Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
THE CASE OF DR.. !. /. GILES IS STILL
BEFORE THE SUPERIOR COURT


asked me if people blamed him for
the death of Mrs. Darling. | replied
that such was the report. He then
told me, in explanation, that she had
made two visits to his office. The first
time he could find nothing the matter
with her, gave her some advice and she
left. The second visit he had ex-
amined her with an instrument called a
sounder,' which he showed me. "
Joseph Quirolo testified: II am a
clerk at Brinn's store. On Novem Der
Sth, between and O'Clock, Mrs. Dar-
ling came to the store; she was faint
and leaned against the counter. took
out with the assistance of my hand and
walked to the house.
George A. Gritton was put on the
stand and said: 81 had a conversation
with defendant on November Goth re-
garding the death of Mrs. Darling.
He said to me that she came into his
office, put her hands over her face and
said she was faint and dizzy, and said
she guessed it was the smell of the
drugs. She asked him to examine her
and tell her her condition. Afterwards
she returned, for more complete eX-
animation, and at that time he used an
instrument for that purpose. He said
that Mr.. Darling had told him the
expense would be $3.50, and that he had
no money. Defendant said he had Of
fered then to assist him.
Edward Roberts testified: 81 am
an undertaken; was at the house of
Darling about l o'clock on the morning
of November 10th. Defendant was
there and said to me that it had been a
sudden death from a rupture or hem
orrhage. On November 18th had a
further conversation with defendant.
He said Mrs. Darling came to his Office
in dazed condition; that he did not
use any instrument on any woman that
would hurt her. He showed me the
sound he had used in making the
examination.
U. S. Gregory, recalled, testified; 81
had conversation with defendant
shortly before his arrest in the pres
ence of the District Attorney, who
said he was making some investigation
concerning the death of Mrs. Darling.
Dr. Giles said, There is one thing, sure;
nothing of this kind will happen again.
He said: Il have formed good reso
luton, and that is, when women come
to my Office on business of this kind, l
will show them the door, In discus
sing the talk over this matter, he said
he had not heard much lately, and in a
few days nothing further would be
heard of it,"
DR.. E.E. Endicott, being duly sworn,
testified that he, assisted by DR.. A. M.
Gall, had held an autopsy on the body
of the deceased on Novem Der Goth; that
they had made thorough examination
of the organs and found wounds indi-
eating that crime had been COM
mitted. He said that the wounds
might have been self-infiicted; they
might, also, have been made with a
''sounder. "
The testimony was fully illustrated
by charts.
DR.. A. M. Gall, being sworn, testi-
fed that in his opinion there had been
an attempt to commit an abortion, and
that the wounds were necessarily fatal.
Mr.. McGee made the opening argu-
ment for the defense, which was as full
as the limited time at his command
justified.
Morris Brinn was then sworn and
testified: Il have lived in. Sutter
Creek pretty near forty years; am a
Supervisor at present; business, gen.
eral merchandise; have known Andrew
Darling about two years; he was Gus
toner of mine, and our relations are
very friendly. On the morning of the
18th of November last, at my store, l
had a conversation with him, and at
that time he told me that he thought
DR.. Giles ought to pay his wife's fu-
"a hof ha hoA
told DR.. Giles that if his wife came to
see him to discourage her in doing any
thing. He asked my advice about
holding an autopsy. He said he had
seen Mr.. Roberts the evening before
and told him he wanted to hold an au-
topsy over his wife, and Roberts told
him it was no use doing it, as it was too
late; that he ought to have done that
the day after she died; that, in
embalming the body, he had used his
instruments in several places, and it
would be useless to hold an autopsy
then because it could not be told who
did it,
On cross-eXamination the witness tes-
titled that he could not remember what
he had told Mr.. Vicini, the District At
torney, about the case.
Darling told me that he had seen
DR.. Giles that morning and had ac-
cused him of doing this, and that if he
Giles would pay the funeral expenses,
he would drop the whole thing. He
did not tell me that the defendant in
this case offered to pay the funeral ex-
penses. He did not tell me, that, un-
less something was done abont this
case, he would kill the defendant, or
shoot him. l do not remember telling
Mr.. Vicini that he did tell me that. l
don't remember particularly what was
said. | also had conversation with
the defendant. | asked him whether
he settled with Mr.. Darling or not, and
he told me no; that he had nothing to
settle.'
Edward Roberts was sworn and tes-
tilted as follows. 81 live at Sutter
Creek and am an undertaken; have
had about eighteen years experience
in that business. There are two pro-
cesses of embalming -arterial embalm-
ing and cavity embalming. Arterial
embalming is much more preferable.
did not know jennie A. Darling in her
lifetime. l was present at the autopsy
at the Protestant cemetery in Sutter
Creek, on the Goth of November last
when an autopsy was held on body
that had been just inferred. At that
time 1 recognized it as the body that
had embalmed on the 10th OF NOvem-
Der. The autopsy was performed by
Drs. E. E. Endicott and A. M. Gall.
There were present besides the doctors
and myself, Mr.. Vicini, District Attor-
ney, and Sheriff U. S. Gregory. On
the 10th of November, when | en-
balmed the body, l removed it from
the bed and placed it on cooling or
embalming board: At that time the