The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-04-27

n"o eea using a white pow Ter tr,
: snmed TO be morphine. for the rast +,
years He said 1t made her drow.,
and irritable.
FRED J.. Shanafolt and Alex Carver
druggists, also testified to selling NOR
phine to Mrs. Eckroate. Former po
hceman ii. A. Smallfeld, was prevent
cd from telling about finding Mrs
George in the Saxton block after mid
night one night.
MISS Eihe Darr told of passing Mrs
ueorge near the Lindcman house
about 500 the evening of Saxton,,
death and Mrs. Ella Fink testified 10
seeing Mrs. George at that house dur
ing the day and leaving it at $50. also
10 the presence Of burrs and Spanish
needles in the yard.
MISS Alice Mandebaugh testified TO
having often seen Mrs. Althouse enter
the SaX;on block in 1898.
yANToN, o., April 2o.-The testimony
on behalf of the defense in the trial OF
mrs george was concluded Friday. A
orief cross examination, by agreement.
Will be conducted Saturday morning
andt hen testimony in rebuttal will be
onered. II this is concluded before the
regular hour for noon adjournment
court will then adjourn two
days. The jury will probably be
charged Wednesday forenoon. The
features of Friday were the calling of
Sample c. George the former husband
Of the defendant, to the stand. the
alibi of Mrs George and the effort to
impeach the testimony of Mrs. Eek
roate, the woman who claims TO have
recognized Mrs. George in the act of
firing two of the shots.
CANTON, o., April 24.-Mrs. Lizzie
Miller who saw the man in the mack
lntosh cape and sailor hat soon after
the death Of SaXton, was not on hand
tor cross-eXamination by the state
when court opened Saturday. A doc
tor had been sent to investigate her
physical ability to attend and the
state reserved the right to take up the
subject latter.
Then rebuttal on behalf of the state
'egan. County Surveyor j. s. Hoover
vas called to testify as TO the distances
'etween points named in testimony for
he defense. 1t was especially sought
show that the accused might have
eft the scene of the tragedy after the ,
hooting and reached Florence King :
'r's home at the hour named by that
illness. L
In an effort to rebut Mrs. Lindeman's +
'stimony about Mrs. George not hav-
lg a revolver concealed the day of the ,,
urder. policeman McCloud was called =
show that Mrs. George had inside '
or corsage that day number of nap '"
ms intended to improve her form. y
his was held incompetent in rebuttal +
Michael Barr, post office money or
r clerk, said lie saw Mrs. George in "
c Office at 2:5O and 3:15 the day of the "
urder. This was in contradiction of u
RS. Lindeman, who said Mrs. George ~
rs with her all of the afternoon. He
50 identified two letters in Mrs. u
Orge's writing. ~
Mrs. Lizzie Miller sent a medical -''
'tifcate of inability to appear in ~
art. "'
sample {. George was called to fix
: time of settlement with Saxton at y.
o days before Saxton's death. The
moranda of settlement was offered 40
evidence. "''
)r a. c. Brant testified as scien-
C witness on the morphine habit
also on an examination of Mrs. ~"
Iroate. He said she shows no symp- W.
Is of the habitual use of opium.
r. A. i. Walker followed Dr. Brant 'P'
the remainder of the morning was r''
oted to medical testimony on the -
'phine habit. ",'
r. Walker testified as to Mrs. Eek :
.e and that examinations show no q "
ptoms of the habit in her case.