Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-06
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
THB STATE RESTS AND DR.. T. A. COX TAXES
THB STAND.
A Day Of Great Interest in the Trial at New
Marinwille-Sro1g Testimony Atiloot
in Behalf Of ths Prsnerl-0rss-
Examination To-Day.

Special Ttlegram 10 ne Reo.ie.
NEW MARTINsvmLE, W. VA, June 5.
The developments of the day were The
most interesting that have been brought 10
light in connection with the Lizzie Taggart
tragedy since the first sad denouement A.
Proctor. An attentive audience followed
the thread Of testimony carefully and
eagerly. The first witness vas DR.. Rich
ardson who assisted in the post mortem
examination.
DR.. Richardson described the post MOI
TEN examination, concuuing in HE ma
particulars with DR.. Low,her. He said
that they first examined the body for ex-
terDal bruises, but found none They then
proceeded to learn, If possible, how far The
woman had been advanced in pregnancy,
and came to the conclusion that the period
WAS about seven months. C0mplste exc
animation was made OF all the organs ofthe
body. with the exception OF the brain aud
the spinal chord, and in his opinion ihe
woman came to her death from pugrpemi
septaF9mia DR.. RichardsOn's technical
description was substantially the same as
Dr. Lowther's, with some minor additions
His examination revealed no malloma-
tion Of any of the parts.
The witness said he had assisted in the
examination of the child It was fornd on
Proctor creek, shout one-eighih of a mile
] o., H.. Ill Il
exhumed by Dr. F. v Cox on Monday.
and at the time Of the examination weighed
about two pounds and measured about
thirteen inches In length DR.. Rich
srisou then described the condi-
ton Of the child IN detail and
did not differ in any material
particular from his medical colleague. The
child had been decspitaied and the wound
seemed to have been inflicted by some
blunt pointed instrument. The leit ann
was removed and the humereus was inct-
nred az the elbow. TIE child had never
breathed, but there WAS 10 sign of docom-
position about the body; the skin looked
| fresh and healthy. From what witness
saw, knowing nothing Of the history OF tine
case, he did not think that the operation
of delivery bad been skiiliullY performed,
and he could discover no indication of a
necessity for IT, II there had been mo- labor
pains there would have been no necessity
for the removal OF the child. II there be
labor pains, the dilataton generally f0i-
/ lows, but not necessarily.
A MINUTE CROSS EXAMINATION.
! Capt. Dovener conducted the cross-ex-
D e.,s al 4 .H
and tedious. He said that be could not
say that the operation performed on Lizzie
| Taggart was not necessary. A post NOR
tenn examination would not reveal the feet
whether there was dilaiation or not
Hydrate of chloral, chloroiorIi and other
drugs were sometimes used 90 produce de
lataton, aud when these failed the phy-i-
clan was justified in resort 10 mcdaniel
means. The instruments which would
be used in such case were considered
humane instruments, and Were used 90
save life
Professional ethics, the witness said, Zee
quiTed that no more than fhe nearest Teil-
| lives Of the patient and the nurse should
be admitted to the room IN a case of cnild
birth. The witness did Iot believe the in-
| uries on the child could have been .nAci-
ed by bruise or o fall The parts were
confused as If torn and cut by "a blunt in-
strument.
The examination was directed at length
to the details of the operation of dissection
and craneo omy, nd the conditions that
would make them necessary. Witness
said his examination Of the body did not
reveal any Of these conditions.
DR.. Richardson's familiarity with all the
points of the case WAS evident, ond be
stood the searching cross-eXaminnti0n in
an exceedingly creditable manner.
INTERESTING NEW TESTIMONY.
The Wheeling witnesses came ON the
stand in the afternoon. Patrick Fizdm-
mons was the first He said DE wai by
occupation a drayman, and early ln May
he hauled a trunk from the 3. K % d.plt
to No 10 Fifteenth street. and Saw q name
on It. To the best Of ms recollection tine
name was /. Teggart Mr. Pnrdy re-
ceived the trunk and young lady aged
about 2i or p paid him for b.. Mr.
Purdy asked him to haul the trunk, give
ing him the check, late IN the evening
Witness saw the young lady 10 the hail of
the house, bat did not notice that che was
sick or pay particular attention 10 her.
ThOs. Purdy called; said his present
residence was Wheeling w. Va, az 60
| Fifteenth street. He remembered seeing
| Patrick Fi,zsimmons on the second or
/ third of May, and giving him q check for
a trunk about four o'clock in the evening
| Witness got the check from a young lady
who cane o. hi house that dav. She
came 10 their front doo-, snd he met her
/ The girl wsa a little uader The media
/ size and comparatively young. She told
witness that 8he wanted room ard board
| ing for about week, and he 10 k her iu
TO his wife. who made the arrangements
with her The girl STAYED st tle house
until the next day in the afternoon, ett-
ing supper, breakfast aud dinner. Witness
sat with her at the table and heip,i
her. Neither he nor any OF
br family noticed that sne was sick or
heard her make compliant Sine won't
away after dinner, and came bi.k -.yilg
she had received a letter She pad Der
bill and said she was going 10 leave og tle
evening train for Parklr-burg. a.d would
send for her trunk An0u' nine O'Clock
that evening two men drove mp in q wfg.n
and asked for Mr- Cafk's trunk, witness
went out and held tue horse while The
two men brought tne trunk down stnr,.
one of them was very tall a1d slender. and
was dressed ia hlsck frock cos ri.h "a
high silk hat lie Was the man who ai-
dressed witness. The other app. red .0
he the driver Of the wagon. Wtus-s did
no. think be could Identity either OF e
men If he saw them
Mrs Purdy was the next witness. I'D
she told substantially the same stlrg as
her husband She SAID that Miss Taggrt
came 10 her house between three and four
o'clock IN the afternoon OF Thursday. and
remained there until the next day. She
told witness that her name VIA Clark. and
her home East Cambrige, Ohio; witness
made no discovery ~ to her b0arder con-
dition, and never Thought oi her being
pregnant. In the morning after breakfast
she went out snd came back, aud went
out again after dinner. The rest of the
witness story wss not important in char
acter.
THE Cousins STORY
Mr.. J. T. Biggs said his residence vas
in Wheeling, corner OF Wood and Twenty
ninth streets A young lady came 20 his
house on the evening Of May 81, and
stayed there until the following TUESDAY
at 10 o'clock The only name be knew har
by was Lizzie Clark. he had since learned
that her name was Lizzie Taggar. Both
the defendants saw her while she was 40
his house. Her father and witness went
with the girl to the Ohio River depot, and
witness saw them on the Ohio Z YER train
going South. He saw DR.. T. A. Cox or
the platform when they LETT. Witne-s did