The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-21

for dinner. She had acted strangely.
She ate only one dish. The dish was
chicken dumping. Myrtle had re-
marked that she felt sick. Myrtle
said that the doctor was coming out
tc see her and expected to find her
in bed. The doctor was DIR. Drafts.
Had heard women discussing
Myrtle's condition. Witness said he
lived a mile from McCall's. He had
seen some buggy tracys in front of
his house. The tracks were of a rub
ber-tired buggy. He heard of Myr-
ties body being found on Sunday
night. The land whereon tracks were
found IN the old road between the
Hawkins house and the Landers
home.
w. ii. Hawkins Recalled.
Mr.. w. H. Hawkins, father of Myr-
tie, was recalled. He was told that
Myrtle had said that. she had an en-
gagement with a doctor who expect
ed to find her in bed Mr.. Hawkins
said DR., Drafts had not been to the
thouse to see Myrtle.
Adam LOTUS.
Adam LOTUS. a negro, said he did
not drive Myrtle home when she re-
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anything had been expected of this
did not know who put Myrtle's body
i nthe lake. Lord" he said, 81 don't
know who put it there. l wish / did,
L would tell it."
Willie Reese.
Willie Reese, nephew Of Mrs
Guice-Clark, said he did not know
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Bessie about a month ago. He had
he rim his car, going to the station
store. He had not seen her since.
He had driven her nowhere else. lie
had neve driven her out to the 7at-e
road. Did not see her tv-- vcaks ago
The testimony of this V ess direct
} refuted that of Mrs. Anders.
William Reddin Kirk.
DR.. Kirk, the coroner then took
the stand. He had talked with Mrs.
Hawkins, mother of Myrtlr. Mrs.
Hawkins had not told him that she
had suspected Myrtles condition. She
saw Myrtle on Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Hawkins had told the coroner
that Myrtle had received attention
from norman except George Bradley.
The mother SAID she had nc idea as
to how Myrtle had met her death.
DIR. Kirk said ne had conducted the
autopsy. He knew nothing which
could throw light on the case. The
conditio nof the body was supple.
not rigid. 1t was badly decomposed.
There was no marks of violence
Tabout the BODY which could be ante
norton marks. The lungs did MOI
contain any water, but were collaps
ed. The right side of tn heart was
not dilated as is usual in cases of
drowning. The abdominal cavities
were distended with gas. He des crib
! ed certain conditions indicating an
attempted iabortion. The bCly he'd
every appearance of having been dead
several days. IN summer time, said
the doctor, a body drowned would
come to the surface in cWeuty-four
bhours. 1t would not sial; If gas had
accumulated before being thrown in
the lake. The. coroner was cercain
that Myrtle Hawkins was lead before
her body reached the lake. The cor
onar then tod the fury that certain
evidence had been discovered since
the first inquest. 1t was of a delicate
nature and not printable.
Mr., Freeman's Letter.
a letter was roaQ from VII. Plec-
man. Of Greensboro. who saw the
body of Myrtle Hawkins when it VAS
taken from the lake. He could not
say that the body was resting IN a
nIank. The coroner, resuming. said
that Myrtle could have met he: death
from shock following the operation,
or frc"n the entrance of air into uha
heart valves. The declared
4I.4 H. 1aooocod OnI1d h9Un h0pn
-tassaultad. o Knight have died under
an a~nesthetic. He could not tell pcs
itively of the girls death The case
wa sthen given to the jury, but it an
bounced that no verdict wouldNbe rem
j dered until tomorrow morning.
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