Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-23
THE WILLARD CASE.
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Continuation of the Testimony for the
Defense-Dr. Wood, of this City,
Testifies as Expert

The Deputy Sh riff pounded the gayel and
called the Kent Circuit Court in session al
$50 yesterday morning. The defense called
On the day Mrs. Millard died. Matthew
spoke of going after the doctor, and she
said: g Don't leave me, Matthew" There
was talk about embalming the body.
Cross-After the body was laid out went
home, got my husband and returned TO Mil
lard's. There were a great many Others
there, among them Frank Millard and his
wife.
George Chandler testified-Worked for
Matthew Millard in his store; their rela-
tions we're perfectly pleasant; was not
there when she died; in the
evening had talk with Millard about getting
casket and shroud for his wife from Detroit;
he wanted me to get some one 10 90 after ii
or 60 to Ionia and telegraph for the burial
him acquire the property that he had
and now that she is dead she
should have as good burial as money
could give her; in about half hour later,
after thinking the matter over, Iadvised him
not 10 do that on account of the gossips there
who would misconstrue his motives and If
SADIE could speak she would not want him TO
went over to Jeffreys to see what he had in
stock for burial outfit; heard Mr.. Graham,
Frank Millard and the men employed in the
shop say that there were rats In the foundry
and engine room eating the tallow and flour.
Defense wanted to show that poison was
used to kill these rats, but the evidence was
objected to and sustained.
Cross-I took charge of getting matters In
readiness for the funeral; did not have any
talk with Millard about the gossip which
was being talked of him, and which |
gave as reason why he should
not send away for the burial outfit
Millard did not tell me to go to Jeffreys and
look after coffin. He wanted to buy his
outfit in Detroit.
Frank Millard, brother of accused-Have
lived in Grand Rapids since July last; went
to the bank on the Monday before her death
and saw him fixing poison OF crackers for
mice the paper was marked arsenic with a
lead pencil; went down to the house abont s
o'clock with my wife: in the room was my
mother and my mother-in-law: that evening
Matthew said he had Jeffreys fix some fluid
to embalm the body, but could get no one to
do it; he said he wanted to preserve the body
until he could get ia burial outfit from Detroit;
he said there was more of the fluid than he
wanted to use, and if the quantity were re-
duced and strengthened it would answer just
as well; he wanted me to go over to the bank
ana gel SOME out OI Tie SdIt. lie StlU III re-
ply to my inquiry that what he gave me
would do if / had it; took it out of my
pocket and poured it into the bottle: we then
went to the body; / held the cup and he in
jected the fluid once into the mouth and
twice into the rectum: we poured from the
bottle three times; / stood by the head of the
corpse and steadied it; he used a syringe
with a metal tube and a rubber ball.
the syringe took about all there was in the
cup: before injecting into the rectum Mat
thew turned the body over towards the face
on the side; l then poured out more of the
solution into the cup; / went out of the
room and left him in there; don't know
what he did; did not see any one about the
house when went away.
Re-direct-The bottle containing the solu-
ution was plain round bottle about six
inches high wore the same vest over to
Matthews that had on when he gave me
the poison.
Vena Etteman-Was not present when
any conversation took place between Matthew
and Mrs. Workman about having an exami-
uation: Mrs. Millard said she did not want
Mrs. Workman there, preferred to have
Matthew there.
Jacob Graham testifed-Worked for Mil
lard as engineer in 1882; got some poison
from him; the rats were eating the tallow in
the engine room; was present when the
body was exhumed.