Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-07
MOTHERS MAD DEED.
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her." 1t may mean anything or
nothing. Emery A. Wise was asked
about it by the coroner. He said that
an inference that might perhaps be
drawn was totally false. He said it
vehemently and will stand to it. At
the house. when the coroner made
his last visit, he found the writing
pad from which the sheet upon
which the letter was written had been
torn. He also found in the little
desk, in the west side of the room,
envelopes to match one that enclosed
the letter.
lis this your wife's handwriting?"
asked the coroner. .as he again showed
Wise the letter.
1T is a little finer than she usually
writes, but it is her handwriting all
right" was Wise's answer.
Testimony Of Step Father.
Emery A. Wise, step-father of the
murdered girl, testified as follows at
the coroner's inquest:
Il am a resident of Greentown and
have lived here all my life. L have
been married to Mrs. Kate Swartz
two years, having been married to
her the 11th day of March, 1897. 1
went to bed about IL o'clock Satur-
day night. When | went to bed no
one was in the house but my wife
and the girl, Ruth Swartz, my wife's
daughter from her former marriage.
Ruth was 15 years of age. She was
lying on the bed. She had not re-
tired but had laid down to rest. My
wife was sitting right in the room
with her. My wife was mad. She
said it looked as if no one wanted to
do anything about the case we had
there about the girl Ruth being in
trouble. 1 knew the girl was in
trouble for my wife told me so. My
wife had given her something for her
trouble. She had given her tea
and something else in a bottle. I do
not know what it was, but my wife
told me it was an oil. / do not know
whether the bottle was labeled. My
wife went up stairs with me. The
girl was to sleep downstairs. She
usually slept up stairs. She slept
alone up stairs on other occasions.
Ny wife and I went to bed bat my
wife did not undress. I told her to
take off her clothes and be comfort
able as she could sleep better with
her clothes off. She said she did not
feel like sleeping. She said to me,
L pity Ruth, the little devil, and still
/ don't pity her. She said: If no
one wants to attend to Ruth L will
when she was saying this she did
not talk as if she were going to do
her any harm. DIR. Hanson had been
in the house at o'clock and 1 heard
my wife ask him to operate on Ruth.
He refused to do it. He left about
10 o'clock. After she had said that
she would attend to Ruth my wife
said that she would see that no man
had her and that no one would get
her by getting her in trouble. She
said she was too young to get mar
ried and that she would not make a
good wife as she was too lazy. When
/ went to sleep she was still lying on
the bed with her clothing on. 1 went
to sleep about IL o'clock. / knew
nothing more till / got up in the
morning. / did not hear my wife
get up. L got awake about 3 o'clock.
j found that my wife was not in bed.
L got up right away and put on my
clothes and went down stairs, think
ing my wife was getting breakfast.
She was an early riser. l had to go
through the room where the girl was
lying. She was on the bed and l
thought she was asleep. There was
a lamp in the room but it was turned
down low. The blinds were down.
When Invent into the kitchen my
wife was not there and there were
no signs that she had been getting
breakfast. L went back into the
room and turned up the light. Then