The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-14
CROFFORD MURDER TRIAL!
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idence of Mr.. Copp across the line in
Missouri in which he said he gave Maud
Stone the same treatment he did her
daughter, Martha Farnes, and that he
performed an operation on Martha
Farnes, who was pregnant three or four
months along.
F. l.. Thompson, of Lamont, testified
to a conversation with DR.. Crotord
shortly after Maud Stones death in
which he said there was not a physician
in the state who had practiced five
years who had not had from S to SO
such cases.
w. w. Lucas, the constable for Fay.
cite township testified to %arresting DIR.
Crottord about 8 o'clock in the evening
and guarding him that hight at the SAN
itarium.
A number of letters from Ira Ham
mond to Maud Stone were then read,
but much OF the contents were unfit for
publication. In the letters he addressed
liz . LlS dCdl WIG anu NlOUC VI luCli
illicit relations, also Of going to Lamont
to get her medicine to get her out of her
Tx.
At $50 O'Clock court adjourned until
Monday morning at 8 O'Clock.
Monday Morning.
Ted Sheen, recalled, testified he first
saw Maud Stone going north from the
depot 40 or so feet, then coming south
from Teale's store, and was Just across
the street when she went into the sani-
tarium.
James Grandstaf, the Leon under
taker, testified to preparing Maud
Stones body for burial, That there was
a great scarcity of blood. He also ex-
planned the effects of the various en-
balming fluids as to the character and
effect of changing the tissues and ap.
.pearance of the body.
Rue B. Stone testified he did not talk
of leaving home until after he was mar
ried, Dec. %, 1900.
Mrs. Margaret Stone testified as to
seeing a gown worn by Maud while she
vas at the sanitarium and there were /
green spots on the lower part of it. On
cross examination she said she did not
remember telling Mrs. Charles Teale or
Levi Brooks, at Lamont, that
Maud had been sick with bowel trouble
for several weeks but she did not think
it was anything serious.
DR.. B. X. McAllaster, of Leon, was
then called. He testified he was cor
oner of Decatur county and as such had
the post norton examination
held the day prior to the coroner's in.
quest. He described the operation at
the post mortem and described at
length the result of the
.postmortem. He was cross examined
considerable length by M. L. Temple
Who displayed a great knowledge on the
Of septic peritonitis. DR.. Meal
aster gave substantially the same test.
nony as the other physicians who were
present at the post norton, to the eff.
ect that Maud Stones death was the
'esult of a criminal abortion reformed
within a few days of her death. That
aer body was greatly emaciated. That
she was apparently a healthy young
that she would have been able
to carry the child the full time and in
his opinion the abortion was not neces.
sary to ave her life. That her death
was caused from septic ~peritonitis
which was caused from Infection in the
womb.
At the conclusion of his testimony
court adjourned until 1870 O'Clock.
Monda y Afternoon.
When court convened at 1880 DR..
McAllaster was followed by DR.. F. A.
Bowman who did the cutting at the
post mortem. After describing how the
was laid open, he told of find.
ing the intestines and other organs in
perfect condition, including the appen-
dix. The womb was examined and
gave evidence that she had been preg-
about three months. That the
inflammation resulted from an infected
womb the result of a criminal abortion.
The examination Was carried to con-
siderable length, but a great deal of it
was the discussion Of medical terms,
bacteriology and anatomy which no one
outside of the physicians and attorneys
could understand. Or. b. l.. Eiker and
DR.. Ii. II. Layton followed, giving sub
stantially the same testimony as at the
inquest which was published in full at
the time in TIE REPORTER, in substance
that her death was the result of a crlmi-
nal abortion.
Mrs. Ben Sears was called and tes,i-
fed in confederation of the testimony
of her husband In regard to a con-
%versation with DR.. CrotIord in Deem
Der, 1900, at which time he said he would