The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-08-13

you, otiu MI DdluWln' Ut. Idyl0r Is
instructed to take certain fluid and
analyze it; he did SO he found arsenic
in it. Then Baldwin comes in and
says, ayes, | can identity that fluid"
Why didn't the defense analyze a.
fluid? They might have found one
with no arsenic in it.
But the defense is not satisfied
with the arsenical doubt; they invite
us to the sacred scenes of the death
bed. DR.. Clark testified that she had
heart disease that he had to warn DIR.
Baker, knowing his propensities, as to
the relations he should have with her.
Gentlemen, did you catch that term,
"knowing his propensities" But the
defense don't stand by their witness
nothing more has been said of heart
disease. DIR, Preston and DR.. Wiley did
not say she had heart disease. Gentle
men, the fact that this prisoner has
attempted spurious defense must re-
bound on him. This gentleman from
Iowa comes here and tells OF symptoms
which no other one knew, not even the
family.
AT this point the court took recess
for dinner, without Mr., Trigg having
concluded.
This afternoon Daniel Trigg con-
tinued his argument There is some
thing strange about that death bed. 1t
is generally known when and how
death is coming. The patient has
fever, consumption or some other dis
ease, which is generally known to the
family and immediate friends. The
physician is generally apprised of it,
In this case are you able to say, Gen
tlemen, how she died? DR.. Baker has
never diyulged how she died. He at
tempts to account for it through his
.. counsel, in several ways Better not
: attempt to account for it at all.
= Here the speaker recalled the few
days preceding the death of Mrs.
Baker, recalled the parties who were
: there and their testimony in the case.
By the theory OF the defense she was
in critical condition during all the
few days which preceded death. On
Sunday the relations were there for a
social gathering. Nothing was thought
| or said of her danger. Monday she was
going about cheerful, Tuesday morn
ing she got up, ate breakfast, but took
sick afterward. At 8:31of that morn
o ing he administers capsule said tt
i contain morphine, though no ont
I knows; Miss Rowena Beattie came il
i the afternoon and found Mrs. Bake
4 lying on the couch but apparently il
I no danger. Witnesses only say sht
+ was very nervous, and had apprehen
Il sions on account of her pregnancy
0 Could not DR.. Baker have relieved he
/, apprehensions; could he not hay,
6 given her something to relieve he
It nervousness. This good doctor sa
s beside her bed, saw her die, and di'
L nothing The evidence accounting TO
her death is worth less than nothing
d They attempt a false account. The
e never sent for any physician. Sue lie
'e said that Dr. Wiley was sent for whel
l. the woman was in the death rattles
where are the messengers who wen
e for DR.. Wiley? Where are ]. f
Clark and Charlie Baker? The dt
n Tense did not bring these messenger
le here to fix the time when Dir. Vile
ne was sent for Where are they? On thi
point they stand mute as a rock an
7? silent as the grave.
IN She told DIR. Baker she feared sh
was going to have a spasm, but he di
IS. not minister to her even then. Sh
G. went into spasms, spasms which mac
that stomach red, until it should
ne told twenty months after death. tt
ry girls left the room when their motht
1d was in the hour of death. The
thought their mother was in labo
VI Who told them? DR.. Baker knew 81
in was not in labor Mrs. Clyce suggestt
o, the embalming, she says, the fluid WI
40 put only into the trunk of the def
h. woman. No concern was shown abo1
as the woman's illness, She wasn't e
lis pecting death. She talked pleasant
Dr. with Rownea Beattie the morning pr
1t vious to her death in the afternoon
rk Gentlemen, we claim that in view
all the facts there was fou play ther
DIV They don't try to show that the pr
we ooer is not guilty, but their argume
nd i to prove the existence Of reason
nj Ne doubt
re- The speaker closed at O'clock aft
mt having spoken for four and HI
th. hours. He was followed by his brot
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