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be- throw something toward her. and heard

heard him say to her with am oath. nt the -nuc
nS mno 's'nE i IIr n M Ml,r yo @9"'' 'H0u4N' '0"'
Nj Nu-burth's fro flushed md thon grow
! pnio, ns hc lcgurl forward rigidy u his chair.
| they rested ou the tahlr before him.
" II Wus thinking ~ THAT ndi'i the with So.
| up stairs lying i'm bed, tlm made mo mad.
| Tho witness WIS then dismissed. THIS ccsol
| "",ti ~, ',,,rl ,,,rrni ~ Nj, Winucld rV,
| pooling 20 see him rise IT, begin the opening
| speech for ;he defence. lie sat calmly und r
| lhn scrutiny. In a minute eN,Guy. Hedle cnlrd:
| Dr.. Hardness" lio waste be- the first witness
| for the defence. aud there was to be no opening
| day. The first was the failure of the STATE To-
| call Mrs. Noshurgh. The lqticr, indeed. had
less imuirnut in its bcuring ou the trial for all
| that, Tho failure To make an open ing speech
! fotthc defence WAS Il complete surprise. fricnls
/ Of the prisoner argued that it belokened the
! possession Of imporiaut facts in The knowl-
| edge of his lawyers which had not vet boon
| ike a tiunicrbolt Others attributed it 10
| weakness on the part oi the defence. AMI de;
| sire TO guide their course by the nature nnd
| strength oi thelr evidence accordlhS ~ II
should stand or iall under ross si9a,,natl2n.
Vosburgh was called tothe stand ns the first
witness. shi Is Mr Nosihur{gh : ssler iier
| straw hat trimmed with velvet and surmount"d
with spray of frencl flowers She Is about 25
years Of age She testified that rs cnrly as jan
uary her sister in-law suffered with
nausca. vomiting and rheupatism. AZ
me rheumatism got potter her stomach
/ troubles Increased. Her testimony was
deemed unimportant ms confirming the theory
that i was the transfer of tho rheumatism or
| Enui tp the stomach TINT caused the NOml tlng.
/ Mra. oshurgh had got ihroo kinds of medicine
| from the New York caironnt-"ne with
that purportcd to be an extract of wheat for her
Soagh Ipd one in sn@ s9ls sd i9r hr % In,n
iba, ibah Ih. @ never tod tbs oTr NIX 59 s9 % n he a
| menuon.d bottle. This wn- about Jan. l. Miss
Noshurgh said that her sIstor-in-law wan,edto
| Of one in Brooklyn, but Mr. Noshurgh urged
her t. have 2qc wbo lived near them on B,rfen
! Cornell. The witness was not allowed To- give
Tho conversation between husband and wife.
want to Know what tbat c5nycrsatoa Vas" S :" said
| nre-sion Is growing that. for somo reason hit
| yet explained tho defence does not want tn cnll
| Mr- VosGursh Ait6rncy-G q rnerai Stockton
| tant to the state 10 exclude This evidence hut
| since the defence had fnod TO opcn IL case he
l W. on urS 6 e1 70 eee .s 'i,'s tbaro IL mo
enough to toll explained eS-Gov Bcdie. with
| an engaging smtlo.
Tho first time Mrs. Vosburgh wos expected
| 70 die continued tho witness. was between
| Fob. 9 aud Is. She lay back In bed very pale
Her eyes were fixed On the chandelicr thai hung
| over III foot OF tho bed Mr. Vosburgh was on
| the right hand side and Mr. Sickes on hor left
Mr. Sickle~'s wife stood b,sidc him. and | was
near my brother Mrs. Manton stood at the
foot Of the h,d. / had seen people dying. and
knew il was not death | watched my brother
and Mr. S.ckics as thcy passed. their hands over
her mouth T. feel whether She was yet breath;
! away I saw her take hcr eyes of the chandelier
ana wink There were hardly any signs Of life
| As my brother turned oWard the bed again
| said To- him:
George she's boen winking."
| Then she closed her eyes. She had made
| all the arrangements for her funeral Dr. Ped
| die who had been in tho house hal leaned
over her bed TO catch her words. hut her voice
was SO loud that ! could hear what she said
| She disposed Of all her things. and selected the
| hymns for her funeral. The next morning
| heard her CRYING and moaning TO be taken 10
| her old home In Stuyvesant. All Of the food
| prepared by nny Of Us in the house for her was
rejected. II made no difference who
| prepared u | was N tho room on
called Mrs Voshurgh -nt at tho window.
| Mrs. Bumstead spoke hut she took no notice Of
| her. | left the room with Mrs Bum-'ead and
| rrturncd in tn minutes; she WAS then n bed
ana taking freely WIN the mcmh"r- oi the
| family. one day brought the white oi an egg
! y her. whi'h had beaten - q iroln Snc TOOK
| IT,, but didn't retain II on her stomach three
| minutes. Dr. cornell said her stomach was
d1iad' 49,.
EN-Goy, Bcile tnon wanted 70 prove 10y the
witness that Mr. Sekles had at that early tlmc.
| contrary 10 ms testimony, given uuer"h'e 70
suspicion mat me MEDICINES We're ampered
| WIN, nut the Judge rul,i thht ihe question
| should nave been put 10 him while he was on
| the sianm Ihe direct eN9mination was then
cluseu' ne Stle 81 NeW Jersey NJ Nlls point
| gqt IN hlow rom thr shoulder.
| =, D,i your ,mother ever wrllp 70 you about
| mrs' N2sburshs Aealth asked the Attorney
|