The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-06-04
TOO WEAK TO
DISCHARGE THE
REVOLVER.
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said to have not known of the pitiful
condition to which she has been re-
duced.
BOTH WILL RECOVER.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Walker and her sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Fraser, who were
removed to Aultman hospital under
such sensational circumstances Friday
afternoon were somewhat improved
Saturday and will recover. The doctor
In attendance reported Saturday after
noon that both women have taken and
retained nourishment at intervals dur
ing the day and that already marked
Improvement in their conditions is ap-
parent. They are in greatly weak
ened condition, however, and 1t will
require long time for them to regain
their strength.
When the ambulance arrived at the
hospital Friday Miss Fraser was found
to be in comatose condition, from
which she did not arouse until Saturday
morning. Mrs. Walker was still con-
scious and objected at once to be taken
into the poor ward of the hospital
She said to the attendants: 1--WE have
money and are well able to pay for
all that we require" She and her
sister were accordingly installed in an
other ward where they remain. Mrs.
Walker further asked for her regular
physician who was called and has
taken the cases in charge.
TELLS HER STORY.
Saturday morning Mrs. Walker told
her story briefly to a nurse. She
spoke as one who is trying 70 recollect
and who is uncertain how 1T all came
about. In the first place she said:
1T is not because we are out Of money
that we were found in that terrible con.
dition. We have plenty of money and
are able to buy what we need. 1t all
came so gradually that | cannot under
stand it at all. My sister and | took
sick about the same time in February
and we have been growing worse with
out knowing it right along. At first
we thought that we would get well
every day and we waited. For the
first few weeks | kept on cooking but
gradually | got SO weak that | could
prepare nothing to eat and we lived on
what we could find about the house.
Neither she nor | have had anything
| to eat for three months but we did not
realize that we were starving. 1t
came so gradually that we could not
understand. | remember almost moth
ing at all of last month and think that
part of the time must have been out
of my mind"
THE EXECUTION.
When Deputy Sheriff Zaiser made the
discovery of the condition of the wo-
men, Friday morning, he had called to
deliver an execution which had been
issued by the court on the same morn
ing for the payment of two quarterly
sums due Mrs. Mary Walker, the first
wife, on an old claim held by hel
against the doctors estate. At the
| time this claim was made and the case
was adjusted in the courts. Mrs. Will
helmina Walker, the second wife, was
ordered to pay to Mrs. Walker the sum
of S16.25 quarterly These amounts
which were due in January and April
of this year have been unpaid and Fri
day, Judge Thayer, attorney for Mrs
Mary Walker went into court and or
dered an execution.
At the time the courts ordered the
payment Of this quarterly stipend II
was believed that the young widow was
possessed of considerable money. A,
that time there was deposited in the
Central Savings bank over 5000 In
cash which afterwards passed into he!
hands.
HAD MONEY IN BANK.
Inquiry at the bank Saturday shows
that this was true. 1t appears. how
ever, that Mrs. Walker instead of hav.
ing the money at the bank in her owr
name had deposited 1t In the name o.
her sister, Miss Elizabeth Fraser. The
books of the bank show that on Octob
er 10, 1897, Miss Fraser deposited $4,
900. Within few weeks after this de-
posit she drew out 500 and few week.
after that another 800 and so on unit
July 2, 1897, when she drew $4,000. Tht
remainder she rapidly exhausted by
drawing 500 at regular intervals, wind
ing up her account sometime in De
cember of the same year. On Septem
! ber 2, 1899, Mrs. Walker called at thj
same bank and deposited $500. On The
same day she drew 500 of this and a
intervals of few days drew out li't,
sums, closing her account within few
weeks. This was the extent of tn,
banking business done by Mrs. Walker
and her sister subsequent to the deatt
of the doctor. The rapid withdrawal,
from the bank would indicate that they
were spending money very extravi
gantly but the neighbors say that 81
far as they know the two women dlt
not live beyond their means. excep
possibly in the matter of clothes. .
which they were evidently possessed o
a large and beautiful assortment.
A venerable physician in Canton
who does not care to be mentioned IL
this connection, has very tenabl,
story as to the reason Mrs. Wake