The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-07


10 nm; declares that she is f,apny rhpI
ne is present and miserable when he /,
: gone she rcproaches him for his coldness
c ca. him sweet little angel; thinks be-
little office is the cutest place extant; re-
srets that he is to leave her after the sal,
OF MS farm; says the medicine is doins
IFS work; describes her husband as com
planning OF constant dreaming and. t1fntl
repeatedly about Bakers crime, and long,
to be in his great big arms.
i Continuing, she said:
1 met DR.. b. the day after his wife died
was not criminally intimate with Him tflesi
but was the first favorable opportunifyaf.
tcrwards-four or five days after her death
met him in the woods three or four times
the last criminal intimacy last fall was II
October; D,. B. moved to Abingdon thu
10th OF Sept, so; when wrote letter "C'
III which threatened TO betray Dir. 3.
dldn't intend to do so, but only sought tt
make him keep his promise to love and bt
true to me; first divuIged the secret
about May first, this year, in my parlor
my own brother and Col. John Summers
called and the latter told me he had these
warrants for me; Mr. Summers then re.
tired, and my brother told me to tell the
truth; was taken before Squire Gun
bingham the lady here seemed very much
embarrasscd;] discussed the morality OF
Killing my husband with DR.. B.; | told him
| would die for fear of doing such thing
he said God did not look OH it as a sin
that we were created for each other. Dr.
b. paid my bill at Paramount; we were
brought up in the church about our Grim.
mai intimacy, and denied it bitterly and
did not attcnd-we both denied it. Dr.
B., myself and my husband belonged to
the Methodist church; Rev. D. H. Carr
had US up, and told him that did wrong
III going to Paramount; here bottle No.
was re-idcntifed as the bottle from which
DR.. Is. was giving Gilmcr medicine, the
bottle still has medicine in it-about one
fourth full-and has been in the posses
sion of DR.. Taylor;] DR.. B. re6llcd it once
or twice; lie said it was tonic; the two
Walls that Dr.. Gilmer used have been mis-
placed; same Walls that DR.. B. put medi-
cine in; he did not tell me what he put in
them; said that the second vial contained
deadly poison, a teaspoonful of which
would kill; The first vial he said contained
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found bottles after was arrested, in
about one hour, and OH next day; was ar
rested on Sunday. No 2containcd nerve
repressor Miss Lew Gilmer gave medi-
cine; two bottles were kept in the press in
the hall, above reach of children; found
prusic acid vial in the chidren's play
house; here the witness criedl. DR.. B.
said that one drop would kill, but must
be certain to give full dose: said this in
a note: the cupping bottle was found in
the press; after pouring the medicine out
of it, put it in the press; found it where
| placed it never used it for cupping; very
few people went to the press; put it there
four months before the arrest; this bottle
has been in DR.. Taylor's posscssiOn-here
little open mouthed bottle was. resident
flied, by the label being scratched]. DR..
| b. left couple of capsules, for Mr. u. to
fake, to quiet him and cause sleep, he said.
! Mr.. G. took them and became deathly i'll,
couldn't sleep, and next morning COM
I planned Of pains in the stomach and vomlt-
ed. The DR.. called that morning; my hus-
band got better soon after vomiting; they
didn't produce sleep; do not know what
was in the capsules; had no conversation
with the doctor as to capsules.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
know the criminal intimacy began five
wears ago by the age Of my little child, Jno.
Baker; my son Robt. Carson, aged seven
years was first christened after DR.. Baker,
but my husband wanted him called after
Col. Carson; wanted him named after Ba-
ker, but yielded.
| have thought deal Of DR.. B. all the
fine: | have loved him since five and a
half wears ago. met him first at a festi-
val. he made no particular impression on
me at The time, only that lie was nIcc'
polite gentleman. DR.. B.. in later years,
told me that he had fallen in love with me
that dav. ! admired him as any other
gentleman. He first became our family
nhysician when little Maggie was born
nine wears ago, Drs. Barr and Craig were
nv physicians before Baker, waited on me;
my child, Bessie, was one month old when
he began to treat me for nasal catarrh:
he was anxious to treat me, saying nc hau
been similarly affected and was cured.
I have talked 10 my friend Mrs. Gam
mon, about the doctor attentions. Here
the witness became hysterical]. l am not
excited. I was willing to lay my soul bare
then, and l am not afraid to lay 1t bare 10
the world to-day. You shall have the
truth. Here witness was overcome ana
!, class of water was furnished hcr].
was treated at home and Mr.. &. was there
when the doctor would cauterize my throat.
He the doctor, was not particularly attcn-
five until five years ago. His tender treat.
ment was referred to by the doctor and
myself in later years. =. -
People thought | was going to dle OF
catarrah after Maggie was born; before
tho attack of catarrah the doctor and wlte
callcd about that time | went to their
house and stayed three days while sick OF
catarrah, on invitation of the doctor aho
wife. ,:.,
Mrs. Grace Rogers spe.t one day with
mo there. The doctor told me that a
change of water would help me. "hiie
there | was in bed and the doctor was az
scnt most ofthe time; | was notbenehteo,
7 vonldu't have been afraid to have told
NV husband or all the world everything
that occurred there; | admired the doctor
bosn;talty: was not interested in him then
an1 did not watch for his coming and GO
;no nm tbe road; was straight then, but
r. f1 you saw five years ago did watch TOR
him. Eleven years ago ! never wa.chea
for him no more than foryou (C.F. lf'ge}
IGaurhter at the expense of the cxamln-
ing lawycr]. -, g. o;ahteen
months DIR. B. waited on every childbirth.
Was our family physician up to two years
oro His atteption for several years was
mo more marked than to any lady. mn
-ally Quit taking medicine and got better
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