Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-06
In HIS OWN DEFENSE
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here identified the paper that was found in
Lizzie Tsgssrt's trunk bearing Mrs. |
Purdy's address ss the one she had written |
fer him. witness ssid it wa late but she |
wanted her trunk, aud he htchei up his |
t0rsa aud drove up town. DR.. T. A Cox |
accompanied him. They returned aud DR. 1
Cox left him az the corner ct Sixteenth au6 |
Market streets. DIR. Cox ltft the women
some powders md directed her 10 take |
them regularly.
A MYSTERIOUS BLUE POWDER.
The next day the girl came ont of her
room and asked witness for spoon and /
cup OF water, which he gave her He |
then SAW her take some gray powder GU /
@. d fiue blue paper, which she swallowed. |
Tire medicine which d. Cox gave her was
pm, up ip d flerent c,lOred nper Biggs |
sid ne afterwards ,ried to light his pipe .
With the blue wrapper, but it was too .
small cad be burned bis fingers The /
qili did lot obey the Doctors instructions |
SIS 10 remaining still, hut was mp aud shout /
most OF he time. Ga Sunday morning /
Dr. Cox told witness that he bsd learned /
that h.s psuents name was Lizzie Tag /
cart, aed her father WAS tbsu sect for /
tic came on Tuesday morning, and WAS .
introduced 10 him az the girls father.
Mr. Biggs then described the condition /
of the Uat ,eut on ne several days during /.
her stay at his house. On Saturday even /
ing four or five hours after taking tie
,-oordar sha hanarra tyo-sa q Nd tfro4,ad ]
and tossed about in her room. Witness
tapped on the door and asked if ne ought
Let TO call the physician, but she said no,
she would he better 10 a short time
DuriUg the examination the defense had
taken the witness out OF the bands OF the
State, and made BIN their own. He was
accordingly submitted to q searching cross
examination, by Col. Arnett He said
that he had not seen all the prescriptions
which Or. Cox gave TO the girl,
and the one she took ont
Of the blue paper might have
been given before. Witness only kneF
that it was in a different coored paper
he was present when DR.. Cox prescribed
for the girl in his house. The Doctor com
pounded the medicines himself and did
not end to a druggist for them. M. Biggs
said he wa present every time except one
that the medicines were prepared. They
we're pat up IN Dr. COx's prescription
Pc pers, hut be was unable to describe
these papers accurately. The blue paper,
from which ne saw Miss Taggart take the
drug on S turdsy, was paper Of different
shape from the prescription blanks.
THE MEDICINE FOUND.
This concluded the States examination
of the witness, and the defendant asked
him 10 identify a bottle of medicine,
which had been prepared by McLsln Bros.
for Miss Taggart. He said ne recognized
the bottle by the appearance aud the odor
of the drug 10 II.
DR.. Richardson WAS again called ano
gave his opinion that the bottle contained
a prrparation Of Fluid Extract of VibuTnum
Pfuoihlrium. which drug was usually
given Il prevent an abortion. The State
presented the prescription 10 DR.. Richard
son. snd Col. Arnett asked him if the dose
OF viburnum in il would be any more
effective than so much water. The Doctor
replied that il was small, much smaller
than he would give ordinarily, but the
size of the dose would have to he ,gulatsd
by the condition aud psculiantes OF the
patient.
DR. r. A. cox on THE STAND.
DR.. Richardson's testimony completed
the evidence for the prosecution, and the
State rested. Captain DOyener immedi-
ately moved b. exclude the evidence,
which was overruled, aud the defense pro
cee6ed TO make its case After short
consul aiicn Captain Bowers arose and
asked that DR.. T. A. Cox ard DR.. f. Y
Cox be sworn. 1t caused "a ripple Of excite
meut over the To0m. Both Doctors were
sworn. and DE- T. A Cox took the stand.
The first part of his testimony was the
same as before the Coroner's Jury. The
Young woman, he said, came to his Office
ana told him that she was married and
WAS suffering from fall on the B. and o.
steps. He gave her some opium powders,
and cat his address OF letter head and
gave it to her to find her way back to hie
office. Here the defense produced the slip
of paper found or the girls person, and
the blank sheet from which 1t had besl
cut. The Doctor idenufad both and
fitted them together.
ard sa;d that when the girl returned in the
evening, ne ked her if she would submit
TO an examination, which she agreed TO,
and he made it. He told her she
s,e threatened with an abortion, and d.
rected her TO 20 home and lie down, con-
tipuipe 10 take the powers and he would
coil or her the next day.
CAME To THE BIGGS HOUSE
The woman told him that she was il
noisy part u town and wanted a quiet
place He proposed the hospital but she
refused 20 20. Next morning the girl dis
obeved his commands to lie in bsd and
came back to bis office. She again com
plsiued of the Soise ard witness told her
he would see if his cousin in South Wheel
inc would take her. He secured quarters
there and brought her down 10 his cousins
that evening, introducing her as Mrs.
Clark He then made ont some more
opium powders and left them for her.
On Sunday morning Miss Taggart was
rorse and he visited her several times
doring the day Then it wss that he dis
covered her real name, and told Mr.. Biggs
ehout IT, Bieps advised hlm TO call in bis
brother. and he sent note for him. This
wa Oh Sundsy evening, and on the next
trsin north his brother arrived. Witness
and his brother consulted about the Gaze
and decided 20 give her v.burnum pluni-
Aoru,a in addition Ia the morphine. At
tris interview ne learned the name and adj
dress of her father. and his brother imme-
Gist.ly sat down and wrote a letter to him
asking MIN to come They received tel
egrsm the next day notifying them that he
,sould be there in the evening. The tele-
gram was offered ID testimony and idenu-
/ fed by the witness.
DR. Cox observed the succeeding changes
in the condition of the patient and the al
rival of her father, following closely the
story told by him before the corOner's jury.
when her father arrived che was delirious.
The doctors informed Mr.. TagEart that q
miscsrriage wss inevitable. Mr. Taggart
asksd DR.. F. V. Cox TO take charge OF her,
but he declined on the ground that he did
not live in the city, and had his patients
10 attend 20. Then al Mr. Taggsrt's sug-
gsstiou it was determined 10 remove tins
Girl to Proctor.
The incidents Of the trip to Proctor as
the doctor described them have been pub