The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-06
THEMAXWELLCASE.
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might have and she answered. Two
years. Tho witness said she had lived
| in n good many places during her life.
| time. Before she was married sbe lived
| atTroy, N. Y, and Lynn, Mass.
She said che was formerly clairvoyant
and advertised herself as being
| from Boston, and born with a veil and
second sight. MIR. Wel,y had plenty of
| fun with the witness, who got very mad.
| She said she did not wear charm, gave
| no chsrms and did not work the charm
racket. Icannot say Igave DR.. Maxwell
1 sitting. talked with him and cannot
i say when / fret saw him. My husband IL
O cook at the Hotel Conrad, Massillon.
| Ihave talked with no one about this
Il she talked with Mr.. y Adair
and said she did not see him. Mr.. Welty
wanted her 70 call him In by her charms.
She said she did not have to. The wit
ness could not tell whether II rained or
showed on the day Lille Bordner was at
her place, or what time of the day II was
She could not tell single article Of dress
that Lille had on.
| When the NEws.DEMocRAT went to
press Friday afternoon Mrs. Walters of
South Walnut street was upon the stand.
Her testimony was az follows:
| I worked for Madame Fletcher one
afternoon. can not identify Mrs, Aaron
| Boruner as one of the ladies who called.
| learned the young girls name was
| Bordner. She went out in the bnck yard
and vomited. saw some blood on the
steps after she came In. 1 carried some
| wnter and Madame Fletcher cleaned up
| the blood. do not know the exact date
they called. II was about November 18
| or 10. On being cross examined by Prose-
/ cutor Bow, she said she had lived in Can
| ton 20 years, and flrst met Madame Fetch
| or in December or January, 1880.
Judge Critcbf1eld then questioned the
II mi anoin Sbo aai1 ahn had haaf,
acquainted with Madame Fletcher
month before the afternoon she went
l there to do the work.
The defense then proceeded 10 bring on
| witnesses to prove that Or. Maxwell had.
| always maintained coed reputation both
| as citizen and physician up to the time
| of this case.
| AARON WATTS,
q farmer and gardener living two and
| half miles east or town, was called. lie
| testified that he had formerly lived at
| Millersburg and knew DR.. Maxwell. He
| had never heard anything against the
| reputation OF defendant either al Millers.
burg or here until this case.
ATroKNEyGss, HUDSON
1 then took the stand. He testified that
| Edward Swank and Or. Maxwell were in
| his Office when Swank told him he had
been on the cars and saw Lille Bordner.
/ She had asked him to put up the window
as she felt Like vomiting. This was on
November q. She looked pale in the face
and appeared to be sick. Attorney Bow
cross examined witness. He testified that
he had been retained by Maxwell as attor-
ney i'm this case before the conversation in
his Office and was sstill associated with him
L as council.
ATToRFERY PoMERENK
then asked to be sworn and took the
stand. He testified that Isaac Wslsup
had come to his Office and said to him,
that Wety told him il he would testify
that Max we'll told him he had operated on
Lille Bordner instead of treating ber, he
would not be compelled to give bond for
appcerspce.
THE ,DEFENsE RESTS.
At one minute pasta o'clock Judge Tay-
Jor said ''does the defendant rest" ave
restn replied Judge Critchfleld.
The examination of witnesses wss then
taken in hand by the state TO prove that
Lille Bordper vas at church on Sunday
afternoon, Nov.23, tho day IL WAS alleged
that Dr.. Robertson had been at the Bord-
nor place and had seen Lille there.
RAY LEHM
was Rrst put upon the stand. Lehna testi-
fed that he had seen Lille Bordner at
church at Sandyville, Nov. %. She started
home about $3.50 o'clock. She looked
very we'll at that time. Judge Critchfield
cross examined witness, closely regard
ing his memory as to the date upon which
he was at church and saw Lille Bordner.
The answers ofwitness caused considera-
BILE amusement among the spectators.
Judge Critchfeid wanted to know whether
witness sang DIN choir and what hymns
they sang. Witness didn't remember
sans ws bSss s% swe' eH' did sHnf they out have Rs
regular preaching in the Lutheran church"
asked the Judge. "No, but irregular
preaching as just as good as regular
piled the witness. The Judge finally gave
up endeavoring to get witness tangled up
and let him go.
wIunLAM BECHER,
OF near Bolivar was then called. Witness
saw Lillie Bordner at church Sunday Nov.
%. She sat two rows in front of him.
Judge Critchheld,cross examined witness.
He said ke knew IL was Nov. % for IL was
just two weeks before she was brought
home corpse.
JoHEGw. LUPHER
lived between Sandyville and Zoar. He
had seen Lille Bordner the second Sun
day before her death at the Methodist
Sunday school at l,30 o'clock in Sandy
vile. Cross examination was conducted
by Attorney Pomerene. Witness was cer-
tain It was the second Sunday before Lii
lies death.
Harvey Cable lives at Sandyville. Wit.
ness had seen Lille Rordner at Lutheran
church Sunday Nov. %. Saw her leave
the church for homo. Judge Critchfleld
conducted a rigid cross examination but
the witness was drm Ia bis testimony.
Judge Taylor then admonished the Jury
to have no conversation regarding the
case pending and stating that there would
he no court Saturday as he would hold
court at Carrollton. Court was adjourned
until 8 o'clock Monday morning.
MONDAY MORNING SESSION.
The intermission in the Maxwell case
has apparently been very beneficial to oil
interested, and when Monday mornings
session opened, the judge, attorneys and
jurymen looked greatly refreshed. DIR.
Maxwell was also looking at his best, and
was In the court room twenty minutes be-
fore the time for opening the court had
arrived.
There was a delay OF quarter OF an
hour on account of the tardiness of sew
eral of the iurymen.
Many members of the bar who have
taken no part In the case are taking a
great interestin the outcome and are, Tor
the greater part of the time in attendance
ataourt. Law students do not miss ses-
sion, and help 80 swell the nuuber of at.
tendants inside dhe railing. Bailiff Shiveiy
is preserving the best of order and yields
his gayel, which 10 in the form Of an ak,
with great effect.
AS each day succeeds the other and the
case continues, the members of the Jury
get a little farther down In their seats and |
set a little farther up on their respective |
spinal columns. II the case continues
many days longer, there Is a probability |
that some of the jurymen will be edeformed |
or at any rate will consume considerable |
time ia gesting themselves into shape |
again before they commence to get at |
verdict.
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