The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-30

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dying at Mrs. Smiths y
that Mrs. smith didn't call?'a
II don't know"
Don't you know that che called twice?'
mo. sir: can't say"
the door,"
about a minute or So"
(air. Crostlc then indicated the tine.
1t was exactly twenty secondsO
"she didn't keep you out, did she z"
mo, SIR
Yes, sir; and we went r ght In.
Might, not the child have rolled of
the soia?"
mo sir; the body was at the foot Of
from II The quilt was between the sofa '''
Tor al yna know, the. child might
have fallen from the sofa?'
II can't say, sir"
THE child was warn, =
WAS 1t cool weather.
mo, II was not COOL"
"shc told you she whipped It only
"she told me three times that she
whipped 1t once that night.
she say she hit him with that stick?''
5''She said she did not"
not!, ''s"' "lse -" = A,s : !
yes, It might have been a toy.
Il don't know; / never saw 1t before"
Can you say that the coroner ASKED
her II she whipped the child?'
1 asked her If she did not whip him.
she told the coroner what she had told
me-,
Certainly, she was. She never denied
1t. She was very frank"
Nov about the boy being naked; did
you know that children should be stripped
before outing on raasd e eli
clothes for bed, and never put my
children to bed that way"
nnb De1' svy you know that is considered
ibid she not live for seven or eight
months within three doors Of you 2"
"Yes, SIR"
How long had you known Mrs. Smith
before the childs death?"
33"I can't say. 4 only met her once, and
that was at Mrs. Turner'S. l had seen
and talked with the child. He was a
nice little boy il
81 : Did you see any bruises on his face?"
No. did not see any bruises in Feb
You want to be fair; don't you =
ibid she object to sending for the doc
5to-?'' y 4, >71a., ,s & n.
"she didn't say anything against It."
Mrs. Crostic concluded at ll:20 o'cl ock.
Mr.. Crostic Testifies.
John P. crostic, Of No: 800 East Sixth
Street, and husband Of Mrs, Bette Cros-;
tic, was then called. He sad:
III only know that about 2 P. NJ, Mrs
Turner's little boy came lin and said
some one was dying. We, Mrs. Bass, my
wife and ]. ran out and met Mrs. Haynes
! said, You all do what you can for the
sick person.
81 was sent for the coroner and I got
him. He lives five squares away from
ABOUT sma eSuse S &c ann ron nerf
looked at my watch and It was ten m n
utes to nine o'clock.
Cross examined BY Mr.. Smith:
Did you know the Smiths r
&5"I had never spoken TO Mr.. Smith.
Mrs. Smith or the boy. I never saw the
boy outside of his own yard. =
Mr.. Page here objected to hearsay evil
sdence or xamnation. E
How did you know that any one was
E Mrs. Smith came over ana begged.
Mrs. Turner to come over to help her. as
got news 81 the chi ii DEATH, q !" ]"
Mr.. Crostlc then retired
u MIR. Smith examining file of Times
I Dispatch recalled Mrs. Crostic and asked
man that Mrs. Smith had said, What
I. shall l do 2" when she came to her house
on the night OF the boys death.
Mrs. Crostic denied that she had told
the newspaper man this.
Dr.. Broadnax on Stand.
Dr.. Brodnax, coroner of Manchester,
who has served for ten years, was sworn.
He said: E
X was, called on Wednesday. 18th April.
a bout $3.50 o'clock by John Crostic. Mrs.
Smith said. Is this Dr.. Brodnax 2 III
walked over witt, her8to the sofa on which
B the child was lying. covered with a quit
The child was naked. It was covered
with bruises. I examined the child and
found bruises all over 1t.
She said she had been whipping it, and
she said he had been sick and had been
suffering With nausea.I directed that the
body be not disturbed. &
She asked me- Il think) what caused
the child's death. said / would tell
her later. went to the Police Court
and had a coroner's Jury summoned. The
Smiths. adjourned the jury until the
next morning. did not sec Mrs. Smith
on my second visit that night.
Mrs. Smith stated ,that she had been
whipping the child because he had been
IN what condition did you find the
body 49,
So ttlBHt eye DcSHledIeu Will DloOu anu
bruises all over body; bruises on the
back and back part Of arm and ba e ek !, q Of
scars: bruises over Left eye an inch
in diameter blow behind the j, left ear
on all OF loft side Of head; the hair was
knotted with wet blood.
The cushion on which the child's bead
rested on the sofa had spot OF blood
about as big as palm of my hand !, !.
or four oval-shaped bruises. Across the
abdomen was one great brul Sc on back aclt
I noticed that the skin had been knocked
on There We're some fresh J., sears ana f1
had not been made at the same time.
I counted nfty-three scabs and bruises
on his back and buttocks..
There were scattered bruises on the
upper thigh! and bruises on the legs l1a
arms, with skin off elbows and OF right
hand. VA
I have been Demonstration OF Anatomy
at University College OF Medicine for.
nine years. For fifteen years studied