The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-01
Sensational Testimony in
Trial of DR.. Mcleod,
implicated in Murder
of Susan e. Geary at
Boston.
The Girl When Dying
Asked That Her Moth
er or Friends be Sent
for, But Her Request
Was Not Needed.

Was Not Needed.
Boston. Mass. Nov. 2S.-Sensation-
oil In the extreme was the testimony
brought out today at the trial of Dr.
Mcleod, the Massachusetts, practi-
tioner, who is accused of being con-
cerned in the murder Of Susan E
Geary, the young actress, whose dis
membered body was recovered from
satchels and suit cases in Massa-
chusetts Bay.
William u. Hunt, one of the two
men arrested In New York who have
pleaded guilty to be accessories after
the fact to the killing of the gin
swore positively that DR.. McLeod-per-
/, formed an' operation on her; and con-
firmed Crawford's story, of yesterday,
relative to the disposition of the
body.
The cross examination of this man
revealed the fact that he has been
directly concerned In the so-calied
"baby farm" cases in Philadelphia
some time ago when 1t was alleged
that the bodies of unwelcome children
had been burned In furnaces of a
resort there. He also swore that
while he was connected with the Mrs.
Bishop "lyins-in" hospital, in Bos-
ton, the number of patients treated
there had for year averaged from
fifty to sky per week.
Hunt detailed The conference be-
tween DIR. Mcleod, q Mrs. Dean
Crawford and himself, at which 1t
was decided to throw the dismem-
bered body overheard from the Port
land steamer after the craft got out
at sea He told of leaving the house;
of finding that 1t would be impossible
to make the steamer, and of dispos-
ing of his gruesome burden from the
ferryboat. He me- DR.. Mcleod the
next day he testified and the latter
asked him: How is it?'
Continuing, he declared that when
. the doctor learned that The body had
been thrown into the waters of the
harbor, he said TO him.
81 hope 1t will be all right"
~ DIR. Mcleod, according to the wit
. ness, told him that the girl was very
heavy and he had hard work carrying
her from tie bed to the Datn ruf
where the body was dismembered.
He swore that William e. Hunt was
lis real name and that he was bori
In Canada 80 years ago.
Continuing he said: II was In
Philadelphia for about three years
from 1901, making frequent visi to
Boston. Before going to the former
city lived here on Shawmut avenue
practicing under the name of DR..
Bauer, Twas never licensed as a physi-
sian. in Philadelphia l prac iced in
three places under the name or Dr.
Roberts"
On further cross-examination he de-
iied keeping place In Philadelphia
,wned by woman named Ashmead.
He said, however, that he knew
Grace Ashmead and had lived at her
Mothers house. Questioned as to hts
connection with DR.. Corl Medical
company, of Philadelphia, he said he
Knew nothing about that concern ex.
Dept that he lived in the same house
In which is Offices were.
Asked IL 1t was not a fact that he
devoted his entire time in Philadel-
phia to committing Illegal operations
he swore that 1t was no. and that a.
though ne had performed some abor-
lions he had also treated great
many people with electricity for var
lous ailments He admitted that he
had performed an operation on a
Maud Gilchrist in Philadelphia and
she afterwards died. 1t was because
Of having been indicted for this crime
that he disappeared from Phlladel-
phia.
Hunt denied emphatically that he
had a furnace In his Philadelphia Of
Hce where his subjects who died were
burned and their bodies destroyed
Questioned II he had not kept on
hand In Philadelphia suit cases In
which to place the bodies of unfor-
tunates who perished In his office he
Bwore positively that he had not.
Two men called by the district at
torney, "Mr Mason" and "Mr Stan.
ford" were here asked TO rise In the
court room and witness was asked
II he had not told them he had kert
dress suit cases for such a purpose.
He swore positively that so far as ne
could remember he had never seen
either man before.
Witness admitted performing many