, 1888-12-20
the burial of Teller.

! deputy sheriff in 1887, and knew the de-
fendant, On the night of May 81, 1887,
defendant surrendered herself and was
placed in his custody. He had talk with
her and che said she had killed her hus.
band in self defense. She gave him let.
ter addressed to John Dougan, at Deep
creek, and asked him to put stamp ON it
and mail it. He took the letter to the
sherif's office and gave it to the sheriff.
The letter was submitted in evidence.
but was objected to by defense and wran,
gle between the attorneys ensued. The
letter was withdrawn for the time by
mutual consent.
Witness continuing said he could not
swear that the letter was the same that
was taken from the envelope he handed to
the sheriff. 1t being in cipher no one ip
the office could read it, He did not know
what became of the envelope.
=, Sheriff Glispin was recalled. He saw
the letter in his office and it was opened
by John Brickell. The letter In question
was the same that Brickell took from the
envelope. He did not know where the en-.
velope was. Had not searched for it. The
letter was kept in the safe In the sheriff
office until it was given to Attorney JONES'
and never vas in the hands of the defend.
ant while witness had charge of it, It
was addressed to John Dougan who was
then in his custody.
The letter was again offered in evidence
by the prosecution and objected to by de.
fence on the ground that il would be com.
pulsory evidence furnished by the accused
Ii was after 3 p. NJ before the counsel
for the prosecution finished his argument
! on the motion to exclude the cypher let.
ter; The cour6 sustained the objection
and The letter was ruled out.
THE VERDICT.
ID. A. Clement was called, but had not
proceeded far when his testimony was OBJ.
! Jected to and he was excused.
A. Is. Perkins was next called He was
a member of the coroner's jury in the Tel
! Ter inquest He described the position of
the body, gun, etc. and condition of the
remains. The prosecution then rested.
The defense introduced no testimony
but requested the court to instruct the
jury TO give verdict of not guilty.
The attorneys made the motion on the
ground that no testimony had been adj
duced proving Mary Tellers guilt. The
court So instructed the jury and they ren.
dered the following verdict without leav-
| ing their seats
| We, the jury in the case of the territory
OF Washington, plaintiff, against Mary
| Teller, defendant, find the defendant not
guilty.
,uurt was tutn uuIJuTUeu uutl ~
o'clock this morning As soon as the YER
dict was read Mrs. Teller was congratu-
! lated by her counsel and friends and with
a smiling face left the court free woman.
A CORE spondent writes TO the REVIEW
that he cannot believe that there are so
few deaths in Spokane as are reported by
the newspapers. He says there must be
three or four day, and that only one or
two ere occasionly published and the rest
suppressed. The correspondent failed to
indicate by whom they are suppressed,
TO, the REVIEW always publishes all the
deaths reported at the health office.
A reporter called on Health Officer Nc
Lean and stated the case to him. People
are always dissatisfied about something"
he said. "but your correspondent is GER
tainly hard to please. There is not enough
sickness for him, and people are not dying
fast enough.
You can say for me that there is less
sickness and fewer deaths in Spokane than
in and other city of its size in the United
States. When | made my report to the
council for November | stated there were
nineteen deaths but that there had been
few more. but l could not furnish report
about them because DR.. Campbell, who
died, left no record. | have since found
the complete record. and here is a com plete
list of the deaths and causes of death for
November.
THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
The reporter copied the list which is as
follows:
November 5-Mary Cusick, aged 8
months, innanition.
November 5-Austn Culver. aged IA
months, cerebro spinal meningitis.
November 5-Alfred Fenwick, aged l3
typhoid fever.
November 6-Mrs. Octavia Stedje. aged
%, consumption.
November Johann Fl. G. Schultz,
aged 36 years, alcoholism.
November S-Nicholas Lent, aged 81,
accidental.
November 9-Alexander Sinclair Camp
bell, aged 43, pneumonia.
November l4-Wiliam Domke, aged
%, pneumonia.
November Margaret o Donnel, aged
So, typhoid fever.
November 1s--Lear Lindsey, aged So,
pneumonia.
November l9-Grace Story, aged 3,
pneumonia.
November 20-Lizze Grant, aged 30,
morphine poisoning.
| November CIV. s. Johnson, died at
hospital, result Of accident.
| November 2l-William Johnson, aged
20, catarrhal gamblers.
| November % - Halter. infant,
pneumonia.
! November 24-L. Halter, III. G. Halter,
| lnga Halter, four children, pneumonia.
| November 24--Zena LeRay, aged %,
| epileptic seizure.
November 26--Charles Taulman, aged
years, accident.
November 26--Charles French, aged 45,
I fracture of skull.
| November 26-Melvin Field. aged SS,
pneumonia.
| November 27-Emilene Bridges. aged