Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-13

the moring of November 81, 1879; it va
taken sick about seven o'clock in tn
morning, after breakfast there was NJ
one home but witness, Julia and the baby
witness prepared cracker soup and fed tn
infant between the time she placed tn
soup on the window and when she fed tn
child witness was out of the house for
few moments to bring water; while
she was absent no one was in the room
where this soup was but Julia ant
the baby; can not tell how long she wa!
absent from the room, perhaps it was moi
a minute it was not five minutes thu
distance gone was very short when she
went out for the water the child was il
the crib and Julia was standing behind the
stove about yard from where Julia was
standing is cupboard; witness fed the
infant and ate of the soup that the child
left over as soon as the baby was
fed i: got sick {; witness also got sick the
baby vomited witness wanted to send for
the doctor; witness then sent for Mrs.
Bingaman, her next door neighbor wit
ness wanted Julia to 60 for the doctor and
she said she did not want to go, for Pap did
not want it defendant knew that witness
was alarmed at the condition of the child {;
witness did not feel good at the time, but
it was from fright; Mrs. Bingaman was
khn r,cN In I,n
house John Bingaman went for Meyer
Hoover, the father of the child, and he
went for the doctor; DR.. Lightner came
and said the child got something it ought
went witness felt very sick the child was
within one day of being six months old it
was buried on Sunday, November % on
Monday of the week the child died Julia
went to Schnader's, who keeps saloon at
Ephrata, and returned on Wednesday !;
Julia fell out with witness On Monday,
the day she went away; after the
family had eaten on Monday, witness said
to Julia that she should wash the dishes
while witness made the fire Julia got
very cross at this; Mrs. Bingaman came
in and said to Julia that she should not be
50 cross to witness, and do better; this
occurred on Monday noon; Julia then
dressed herself and went to Schnader's and
did not return home until Wednesday
Meyer ID. Hoover, the father of Julia, sent
for her to come home he said she ought
l.
witness never sent Julia to buy poison to
kill rats or mice :; it was talked of a couple
Of weeks before that there ought to be
poison got for that purpose; think she
first suggested getting the poison
X: Witness and Julia complained short
time before the child died about the rats
and mice Jula's father did not tell her to
buy poison for rats and mice; Julia was
house keeper with witness /; Julia always
bought the things at the store and witness
always told her what to buy witness and
Julia often complained about the rats and
mice; Meyer Hoover said on each
in talking about the rats
and mice, that they should get poison
it was about 2j feet distance between
where the soup that was fed to the infant
was on the window and where she went to
the wash house to get the water some
time after the infant died, in cleaning out
the cupboard, witness found on the first
shelf package, which she afterwards
learned contained arsenic the child was
sick on Wednesday evening of the week it
died the same as on Friday, the day it
died; did not send for the doctor on We'd
nesday, because Mr.. Hoover objected
Julia was present when Mr.. Hoover OBJ
jected to sending for the doctor on We'd
nesday night.
Re-examincd: The child was taken sick
about o'clock Wednesday evening and
the symptoms were similar to those on
Friday {; witness was absent, at her sisters
at Earlville, when Julia bought the poison
none of the poison was used for the pur-
pose of killing rats.
x: The child was taken sick ON We'd
nesday evening of the day that Julia came
back home in the morning.
Elizabeth Bingaman, sworn Live in
Ephrata am the wife Of Levi Bingaman
there is just 4 fence between her house and
Mrs. HOover's 4; know defendant and the
child that died was present when the
child died first went to HOover's on the
day the child died at o'clock in the morn
ing having been summoned to come by
Julia Hoover the baby was sick on Mrs.
Hoovcr's lap vomiting when witness went
in {; Julia went back to the house with
witness {; when it was suggested to send
for the doctor Julia objected, because her
father did not want it. The testimony of
This witness as to what occurred at Mrs.
HOover's Onthe morning of November 21st
was substantially the same as that of Mrs.
Hoover. During the difficulty between
The defendant and Mrs. Hoover, on the
Monday that Julia left home, Julia told |
her step-mother that she should take her |
oaby and clear out for she did not like her |
anyhow. Knew that Julia was absent |
rom home for day or two after that, at |
Julia said she would not have
,ome back but they sent for her.
George NJ. Fetzer testified that he was
employed at E. s. Rogers drug store,
Ephrata some eight or nine days before
he infant child of Meyer Hoover died
Julia bought at the store a half ounce
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