Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-10-28

ing to the house. I saw it in the coffin late
in the evening, but did not examine it partic-
ularly. A lady present said the body was
warm, and asked me to examine it. 1t did
not possess the feeling that expected. AT
ter this, Mrs. Castles said she ought not to be
buried that afternoon. I suggested to post
pone the burial until next morning, to which
I heard no objections. 1 don't know of my
knowledge of the death of dog, though one
did disappear from my place.
Cross eraminsd-Had Hope seat for me, l
don't know that would have gone, having
quit the practice of medicine, and keeping no
medicines on hand. might have gone as
neighbor, but not in the capacity of physl-
clan. Iknew Mary, and saw her at my store
frequently. l noticed that she quit coming to
the store for some months before her death.
She was pretty girl, and had fatherly af-
fection for her. l recolect that after Hope
had related the circumstances of Mary death,
j. B. Whitesides suggested to me that he
thought there had been foul play, and that he
thought some action ought to be had. l only
advised him to use his own discretion, and
could offer no medical opinion. | do not
know that he attempted to send for the coro-
ner. though heard of such a thing. 1.-THE
medical examination of this witness being to
the same effect of physicians who had pre-
ceded him, we do not re produce it.
MARY ELIZABETH HOPE, s,oorn.-l am
the wife of j. Albertus Hope; am lhirty-three
years old my maiden name WAS Whitesdes; !;
have six children, the youngest of which
was born on the 9th of last month. | was
never before sworn in court. Mary Castles
lived at my house last year, and died there.
As understand the circumstances of her
death, when I awoke that night or morning,
she was sitting by the fire. | went to her,
and she said she was sick at her stomach and
bowels. She said her monthly period had been
on three or four DAYS but had stopped She
then went back to the bed, and her sister
Lee asked her what was the matter. Mr..
Hope, who was in he'd, asked the same ques.
tion and she made the same reply to both. |
was suffering with neuralgia, and Mr.. Hope
came to me from the: bed. After he asked me
about my tooth, told him what Mary had
said He advised me to make some tea for
her. then made some of squaw weed. Dur.
ing the conversation with my husband, and
before l made the tea. Mary and her sister
went out at the end door into the yard; but
while made the tea Mary was sitting on a
I trunk in the adjoining room. I took the tea
to her and she drank of it, my husband not
being present, but remaining by the fire. At-
ter Mary drank the tea, she came out into the
fire-roou,, stopping in the entry to take a
drink of water Passing from the 6re-room
she went out of doors again, as she said, to re-
lieve her bowels She had complained of
costiveness, and said to my husband that
would give her some of my pills-pills that
had been given ME by DR.. Hanbright for the
same complaint. Lee went with me in the
yard to give the pills. My husband did not
90, and was not present. Mary then told me
and Lee to return 10 the house, that she felt
better We offered to remain with her, but
she again repeated her request for US to 60 in,
saying she would soon be better. l went to
the fire and commenced smoking pipe, when
soon after / heard noise resembling the
squalling ola cat. Lee also said she thought
it was a cat, but on hearing it second time,
we concluded it could not be cat. Lee and
my husband then went out to see what it might
he, and they found child lying in the yard.
My husband called me to them, and found
the child lying ON its face in ashes and dirt.
My husband asked me to take up the child,
which I did. l then heard Mary excaim
that she was dying, and no one to do anything
for her. My husband went to her assistance,
and called me. / went in and made down a
pallet and we laid her on it, Lee was pres
ent After Mary's death my husband sent
Hill to Meek Whitesides', with directions to
send word on to R. W. Whtesides and to my
father. Nothing more was done until they
began to arrive. i carried the child into the
house, and think laid it in the cradle. I do
not remember handing it to Lee. My hus.
hand had strychnine knew it was in the
trunk-we all knew it. l know that Mary
was aware of it, because my husband had eau
toned US all that there was poison in the
trunk; he told Mary aud Lee of it in my
presence and know they both heard him.
A month or two before Mary's death I rode
in buggy with Hill. His testimony in re-
gard to a reputed conversation between us re-
specting supposed improper intimacy be-
tween my husband and Mary Castles, is in.
correct. did not ask Hill to watch my hus.
hand and Mary. Margaret Whisonant's tes-
timony is incorrect as to my ever having said
my husband had not treated me properly. I
do not think l ever said 3d. never, in my
life, told Mrs. R. W. Whisonant, or any one
else, that had caught my husband and Mary
in bed. / also deny the reported scene at the
supper.table as related by Hill. 1 do not re-
member any such occurrence, and besides, I
am not in the habit Of paying any attention
to the stories of children.
Cross eramined-.W 1 first saw Mary
she was by the e.place. She had on her
usual, everyday clothing. She undressed to
90 to bed. don't know when she re-dressed.
Mary was out of bed before saw Lee. My
husband was not awake then. Lee asked her
what was the matter, after she had returned
to the bed-the bed on which she and Lee
slept. When l first saw Mary, she had been
by the fire in the room, before Lee awoke.
When Lee awoke, it lacked ten minutes of
two o'clock. had been up but short time
heard my husband ask who it was moaning
He suggested to give her warm tea. I then
made the squaw-weed tea. I have taken it
for colds, but never used it in cases of con-
fnement I kept the weed in my bureau.
The oil-cloth was kept in the cradle 1t had
been kept up stairs. Ny youngest child was
not quite two years old. The oil.cloth had
been in the cradle considerable length of
time My husband called me to Mary. I
went as soon as could make pallet. l
knew it was Marys child from circumstan-
ces. came into the house with the baby.
I had lit my pipe before we heard the squall
ing. My baby was in the bed. There was
no child in the cradle There was comfort
in the cradle, which I spread on the floor. l
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