The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-06
THE MAXWELLCASE.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.
On Friday night the day she was "well

concious. When semi-unconcious ne
asked her II she did not want another
doctor. Would any decent physician have
taken the statement OF dying girl, and
not get another doctor when she was dy-
ine7 No II was you, (pointing his finger
at DR.. BaxwelD who
DID NOT WANT ANOTHER DOCTOR.
You are the chap who wanted no other
doctor, as the whole affair would have
been found out.
Saturday morning there Is the girl sing
ing hymns, just before she dies. She then
makes the dying statement about the dis
position of her body. The doctor asks
what she wants done with her body. Does
he not know that she would want II put in
coffin? The best way 70 conceal that
body was 10 put It In casket. Schott did
enough but do not put the taking Of the
body home In that manner on Schott. Or.
Maxwell dressed that body so as 10 carry
out the scheme and deceive her family.
Does he do this TO conceal her death
Was II not to corroborate what he said in
that dispatch that she was hurt in run
away and died on the way homer
" hob u iuhcihi pipSSpoiNh'
THE CORPSE, THE MURDERER
and the driver.
At this point court adjourned until 0
o'clock Wednesday morning and Judge
Taylor gave the jury the usual instruc-
tions. ....
MORNING SESSION.
The court room was crowded again this
morning with people anxious to hear the
argument OF the eloquent and able John
G. Welty. Mr.. and Mrs. Bordner were IN
their accustomed seats, while DIR. Max
well sat at the table Of his attorneys, look
ing over the testimony of different wit
nesses.
Mr.. Welty said in substance: "Owing to
the length of the arguments and the
amount of testimony shall take more OF
your time than would otherwise. When
the court asked IL we were satisfied with
the jury, we answered that we were, and
we have no reasons now TO change that
opinion. believe every man on the jury
is honest and will render fair verdict.
II you bring in a verdict of not guilty
want you to be able TO say TO me, why you
did 1t. If the verdict is guilty, want you
to be able to say why you did it. The de-
fense has had a good deal 10 soy about the
conduct of the officers in this case. de-
sire to say TO you that did not do
AN UNPRoFEssIoNAL OR D1sHoNoRABLE
act regarding the testimony In this case,
and 1t is bad grace for the attorneys for
the defendant to refer TO 1t. l desire the
Jury to know everything that
have done in this case. A law
yer who will say that our
police officers are as bad as thieves and
pickpockets, must indeed have bad case.
/ care not whether he stands high or low
in the profession or comes from Stark or
Wayne county.
No matter If you do come from Wayne
county,it will not do for you to tell q Stark
county jury that Marshal Gentry, Officers
Jacobs, Harding and Slagle
ARE P1cKPocKETs AND THIEVES.
1t will notdo.
In your deliberations want you to con-
fine yourselves strictly to the testimony in
the case. IL we cannot convict with this
testimony we do not desire a conviction,
The defense is sort of a gattling gun
affair. One minute they say she Is not
pregnant and the next the learned coun-
sci says this poor mother wanted her to
90 away from home as she was about 70 be
confined. They have the girl at home on
the 10th and in Canton at q clairvoyant's
at the same time, They throw out too many
baits in the
HOPE OF CATCHING A SUCKER.
say there was a double murder COM
mitted. They say Maxwell comes from
good family. do not deny 1t, but he has
disgraced all of his connections and will
disgrace them more.
They say our evidence 10 all circumstan-
tial. Do you call the statements of Max
well circumstantial? / should say this
was direct. Take the testimony of Mr..
Roebuck, a telegraph operator, who says
Maxwell sent the telegram to Schott tell
Ing him to notify Bordner's that their
daughter had been huri In runaway and
would be brought home at night. This
was a lie and he knew IL. Roebuck then
asked him II the girl was badly hurt, and
he said not much. This was when the
girl was dead and he knew II. This mes
sage was sIgend J. A. Smith. There was
q DIR. Smith In this city at that time, and
have not much doubt as to who was meant
when the name Smith was aligned TO that
message.
When Bordner asked him what caused
the death, Maxwell said she was hurt in
In runaway and lived "a hours. He told
Mr.. Bordner that his name was DR.. Smith.
Was that true2
Because Hathaway 10 a witness for the
State he comes In for his share of the
abuse. He Is pickpocket, a thief and a
perjurer. ALI of the witnesses were abused
alike. He asked Maxwell on Sunday IL
he treated the Bordner girl or knew any
thing about her death, and the Doctor
said he did not. lie wanted TO throw
off the track, and attempted to |
do so by telling falsehood after falsehood.
In another conversation he told the wit
ness that Schott sent the telegram, and it |
would have been all right II Schott had |
gone TO Bordner's and toldthem the facts |
in the case. He said he operated on the |
girl week ago Tuesday at the Gully |
house. Do you believe Hathaway is COM
ing here for the purpose OF perjuring
himself2 do not believe it. | do not
think everyone Is so bad as that. be-
lieve people on the other side can tell the
truth. Here Is a voluntary statement that
he did not send the dispatch, which is not
true.
At this point Judge Critchfleld objected,
all of the testimony was not read.
Mr.. Welty said he did not have the heart
to read IL ali. aa ha feared either himaalf