The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-07

ftant.) They talked not over half d
minute DR.. Crofford told me he sent
for us because she wanted him to:s
| he said he had not sent for her folks
because she insisted on his not doing
so: said he wanted to write to some
body two or three days before but she
wouldn't listen to it. She said she was
going to be better in two or three DAYS
and would not trouble her mother: he
didn't offer any reason why she should
| be particular. knew my son was en-
gagged to her; they had been going
| together about q year and a half, /
think: [ couldn't tell exactly: he was
with her Sunday evening week prior
| to the time we went to Lamont: my son
Twill be u next August.
G. w. BRENIzER
sworn testified as follows:
Reside at Lamont; am a liveryman.
Am not acquainted with Ira Hammond.
Do not know the lady who just went
out. Saw her in Lamont a few DAYS
ago There was q young man came to
my barn, riding q bay horse with hog
back and stayed over night. He was a
small like fellow looking to be 20 or p
years old, a pretty smart boy. saw
him again on Tuesday of this week.
He had the same horse with another.
He came in about 10 o'clock in the
morning, and in the afternoon ordered
his team embarrassed and said he
would stay over night. My partner
said his name was Ira Hammond. He
slept in my barn the first night he was
there.
MRS. ANNA HAMMOND.
recalled, testified:
| | think the last time was in Leon
was between Christmas and New ears.
Came over4to do some shopping. [ did
not 60 to II physician here in town that
day and ask him to commit an abortion
on n.sDid not see physician. 1
got that letter through the Decatur
City postotfce, Monday afternoon about
. O'Clock. We started to Lamont
Tuesday morning. MY son was away
from home all night Wednesday of last
week. Don't remember how he went.
He rides a bay horse. We took the
bay horse and a gray when we
went to Lamont. My son got home
from Leon the next afternoon Did not
ask him whether he had any business
| in Leon or not.
| LENA CRITCHFIELD
sworn, testified:
| Reside in Lamont and do kitchen
| work for DIR. Crofford. Have been
there one week. Worked there before
last summer. knew Miss Stone was
there: heard them talking of her being
| there, but that is all. Heard she was
there after went there and that she
was quite sick. DIR. Crotford's daugh-
ter told me she was sick. Had intiam-
nation of the bowels, appendicitis and
cOlitis. Did not understand she had
any fever, and did not hear of any OPP
GRAFTON being performed for her. Did
not understand she was in a dan,
gerous condition. Did not hear DIR.
Crofford say anything about her until
an hour before she died. He said she
couldn't possibly live until morning.
No other physician waited on her ex-
cept DR.. Crofford. Mrs. Crotford nursed
her. Never saw the girl until she was
dying. | was called to the room. Mrs.
Hammond was the only one in the
room. She rang and / ran in and found
the girl dying. She was struggling,
and she only lasted a minute after |
went in. She moved her hands once.
DR.. Crotford was there. He gave her
brandy and she swallowed it. He gave
her something else | don't know what.
Did not see him use any instrument.
They told me she came the 23d. The
doctor told me. He said she had started
to Mt. Ayr on visit and got sick on
the road, and she stopped there, and
that she would be all right in few
days, and of course she didn't. He
told me this on Tuesday, the day she
died. Before she died, in the after
noon. Mrs. Crotford was telling him
some symptoms she had, and he said
she couldn't live any more than morn
ing. He usually tells me where his
patients come from and who they are
if he has any occasion. He has of
others. He seemed to be worried Tues
day when she was so bad. That is the
time he told me she came from the
train. Since her death have not heard
him say anything else was wrong be-
sides appendicitis, inflammation of the
stomach and bowels and colitis. Mrs.
Crotford in telling him her symptoms
said she! was nervous and restless.
None OF the girls relatives were there
when she died. No one had been there
until Tuesday morning. DR.. Crofford
called her Maud. They all called her
Maud: Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Crof-
ford, too. 1 understand she had a
mother and brothers and sisters but
that they hadn't been sent for because
she objected: she said if her mother
came to Lamont she would worry about
things at home and if she stayed at
home she would worry about her: l
heard her say that to the doctor; he
was urging her to send for her folks.
He said it was better to send for them
and insisted on it; he didn't know her
folks but [ don't know that she refused
to tell him; didn't hear him ask what
her mothers name was and where she
lived. They didn't send for her folks
till 10 O'Clock the night she died;
she died at 1925 p. IN. There was no
young man came to see her till Tues
day morning; | mean none that know
OF; there wasn't any young man come
while | was there: l think l would
have heard them: L can hear anybody
walk all over the house and [ can tell
their walks: no outsiders we're in her
room while | was there-nobody but
DR.. and Mrs. Crofford, Gertrude
Crofford, Mrs. Hammond and son and
Frank Justice, who works there.
There is a straw carpet in the room
and my room is right next door. Miss
Stone occupied and died in the south
west corner room:sI was there all the