The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-02

mother. Squire Bulger interposed his
authority and said the autopsy must pro-
coed, there, II possible, elsewhere II not.
Finally young lady led the weeping
mother from the room, and the body was
taken in charge by DrS. Wilson, Frissell,
ST., Frissell, IT,, Hoge, Stifel and Hardesty.
Athali.past seven o'clock the Jury again
came together at Squire Bulger's office.
There was quite large crowd Of people
and the case was evidently arousipg much
interest in the city.
Rev. @. P. Masden, sworn: Ny door bell
rang this morning about 8 o'clock. Mr..
Anderson, the step-iather Of the girl,
asked ii to 70 70 the bedside OF the dying
girl. Heis q member Of my church. Mr..
Morrison went with me, as did not know
the family. The girl was unconscious
when arrived. ! sang and prayed, and
she died in ten or twenty minutes after
my arrival. The surroundings were
rather uniayorable; that Is, the atmos.
phere was oppressive, and the stencil in
tolerable. You could not stay in the room
any length Of time.
Louis Kraft recalled: Haven't thought
OF anything in addition to what ! have al
ready sworn TO. saw deceased the last
time night before last. She was going
toward the street cars. There was appa.
rently nothing wrong. / was astonished
when learned Of her death this morn.
ling. l don't remember OF expressing my
establishment TO any one, Saw bundle
OF clothes on the fire. 1t was about that
high. Indicating with his hands q height
OF from eighteen inches to two feet.
There was q fork standing by, which had
evidently been used in shaking them up"
DR.. L. D. Wilson, who acted as prinCi.
pal physician in the autopsy, testified that
death did not result from diarrhna.
Col. O'Brien-There is on the street a
rumor going the rounds this afternoon,
that there had been an abortion or recent
pregnancy aud that the foetus had been
removed. How Is this?
Our examination led me to believe that
there had been a recent pregnancy, and
that the foetus had been removed. II
may have been week or more ago. !
can not tell how old the foetus might have
been. We can only approximate. II
might have been seven, ten or eleven
weeks old. ! mean by that that she might
have been gone in pregnancy these
lengths Of time. The Doctor then de.
scribed the womb and its workings, and
the organs Immediately connected with 1t,
and concluded oy stating that 1t was his
belief that death had resulted from abor.
ton.
DIS. Hoge, Stifel and Hardesty corrobor-
ated the testimony, and the jury then re.
turned verdict that her death was the
result Of an abortion, produced by means
or causes to the jury unknown, and that
death took place at o'clock A. NJ, this
day, at the residence OF DR.. 6. W. Kelly,
on Sixteenth street, in the Fourth ward
OF the city Of Wheeling, After the testi.
mony OF DR.. Wilson was concluded, Mr..
Pendleton, who represented the State, or
dered the apprehension Of DR.. Kelly, and
Constable Henry proceeded to the doctor &
house and brought him to the 'Squires
office.
DR.. Kelly stated that be would spend
as much money Us any other man In
Wheeling to discover the origin OF the
crime, and just then Capt. D. b. Dovener
came into the room, and was engaged by
DR.. Kelly. After consultation with the
Prosecuting Attorney the Justice told DR..
Kelly that there was no charge against
him, and that he was free to go. Mr.. Jord.
an told him, however, that the matter
would be brought before the Grand Jury
at the next term, and the Doctor express.
ed himself as perfectly willing to stand all
Investigation necessary in the matter.
The remains OF the girl were forwarded
to Lynchburg, Va, at 1:40 o'clock this
morning for interment.