The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-01
Supef1ative in
Strength and Purity.

PRICE BAKING POWDER co.. CHICAGO.
condition of her body being as described |
by the physicians on the part of the
state. He denied knowing the parts of |
her body were in DIR. McAllaster's pos.
session, although Geo. w. Baker stated
he had told him of this fact and request
ed him to go to DIR. McAllaster's Office
and examine them, and said DR.. Brown
asked him to get them and bring them
to his Office as he and DR.. McAllaster
were not on the best of terms. He also
admitted that the physicians who testi-
fed on the part Of the state were hon
orable men and he would not refuse to
believe their statements.
Drs. ]. w. Horne. s. Bailey and ].
w. White testified along the same lines
as to the character of septic peritonitis
and other conditions, but their exam
nations both direct and on cross exam
ination were very short.
S. w. Kehler,
clerk of the Decatur District Court, pro-
duced certain letters from Maud Stone
used in the trial Of DR.. Croford as ex-
|hibits and swore they had been in his
custody since that time.
C. B. Townsend
identified the letters as being in the
handwriting of Maud Stone.
Three letters from Maud Stone were
then read. One dated May 81, 1900,
stated she had been to see the doctor
and he gave her some medicine which
would make her all right by the last of
the week. Another dated Dec. IA, 1900,
spoke of troubles she was having and
hoped they could soon be married.
While the letters in some places were
rather broad, they could not be COM
pared with those written by Hammond,
and the language used could be con-
construed in two different ways.
| Court then adjourned until afternoon,
when the first witness put on the stand
was
Edwin Howard,
of Lamont, testified that on Saturday,
Aug. is, 1900, he went with Ira Ham.
mond to Ferd Rauch's home in Lamont
to see his girl. Mr.. and Mrs. Rauch
were away from home, and Hammond
Inquired for Maud Stone, but she was
not there. He saw Hammond anc
Maud Stone drive away from DIR. Crof
ford's sanitarium the following after
noon.
4 Harry Corrington,
of Decatur, swore that on Saturday, Jan
~, 1901, he and Fred Townsend drove
from Decatur to Leon, leaving Decatu
about 8 o'clock. That they met Ir'
Hammond and John Woodard in I,
sleigh just west of the K. & w. depot a
Leon, driving toward Decatur. The,
had one of Lunbeck Bros. livery teams
Fred Townsend
testified to substantially the same thing
as Harry Corrington.
John Koodard
testified he went with Ira Hammond
from Decatur to Leon on Saturday af
ternoon, Jan. IL, in sleigh and one o
Lunbeck's livery teams. They started
home between an O'Clock and me
Fred Townsend and Harry Corringtol
near I. N. Clark's residence, west of tn
x. & w. depot in Leon. On cross ex
animation he deniei he had stated il
the presence of Abe and Jink Wells ths
he would swear to anything to hell
Hammond out of his trouble, or that b
had asked Abe Wells to give him re
ceipt for some money he had pal hin
and date it back to that date, 80 Ii
could prove his testimony in behalf Q
Hammond, and claimed the statement
were merely made at mock trial.
DR.. S. Bailey,
recalled, testified that bottle of med
: cine with directions t., take teaspoon
full after meals would indicate it was fo
indigestion or tonic. In his opinio
the bottle found in Maud Stones bo
Ihad contained bitter tonic.