The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-03
|DDDEN end
Of VAUGHN CASE
|Idow of Professor and Dr. James
i. Hui Are set FREE Without
Having to Stand
Trial
|cHWEITzER's HEALTH
& chemist Over 80 Years Of Age
Unable 10 be Present and
TestIfy in the Sensational
Murder Case.

LANCASTER, Mo-, Jan. 3.-Thei
ase Of the state OF Missouri against /
irs. Alma P. Vaughn and DR.. James
Hull, charging them with the mur-
Ter Of Prof. j. T. Vaughn, waD nollel
Prosecuted at an adjourned term OF
he circuit court after Judge Shelton
had denied request by the state
or q continuance until May.
Last night, Mrs. Vaughn, who had
been under $4,000 bond, and DR.. Hull,
Who was under $4,000 bond, returned
their respective homes in Monroe
[yity, free Of indictments brought by
ID Adair county grand jury in Febru-
AIRY.
Prosecuting Attorney Rieger enter
ed his nolle prosequi on the ground
khat Dr.. Paul Schweitzer OF the State
university, was one of the most ma
terial witnesses for the state. and II
the Judge would not continue the case
until the chemist could testify, he
would ask the dismissal Of 1t.
Judge Shelton in denying the re-
quest for continuance, said he was
confident DR.. Schweitzer never
would be more able, physically, to
testify than lie is at present. Judge
Shel;on further declared he knew the
opinion held III the case by Attorney
NJ. d. Campbell, for the state. whose
Illness was ONE Of the grounds unon
witch q continuance was sought.
The Adair county prosecutor ac-
companied his formal application for
continuance with two affldavits and
with one witness, the only man who
took the stand. The affidavits were
from Dr.. Schweitzer and from DR.
Woodson Moss Of Columbia. Both
stated DR.. Schweitzer was unable Q
be present.
pr. e. B. Clements of Macon testi
fed he was member OF the com
mission appointed in November to ex
anime Dr.. Schweiszer, and that ht
had called on him again December oS
On the last visit Schweitzer's healtl
was about the same as in November
Or. Clements said in response TO ques
tioning by the defense. DR.. Clement
also declared he did not belive th'
chemist ever would be able to testify
as ne is more than so years old AM
has a cancer in his right eye.
DR.. Clements exhibited letter fron
Dr.. Schweitzer In which the age
chemist urged him to arrange to hav
the report Of his chemical analyst
introduced in court Instead of himself
The decor declares his belief tina
the dread OF testifying in the cas-
was shortening his life and was rof
bing him of what little chance h
had for recovery.
Prosecuting Attorney Rieger tol
Judge Shelton, however, that he b
heyed DR.. Schweitzer could, in a
probability. be present in court
May AS soon as the judges decisio
was announced, friends Of Mrs. Waugh
and Dr.. Hull congratulated them.
Soon afterwards the party left LaI
caster. Accompanying Mrs. Waugh
TO Lancaster and in the courtroo'
were her mother, Mrs J. NJ. Procto
ST.; her sister, Mrs. James Johnson
Mrs. Alice Blodgett of ST Louis an
Mrs. w. H. Clark, who had joine
the party at Kirksville.
Attorneys for the defense were:
q WhitecoNon Of Moberly, Frar
McAllister Of Paris. W. r. Ragland
Monroe City, 7. II. Mccullough
Edna, J. II Atwood OF Kansas Cit
Highbee & Mills OF Kirksville al
Norris and Martin Of Lancaster. A
lorneys for the state were: Prosec
ing Rieger of Adair county, Scott NJ
Ter of Chillicothe, s. Fl. Ellison al
n I. MILAN OF Kirksville and Pros
cutting Attorney-elect Saxbury
Schuyler county.
Prof Vaughn died unexpectedly {
October IA 1909. He was professor
history at the KirksvllIe Norm
school Friends and fellow-teache
ihstigated an Investigation, and
January yaughn's body was exhum
aiter bitter legal fight by the wido
The viscera vas examined by
ochweitzer, and after he report
nnding 49-55ths Of a grain of strys
nlne therein, and aftor The examir
'ion Of numerous witnesses, spec
grand jury returned indictmeI
against the widow and her fam
physician.
Many legal moves have been ma
y both sides. and the dismiss
eioses the biggest case in north NJ