riding in company with Hope, six
weeks before Mury's death, he remarked that he
He remarked that if he had money, he would not
rnre whether he ever returned home or not.
asked him why, remarking That could not see
that he had any more grounds for trouble than
others; but he gave no reason for his troubles.
| croxx crnmjurd.-{Iopc and were alone when
he smoke OF his troubles. He is not a man Of
means. but was not in embarrassed crcumstan-
cen. lie did not speak of Indebtedness Since
the death of Mary he has been sued. He always
claimed that he was notin debt to nv brother, j.
B.: though brother said he was indebted to him.
Don't know of nv own Knowledge that J. B.
Whitesidcs has Judgment of two thousand dol
lars against uope: have heard he has, Hopes
| landed nropertv il worth one thousand dollars
He was q man Of good means two or three years
apo. considered to be in fair standing. He had
been a partner OF nv two brothers but have
understood the affairs of their partnership were
about settled uu. At the inquest | testified that
| HonctnId me he did ull hec0uld for Mary. When
| Hone told mcund NV brother that he had poison
| in his trunk. he made the statement voluntarily
r did not nrevionsIv know That he had it. I was
| ar Hone,s bouse on Friday before the occurrence
saw her sitting near the fireplace. She did not
r;Sa 1nok niHnur will the emily. Mrs. Hone
smnnose nrenured dinner. Mary was not at the
t,h1a was at the house fomr hours. but did
NOT see Marv on her feet. She went out at one
tme bnt t,yonrh door in an onnosite direction
from where was then standing in the ward. ]
do not thinl saw her when left. do net re-
member saving before the coroner that Mrs. Hope
ar n"u d;ntin, the te, Counsel nov exhibited a
;aI nsring II IL was tho vial Mr Hone took from
that'rnmt domnt sntf, this ~ the vial Hone
oxb;h;tad r. mo Of the trunk If Il is the same
,;ai - hoe besn ammtied nf its contents since !
trst' .aw Il rannpt swear IL is the same vial
INF II 10 oftba same size. NV own impression'
when confrontinp Hone. was that he was the gull
~ nerson and was irving TO tix the guilt upon
an6fther hnt his conduct and countenance pre
autnS I,;r, frnrn comw;nc;uv me Nv si1snicion
won o;,od % ~ lie ram.rI 9sRnh orI.odis cake
t' ny St, rtim~ nn;nt Io II He nrged
ny st ~ maLs nal an effort and when told him that
la iIsu w. & ~ ~ w ~ ,,a,, Ivao tha t;,na ,,Lon aus
ato% %"1 nua 'ne rso"ons tor snsne1tinr him
p.o"o ho,.Jp p,no, IL, ,s>,ntananco and his Ceneral
"ers usou a .hn'a a nf amW notice or atiention
~ t%a dead aio ,rn,nan or the child At SMYRNA
~" ro, ,"~ brother and mwse,f questioned Hill to
Chuicnny oionei anu J &c, ,dat.ar t,ar Tho
h W A'9M HiI, iett Hones and went to Mr.
r" S,"ths W he Nav have rempined at NV house a
'd f.w dsvs nc He i afferwards went to Charlotte
&c" uays. iae 't a'te, aa 20 tha ;pnneSt when
Noltn Car9i,a, m nu. u' TIo @ L., ndn versa tons
sunio,Gu iI ~ @ Ptio snI;ect ,!sre at S,IWrn.
ir1Mroh t'"u h..m and i.,t't at thn ;nnnest