Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10

book"
Mrs. Mussey got the book and that
was when she got the idea of cramp collie
Did you tell Mr.. Mussey to be at his
office Friday afternoon?'
Il did not. Mrs. MuSSey and | both
impressed upon him that he should leave
his address. as he could not be found when
Mrs. Terrence died
Did you tell Mrs. Mussey that Friday
that the cloud was getting nearer?'
Il told Mrs. Mussey that there was no
light left.
/ '.AlI you could see was black cloud?"
Nothing but darkness.
Did you see the children"
I'VE were with the children. The only
thing that the darkness kept coming
when the children were taken sick were
they like what you saw in the cloud?
They were not; nothing like II.
When the children were finally taken
| sick where was the cloud?"
When was the last time that you told
! Mrs. Mussey of the cloud?"
That Friday morning. 1 did not speak
| to her of it again..
1--WE kept up the fires from Tuesday.
Were Sue or Elizabeth sick when they
came .!aso home from school,?
Did you ever see this cloud after that
! Friday morning.?
is that it was dark. The presentment
came that Friday morning and l did not
see it again.
! Inc witness IOlu VI llle dIIlN SL VI I-i-Ad-
| beth and Sue Mussey and Minnie Brendel
| from school on Friday. She was making
| cookies. All the children ate cookies; Alice
| ate an apple and felt sick. The children
! also ate apples and were taken ILL.,
| Il believe said Alice. :'that the children
ate apples and. were taken sick, and be-
| cause they did not have proper medical at
| tention, died
Believes She Was Poisoned.
| .sWhy do YOU want this jury TO believe
| that those children died of appies?
Il don't know that want the jury to be-
You say you were sick; You believe the
the apples and were sick. That is the rea-
| son you believe you were SICK. --.
| Yes Some of them ate apples and cook
| les. Two of them ate apples that did not
come from the grocery store A..
! DO you believe that the apples that
| those children ate caused their DEATH?
Yes. l ate a portion of the apple Eiiz-
abeth had. and believe that if had eat
| en- as much as she did it would have killed
IF you knew that Minnie Brendel and
| Mrs. Mussey ate apples that came from
Brendel's. and were not taken sick, would
you still believe these apples caused the
| death of those children?
] Question ruled out. The witness said that
| the apples Elizabeth and Sue ate came
from Brendelis.
State to the jury what distinction you
draw between the apples the children got
| at the grocery and at Brendefs.
| Il do not draw any distinction. l Will
| say tndt the CllluTen ulu HOl eat any VI
the apples that came from the grocery
| store. / united the sack myself and put the
apples away"
| How do you explain that Minnie Bren-
| del was not sick?''
| Il cannot explain it.
when did you get. the idea that these
| apples made the children sick?"
Mussey and 1 discovered it
why didn't you tell DIR. Wilson and DIR.
| Merriman that you thought those apples
had made the children sick?
II don't know now why | Didn't.
| What did you say to Mrs Mussey?
Il said to her that the apples must have
'sDid You tell Dr. Bedford that you ate a
| part of the apple that Elizabeth ate?"
II believe 1 did?"
You have no other way to explain the
killing of those children except that they
ate apples that came from Brendels?"
| No, sir
Explain to the jury why you stated in
| your direct examination that you left the
| soda there to be examined
Because the doctors had stated that the
children had been poisoned. thought they
would examine everything
You felt sure they would find nothing in
the soda because you had been using it?''
Il felt sure of nothing"
| Alice described the upstairs sitting room
where the children were studying their les
son. Elizabeth was sitting before the
siting neaE Ezabeth snd sne Ss Charley
and Minnie Brendel were both there;
When Alice entered the room she noticed
l
flushed, and the corners of the mouth were
drawn. Elizabeth moaned once, but did not
complain. Alice took Elizabeth down to
the bath tub in her arms. Mrs. Mussey
told Sue to so down to the bath room.
Elizabeth was undressed first. She show
cd signs of oonvulsions and once nearly
fell from the witness arms. Elizabeth S
body kept drawing. Alice did not give
Elizabeth anything. She said she gave Sue
soda, and Sue said that it bit her.
Contradicts Witnesses.
ton T- padrorJ ,-o,,
gave both of those children soda and that
one of them spit it out?
II couldn't have told DR.. Bedford that
| because l did not do ii.
Witness said she tasted the soda when
Sue said it bit her.
What was Sues condition all this time?'
II could see nothing ehe matter with her
then. When l went to Mrs. Mussey and
told her that something was the matter
| with Elizabeth and she asked me why
| didn't give her something to make heI
throw uD. She took down the gowns and
| blankets in which to wrap the children.
The witness contradicted the story told
| by Mrs. Waite. the dresSmaker. by declar-
ing positively that she did not tell her that
| she expected her little sister that Friday
| Alice said that what she did say to the
dressmaker was that she wanted to send
| the articles to her at Carrolltoh
when you were with Elizabeth. didn