The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-16
PADUCAH KENTUCKY. FRIDAY EVENING JUNE 49, 1905.

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days before. DR.. Hesslg came to him,
he said, and told him that his wife
had consumption and a very severe
case of heart disease, and wanted
him to see her and make a thorough
examination. lie did so and found
that there was apparently nothing
the matter with her. except she
might have a slight attack of malaria
The witness would not venture an
opinion whether Mrs. Hesslg died OF
epilepsy. as he ncveh saw anyone die
from Il. lie found three discolored
spots on her face, one OF which seem
ed to be depression, or something
produced by long pressure. There
we're hundreds of small spots on her
face and in her hair. They looked
like minute blood blisters but could
have resulted from the pressure OF
the blood with the body lying head
downwards, either before or after
death Or. Rivers was questioned as
to the effects of various poisons, but
had little information to vouchsafe
He had no opinion whatever to offer
as to the cause of Mrs. Hessig's
| death, because he did not make
thorough examination of the body.
He said, however, that he never
found any symptoms about Mrs. Hes
sig at anytime, OF epilepsy He said
the depression i'm the face or temple
might have resulted from the heads
remaining on some object for time.
One of the jurymen asked him why
Mrs. Hesslg aid not let her husband
prescribe for her, and the witness
said he could only repeat her own
words to him-"The id wooden
shoed Dutchman hasn't got sense
enough"
County Physician J. w. Pendley
presented the report of Prof. sulli-
van on the stomach analysis, and al
SO described the kinds of epilepsy,
saying that one form usually attafv
ed only at night, and sometimes the
victim did not know he had 1t, ana
might not know Il for years. He said
there was evidence of rigidlty in the
body Of Mrs. Hessig when he saw
It, but the small spots had about dis
appeared The official report of the
analysis was ordered turned over to
he jury.
Henrietta Brown, colored, said she
had been at the Hessig home for
about FIVE years up to March. She
had never seen the ladder in the sta
Bile during the time she was there,
but did not know what might have
happened since March She said that
she had heard Mrs. Hessig talk about
having Jimmy" but never knew
what il was until one day DR.. Hessig
called her to the room and said Mrs.
Hessig was having hard one. Mrs.
Hessig seemed to be unconscious, al
though she afterwards claimed to
have heard all they said, and her
hands twitched. but there was no
foam or froth about her mouth. DR..
and Mrs Hessig quarreled vrey much.
She heard the conversation with DIR.
Hessig about the ladder when he
went TO put 1t back after Mrs. Hes
sig's funeral Sometimes Mrs. Hes
sig burned light highland
sometimes she didn't. Mrs. Hessig
once told her she always had Jim
my" when she thought about her
people.
Ada Gray, colored, was the Hessig'S
washcrwoman, and testified to about
the same effect as the other two
DR. Hessig said just before announc
ing that he would put the ladder
back where he got 1t, You see, Ada,
they are trying to do me-" She jud
ed II was something he ha dread
about the case In the paper
Miss Veal, night chief operator at
the Peoples Independent Telephone
exchange, was introduced In regard
to the statement Or, Hessig made
that he was first aroused by the ring
ing of the telephone In his wiie's
room. She said that from p. m.
one operator and herself were the on
ly ones in charge of the board at
Independent company's office. ST.
said she seldom made a mistake, but
that she remembered particularly
about the Hessig telephone because
the manager had given them explicit
orders about IL, They were not al
lowed to connect the telephone, which
was In Mrs. Hessig's room, and was
3Si, with anyone unless the person
at 1884 was woman and said Il was
Mrs. Hessig. Anyone who called for
.SSi could OF course get IL. The or
dors they had all received about the