Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-14


ence at home. She will attend the hearing
when it Is resumed at Hyattsville Monday
night at s o'clock. Those who stood outside
the undertaking establishment last night
complained bitterly about the conduct of
the magistrate in closing the doors upon
them, but the doors were not opened to
them until the last of the several witnesses
had been examined.
Robust Young Woman.
Emma Smallwood was about twenty-sx
years old. and was one of three sisters
who moved to the vicinity Of Hyattsville
from near the Plains, Va, Emma reaching
Maryland about three years ago. She was
a robust woman, and while she had worked
as domestic in several families she had
made a host of friends In the neighborhood
of Hyattsville About year ago there
was rumor afloat about the alleged mis-
conduct Of the woman, and a criminal pros
ecution was threatened, but no definite ac-
ton was taken. While the rumor gained
wide circulation very few of the friends
of the young woman gave 1t credence. The
first that was known in the village of Miss
Smallwoods death was when Winfield
Scott Hancock and J. B. Williams, a neigh
Dor, drove to the house of DR.. Latimer
Thursday night and told him of 1t. Mr.
Hancock was particularly anxious that the
proper officials should know of the death,
and informed the magistrate that she had
died rather suddenly. Yesterday morning
Constable Barr was directed to summon
Jury of inquest, and Undertaken Gasch was
sent to the house to remove the body to his
establishment. So far as was stated last
night. no official went to the house to note
the conditions in the room before the re-
moyal of the body, and the undertaken and
members of Col. Hancock's family will have
to be depended upon to supply this infor-
nation 1t was stated that Miss Small
wood, who had been employed in the Han
cock family for about year, had disap-
peared from the house Monday afternoon
about ! o'clock, and returned Thursday
night shortly before she died No infor-
nation could be obtained by the coroner's
jury to show whether she walked or return
ed to the house In a vehicle. Mr.. Matthew
Halloran, chief of division in the civil
service commission, turned a postal card
over to the jury last night, which he
thought might throw some light upon the
case and assist in It's investigation Miss
SmallWood was to have moved to the house
or Mr. Halloran when the members of the
Hancock family returned to this civ for
the winter. The message contained on the
postal was notification that her coming
to Mr.. Hallorans house would be DELAYED
because Col. Hancock's family had post
poned their departure from their summer
nome. The postal was postmarked Hyatts-
Vile and dated October O. 1t ia stated
that the postal Is not in the woman's hand
writing. DE- Glazebrook thinks that the
woman had been operated upon about the
time the postal was mailed
Where Woman Was.
Nothing had developed last night to show
Where the woman had spent her time be-
tween Monday afternoon at l o'clock and
thursday night, when she returned to the
home of her employer Efforts were made
by the members of the jury to learn some
tnng about her whereabouts during that
time, but the witnesses could not enlighten
T1,,,
an aunt of the dead woman, was one of
the most important witnesses examined by
the coroner's jury. His home is a short
distance from that of Col Hancock.
ne LOG tne Jury that he was called upon
by Winfield Scott Hancock between and
~ o CLOCK Thursday night and told of the
death of the woman. His wife and q COL
ored woman named Jane Williams went to
tne mousse 70 see II they could be of as
slstance, and he went to Hyattsville with
the young man. Witness told of having
called upon DR.. Latimer and Others WITH
Hancock and repeated statements he had
neard ABOUT the case. The witness was ex-
arnined at length. and before the adjourn
ment OF the hearing he returned and said
he had an additional statement to maLa
but what this statement was he would not
olVulge. Dr. Latimer was also upon the
witness stand a long lime. He told all he
knew relating to the death of the youne.
woman and explained the result of the
autopsy as found by DIR. Giazebrook and
ullHSeii. botu physicians agreed that the
case was one of the most horrible ones Of
IT'S class that had ever come to their notice
They also agreed that the Operation had
been performed by person who had re-
ceived diploma. Mrs. Williams and the
colored woman were also examined WIN
field Scott Hancock was sworn as wifi.
ness and was closely questioned by several
OF the Jurors who seemed anxious To do
their full duty In the case and bring to
light all they could that would helm thor,
in reaching a conclusion
Case of Madge Hale.
Most of them recalled the case of tba
young woman. Madge Hale. who had died
under similar conditions last November.
and over whose body Magistrate Carr had
held an inquest, and they were anxious
that this case should have an ending en-
tirely different from the conclusion reached
In that case. The place of death of Madee
Hale was easily determined. but the in
dividual who caused her death was never
found. Upon being sworn Mr. Hancock
told what he knew of Emma Smallwood.
and related the homecoming of the woman
shortly before she died.
u was In the Kitchen" he said, when
she returned, entering the house throue h
the kitchen door,