Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

Il never did - - ~,
You say you had talk with Mrs. Tor
renee the night before she died
I'VE sat there and talked for quite
awhile"
Didn't you tell Mrs. Mussey that her
mother !9t ea,gn was s,iS going !! to die?
what did You tell Mrs. Mussey?"
Il told her that her mother read and
talked of death. Mrs. Torrence was
great person to talk about death, ike
Describe Mrs. Torrence's condition just
before death"
The first thing 1 noticed was her pick
breathe. Her limbs were paralyzed, be-
cause we had to carry, her upstairs
Were her movements similar to those
of Eliza beth and Sue:
Il didn't see Sue
WAS Sue sick like Elizabeth"
No"
What time was it when you saw Sue?"
"A few minutes after EliZabeth's death
.'Is it a fact that Mrs. Terrence was sick
like Elizabeth. and Sue?"
Il don't think she was, except something
When Mrs. Terrence was first taken
sick she came downstairs, went back up
stairs and then came downstairs. Dldn
you go upstairs and tell Mrs. Torrence to
come downstairs to breakfast?
Il told Mrs. Terrence to come downstairs
while the biscuits We're hot.
Are these facts so fixed in your mind
that you can be positive of what you are
testifying?"
What did Mrs. Terrence do when she
came downstairs the first time?
She got some hot water and asked for
the soda. / didn't see her get the Soda
l do not know where she. got it.
That was all she did?''
Mrs. Torrence's Last Hours.
"She left the kitchen and was upstairs
when 1 went up there. The second time
she came down she fixed the water for the
| table and placed the babies IN their CHAIRS
| She took a capsule.
Under the cross-examination of the pros
ecutor the witness minutely described the
| last hours of Mrs. Torrence.
Soon after this Mrs. Massey went away,
| didn't she?"
Yes; The following Wednesday. to
Did you tell Mrs Mussey that her moth
er had told you that after her death she
wanted Mrs. Mussey and sher sister to be
'she said she wanted all of her children
Did You not say she wanted Mrs. Mus
veeks?"
Il do not think I specified any time,
You say it was on the day of the Car
| nival parade that you had the presenti-
| ment that something was going to happen
| to these children?
"On the Priests of Pallas day."
How did it Gomez
| Il don't know that 1 can explain intel
| ligently. 1t seemed to me that some dark
shadow was hanging over us-just me and
You told Mr. Mussey that a dark cloud
was lowering over the children?'
| Yes
How did the children seem?"
| "It seemed that they were in cramps.
What. were you doing when it came to
you?"
Had you ever had presentiment be-
No. If it had not been for the death
| of grandma l don't suppose it would ever
have came to me-
(Which children did you see in the pre-
sentiment?"-
Yet you said it referred to the babies?
I'VE called all the children the babies
Had you been sick that day, or had one
| of these spells?''
| II don't think did"
What did the children seem to have
| when you saw them?"
| Didn't you tell Mrs. Mussey that they
| acted like persons who had taken poison
Il did not. L never saw person who
| had taken poison. l said / thought it was
like cramps. In looking over the book we
| found no cramps except cramp-colic and
that was why Mrs: .oNlI Mussey decided they
Who did You first tell about this pre-
sentimeSf1s rMn Mn"sev. 7 told him that evening
that was afraid something was going to
happen to the children. do not recall
my words. but that was the idea was try
sDid he tell you not to speak to Mrs.
| Mussey about it?'
He did not"
when did you tell Mrs. Mussey about
ION the Tuesday before their death"
| Had this presentiment come again?"
Again the Dread Presentiment.
"Yes; it came in the shape of a cloud. II
seemed to be closing down over us. Each
day the light seemed to grow less
| This seemed to be coming closer and
l felt that 1t was sure TO come.
No; l was not sure, and | told her that
| l had hopes it would be a mistake"
Yet, you told her the cloud was coming
Il told her had hopes of it being a
| mistake"
"She seemed to think at once that the
children would die right away and L could
not get the idea away from her..
"I gave her no reasop from anything
said to think that they would die
What did Mrs. Mussey say"
"She said If the children were taken from
her it would be because she had not done
her duty by them. 1 told her we would cal
every doctor in Kansas City.
DO YOU mean to tell this jury that Mrs
Mussey told you that II those children dice
it would be because she had not done hel
duty by them?'
that il her children were taken from hel
it would be because she had not done hel
duty by them ,,. ,,a.. .. ,,-
Mussey told you If her children were TAX
en- away it would be because she had no
done her duty to them?"
..She said that, and more. that it woult
not be so hard, her mother had gon'
before. and it would not be so hard for hel
| and for me-.
| Had anything been SAID about their go
ing?" ~,
WAS Mrs. Mussey unkind to her chill
dren?"
No: she was very kind
why did you not tell Mrs. Mussey o
this impending trouble Immediately upoi
! her return from Wichita?
Because l thought l ought not TO tel
her something about which L could Civ
ny did 5tiistt You tell her when it was going t
happen"
What was this-somethng physical, tha
you could see-this cloud?'
| ..It was very plain to me-.
Gould you see it with your eyes open?
81 can't say that l did.
How would you see it?'
.'I don't know that l can explain
Gould YOU see the children sick in bed?
mo, 1 could see one of the children II
, my arms and Mrs. Mussey was on chai
SHow did it assume the shape of
, | cloud?''
The Cloud Grew Darker.
} '.Recause 1t was dark and it kept gettin
What did you prepare to do to preven
!. this?'
watched the children, kept them from eat
ing candy, - -