The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-16
MRs.HA1NRs HELD FOR COURT.

, is charged with the murder OF her STEP
daughter child not quite three years OF
age, was given a hearing yesterday Since
the affair was made public Mrs. Haines
has been in the jail. She was brought
into the court room yesterday, and did
not appear to be at all affected by her po-
sition She was neatly attired in black
and wore short yell which she kept over
her face during the entire proceedings.
With her was her mother and on her lap
was baby boy who gazed around the
room in innocent ignorance of the gravity
of his surroundings. The husband was
not present.
The state was represented by Prosecutor
Atkinson and Hon. Harry S. Scovel, of
Camden. Ex-Prosecutor Budd appeared
for the defendant.
The hearing was conducted by Justice
Zeigler, who issued the warrant. He read
to Mrs Haines statement that she was
charged with murder and was about to be
given hearing. Mr.. Budd asked to have
entered on the record that in behalf of the
defendant he demanded of the state the
right to go before the coroner and jury. >
To this Mr.. Atkinson replied: 81 desire
it entered on the record that l informed
Mr.. Budd of the fact that hearing was
to be held and he agreed upon the date.
Mr.. Budd said he only agreed upon the
date because the Prosecutor would not
consent to investigation before coroner's
jury.
Mr. Atkinson replied that he did not ad
NIT this statement to be a fact, to which
Mr.. Budd retorted it was so whether the
Prosecutor admitted it or not. After these
little pleasantries the taking of testimony
began.
| DIR. III. K Weller of Riverside, was the first
witness called. He stated that he had always
been the family physician OF Mrs. Haines; that
he was with her at the time OF the birth of her
present child; that he remembered the even
ing of March 3lst last, when Mrs. Haines
called on him at the office and told him that
Gwendolyp 1.-THE dead chilly had slight cold
| and would he give her something Tor it, He
| gave her a simple homeopathic remedy and
| about an hour later she came back and stated
| that Gwendolyn had had q CONFUSION and for
him to come at once He immediately went
| to the house and found The baby on the floor
| in half famished condition with no cover
| ings but wet blanket He at once felt of the
|
| huttering and pronounced the baby dead.
| He further stated that he noticed the injuries
on the child and those on the face consisted
OF black eye. torn lip, mashed nose,
bruises all over the face, the lobe OF the lett
ear appearing to have been entirely torn off.
| He asked Mrs. Haines at that time how they
had occurred and she said to him that they
were old injuries and had existed tor some
| time; that the child had horrible mania for
falling down stairs and had done SO on num-
erous occasions and that these wounds or in
jurles had happened previous to Mr. Haines'
| them. When asked by the Prosecutor If he
| had ever been called upon by Mrs. Haines to
| but that he had been at the house on March
! 10, ID and 28th, but at these times he had not
| seen Gwendoiyn and Mrs. Haines said moth.
ing to him about the child.
! He had TENDED her month previous but
only for slight cold and at this time she had
no injuries or bruises He further said that
he had never attended the chilli TOR convul-
sions and that he did not believe she had a
CONFUSION this time as he saw nothing about
her to indicate This fact The child was one
| judgment the injuries had been inflicted but
a very short time previous to the time he saw
them and from his examination he would say
that the child's death WAS a result OF the
wounds The real cause OF death was menin-
gifts. but wounds or injuries of this nature
would cause this trouble.
| On cross-examination by Mr.. Budd he said
the child was weak, delicate and very frail.
He was queried as TO why he had not granted
a burial certificate and replied that he con-
sidered the death too suspicious to be hasty in
granting one. He further stated that no one
| of these injuries separately could have caused
death but together they most certainly would.
| Witness also said that he went after the I'M
dertaker for Mrs. Haines, at the same tine
notifying Coroner Wells of The occurrence.
The next day Mrs. Clark called at his office
and told what she knew OF the inhuman treat
ment Gwendoyn had had and on this evi-
dence he refused to g rant burial certificate.
| Elwood W Bolton stated that he was an I'M
dertaker living in Moorestown; that he and
his father were in the business together. On
| the evening in question he prepared the en-
balming fluid for his father; ana that he knew
| there was no arsenic in it and had given A. E.
