The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-14

MARY Ailuo III WHICH, u6 lOlu tuoul MAUI
was sick when she came. Did not tell
Mrs. Kline that MikeSpringer and Capt.
Brown were paying his board and they
had told him he would not want fol
anything.
NJ. F. Springer testified as to a CONVEX
sation with Lena Critchfield at her home
in Lamont. He denied offering to pay
her if she would testify against Crofford,
and that If she would testify to certain
things he would give her enough money
so that she and her mother would not
have to work.
H. B. Lubbock again told of Ira Ham
mond getting a team at his barn be-
tween l and 2 o'clock and returning
about 3 hours later. Said it was ii
miles from Decatur to Lamont. Sleigh
ing vas good at the time.
DR.. B. l.. Eiker testified Maud Stone
visited his office or May 81, "a, 26, June
2, S., Is, %, July Z and Sept 20.
AT the conclusion of his testimony the
state rested its case and about 80 wit.
nesses were sworn by the defense. The
first testimony introduced was that of
the medical experts.
DR.. H. G. Bone, formerly of Grand
River, now of Big Piney, Wyo., wa the
first witness. He testified he had prac-
ticed q years. and graduated from Mar
ion Sims college 10 years ago. He was
examined at great length as to the
length of time in which death ensued
from septic poison. He gave it as his
opinion from two or three weeks to sew
eral months, and impossible within
I'VE days. Attorney 6. w. Baker
gave each of the medical experts sub.
poenaed about as rigid a cross examina.
ton as did Mr.. Temple the states wit
nesses, and there was a vast amount of
this kind of testimony, the trend being
to establish the fact that Maud Stones
death could pot have resulted from
septic peritonitis resulting from an
abortion performed after reaching Croft
sanitarium.
DR.. j. w. Holland, of Osceola, DR.. A.
Brown. of Leon, DIR. S. Bailey and DR..
VIM. Horne, of Mt. Ayr, were also plac.
ed on the stand and gave substantially
The same testimony as DIR. Bone on a
supposed case, but on cross examination
The state secured some admissions from
hem which seemed 10 strengthen the
testimony of the witnesses for the state.
Court adjourned during the expert
testimony until 1870 o'clock.
Tuesday Afternoon.
DIR. S. Bailey was the last of the med
cal experts and at the close of his ties.
Elmer Driscoll. a half brother of
emory Driscoll, testified to having a
with NJ. +. Springer in
which he said they would spend Maud's
money and more to prosecute Crofford,
would doctor Emory and he would new
Or want for anything. That there were
IS good doctors in Leon as Lamont and
lao CAPCuoCS MOUlu Uo pdlOs
Lena Critchheld, who worked at Crof.
'ord's at the time of Maud Stones
death, testified as to Mike Springer call
.ng and asking her to testify against
Crotord, that he would pay her enough
neither she nor her mother would
ever have to work. That Maud had
Sis, 600 and his wife $4,000 and they
intended to put Crofford behind the
bars, and she might as we'll have part
of the money. For her to make up her
mind and write to him. Her mother,
Mrs. Boynton, was present at the time.
He came back the next day and wanted
to know if she was going to take his
offer, and if she would swear to what he
wanted money was no object. Minnie
Vanderhugt was present. On cross-ex-
animation size could not remember any,
thing that DIR. Cro1ord said to her, but
did remember her mother ordered
Springer out of the house.
Mrs. Rilla Boynton, mother Of the
last witness, testified to hearing the al
legged conversation with Springer. She
was inside the room when he made the
offer. When he came the second day
she ordered him out of the house.
Minnie Vanderf1ugt, of Lamont, testi-
fed she was present the second day and
heard Springer ask Lena if she was
going to take VI his offer. That he
knew more about Maud's private bust
ness than any one except her mother.
Levi Brooks, a farmer living neal La.
moni, whose wife is a cousin of Maud
Stone, testified to talking with Emory
Driscoll several times, in which he said
he was to come and testify and Springer
and others were to see that his doctor
bills did not cost him a cent. That
Springer had given him a ticket to Leon
and a dollar, aud would have him cured
if money would cure him. On cross ex-
animation he said Driscoll said he was