The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-01

Another time l saw the child brought down
| between nine and half-past nine and put in 9
dark closet, the remark being Nellie, II she
her husband and said, Well, would put heI
out of The house among Others She said she
always wanted TO bring her up so she would
not know her mother or her mothers people
and she was bitter against her mother and hel
mothers people. l have known Mr.. Haines to
treat the child kindly and they did not speak
| for hours one Sunday. She said she would
not be instructed by people no better than
her; Gwendo1ine was no better than her own,
a child should be beaten when it came Is
months old the same as Gwendoline; she had
whipped Gwendoline ever since she had been
Witness had heard Mrs Haines call the child
"a brat "a thing She was very bitter ex-
cept when company was in The house, then she
was very kind She said: 81 have txamined
the child's body. 1 have seen her little chin
bruised. l have seen the child when the whip
ping was over stand up and laugh, and L said
,Gwendoline DON'T care tor her whippings;'
and she made the remark; No, It is hard TO
On cross-examination by Mr. Bud, witness
said she was take n to Delanco by the society
of christian Workers" She had lived a
reckless life and was trying to reform. She
made no attempt to conceal the fact that she
had frequently been arrested tor drunken
had been married. She left the employ Of
Mrs. Haines because of the ill-treatment OF
Gwendoline.
Justice Zeigler, who held the hearing then
testified that Nellie Richards was properly ex-
amined and cross-examined,a and identified the
testimony given by her.
took the testimony, also testined about the
matter and the evidence was admitted. Pro-
secutor Atkinson read the direct and MI
Budd read the cross-examination.
MI. Budd then called John C. Bolton tor fur
ther cross-examtnation, but the court ruled
that this course was irregular and that If the
defence had heard anything new from this
witness 1t would have to call him on its own
behalf. Mr.. Bud also called DR.. Weller for
the same purpose, but alter he had read to the
cour. the questions he proposed to ask, Judge
Garrison SAID he could not see anything new,
theground had been entirely covered IN the
examination of this witness. The state then
rested its case.
THE DEFENCE OPENS.
Mr.. Budd said he proposed to show that the
defendant was born in the neighbOrhOod OF
Delanco and hau lived there for years. HAD
attended school in that locality and mad taught
school at Haddonfield He said she never saw
her husband until his first W fe's funeral. He
would show that Haines was travelling man
ana that his means OF communicating with his
Wife was by kilograms. Gwendolfne had been
living with The Dough tvs, and one time Mrs
Haihes took her home for short visit but be-
came 50 attached to the child that she kept
her. He would show that she was treated
kindly. She delicate child, afflicted
with weak ankles which caused her to fire.
Quently fall. To overcome this Mrs. Haines
had shoes made with special stiffening in the
backs There was period when Mrs Haines
was low-spirited, nervous. irritable, and It
might be she was a little severe then, but
never cruel. He would readily and easily ex-
plain how the child received bruises. Gwen
doline was delicate. Had her ste mother de-
sired her death there need of murder
to end lite, all that would have been necessary
was to let her droop and fade away. But for
the tender care of the stepmother the little
girl would have been in her grave long before
she was. While he was not willing to admit
that he state had proved arsenical poisoning
yet he would show the jury cOnclusively that
none was administered by defendant.
Mr.. Bud asked the indulgence of the court
while he called a. few with esses out of the
order 81 a n "a 10.
sired to get to their homes. He called Miss
Laura Ludlow and Miss Emma Middleton,
who taught school at Haddonfield when Mrs.
Haines was engaged there at the same bust
ness. They knew her reputation for peace
and good order to be excellent. On cross-ex-
animation they said they had no knowledge
OF defendants reputation during the past
three years.
DR.. Edgar Clement, Mrs. Howard Hopes,
Joseph NJ. Engard, Roland willard, George
Glover, Charles 5. Albertson, Mrs. Albertson,
). J Albertson, all testified to the good repu-
tation OF defendant while she lived at Haddon-
field but did not know anything about her
since she had been living at Delanco.
Irene Cotterell, of Philadelphia, lived with
Mrs. haines for some time and aided her In
her household duties. being compelled to
leave owing to an accident to her mother.
She said Gwendoline was u very delicate child
and needed much attention. Her ankles were
so weak The child WAS continually falling and
Mrs. Haines had shoes made especially for the
She never saw or heard Mrs Haines whip the
child, but had seen her correct Gwendoline by
George Cotterell and his wife gave testi-
mony similar to that of their daughter.
Earl shaw, paper hanger. had done work in
the Hsines house and had seen the dead child
during her lite. She was worrisome and Mrs
Haines said it>was owing TO her teething.
Mrs Haines appeared to be very kind and
would take the child on her lap and rock and
sOOthe her.
Charles Fisher, an insurance agent had in
sured the lite of Gwendoline. and called al the
house every two weeks for his insurance
money. When the child died there was due
TO the family the sum OF S22. He saw crepe on
He had often seen Gwendoline ana she was a
bright, healthy child when he perfected the
but she changed to a trail, delicate
child soon after' He thouSht Mrs Haines
was very affectionate towards the child He
had asked Mrs. Hafnes If the child had any
illness and she replied "Oh, nothing so seri-
0us.'
Mr.. ana Mrs. Wagner, who lived within a
few doors OF the Haines home, said they
thought the reputation of the defendant was
very good. The child was always delicate.
FRIDAY.
called. He is the member of the board of free
holders from Delran township and has lived
in Br1deboro for "a years He Is well acquaint-
ed with the people OF the ne1ghbOrhOod and
had known Mrs. Haines all his life. Her repu-
tation is first-class
Charles W. Ludlow was another witness ON
the question of good character.
Warren q. Pine, druggist. of riverside. told
OF selling Mrs. Haines matted milk, and also
Wallace Lippincott knew defendant well
and ha frequently seen her in company with
the dead child. He thought IT was treated well.
John Seeds, Lewis Lenhurr, and Benjamin
Bishop gave testimony on the same line as the
others.
John G. Bolton, the undertaken, who testified
for the state. was called by the defence. and
was asked il he had other nbalm1ng fluids
besides Primero. He said he had, naming Hex
azone and Esco. He used them in cas- as re-
CURED, inserting with rubber syringe, the
same as he had used on Gwendoline Haines
He had used Esco in the same syringe, he
knew. and never washed the syringe after u.s.
ing, nor was ne particular to see that the
syringe was empty. The syringe used in the
Haines case was given to chemist, with
samples of the two fluids. Three weeks prier
to Gwendoline's death Mr.. Belton's wife died
and he was necessarily perturbed. On cross
MI. Bolton unwillingly acknow-
leded that Mr.. Budd and chemist had inter-
viewed him. The syringe he used on Gwen
doline was new one, but had been used sew
eral times since with Hexazone and Esco. In
his examination on Tuesday Mr.. Bolton testi-
fed that he had discarded Esco because he
could get Primero more handily. He was
pressed to answer whether he had, in CONVEX
sation with Joseph Fleetwood, after testify
ing on Tuesday, told the latter these people
had paid him considerable money and e pro-
posed TO do right by them; and that he could