Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-05

a~i ehc ueiense. These men called
70 their aid Howard p. Cakes. who ia
an expert on medico-iegal questions
me people. or the State. was repre-
scented chiefly by John r. Mcintosh the
assistant District-Attorney assisted by
Seaman II. Miller, an attorney. Also
associated with the prosecution as spec
iai counsel was DIR. w. j. o'sullivan. a
man OF profound learning. whose ca
reer - Interesting. He is an Irisbman
ana graduate of Dublin Uniyersity
once ne was veterinary surgeon and
hsed at New Haven and practiced thai
profession. Later he studied medicine
ahd practiced IL and then gave his at
IGNITION 10 law. He Is a distinguished
psyenoiogist and probably the foremost
man In bis line In America. He iumped
INTO local fame in single day in the
case OF DR.. Buchanan, the New York
prisoner. He was a witness for the
prosecution In this case. all his pre-
sions exploits in the courts having been
on the side OF the defense.
THESE two sets OF legal opponents
summoned TO New York the foremost
chemicai and medical experts in the
United States. These included DIR.
victor II. Vaughn Of the University OF
aiiehigan al Ann Arbor. His testi-
mony was for the prosecution, and OBJ
posed 70 him the defense brought for
ward DR.. Williams, who has the repu-
ation OF being the best expert witness
ever seen on the stand In this country.
ne testimony Of these two men threw
hsnt on the particles OF poison found
70 the sediment In the pitcher which
contained the clam chowder and also
on the poison which was found In Mrs
Bliss stomach in the possession OF The
htaie. Science was called as an aid
'h this case In an altogether new form
namely; The photography OF cry
stalls.
MRS Fleming was known moral de-
generate. but she was not on trial for
her morals. The accusation against
ner WAS murder. and the evidence was
eircnmstaniiai. II Is not known that
any feeling OF unpleasantness existed
between the woman and her mother; II
= not known that their paths crossed in
thsir various loysa. Mrs. Fleming was
woman who wanted money, aud one
who would b. willing 10 take steps pro-
dnctife OF undesirable note 10 gain Il.
but she never appeared 20 be yindic-
tive woman, She loved herself hear
thy. but she does not appear 10 have
hAtsi anybody. Furthermore. Mrs.
Fleming loved her children, a trait
nheh II not often found 10 be the case
Hraonz ~omcn Of her reputation. II
abe acre capable OF killing her mother,
using her own child as tool IN the ad-
ai!aisiratioh OF tho poison. she surely
would have reen capable Of smoihering
her children. for children are an in
cnnhrAnce 10 women OF her character.
Furthermore. Mira. Fleming is supposed
20 be q woman OF intelligence. and u
doea not seem that she would brew and
administer poison 10 clumsily. and
leave 20 many avenues leading 20 her
detection. On the other side. Il is a
fac: that her mother. Mrs. Bliss. was
poisoned. In the case Of the daugh-
ter there existed possible motive. No
one eike had such motive and none
other has been implicated even lie.
moiely. Out Of this trial hlossomed a
romance which reads like a novel and
upon which a novel may be written
SOME day. Day by day there sat in the
COURTROOM a man. manly man. who
stood ready and willing TO marry her
should she be found guiitlcss This
man IL Ferdinand wilckes. He has
loved her for Ave years. She has loved
him and has been constant 10 him. She
rays 30 and he believes
Five years ago Ferdinand wilckes
lived with family named Kcrsey. in
Harlem. lie had lately come Of age.
lie had been educated at the college Of
the City OF New York. He was hand
some fellow. with good manners Mrs.
Fleming then lived with the Bliss fam
lily at No. 202 West One Hundred and
Thirty-ciRhth street. One evening
young Henry e. Bliss took Ferdinand
wIlckes to his home. He introduced
him to Mrs. Fleming. Then there were
many girls I'm Harlem who would have
been glad TO have Ferdinand Wiickes
as a prospective husband. He devoted