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

the roon about three minutes. and did
arrived at lockwood. when she touched
him on the shoulder as he Vas about 20
leave the car. and said 81 am sick and
would like 10 remain in the ear and
that he had spoken to the newsb0y aboat
it. He denied that he had assisted her
on the Flyer. The DR.. denied emphat-
ieally that he had performed an operation
upon her Continuing. ihe DI explained
his knowledge OF autisspIics. Wiine, =
said that he had gone 10 the District At
torncy's office and made statement OF
his connection with the ease.
ON REORGANIZATION the DIR. denied
that he had said in the District Aftor-
ncy's Office that the message he received
read There is a woman tor Mrs. Keim)
on the Flyer; wait for her"
Mr.. Kooser asked him if he had not
made the statement in the District At
torney's Office for the purpose Of deceiv-
ing them or of preventing a prosecution
of himself. Witness at first refused to
answer the question without having con-
suited his counsel, but said, without de-
ing so, that he hal not. The sender Of
the message signed ''Seb Andrews" he
said. he supposed to be man.
Miss Florence Tildesley, Supcrintend-
ent of the Allegheny General Hospital,
testified that Sadie l.. Beal had told her,
when first admitted to the Hospital. that
her condition resulted from a fall. and n
day later sent for her aud said that she
wanted to correct her former statement,
which was untrue, and that she was suf-
fering from a self inflicted injury.
Drs. Garman. OF Berlin, Mountain, OF
Confluence, Carothers, of Somerset, all
testified To DIR. Mitchelfs professional
standing and his skill as a practitioner.
The physians agreed that il WAS p0ssi-
BILE for Miss Beal 10 have been in the
condition described by DR.. Mitchell, FOR
several days or Il longer psrioi, before
she was examined by the defendant, and
that it was impossible to tell just how
long the alleged operation might have
been performed.
Drs. Harrison and Getty, Of Meyers
dale. corroborated the testimony Of the
preceding witnesses for the defense, aud
with their statements the defense rested.
IN RERUTTAL.
A. o. Beal testified that on January l3th
DIR. Mitchell made statement at the Dis
trict Attorneys office in the presence of
Messrs. a. ]. Colborn, George Donges,
III. J. Wilmouth, j. G.. Ogle, Robt. f.
Ross and himself, IN which he said that
the telegram he received at Confluence
read ''Wait for the Flyer; there Is a wOm
an (or Mrs. Keim) wants to see you"
Witness also said that the DIR. had there
described the condition in which he had
found his daughter in an entirely differ
ent way from the statement he had
made on the witness stand. (This testi-
mony can not be published
Mr.. Beal was corroborated by Messrs.
Douges, Wilm0uth and ColbOrn.
Messrs. Ogle and Ross testified that
the four gentlemen who had preceded
them on the witness stand were altogeth-
er mistaken as TO what DR.. Mitchell had
said in regard to the telegram, as well as
in other matters which they had stated.
The case was closed az o'clock, and
after counsel for defendant had submit
ted several points of law on which they
desired the Court TO instruct the jury,
Mr.. Ruppel began his argument for the
defendant. He was was followed by
Mr.. Koontz. +. J. Kooser, ESQ, sum
med up for the Commonwealth. All of
the speeches were OF a high order.
Judge Longenecker delivered his
charge 10 the jury Friday morning.
Tho delivery of the charge occupied
about forty minutes, and was 50 impair
tial throughout that no one who heard il
was able TO say which way his honor
leaned. The jury retired at $50.
1t is reported that the jary took only
four ballots, during the seven hours they
remained out, the first one resulting in s |
votes for guilty and Z for aoquittal; the
second stood 9 to 3; the third II to /, and
ON the fourth all voted unanimously for
conviction