The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-12
GOES TO THE JURY
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| kept pointing out east I asked her 4
she had left II at the ST. Francis hospital
and she said: Yes. out that way point
ing the east Mary and her mother both
| talked broken English. and kept saying
| they had given It away I called up ST.
Francis hospital and the Childrea's home,
and both answered that they knew moth
( ing OF the child I then told Mary that
/ If she I'D not tel where the babe was. :
would lock her up. She then began %
1 talk German 70 her mother. 7 had her
/ locked Up and then went u the eel. when
I she told ne that she would plead guilty
I Il we would give her one year. 7 told
Mary that she could not plead guilty
until she had told where the baby vas"
7 John Kinsader testified that he was al
police headquarters ths day Mary Nork
and her mother were arrested. On the 18th
day OF last Nay. He said he talked with
Mary IN German and that she told aim
she had given her baby 70 q family. He
said that he told her she had better tel
what she did with it, but she insisted that
she had given Il 20 a family.
:. z. KnobIauch. police clerk. was the
next witness, and he proved 4 very i'm
portznt ore. He said that he had seen
Mary MorS OF the day she was arrested.
and that when her father came 70 see
her. the chief sent him along because ne
could speak German She told me that
she had given the baby away OF the day
OF the arrest, ard aftsrward said that
she had left II on the river bank asked
her II il was close enough TO drop n and
get drowned. and she said It might
When her father came they talked IN
German and he asked her if she had XIII
81 the baby. and she answered him
Yes" He then told her that he would
not have anything TO do with her and he
went out
Officer Harry Sutton was called 20 the
stand and said that he saw the defend
ant on the 18th day OF May He said he
asked AIa-y Nork what she had done
with her baby, and she told hem that
she had given 1t 10 4 Catholic institution
% be taken care CT II this city He sad
when asked for her name she said il was
Fixing The next talk he had with her
vas when they found the baby. They had
induced Mary 10 tel what she had done
with the baby. ard he and Officer Cairns
got Mary IN a carriage and drove TO the
place. be said they drove south and
after they crossed the Wichita and West
ern track that Mary took the lines from
Cairns and drove on West Lincoln and
when about forty rods OF the river she
turned north and angied up the river
about thirty yards. May got out and
went 70 the river. where there was a lit
tie bunch OF willows. She leaned over
and fshed IN the sand with her hands and (
finally got hold Of that little outfit She (
moved her hands along further ard got (
hold OF the baby's neck and pulled IL out /
She tried to loosen the handkerchief on its +
neck. but he took i from her before she !
had time % loosen IT, He then took the 4
body 70 ellis undertakigu establishment 4
and left IL Mary said she had put the
baby where they found it. He said
when going down to the river, Mary asked
them what they would do with her in case
the baby was dead
The court then took recess until 30
2 N.
When court was called promptly at 1.20
o'clock yesterday afternoon neither the
defendant or her attorneys were IN the
court room. The court waited fifteen
and still she did not put in an
appearance. There were about two hun
Ired people in the room and many were
asking their neighbors where Mary Morz
vas. About ten minutes 70 two. George
Adams. one OF her attorneys. entered
he court room and he was asked where
lis client was he said she would be
here IN a minute. Judge Dale then an
bounced that her bond was forfeited and
hat she would be placed in the hands OF
he sheriff. Just few minutes before
.wo O'Clock the jury was called ana the
rial began
Mrs. Stanton was the first witness call
d. She had been OF the stand il the
morning. She was asked 70 produce a
laper she had in her possession This
vas the application Of Mary Mork 70
inter- the Rescue Home.
Harry sutton was the next witness and
.e stated that on the eleventh day CT
lay the defendant gave her name as
Lary Marks.
James Cairns was then called he
tated that he and Harry Sutton and 1
.1sry Mcrk drove 20 the place where the
lody q the latter's child was found He g
aid that he did the driving while they
we're going south on Main street They
vent south a few blocks. then west % /
water street. then south on water % ]
f-coln- While going south CT Water
treet Mary took the line ard drove the
est Of the way. she drove west On Lin Z
ola 70 the river. he g0r out and tied
be horse. while Nr- Sutton and the girl
sent down into the river bed and found +.
he body ot The chile M Cairns fsl-
b ed and saw the child IN 3Ir. Suttsas :
dice station. where The Officers asked
er questions as 20 WHY she did this lie
Ieatiaed the child AZ the coroner's H. :
1esr This was The last witness for the
tate n its direct examination
George Adams then STATED the defezse's
ne af PROOF which would y brought cut
18th their witnesses he said tha- they
1oul5 prove that Mary Eork never had
verv strong mentality. EeT parents
ved for a number q years mar - :
Ia-ks. and they lad always had The re- p
-ect o. thslr ueighbors- Fritz kaiser :
lads love 20 thls girl. and they were e. d
AGED % te married Thls vas about {
uE-sst 1870. Under this engagement ~ :
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