Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-11


PIE. Ella then went into kitchen 10 help
wash dishes, ana soon thereafter they
started for home. Rose went with them
INTO the room in which their wraps
were. and which was DARK except what
light came in the open door. Rose t,ok
small parcel from the dresser and
pouring out some chocolate creams,
asked Lille and then Rose to have
some. They put them in their pockets,
then started for home munching
the sweets. At second cream Ella
remarked about the bitter taste of the
candy, and she Oillie) had said that cho-
oclate was sometimes bitter. As they
neared home they met and walked with
some lady friends short distance. Ella
complained OF feeling queer and said she
could not account for it, that the feeling
was climbing up her limbs. She refused
assistance and finally on reaching the
bars could go no further. Lille notified
her mother and then went for DR..
Mitchellwhile her younger sister went for
DIR. Haskell. On cross examination Lille
said she knew Ella had nothing to do
with the getting up of the party, because
If she had wanted to entertain she would
have done so at home. She had heard
Rose say commissions seemed to be in
the air.
The evidence of Miss McClaren and
Freddy Mitchell showed unusual nerv-
BUSINESS on the part of Rose after the
Doctor had been called to wait on Ella.
They had been playing dominoes but
when the DR.. returned for medicines and
said Ella was very bad, Rose refused to
play more, said she was too nervous.
She did not 90 to bed that that night
but lay on lounge in sitting room and
was moving around part of the night.
After rumOrs were current she told Rose
the house would be searched and Rose
had lost no time in getting a small
package from her room and burning it
up. Rose told her Mrs. Mitchell had
said that the Dr. would marry her
(Rose) after she (Mrs. Mitchell) had
died.
Freddy Mitchell testified to seeing his
father prepare strychnine for rats. Said
he and Rose had given chloroform to
his mother between and o'clock of
the evening she died. Rose told him
his mother had left him in her charge
She laughed when she said it. Rose
asked him at Christmas if bis father
intended giving her a present.
Rose was one of the four who sat up
with Ella Maly's body. The others tes-
timony showed Rose unmoved during
the night, and did not go into the loom
where the corpse was laid out.
Testimony was given as TO the sealing
of the organs taken from Ella Maly's
body, and their safe delivery to Prof.
Haihes of Rush Medical college and to
Prof Daniels of State University. Also
that Mrs. Mitchels body was exhumed,
the stomach. liver aud both kidneys
sent to DR.. Haines.
The next interesting bit of evidence
was that of Mrs Hyndman who said
Rose walked into her house one day,
without knocking-an unusual occur
rence-and asked her to intercede in
her behalf with DR.. Mitchell, as the DR..
did not act right She promised to
speak to him and Rose afterwards told
her it was all right again. After Ella
Maly's death Rose said to her, it was
dreadful to be suspected. DR.. was a
christian, Annie was christian and she
tried to be. Said if Mrs Mitchelrs body
was examined it would 90 hard with
the Doctor.
DR.. Lowering said he had never
known Rose except by sight, until she
came for some cough medicine in De-
tober. She then asked to see him priv
ateiy ana requested MN to sag good
word for her to Dr. Mitchell, as he
ought to marry her since she took such
good care of his children. She offered
him $40 if he would bring about the
wedding. He declined fee, but said he
would say good word to the DR.. if he
could.
On December 81 he received letter.
unsigned, containing five dollar bin
and the following note:
RICHLAND CENTER
Dec 80 1890
DEAR FRIEND
You have done we'll | will
give you $500 now and the other when
your work is finished
Burn it up Yours Truly
P. S. lean see a great change in the
DIR he gave me the lowest Christmas
present you ever saw. | know you did
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