Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-05-20
RUS ELL TRIAL.
Judge Bailey Criticises the State for
Methods Employed.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May FIT has
been an exciting day for the defense in
the Russell trial. Last evening the
testimony Of Z9nia Horton, Mrs Rus
sells niece. was concluded. She testified
to finding in the discarded
mattress a small box containing
vials and capsules of arsenic
This box she handed to Taomas Russell,
who took it to G. A. Burlington, the
wealthy lumberman, for whom he had
worked for years, who preserved the same
IN his safe until he handed it over to
Prof. g. a. Drew, au expert st. Paul
chemist. The girl made the discovery
alter the COrOner's inquest had rem
dered a verdict of guilty against
Mrs. Russell. Ga the box is written:
bertha, take these pills as | told you
before" Detectives procured several let
ters written by the Erickson boys, their
belief being that Bertha was herself fur
nisbed with the arsenic, she aud others
believing her to nave a serious female
trouble that the poison would help.
Judge Bailey poured the walls of his
wrath this forenoon upon the states attor
ney for Countenaneing 'the most damnable
piece of work he ever heard Of" that Of
trying TO entrap the prisoner while she
was lodged IL the county jail over
night awaiting the securing OF bonds by
engaging disrepputa5le person to per-
senate her counsel. This was brought
out while Gen. Burlington was on the
stand. Lawyer Erwin having asked if
the jail episode would be admitted in evil
dence.
EAU CLAIRE, May 13-Prof, Drew. of
Minneapolis, an exoert chemist, testified
in the case of Mrs. Russell, who is charged
with Bertha ErIckson's murder, applying
all known tests to the capsules and
powder in the box found in the
mattress. The DO Rder was 80 to 80
per cent. arsenic and the remainder
white sugar. In one capsule was found
oIe-ninth Of grain OF arsenic, and in
another a trihe over a grain. One capsule
weighed four grains and contained one
and One-tenth grains of arsenic.
Mrs. Mary Davis and her husband in
their testimony corroborated that given
by Sonia Horton IL regard to finding the
box in the mattress.
Chas. ID. Duran, an employe of the at
torney for the defense, swore that Lyman
Hlgbley, who appeared for the state, told
him he could produce evidence that would
a -quit Mrs. Russell If he was paid the sum
of $500
W. F. Noble, a Pinkerton detective,
employed by the defense, swore that
he had won the confidence of
Mr.. Frawley, the attorney for the state,
and got him to divulge the schemes he
had laid in order to get some one TO hide
a package containing arsenic III Mrs.
Russell's house, and then to send the
authorities to search the premises and
upon It's being found it would come up
in court against Mrs. Russell, and help
70 strengthen MS case. He testified that
Frawley tried to engage him (Noble) in
this work, and on one occasion the attor-
ney spoke Of Judge Bailey threatening to
dismiss the case if it was not brought to
trial on April %, and the work must be
done at once, but that if the judge dared
to do such thing he, the judge and Mrs.
Russell would both be lynched, and
anyway if Mrs Russell was not con-
victed she would be Iynched. Then he
said the attorney paid livery bill for the
detective to take rig and go to MRS.
Husseli's and get confession. If not
genuine one, Re was to get bogus one,
and that FrawIey said why, id il,
man, put the poison there and swear that
she confessed to it.
The answer that the district attorney
makes to these accusations is that he was
well aware that the detective was employ
ed by the defense and that he was work
ing Noble. Many of the statements were
very sensational.
EAU CLAIRE, May 14-In the Russell
murder trial today, J. w. Morarity, an
alleged detective, of La Crosse, on direct
examination swore that under the direc-
ton of District Attorney Frawley he had
gone to Stanley, Wis, and bought
arsenic which he was to hide I'M
der RusseIl's piazza. Mr.. Frawley had
put off doing this, saying he first wanted
to consult the dead isdy's father, Mr. !
Jansen. He swore that Frawley paid him
for his services; that Frawley also wanted
him TO steal spoons from Mrs. Russell s
house and to find for him woman who
would swear that she saw Mrs. Russell
buyino arsenic