The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-05-07
The Testimony of Detective
Isaac Walkup.
Some Interesting IufoImstion Re-
garding tr Doctors Actions.
He Admits He Had Operated on the Girl
The Arrangements to Give Out the Re-
port That she Died on the Way Home.

came to her death on December Z, loJVi
has again revived interest in the case;
The best of attorneys have been engaged
in the defense of Maxwell and SchCtt ana
the trial will be stubhornly fought from
beginning to end. The case was post
poned last term at the request OF the ue,
fense, thinking that the defendants could
secure n fairer trial after the case nad be-
come almost forgotten by the puollc. Inc
assignment of the case has not yet been
made, but IL is understood that II VIII
como up for trial May 25.
A history OF the case in all its details
was given by the DEMOCRAT at the
time of it's occurrence, but the testimony
of one important witness before Coroner
Schaefer, who conducted the investiga-
ton, has never been made public, owing
to the absence OF the witness and also
owing to the attempt made to suppress
the publication of his testimony. This
witness Is Isaac Walkup, who disappeared
when the facts came out, but who was
afterwards brought back from Cleveland
where he bad gone TO escape the officers.
Isaac Walkup being duly sworn testified
before Coroner Schaefer in substance as
follows: My family live in Chicago and
have been here since lastJune. l have
been in the detective business for the last
three or four years. Saturday evening,
December 5, was in Canton and was at
that time rooming With DR.. Maxwell. On
that day, at 80 o'clock, Maxwell came
TO me in the Brunswick saloon, in East
Tuscarawas street, called me out and said
he wanted TO see me. We walked
towards his office, and on the way he said
he wanted me to take girl in the country
for young fellow, and that the young
fellow had hired a rig for that purpose.
He said the young fellow
WOULD PAY NE WELL
for II. / then asked him who the young
fellow was and he said his name was
Schott.
said should be at his office that evening
at o'clock. l came back at 8 o'clock as
per agreement and asked where the party
was as l supposed they would meet me
there. Maxwell said the young fellow
had gone home but that the girl was at
private house. He said that Schott would
pay me 500. We started down toward
the house, but when at the corner of
Fifth and Piedmont streets we stopped
and Maxwell said that he would GO and
get the buggy as he did not want them to
see me. walked down to the corner of
Fifth and Walnut streets and waited
until Maxwell came. He had a two seated
rig with top and curtains. One horse at
tached to the buggy was his and the other
was a white one. The curtains of the
carriage were buckled on tight.
On the way to the house he told me the
girl was sick but before we got to the
house he said she was dead. asked him
how she died and he said
HE HAD BEEN OPERATING
on her and she had caught cold and died
of pneumonia of the lungs. / told him
this was liable to get me in trouble, but he
said was only the driver,and that he had
telegrapbed ahead and must take her.
asked him what time she died and he stat
ed that she had died about noon Saturday, |
but, he said, "you can tell them she died |
on the way home.n When we got to the |
house he said he would 30 in and get the |
girl.
HE BROUGHT HER OUT
in his arms, and two women came out
with him; one helped to get her in the |
carriage and the other stood on the pave |
ment. We then got into the carriage and |
drove off. When we got started, l said: |
NDoc, this woman smells and she has been |
dead some time, and you can't make her |
folks believe that she died on the way
home, as they would smell her and know
that she had been dead some time.n
stopped the buggy and said I'd rather not
go, but he said he had telegraphed the !
young fellow and he would be there and
have everything fixed.
We drove on ways and stopped again |
and said: doc, why don't you get a
coffin or a rough box and telegraph the
young fellow that she will be down on the |
first train?" He said no, that he had tel. |
egraphed and they would be looking for |
her. l wanted him to go back to the house |
where we got her and get rough box but |
he said the folks had gone away from
the house since we left, and
we could not get in there now. / then |
asked him if he didn't have a friend some |
place where he could take her until we
got q rough box and he said we might go |
down to Mrs. Mackey's house. When we |
got there, Maxwell got out of the carriage |
and called Mrs. Mackey to the door. He |
wanted Mrs. Mackey to let him
LAY THE BODY IN TIE HOUSE
II ho~ h. |
would like TO accommodate him, but she |
had some friends in the house. We then |
drove on over to Cleveland avenne. When |
we got to the foot of Cleveland avenue, / |
told Doc. he would have TO go along, as he |
could fix it up better than / could. He |
said he would go. On the way to Sandy |
Vile / told him he had better tell them she |
had died Of pneumonia OF the lungs as he |
had told me, but he said he would tell |
them that she was out riding with young |
fellow, got thrown out Of the carriage and
was hurt inwardly. He said the girl had
told him that
HER MOTHER HAD SENT HER THERE
as she had been probing herself.
He said nothing about the girl probing
herself before this. l told him the girls
mother, when she finds out the girl Is
dead might confess everything right there
through excitement and then the
DEVIL WOULD BE TO PAY.
He said: "The girls mother and that
young fellow will have everything
smoothed over and there will be nothing
of it," We lost our may at Sparta and
had TO enquire several times, finally ar
irving at Bordner's house at o'clock
Sunday morning. drove up to the gate
and Doc. said: "You get out, Ike,
and go TO the bouse and tell them
we have their daughter here" did SO.
An old gentleman came TO the door. /
said: "Come out have your daughter
here" As got to the gate one of the men
who came with the old gentleman asked
me how she was, and Doc answered them
HAD DIED ON THE WAY HOME.
Doc told them she had been out buggy
riding, got hurt inwardly, and died OF in
flammation on the way home.
Doc helped to carry her into the house,
and when he came out again a man came |
out with lantern in his hand and asked /
us il we wouldn't go in and warm. Doc
said, "No we must go right back" We /
got into the buggy and drove home, get
ting to Canton about ten minutes TO six /
o'clock. We drove to Sherer & Hays /
livery stable and Doc told me to get out
and skip up TO the Office, as he didn't
want
ANY ONE TO SEE ME.
That afternoon Policeman Jacobs and
two or three gentlemen came to the Office |
shortly after 2 o'clock. When they had
gone away 1 said, "Doc they're after your
He said yes, bat he thought there would |
not be much OF 1t. He said Schott was |
with the men but didn't think he gave the
thing away. told him that there would |
10 a postInortem examination, and asked
him il he thought | had not better 90 |
awav until a after the inquest. He said yes, |