Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-25
BRUCE CONVICTED.
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operation in December last GA Miss Hattie
Sghull, Of this o!ty was concluded IN tho
Philadelphia court of quarior GCssiOns last
Cv, uiug with verdict of guilty L. will
bO remembered that in tho carly part Of
December last, MISS SchOlls death under
circumstances suggestive OF malpraUtO
brought about ma iuvesti alton, as the
result Of which JIsrph X StriCkler, &c
Mouut Joy, and Dr. Doiiyal B. Bruce woJu
placed IN custody ~ auc mplcos IN ~"
crime. Striokcr tsuJw cut uu bail await
ing his trial.
THO ttial Of Bruce was buguu on W q
ucsday and exception w.. taken 10 the
admission of tho dying declaration Oi Miss
SchOll, on tho ground thH' furh testimony
was only admissible iu hnmJuido cases
Tho philadrlphh PrcSs ui this morning
reports thai JudEo F,uletJrr dcoldod that
tho declaration of tho Il, ceased was ad-
missblo IN evidence. Tho testimony ui
physiCihus was then taken
Dr II. G lcagley, of this city, who bad
attended tho deceased from the Ith OF
January 10 the lG,h, when sh' died, testi.
fled that he did not hold ont any hopes to
hcr of recovery, and sho aermed to bo
impressed with impcuiinE dissolution.
Ga January llth ho found her system
worse and exhaustion rapidly setting in
aud thought il was his duLy to say - her
that her chances for restoration wcrc poor.
The witness recollection Il what she SAID
after being made aware Ot her condition
was: al thiuk will not get well - UU,
" know ! will not gct wgII' AtlrI ward
she said, "I know | cannot recover,
have forgiven everybody, aud Ihopo to bc
forgiven" On cross examination the
witness said that ho Ouly drew his im-
pressions from what tho young woman
said aud that he was not positive as 10 her
exact words, Ga tho part ut tho dairn'o
counsel objected - the Hdni's'nl of tho
dying declaration Un tha ground thIt tA'io
| was not sutli JieuJ evidence 10 suuE that
tho young woman Was Imp,u,Noi " IA
sense of her impending dissolution. The
! judge said that the matter was one fDl the
jury to pass upon.
DR.. leagley then rs'iUrd that 'no A.u1E
woman said that shN htl hal VA DD'rk
ton procured by Physician ua"ed Or.
! Bruce, Of l4l6 Brown street, Philadei
phia. Ga crOss.cxamIuatiou tho witness
| said that tho youus woman did not sny
which Dr. B,uce 1t was
DR.. NJ. l.. Herr. OF tNs city, tDsl n'd
that he assist IN iho pos, mpItrm X
animation upon the hOdy u' Hattie ~ca'n,
and that death resulted irJm uuEInal
! operation.
On tho part Of tao dgi,h.o i, was al
| legged that when tue young wuulu cAl.Cd
~ the house on Brown street ahe saw Dr.
| Frances Bruce, tho wII2 ui tho dottui 'I',
and told her that she had be1n IN th'rt.
some time before and han an upnrtt ~
performed on her that Mrs. Bruce simply
cared for hor aud Gent her homo without
knowing what happened at,rwarGs.
Jennie Phillips, "a sory AT girl who II
WAS alleged was at Ms. Bruco'a house at
| the time Hattie SCholL was said to have
called there, was summoned 10 the slGUd
in support Of the allegation of the defense,
| but, as she said that aID did not know
Hattie SChul and had simply hca,d her
name mentioned during the conversation,
the Judge refused 70 accept her testimony.
The court, however, permitted tho uctcusO
To show thar Frances Bruce was also
known as doctor. After aggumeu, the
case was given 70 the jury, which at 10 p.
m. rendered q verdict Of guilty. Counsel
Tor Shields moYod Cor new trial.
oUn wUKruEKS NrIunHui,s
Items a bout Mannheim snd VpnTa.I Aud the
Villages AdJhcent
The annual sprlng loyeloLst OF tho Ger
man Baptists of Ephrata. will be held nt
Mohler's church May 9.h aud lUyh.
The board of school director, aJ iJS
meeting on Saturday decided to aid au
additional story u the East EpLuta
Tho railroad between Mannheim aud
Cornwall is being RAPIDLY pushed toward
completion. L. is expected tho road will
be opened 10 travel by the isJ of June
! John Single, who had lived ia Chicago
the past Gvo years, died Of consumption IL
Mannheim, on Saturday night last, just five
days after his arrival homo. Mr. ;. WAS
30 i'll during the trp that they were
obliged to stop OFF several times for him T.
I Il
year old child to mourn his death
Mr.. Isaac Il. Brown has purchasci tho
property Of Il. ii. uildebrani, on North
State street, Mannheim, and hhs been H.;
ting up the building used by Mr. ii, a i
cigar mauufactOIy with the necessary
apparatus for the manulaclnr' Of
cigar boxes Mr.. B, expects To be ready
iu few days to turn out WORK.
Ga Thursday Keller ard Iug SHIPPED
two car loads, j. &. Keller one car load,
Louis Farmer Que car load aud Bai jAmiu
Hope one car load Of fat cattle from tlo
SUNNY house stock yards, MauhClm, 70
the Philadelphia markets
On Wednesday afternoon, while Mrs
Eman'l Cassel, OF RaphO township was ia
the straw loft hunting eggs, ste Tell down
the straw hOle--a distance Of about II feet
and spraued her back and lott knee,
aud was otherwise severely injured.
Mr. John UjbsmGn aud family, Of
Ephrata, who moved to David City, No
braska, quite recently, returned last
Friday. He thinks there ia 10 place like
the garden spot Of Pennsy ylyInia."
Nebraska possessed no charms for him
His son, Mohor, remained in tho west.
Tho recent robbery Of s, NJ. Wiest's
store in Schoeneck of 500 worth of
jewe'ry, boots etc, was done 80 skilmlly
that suspicion points to tho Buzzard
gang as its perpetrators
Mrs. Sophia Spangler, wife OF Jacob
Spangler, died at the residence of her sou,
Jacob S. Spangier, on North state street
Mannheim, on Monday, after brief illness
Of about eight days duration OF pneu-
monia. The funeral obseques wero
observed on Wednesday, in the Lutheran
church, aud were conducted by Rev, e. s.
Brownmiller.
Mr.. Allen UIrich discovered coal in tho
mountain north of Brickorvllo last week
II was tried and found to DO tho best
quality Of anthracite coal. Onto vein
Ia reported, but the spot is kept secret.
Mr.. Harry White also discovered coal in
an unploughCd field of HIS few days
since.