The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-14
THE SEMIwEEKLY OHIO DEMOCRAT TUESDAY JUNE Ia 1898

if he was sick. He said no, that pa
was sick. He came to the door
again and said for us to come down,
that pa was very sick, We came
down. got some cramp. medicine
and pa said he could not take 1t. l
then got some whisky and water,
and h would not take it.
made some salt water and tried
to get him to take IL but he would
not. We tried to use hyperdermic
syringe on him but could do no good
as 1T was out of order. ] got fright
ened and told Dotty to go to the
school house and tell Virgil to go to
Enterprise and telegraph to Logan
for DR.. Dye and some other doctor.
/ run across the fields and told some
passers by to come over and get
horse and go for doctor. The man
came over to the house with me and
before he got the horse, we saw the
doctors coming. We told them what
we had done and DR.. Dye said, "that
was right" The doctors used a
morphine injection first. After work
ing with him while DR.. Dye told
DIR. Smith he would have to go to
town and get stomach pump. i
went out and told Frank that / be.
lieved pa had taken something, that
the doctors spoke of stomach pump.
Frank asked if there was any poison
about the house. l said yes there
was small bottle of strychnine in
the book case, and l went in to get
it. 1 got it in full view of the doctors
and Mr.. Engle. When came to the
door with it L met Ed. who said,
"what have you got in your pocket"
and he reached in and got the bottle.
He said, "this is bad," said, ED.
do you think I would poison your
pa?" He said, "things look very
mysterious around here" The next
day Ed, Bert and Ed Matthias came
to our home and called me out and
Ed Engle said, 1--WE have made ar
rangements to have pa buried at
Antioch" Defendant said, "why
Ed want him buried at Fairview."
Ed said, 1--WE don't care what you
want; you have had the last dollar
you will ever get" Ed shook his
fist at defendant. Defendant had
had some trouble about an allowance
from her husband. Did not put
strychnine in his coffee and never
thought of such thing. Did all
could to save his life, when he was
sick. Did not want to kill him but
wanted an allowance, and owning y
of the farm, thought 1 was entitled
to it. Rigid cross examination by
Mr.. Bright which brought out some
strong denials of statements of sever
al witnesses.
Mrs. Ed. Engle was called in re-
buttal for the state.-Was down al
Engles on Sunday prior to the death
of j. S. Engle. Heard converse
tion between Mrs. Engle and Mrs
Dotty Engle. Objection sustained
Witness dismissed.
Sam'l Ringhizer---Question asked
about conversation had with Mrs
Engle. Objection and objection sus.
tained, Dismissed.
Ed. Matthias. is son-in-law of ]
S. Engle. Said he was at the home
of Engle on the next day after his
death. That Ed. Engle never said
to his mother that tive have made
arrangements to bury father at An.
tioch and liar, etc." (rebuttal against
Mrs. Engle's testimony as to such
statement.)
Mr.. Pettit--Attorney in Logan
Mrs. Engle came to his Office or
Tuesday prior to J. S. Engle's death
and insisted on Mr.. Petit getting hel
a divorce. Said she would not live
with Engle any longer.
Charley Monroe--Is druggist a.
F. Harringtons. Frank Engle came
in and asked him to change the
poison record by adding to the re.
cord few words designating wha
the poison as purchased by j. S
Engle was purchased for. Druggis
would not change the record (This
was rebuttal against Frank Englt
who said he did not request change
of record.)
At this point the state and defense
both rested their case, and the PAN
arama of circumstances surrounding
the mysterious death of John S
Engle were before the jury in full
evidence. We held back our edition
until this Tuesday evening that we
might give the testimony in full and
complete for this time. The case
has been hotly contested one and
the court has held the attorneys
down admirably. The case has beer
conducted like clock work. The ar.
guments will begin tomorrow, (Wed.
nesday morning.)
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