Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-12-21
THE DIEHl TRIAL.
DAMAGING STATEMENT
BX 4 TRAINED
NURSE.
Case Growing 10 interesr, and Strongly
duplicating John Diehl the Defend
ant in the Matter case Exp cted
Soon TO End


Soon TO End.
In the Diehl case, now on trial "a
New Castle. the evidence already
brought forward nv thu state goes -
show that Mary F.lr~i II and the de
PENDANT, John Diehl, went to Munc. c
on the 10Th OF October, 1899, that the
girl registered for them at the Hotel
Braun as Mrs Williams and nus
band: they left there two days later
were seen about the city later and
were traced to the home of DIR. Leach
in Muncie where il is alleged that a
criminal operation was performed
upon her as the result of which blood
poison eusued, which later caused
her death. Dr. Leach testified that
the operation was not performed al
his house and that he did not know
what the matter was until it was too
late to save her, but that when he
did discover the trouble he secured q
trained nurse and gave her the best
possible treatment. In the mean
time John Diehl came to see the pa
tient, was told that she could not
live, sent for Drs. Green and Bowles
and when they, too, stated that the
girl must die, he, Diehl Civilians
banded his card to the doctors ano
told them that it was no longer o
any use to conceal his identity, thai
his name was John Diehl and that o
the girl Miss Mary Farwig.
The appearance of the TRAINED
nurse, Mrs. Anna McClus ler, upoi
the witness stand "Wednesday after
noon about o clock caused quite {
revival of interest among the specta
| tors in the court room. The wltnes;
| is Incorporating woman, neatly
attired and probably 10 or 10 year
of age. She was manlfestly woman
of dignity and intelligence. The i'm
| preston she made was favorable auC
| her evidence must have telling III
| fiuence in the the case. She stated
that she had been called by DR.. Leacl
at II: 80 D. m. on Friday, Nov.3, 1899
to nurse the patient, Miss Farwig tina
she went at once by cab to DIR
Leach 5 residence, arriving at
| o clock. She found the girl in al
most dying condition. DR.. Quici
was attending her, but to nospurpose
| The defendant Diehl came to TIL
| room at o'clock Friday evening ant
| was introduced to the nurse as VII
liams, the husband of the sick woman
| But during the afternoon, while Drs
| Green and BOwleS were with the pa
| tient, she had made a dying state
| ment which was taken by a notar,
| public. but which the dying woman
later stated to the nurse was par
| italy untrue. The nurse, however
| gained the information that tn
woman was not the wife of Williams
| The witness testified that when tn,
defendant came into the room b.
threw himself upon the patient anC
kissed her She pushed him away
saying: John, | am going to die,
to which he replied, 20, Mary, 10
my sake don t die. Diehl then asked
the nurse to leave the room, which
she started to do, and while passin!
out the sick girl exclaimed %, Job n
he ms f apfs tel Mary Ma tra iisten to me
| listen to me. The nurse returned
to the sick room every fiftees min
uteS to give medicine, and finally re
fused to leave the room again as the
patient needed her attention. Deb
was anu SStl4l 10 vi
McClusker: why is Mary in thi,
condition." to which Mary added
eff nurse had been with me from the
first | would be better. She then
told the man that Mary had come L
the doctor with lie upon her lips
and be did not know what was the
matter with her. Whereupon be
said: The doctor did know what
was the matter for | told him. Tie
then inquired who the best doctors
in the city were and upon being told
he sought Drs. Green and Bowles
who came back with him at
Q clock and pronounced the girl 5
condition hopeless. Diehl remained
in the room with the patient and
nurse until two o'clock a. M
when be retired. He was up again
at five o clock and was very restless,
appearing very anxious and pacing
the door The nurse called him from
the head OF the stairs Mr. Williams
three times to which he made no re
spouse. Mrs. Leach then told him
the nurse was calling. He hurried
up stairs and brought the ice which
the nurse wanted. He then asked
her if he could do anything more.
She told him he could not, whereupon
he left the house and did not return.
Mrs. McClusker testified that Mary
tarwig soon became unconscious and
lied at $50 Saturday morning
The attorneys for the state were
we'll satisfied with the witness. Her
story was straightforward and IN
'elligent and the defense by its most
strenuous efforts was unable to brea
Town any part of it.