Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1899-06-23

didn't want to get married because
of her condition. and also because
she thought it would interfere with
their claims; the first time | saw
DR.. E. H. Belyea was Jan. lst;
come to Devils Lake with Julia
that day; stopped at Tower house,
registering as A. Sawyer: didn't
register Julia; went to Sevilla
about 10 a. m. took dinner between
II and 2 O'Clock: Julia eat very
little dinner: she was dizzy and
complained of headache; she left
the table before dinner was over,
went to the kitchen and followed;
she then went up stairs and lay
down on a sofa in the parlor; we
took supper at Gett's restaurant
and Julia was sick again; we went
to the Tower house, got ,Julia's
grip and proceeded to DR.. E. II.
Belyea's residence; that night I
returned to Churchs Ferry: heard
of her death Friday night; saw
Thor. Solberg about an hour later;
have been in Jail from Jan 9th till
dismissed by states attorney
Thursday.
Undertaken John Nimmo testi-
fed to being called by telephone
by DIR. E. H. Belyea to come to his
residence and take a girl away who
had died there; that he dressed the
body for burial and shipped it to
Thor. Solberg at Churchs Ferry.
Thorville Solberg swore that
Julia was his adopted sister; that
he received her body at Churchs
Ferry and took it to his home,
where it remained until the doctors
held the postmortem examination.
Mr.. Solberg at this point broke
down completely and it was several
minutes before he could proceed
with his testimony He said the
deceased's real name was Julia
Thompson. but she had lived with
his family since a year old and had
taken the name of Solberg.
M. Nj. Lewis cororborated the
testimony of the preceding witness
as to coming to Devils Lake to
procure the body.
DR.. w. D. Jones occupied the
witness stand all of Saturday after
noon. He had been called in by
DR.. Belyea just before the girl died
and had assisted in conducting the
postmortem examination later.
On the evening of Jan. 9th
DIR. Belyea called me and
said he had a very sick
girl at his house whom he
wanted me to see: | went over with
him and found a young women
there very i'll, in fact she died
before | left. / was there about
p minutes. The next time | saw
the body was at Churchs Ferry,
where | helped make an exanlina-
ton. The doctor then described
the internal wounds disclosed by
the postmortem examination, and
said he was of the opinion that
they had been inflicted by surgical
instruments in the hands of some
one other than the deceased. He
did not believe an operation had
been necessary at any time to save
the girls life. Attorney Cochrane
cross-examined the doctor in
/ thorough manner, but always found
the witness with ready answer.
Drs. Moeller, Ruger and Flath
followed DR.. Jones on the witness
stand. Their testimony was in
coroboration of that of DR.. Jones,
and all were Of the opinion that the
wounds were not self-inficted.
! The state rested Tuesday noon,
and the case for the defense was
opened by calling DR.. E. Fl.
Belyea, the defendant, to the stand.
He testified in substance as follows:
1 was born in New Brunswick
43 years ago and received my early
education there. I received my
medical education at the state
university of Vermont. at Burling-
ton, and was licensed to practice
in 1897; came to North Dakota in
1888, practiced at Mandan for two
years, and then went to Minot,
where | practiced until | came to
Devils Lake about four years ago.
took a postgraduate course at
Chicago in 1892, and have since
taken one month course every
year with the exception of last
year. The first time | ever saw or
heard of Albert Sampson and Julia