Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1902-06-26

upon his hands, and for the first time
during the entire examination took
his eyes off the fair young witness.
1t was after two O'Clock when Miss
Shields was permitted to leave the
stand
The next witness called by the State
was DR.. Joseph Hustled, of Clayton.
He said that Miss Shields had called
at his office for treatment and COM
planned of stomach troubles. He pre-
scribed for her and some few days
after was called upon to attend her at
her home where he fonnd her suffer-
ing with intense pains and a very
high fever. Some time after this
perltonitis set in and the young lady's
life was almost despaired of. Her
pulse was SO and lower, her fever 1O5
for several days. AS soon as the pa
tient was able to be moved he took
her to the Presbyterian Hospital in
Philadelphia.
The cross examination of this wit
ness by Mr.. Logue was based on the
qualifying of the doctor on his direct
examination as an expert witness, and
the big medical terms used were
enough to make ones head swim.
Russell Flanaman, messenger be-
tween Millville and Philadelphia, was
called to testify to carrying package
containing $3.50, on November 22d,
from DR.. Jones to Miss Shields in
the Philadelphia hospital.
James Wood, the telegraph opertor
at Millville, also testified to sending
messages to Miss Shields from DR..
Jones, while she was in the hospital.
Mrs. johnson testified that Julia
Shields had boarded with her in Mill
vile and that DR.. Jones paid her
marked attentions and that he had
paid her board for her.
Here the State rested it's case and
Mr.. Logue opened the defense before
the jury. DR.. John g. Jones was
sworn in his own defense and testified
that he lived in Millville and that he
was twenty six years old. He said he
was practicing physician having
graduated from the Jefferson Medical
College in 1897. First met Julia
Shields in May of 1900, she came to
his office in company with another
girl named Maggie Moss. The girls
wanted to make an appointment with
him. He paid no attention to them.
A few days after this Miss Shields
came to his Office alone in the evening
and stayed all night. She was very
fond of drink and he had given her
morphine to try to break her of this
habit. At this time he knew she was
working at Dix Wrapper factory but
she left there and went to Philadel-
phia. She returned again to Mill
vile when he discovered that she was
a morphine fiend. He subsequently
learned that she had acquired the
habit in sporting houses in Philadel-
phia. He accused her of her bad
habits and she acknowledged that she
had been leading fast life, but that
she wanted to do better and that she
would do anything for him. He took
an interest in her and put her under
treatment for the morphine habit
Friendly associations were kept up
between them until she was taken
sick. Witness then related his visit
to the hospital and told how he came
to pay Miss Shields the $3.50. He said
he was sitting beside her cot in the
hospital and he noticed her ring was
gone from her finger. He asked her
what had become of it, and she told
him she had to pawn it to raise money
as she was under heavy expenses.
She said that the operation would cost
her 5000. and the $3.50 was given her
to help defray expenses.
On cross examination the Doctor
said in response to question of the
Gated twice before he had met Miss
Shields. The Prosecutor wanted the
witness to explain how it was he per-
mitted Miss Shields to seduce him.
Witness finally said she tempted him
and he fell. During his acquaintance
with Miss Shields his relations had
been most intimate despite all her
faults. The Prosecutor showed the
witness a number of letters written
by him to Julia and asked him to ex-
plain certain terms contained in them.
The answers brought out by these
questions were both pathetic and
numerous. Broad smiles would at
times creep over the countenance of
the young doctor as he read over the
old love letters handed him by the
Prosecutor, indicating that memory
brought back to him the old days
with Julia before the days of reckon
ing came.