The daily gazette., 1879-05-30
FHIRDl EDITION
FINE TRIAL OF MISS DUER.


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lkNow Hill, MD, May 29.--The trial
Miss Lilly Duer for the murder OF Miss
Hearfi commenced here to-day,
4 Ipes Irving, Goldsborough and VIII
on the bench. The courtroom was
Bwded with interested spectators. On
htion of the states attorney Mr.. Page
kas appointed by the court to assist the
Late. The court then ordered the sheriff
= bring the prisoner In and Miss Duer
\on after entered, accompanied ny her
bthef, father and sister, all taking seats
1.-The rear of her counsel. .sa.
The prisoner was dressed plainly but
ktly in gray material, trimmed with
II velvet. with black hat with feather
b q small bit Of pink ribbon. she was
bsely yelled. 49,. h.
yTeD talesmen were summoned OF
bhum five were challenged by the de-
bnse and three sworn and the jury COM
bleted. as follows Granville Stokes, Will
liam b. Pitts, Ed. +. Holloway, Jacob
In s, urgis, John II. Vincent, William
III, Rowley, George E. Powell, Edwin
h. Causey, Robert Atkinson, Edward
IHolston, John c. Ellis, Selby p. Truitt.
latter the charge to the jury, the court
took recess of one hour. d. s.,t 3
Miss Duer seemed real tried and mad
| as did my daughter the last time Miss
! Duer started for the door; told my
daughter to go with Miss Duer, as
thought her not going was what vexeC
Miss Duer after they went out lay
down again and almost went to sleep
heard noise like something falling il
IN ;,,,ppaI hnt hQfnra M
to the door heard hearty laugh ant
lay down again thinking they wef'
romping; in short time heard the re
port of pistol and again started for thu
passage, but before | got the door opel
my daughter met me with her moutl
bleeding and holding her false teeth il
her hand; she tried to get hold OF m
and followed me several times aroun'
the table crying, 80, ma, don't : afte
the shooting my daughter became YER
nervous and Frustrated, and during tn
first week of her sickness was not ration
al; after the first week she was rations
all the time; she died four week
and three days after being sho
At the afternoon session large nun
Der of ladies were present. The Alto
ney made his opening statement, s3yin
that for the first time in the history (
the country young lady bad been al
raigned to answer to so grave charg
Believing her guilty of murder he w0ul
claim verdict Of guilty.
Mrs. Leah Hearn, mother of Ella, W;
then called and testified as follows: an
daughter was In her eighteenth yea
her health had been delicate all her III
last fall NJ iss Duer came to our house;
was lying on a 10 lnge and my daught,
was sitting at the machine; Miss Du,
sat down beside Ella; after some CONVEX
station Miss Duer said she would have
20 and started for the door, but can
back and sat down again; she did tn
several times; the second time she star
cd shesnarched away from my daugbt
| the work on which she was engage
but Ella snatched 1t back .I5 ~
during the latter part of her sichne
she talked about dying, said she WI
going to die, wanted to die and ask,
me aot to DO anything more for herr 81
did not want to take any more medicll
and wanted to die rational, she want
TO know when she died; do not rec
lect that she said anything during t
latter part of her illness about recov'
ing"
During her cross-ex animation t
witness testified that she gave to /
daughter as medicine potash and chic
when needed-a teaspo 1nfnl of "hlo
every four hours; her daughter told
fifteen minutes before her death that
way dying; sometimes she would ray
cry, moan and roll about
Mr.. Page then proposed to give
dying declarations but Mr.. Crisheld
jected to their being admitted now.
The Court asked the State Attorney
he had any other witnesses on this pc
and upon his reply that he had but 30
of them had gone home, the Court
journed until tomorrow.