Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-25
ed he answered that It was possible

ca ne answered that it was possible
there was.
DR.. A. B. Tubbs, the next witness
stated that he was one of the attend
ing physicians, having been called in
consultation by DIR. Best on the even
Ing OF July 31st. On entering the pa
TENTS room he had met Madame
Schmalzer, Mrs. Brown, the girls
mother, and the younger of the wo-
men who had previously testified. He
first met Lowery at DIR. Best's office
He also said that he was told by the
attending physician that an abortion
had been performed.
The witness recalled a conversation
between himself and Mr.. Wilson, in
which the man remarked that he be-
lieved that if the physicians had been
called earlier they would have been
able to remove the cause of the girl s
illness. He had learned that the girl
was sick about seven days before med
lcal aid was summoned, but was not
aware of the manner in which the
child had been disposed of. He also
testified that he had very little to do
with Madame Schmalzer However, one
evening she had asked him to pre-
scribe for her. as she was troubled
with heart disease. He stated that he
told her he thought the business she
was in had caused her affection and
that she had better get out of it. Wit
ness had at one time heard Madame
Schmalzer advise Della Gaines TO not
talk, owing to her weak condition.
What conversation, if any, did you
hear concerning the child being alive
and placed in bucket of water?"
DR.. Tubbs had heard Lowery say
that he made up a yarn to worry
Madame Schmalzer, telling her that
Della Gaines had told the doctors that
the child had been born alive and
drowned in a bucket of water. He
said that after the girls death Low
cry accompanied him to Wheeling and
that they separated on Main street,
beyond Stone C Thomas store. He
had noticed the direction that Low
cry took. In chat before they sep
arated DR.. Tubbs had told the man
that he intended to report the case to
the coroner. From what the girls
mother had told him, the witness judg-
ed that Lowery was a married man
and that his wife had left him. 1t
was his impression that Madame
SchmalZer was not present when the
girl died. The coroner then asked:
How old do you think the foetus
was?"
Il have no good reason to say. l
surmise it was six months old"
The witness further said that he was
paid for his services by Mrs. Brown,
the girls mother.
DO you think that under the cir
cumstances the child could possibly
have been born alive?"
Certainly"
Did you board at the house while
attending the patient?"
Occasionally ate at the grove. l
assure you l ate nothing that Madame
Schmalzer cooked. Mrs. Brown pre-
pared my meals at the house"
Harry Foster, an employe OF the
firm of Foster & Watkins, next tes-
titled that he had taken the dead body
from the Schmalzer hame near Elm
Grove to the undertaking establish
ment, where the autopsy was held.
State Humane Officer w. W. Echols
then stated that when he arrived at
the Schmalzer home he interviewed
two of the neighbors and also the
girls mother and brother. He had also
spoken to Madame Schmalzer as to the
suspicious circumstances of the case
He also said that she admitted TO him
that a. miscarriage had occurred but
maintained that it was not before the
doctors arrived.
The testimony was concluded about
ten O'Clock and the verdict as given
was rendered about half hour later.
When asked as to how the authorities
would proceed further in the case the
Prosecuting Attorney stated that war
rants would be issued for the Schmal-
ger woman and James Wilson, alias
Lowery. as soon as possible. Strln-
gent efforts will be made to locate the
man and if he is found it will probably
be necessary to get a requisition, as 1t
is intimated that he is now in another
State. The SchmalZer woman will be
promptly placed under arrest, but in
view of her condition at present 1t
will probably be several days at least
before she is able to appear in court.
1t is learned that she is afflicted with
temporary pralysis of the limbs, SO that
she is unable to walk, and is under a
physicians care.
1t developed from the evidence that
Madame Schmalzer told fortunes for
quite a while and recently quit the
business because the license became
too steep for her. Before moving to
the country she was in the millinery
business on South Main street, and
since then has been conducting a sim
liar acta hliCh emf OOnOSifQ the Fly
change Bank building.
1t was said before the inquest that
Wilson, alias Lowery, was seen at Elm
Grove the morning of the girls death,
and that he boarded a train for Pitts
burg DR.. Tubbs stated that the man
accompanied him to Wheeling that
morning and that they separated on
Main street. However it is thought by
some that he is now in the Smoky
City"