The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-27

only Two
ahmed when a Consultation Be
,ttorncys and Solicitor Re
49,, in Agreement as to Man
,tcr FOR DIR. Vestel and Ac-
.+taI Of Mrs. NcStal.
~, ANDREW JOYNER.)
croonsboro, Sept. I'm the Su-
Court this morning the trial
P nv ". /. Nestal and his wife,
yestaI. for the alleged murder
possia Th0masson, as result of a
FINAL operation performed on her
rostaI's home in High Joint, July
-. came to a sudden termination
49,. testimony of two State witnesses.
announcement of Judge Rynum, Of
.,nsoI for the defendants, after q
,u;of conference with the solicitor and
thor counsel for the prosecution,
t,o. if had been agreed for the jury
u.,rn 2 verdict of guilty of man
sIangbter as to Dr.. Vestal. and not
o,atv AS to Mrs. Nestal. In another
;,9icrment. where DR.. Festal is
| charged with a criminal operation of
Nav owen. d plea of guilty was IN
tered. and Judgment suspended. After
onnAaIs for clemency had been made
by Judge Bynum, Judge Strud wick,
coI Wescott Robertson and Mr.. John
T PenboW. Of counsel for defendants,
and insistence for a sentence thai
uo,ld not only punish DIR. Vestal, out
would act as deterrent to other PHI
sjeians in North Carolina who might
be guilty Of the same offense, Judge
Lvon. after saving it was the worst
case he had ever Known OF its kind,
gave defendant the maximum punish
ment Of ten years at hard labor in
the States Prison. A capias was order
ed 10 issue for the arrest IF Levy
Maynard, indicted for murder in the
same case. but who has not yet been
apprehended.
II least twenty witnesses for the
prosecution were sworn after the jury
had been e~mDanelled to try the case.
several being physicians of High Point
and Greensboro. When the announce
ment was made by Judge Bynum and
VII N'N' ga 80 III y"
Witnesses had been examined, Mr..
IhomassOn. Of S~Latesville, father Of
the dead girl, and Mrs. Door. of High
Point. who nursed her at DIR. Vestaf.
house where the operation was per
formed and Who vas present at her
death.
Mr. Ihomasson stated that he last
"a" ms daughter alive at his home
III SldtesFiIle on sunday, June goth.
.Adl she was IN excellent health, 50
ldf rs he knew, and there was no evil
GtF0te OF trouble Of II kind, and
nt Was totally ignorant of the object
VI VI necessity for her going to High
tonI except on d social visit. That
a. next saw her lying dead in an I'M
pa establishment in High
L u,nJ 'he following Sunday, July 3rd.
:" was not crGSs-eXamined.
mis-. Dorr testified that she was a
nurse ana woman of ali work" That
1Le'y Maynard her to go to
vb 'tS'dIs house and nurse a girl
p Vas there sick. She went there
Nv ana was shown up stairs by
Tr 'eStal 10 d room where Rsesie
TTGGolNaSon and May owen were.
c n~TIe We're two beds, each girl oc-
IA '6ms one, Mrs. Vestal pointed her
tbot pessle' and said she was the one
Lr r"ayhara wanted her to nurse.
a Io7,a sIN al the time was lying on
gr 0"se IN his office down stairs. The
pG4d ." dSked how she felt, re-
was sne was feeling very well, but
gerr ras sore, as the result of sur
linen 'w,o ileo by the physician. Bed
cbsngfn@S bloody, requiring
the grI livery attention was given
CtRa -" !. wet clothes and bandasas and
sysri, remedies being used TO aIlav
The @iSi, pam and increasing nausea.
stterna' 'Fcame so sick by Saturday
i1g i fDU1, Or. Eostal at that time be
Mr.. Incapable Of coming no stairs,
Who ar q. sent for DR.. Wriehtseu,
nation ' sat5 at five, and upon exami-
leief, rs SAC the patient. was bevond
h2 exami~ahhIhg as he had rompleted
beyond bI al Poor girl. Won are
ias s' 5et nav ing eonyuIsion r''o aftep h sne
She c csTo d%teliriouS for seyeraI norrs
"a SAID he 'or Or Vestal. Mrs. YES
Witness ne could not come ND stairs
CONE, and detained, Yes, but he must
tint took 519 h bed, sat down by the pal
sained.' mold Of her wrist. and e1-
s%1 s Foor thing, she is about