The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-13
WAS N0B0DY'S BABY
INTEREST IN MACKENZIE MURDER
TRIAL INCREASES.

Witnesses from Mulvane Ten How Mac
kenzie Brought a Baby to Them and
Asked Them to Take Care of 1.-THE
Little Stranger Is Repeatedly Sent
Away-Mrs. DeyoFs Heart Melts and
She Tries to Warm the Chilled Babe OH
Neighbors Try to Save Baby's Life.
The Dr. Mackenzie trial attracted a
large crowd to the district court room
yesterday. Nearly all day the seats
were occupied by throng that seemed
anxious to learn something of the mys-
ferrous case.
Harry Gordon, who has been employ
ed by the citizens of Mulvane to assist
in the prosecution, sat by County At
torney Davis side and they held fire.
quent consultations.
VIII Smith, sat at the table with Air.
Stanley and closely watched every pro-
ceeding. The witnesses were not al
lowed to hear the proceedings until they
were called and the county attorneys
ed with them.
DR.. Mackenzie's wife and daughter
sat by his side, interested spectators,
and at one time when witness related
a circumstance that occurred at Dr.
NcKenzie's house Mrs. Mckenzie gave
her head slight shake in the negative
And when witness testified that DR. Mae
kenzie had told her that he did not want
to take the babe to his own house for
fear of afousing suspicious of his wife,
the doctor looked at his wife and smiled
The witnesses examined yesterday
were all from Mulvane and they all told
about the same story.
w H. SideIl, a livery man, said that
DR.. Mackenzie came to his place on
Sept. Is, 1894, about 4 o'clock in the
morning and told him that a woman
across the river with a party of movers
had given birth to a child. That the
child was dead and that they had given
him SO to dispose of it.
The witness said that Dr. Mackenzie
had further stated to him that when he
got TO the bridge that he found the
child was alive and that he had hur-
ried to town and he desired that Mrs.
Sidell should take good care of the child
and that he GIackenzie) would pay
them well for it,
Tne next witness was Moses Lappin,
He said that DIR. Mackenzie had come to
his house after O'Clock on the morn
ing of Sept. -, 1894, and told him that
he wanted to talk to him and his wife
together. Lappin got up when the
same story told TO Sidell was repeated
to Mr.. and Mrs. Lappin. The Lappin's.
like Sidell, refused TO take the babe or
have anything to do with il. Dr. Mac
kenzie was asked by Mrs. Lappin why
he did not take the baby home TO his
own wife and he replied that he could
explain the situation to them but if he
took it home his wife might suspicion
that it was his own child.
David Lappin told how Dr. Mackenzie
came to his house and the same story
told by Moses Lappin and Siddell was
repeated and David Lappin and his
wife refused to take the little stranger
There was additional evidence given by
David Lappin to the effect that DR..
Mackenzie had in their home perform
ed surgical operation upon the child
and severed some eXtraneouS matter
that is usually done Immediately after
birth. All these witnesses testified
that DR. Mackenzie had appealed to
them TO take care of the child.
George English told how he had been
appealed to by Mackenzie TO take the
little stranger but he and his wife re-
fused. English as did the witnesses
before him said that DR.. Mackenzie had
the babe in a basket such as is used 10
keep grapes in and that it was covered
with cotton and tissue paper. They all
said the babe was alive when they saw
it. bir. Stanley secured an emphatic
declaration from each of these witness
eS that Dr. Mackenzie seemed anxious
to have the child cared for and this
seemed to please DR.. Mackenzie.
The testimony of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Devor showed that they were the first
H.. To- ~.
was able to find. He went to them
with the little homeless stranger and
Mrs. Devor, a large pious looking wo-
man took the little stranger in her
bed and held il to her breast to
warm il but il was cold and the warm
blood refused to course in its veins.
She tried to feed it but it could not
swallow anything to nourish its little
body.
Then when daylight came Mrs. Devor
took the babe to DR.. Mackenzie's house
and Mrs. Biakely a professional nurse
was called in and she told the jury how
she and DIR. Mackenzie's wife had
bathed the babe in warm water ana al
cohol and applied warm cloths 10 1t
in a vain effort to bring the warmth or
life and drive away the chill OF death.
but at eleven o'clock Of that 18th day OF
September 1894, the little stranger
who had ben denied admittance to so
many homes died and its little spirit
mingled its way to Him who never
Vet turned his back upon a little child.
Mrs. Blakely gave it as her opinion
that the babe died of exposure and then
Mr.. Stanley objected to her giving tes-
tinony of an expert nature claiming
that she was not qualified TO 90, SO.
This made Mrs. Blakeiy hot and she
never smiled at Mr.. Stanley any more,
She told how she had read books ana
attended school but Stanley wanted
to know the names of all the authors
and because the good woman could not
give a whole lot of unpronouncable
names Stanley thought she was lncom-
petent to decide what caused BABY
death.
The prosecution have proven that l'r-
Mackenzie brought a babe to MulVane
and that il died. but now the question
demanding an answer is whose haoe
was IL. That is the point that mas not
vet ben proven. 1t is NOBODY papH
vet Mrs Blakely says it was pref
~ little girl baby and who can imagine
the mothers heart that would sena
n out to die that cold September night
Court adjourned at O'Clock yestes-
day 70 await the arrival of Dr. sutton
of Clearwater who viii be the next WIZ
ness.
SAND BAG DID III.