Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-24

| been there administering to the pa
/ tieIt. She also TESTIFIED that the girl
| told her that MS Schmalzer had made
her get up and walk across the floor.
! This treatment, Mrs Brown seemed to
think, had been injurious TO the girls
condition.
bed and say with g smile, Every dog
has his day.
Yes, he did, and I was not the only
one VINO heard him say it. The ex-
PLANTATION he gave me when questioned
him as to his remarks was that he
thought she would get better even
tually."
was there any evidence of a mis-
| carriage?''
Yes, / noticed that something like
| that had been from her complaint"
did you speak to Lowery as to him
being responsible for it?''
Yes.
What did you say?" sr.a,yn.f
well, it was nothing very good. He
told me he would marry her as soon
| as he got divorce"
Did you talk with Mrs. Schmalzer
as TO the miscarriage?"
! At this juncture the coroner inter
rupted to inform Mrs. Brown that there
was nothing of a criminal nature
against her and she could talk freely
to the prosecuting attorney.
Mrs Brown then stated that she had
never conversed with Madame Schmal-
ger upon the subject. She had heard
the child was alive, but did not know
where it was.
did you not hear that the child had
been ducked in a bucket of water?"
Yes"
DO you know who did it?''
Il believe l heard some one say that
it was Madame Schmalzer.
The witness further said that she
heard the dead child was placed in a
box and taken some place, she did not
know where. The girl had been sick
week before she arrived.
4 Sensational Charge.
Miss Maggie Loeffle, who lives near
the Schmalzer home, next testified
that Mr.. SchmalZer had told her that
the girl was making her home with
him. She had noticed the girl was
sick. Mrs Schmalzer had called her
in TO assist in caring for the patient.
She had learned that the child was a
girl weighing nine pounds and had
noticed something in some clothes
which she had washed for the girl
that suggested criminal operation
had been performed She had been
called the same day that the couple
were missing from the house and that
m hn CIT abb
continued, had told her that DR.. Best
had been paid $25.
How long after the delivery were
you called?"
About six days"
Witness testified that the girl had
been neglected and that she gave her
| the first medicine she received on the
evening of the day she arrived at the
house. She noticed that Mr.. Wilson
was intoxicated She had seen him
sit down on the side of the bed and
| heard him say that this thing had al
ready cost him $500, but that he did
not care if 1t cost him $4,000, just
so she got better.
Now you say that Mr@ Schmalzer
gave DR.. Best SIS and he ,ook every
J thing away with him, and what do
you infer from this?'
We'll, | don't know. Mrs. Schmal-
ger just told me that DR.. Best took
everything away"
What did you understand that DR..
Best did for this compensation"
Il do not know"
Other Wituesses Called.
Mrs. Miggie Boning, another neigh
Dor of the bchmalzer's, then stated
that when she missed seeing the girl
and asked about her, Madame Schmal-
zer told her that she was upstairs.
| suffering with headache. She had
i>called to assist caring for her the first
time she saw DR.. Best coming to the
house. She missed the girl a week
before she learned she was ILL., When
| she was introduced to Wilson she not
| iced he was drunk and had heard him
say that the girl would die and must
! die, Mrs. Boning also deposed that tie
night the girl died, she saw Wilson at
times and that he did some writing
| al table. She ana her daughter had
| laid out the dead girl. Her daughter
| had told her that Della Gaines said
! she had a miscarriage Mrs Boning
| also stated that she was at first reluc-
tant to enter the house. fearing that
she would get mixed up in a scrape.
! When asked what made her think OF
a scrape, she replied that she had
| heard things and suspected something.
DIR. Bcst's Statements
DIR. Best was then granted the priv
ilege Of testifylng and the names OF
! the jury were again called.
| He stated that he was first called to
attend the patient on the morning OF
July 18th. A man at Elm Grove had
informed him by phone that his wife
had had a miscarriage. The man told
him his name was Lowery. He did
not say where he was to go until he
| saw Madame Schmalzer The girl
was very sick and he did everything
| possible to remove the cause of her
illness. They told him that she be-
came i'll week before he was called
The witness said that the man
| claiming to be the girls husband, told
! him that he could ask Madame
Schmaizer for the money for his SER
vices, but that ne Jp9sniyely refused
| to receive it from her ana did not
! have any dealings with her. Lowery
had told him that the girl was in
Wheeling when she took i'll on the
street car; that Madame SchmalzeI
would not allow him to call physi-
! clan before claiming that she knew