The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03


| door of the ladies' coach at Somerset q
the afternoon of Dec. 3)th., be observed
woman dressed in black and heavily vel
ed, who occupied the rear seat. She loos
ed out of the window constantly. VIII,
the train arrived at lockwood Dr. Mitch
ell and This lady were the last two passeu
gers 10 leave the train. The Dr. said 1
witness, ''rhis lady is sick and wants {
remain in the ear until the "Flyer'' arriy
~. Lehman spoke 10 conductor Wat
about the matter, and later heard the IN
tell the lady that the Flyer was due q
i:l3.
Charles Flick, employed about tn
Rockwood station, testified that he ha'
seen DIR. Mitchell assist the woman de
scribed off the train when the Flyer" a
rived
George Farmer, brakeman on tn
Flyer" testified that woman dress {
in black and heavily veiled, rode on hi
train from lockwood 10 Pittsburg on tn,
evening of December 30th. She locke,
sick and was evidently in distress. III
directed her how to reach the Hotel Fed
eral, Allegheny, after the train arrived il
Pittsburg.
J. L. Watson and J. NJ. Hodell, clerk,
at the Federal Hotel, testified that
young lady described by former witness
e came to that house between and .
o'clock ON the night of Dee S0th. wher,
she registered as miss Andrews, Johns,
town, Pa About II o'clock the same
night she asked to be conducted To the
Allegheny General Hospital, and MIR
Hodell escorted her TO that institution
She appeared tO be weak and suffering.
Miss Margaret Kaufman, night matrou
at the Allegheny General Hospital, testi-
fed to the admission of the young wo.
man described by the previous witnesses
10 that institution about II o'clock on the
night of December 80. She gave heI
name as Sadie f. Beal. The patient was
very nervous, but her temperature was
normal. WitEess identified duplex rail-
road ticket, which she found in the young
woman's pocketbook after her death.
DIR. Stanley Smith, resident physician
at the Hospital, testified that he had ex-
amined her within an hour after her adj
mission 10 that institution. The opera
tiOn from which she was suffering had in
his opinion, been performed not NOR
Witness was present at the post mortem
examination and said that death resulted
from blood poisoning.
Dr.. James :. Brown, another Hospital
physician. testified that he had conduct
ed the post mortem examination and
found that death resulted from blood poi
soning produced by an abortion. Wit
ness declared there were the best of rea-
sons from a professional standpoint to
justify the conclusion that the young wo-
man had been criminally operated upon.
a. o. Beal testififd that he had not seen
his daughter alive after she left home on
October 7th. Witness identified his
daughters signature on the Vannear and
Federal Hotel registers. The telegram
written at Mckeesport signed IS. T.. i.
Andrews he said was written by his
daughter.
Mrs. Madore also identified the sigma
lures and the telegram as having been
written by her sister.
At this point the Commonwealth rest
ed Counse. for defendant made an un-
successful effort to have the testimony in
regard to the mailing Of a lstter address
ed to D.. Mitchell ruled out
THE DEFENDANTS SIDE.
At "Wednesday nights session of court
w. IL. Ruppel Esq, opened the case for
the defense. He said that much of the
testimony i'm the case was uncontrovert-
ed and that when all of the testimony
had been heard ii would put different
light on affairs and would firmly estab-
lish the innocence of his client. The tel
egram sent from McKeesport, he said,
had suffered in transmission so that when
it was delivered to DR.. Mitchell at Con-
fluence il was signed ''Seb Andrews"
fendant never had any communication
with Sadie Beal prior to the receipt of
this message. He was in the habit of re-
ceiving messages at Confluence, and
when he received the message in contro-
versy he thoughtlessly tore il up, He
waited for train No. 6 at Confluence, and
after he had looked through the coach
and no one came forward to claim his ac-
quaintance, he took seat beside Judge
Horner. \ little later, woman, who
laa 81, 10
beckoned TO him to come To where she
was sitting. She inquired if he was Or.
Mitchell and if he was going to Somerset,
and asGertained that he stopped at the
Hotel Yannear. He afterwards went 20
her room where she solicited him tn per-
form a criminal operation which he firm
ly declined to do, Then she said that
she had recently sustained heavy fail
ard injured her abdomen, and later on
admitted that she had attempted 10 pro-
dnee an abortion upon herself and i'm
plored him to examine her. which he re-
luciantly consented 10 do. 1t will be
shown by eminent physicians that the
operation could have been performed one
or two days before he saw Miss Bcal and
that it was performed by an ineNperi-
enced person.
DIR. Mitchell testified that he has been
praciicing medicine for period Of thir-
ty-two or three years; Is a member of the
Pension Examining Board, which calls
him "a Somerset ever "Wednesday. Wit
ness said that he was accustomed to re-
ceiying telcgrams at Confluence and al.
mitted having received one shown him
on Dec. j0Jh, sigued ''Seb Andrews =
had no knowledge of the one offered ia
evidence by the Commonwealth until il
was produced in court. Never received
a letter from Sadie T.. Beal and had nc
knowledge Of the one testified 70. Never
knew any person by the name of Beal
Was just about 10 step on the accommO
datiou at Confluence when the messsg,
was delivered to him; read il carelessly
and tore il up. Waited for train No.
aud when lac got on looked around 20 Sc,
if there was any one he knew; took ;
seat beside Judge Horner, who SHOOK
hands aud called him "nr. Mitchell,
shortly afterwards he observed lady
heavily yelled, who signiiied that she de
sired to speak to him. When the traiI
reached Ursina he approached the wp
man. She inquired il his name was pr
Mitchell, and asked if he was going tc
Somerset and something in regard to the
hotels there. lie remarked that he di,
not know her, when she said that shS
was '.Mrs. Keim, of Elk Lick.r The nr.
Thought he was ~ dinner at the HoteI
Nannear, when Mr.. Lewis Nannear came
TO him and said a lady in room No.
wanted TO see him. TO which be re
piled, "All rightn After dinner he visit