Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-11
THB BACHMANN CASE.
THE PROSECUTING WITNESS, Mss COOPER,
ON TIE STAND.
The Evidence for the Stats Presented Soma New
Fsaturss-Miss Cooper Broke Down During
Her Cross Examination Stats Rests

The trial OF James P. Bachmann, for
the crime of abortion, was resumed In
the Criminal Court, Judge Jordan. yes
terday. The attendance was very large,
the crowd occupying all the available
space in the Court room, while the out
side corridors and stairways were
crowded with men unable to gain ad-
mission to the Court room. This condi-
ton was especially true during the az
ternoon.
The first witness called was Mrs.
Cooper, mother of the young girl figur-
ing in the case, and she was followed by
her husband and he by Ethel Cooper,
the unfortunate girl. The direct evil
dence OF these witnesses was practically
the same as upon the trial OF Susan
Mulvey.
The cross-examination OF Miss Cooper,
at the afternoon session, was very long
and searching The witness said the
first time she spoke to James P. Bach
man was on Market street, when Bach
man asked her to go buggy riding. 1t
was about half.past eight o'clock in the
evening. She got into buggy about
nine o'clock and they did not get back
to witnesses home untils twelve O'Clock.
She said he had told her they would
only "drive around a little" but they
went out the pike. 81 begged him to
bring me in earlier, but he wouldn't do
it," She denied that Bachman took
any liberties with her on that trip.
Bachman arranged to take her riding
again, and she promised to
meet him around the corner"
She agreed to that because she
thought her parents would object to her
going riding. On this trip Bachmsn Of
fered some liberties to witness, and she
said she told him If he did that sort OF
thing she would not go with him again.
He promised be would not again at
tempt to be familiar. She took many
other rides with Bachman. The su 6se-
quent familiartieS took place at her
home, and she said Bachman used force,
but she did not make the fact known
because she di6 not want her parents TO
know what had taken place. There was
no promise OF marriage on Bachman's
part. Witness admitted she then liked
Bachman pretty we'll" She was great
Nv worried and alarmed at what she had
done and for the probable consequences,
and admitted she would have committed
suicide rather than have the matter
known. She then recounted the efforts
she had made herself, upon the advice
of Bachmann, to get out OF trouble.
Bachman called upon her often, and she
met him elsewhere; they went to
church together, sometimes with girl
friend of defendant and sometimes
alone; they frequently took walks. and
drove out Caldwell's run, and ont the
pike, but she denied, when they drove
out the pike, they always took side
road" Capt. Dovener sought to have
the witness admit she knew OF Susan
Mulvey before Bachmann induced her 10
90 there, knew where she lived, that
she had walked In that part or town
with Bachmann, ETC., but the witness
denied all these things. The nearest
she would go to admitting that she had
been often in East Wheeling was that
she had once gone TO the Zane Street
church with Bachman and girl friend.
The visit by witness and Bachman to
Susan Mulvey's were then gone over,
and witness, after repeating her state
ments that Bachmann advised and
urged her TO go there, admitted that
she went there to procure an abortion.
She never saw money paid to Mulvey
by Bachmann. Bachman was the only
young man who called upon her, but
she had walked with other young men,
and sometimes they had taken her
home. He was the only man who Sc.
duced her.
The witness was asked about the vari-
Gus visits to Susan Mulvey's, and said,
on the first visit, on Saturday, January
27th, she met Bachmann, by appoint
ment, at Market street drug store, at