Burr, OF Moorestown, a bottle containing the
same compound as was injected into the
| child.
| John C. Bolton, father of the preceding wit
ness, stated that he prepared he body of the
child for burial and injected the embalming
fluid into the body. 1t was II deadly poison.
He did not inject any OF the fluid into the
stomach.
william Nj. Wells, corone r. stated that he
had been sent for and viewed the remains. He
had a talk with Mrs. Aaines relative 10 the
bruised and wounded condition OF the body
and she at that time told him the child died
| in commissions occasiODed by a fall down
states. She further told witness that the child
was always falling down. Witness said that
he asked Mrs. Haines if she had ever i'll treat
ed the child and she replied "no. love the
little thing as do my own" She was very
much excited and seemed very much relieved
when he gave her burial certificate. This all
occurred on April lst. He had talk later at
| DR.. w eiler's office with Mrs. Clark who stated
what she knew of the whippings the child had
received st Mrs. Haines' hands He told Mrs.
| body exhumed and post-mortem made. This
she SAID she wished done and made afhdayit
charging Mrs. Haines with the death of Gwen
dolyn. He then went TO Camden Immediately
| and in company with Prosecutor Lloyd, Drs. |
Parsons and Small and Prosecutor Atkinson.
ordered the body exhumed and post mortem
was made by the above physicians. The |
stomach and intestines of the child he put in
| two glass jars. sealed them up and labeled
them and afterward gave them to John e.
Doughty, who in turn gave them to the chem
| list to examine Upon cross examination wit |
| no ga q
these parts of the body to Capt Doughty, but
| thought he was proper person to have charge |
| Capt John 4. Doughty, the next witness |
| called, said he lived in Haddontield. He re- |
membered being at Harleigh cemetery the |
day the body of Gwendolyn was exhumed and
| the postmortem held. The jars containing |
the stomach and intestines OF the child were
given into his custody, entirely unsolicited on
| his part. he took them home and did not
| even unwrap them, but delivered them the
| following Monday to chemist George M. Ber- |
| niger, OF Camden. He said they were in ex-
| actly the same condition when delivered by |
| him as when received from the coroner.
! Harry Cook, of Delanco, said he was great
| friend of MRS. Haines. On the sunday after |
noon referred to he had called on her to con- |
verse on religious subjects. He did not see
Gwendolyn although he asked Mrs. Haines |
about the child and she told him that the baby |
was sick with slight cold and she thought it |
best to keep the child upstairs. She went up
several times presumably to look after the |
child.
Mrs Isabella H. Clark is the lady through
whom this matter was made public. She oc
cupies one-halt the double house, the HINES
family living in the other side. Her bedroom
10 next to that OF Mrs Haines, and the thin |
ness of the partition made 1t possible for her
to hear plainly what was going on in the next
house. She knew the child was frequently
whipped and heard her moan as If in pain, On |
the Saturday night before the death, Mrs. |
| Clark did not get to bed until nearly mid
night. She had not been In bed long before
she heard sounds in the next house. She soon
came to the conclusion that Gwendolyn was
| getting a whipping. The sounds were like
Something being banged, not loudly but in a
muffed manner. Mr.. Clark became so much
aroused over the matter he determined to get
ceased and the child stopped crying, they did
not do anything. Mrs. Clark said she haC
| frequently heard Mrs. Haines abuse and whip
GwendOlyn, the wh1ppings occurring as often
child did not appear to cry, but just seemed to
sob as If its efforts to cry were being hushed.
| One time when she heard Mrs. Haines whip
the child, witness went over to the thin parti-
| ton wall between the houses ana listened.
| and she distinctly heard Mrs HafneS say,
sW hat did you do with that bottle ?" keeping
this up several times, and after each query
| giving the child a blow with something other
| than her hand. Another time when upstairs
witness heard Mrs. Haines again Furnishing
ute or So she gave her an awful thump with
something and then said, "Now L know you
will be still, - and the child was still. Witness
| further stated that she never hea the child
have helped hearing it, Mrs. Clark said she
and Mrs. haines were always very friendly
and she had no animosity whatever against
the defendant.
Albert j. Clark, husband OF the former wit
ness, cOrrObOfated the testimony OF his wife
SO far Saturday nights noises were con-
cerned Witness said the noise sounded muf-
| fad rs the chil0,S head being DOuQ0ou.