The evening world., 1911-09-14
Few Look for Action Under
Law Against Couple Who
Confessed Killing.
BOTH STILL UNDER BAIL.
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Show No Sign Of Regret, and
Claim They Acted in
Mercy Is Believed.

KfssIMMEE. Fk.. Sept. N-Quietly
going about their duties In the little
Shaker settlement at Ashton. Sister
Elizabeth snd Brother Gillette to-day
seemed all unmindtul OF the grim charge
OF murder hanging over them. Not a
sign Of regret for their gruesomo re-
lief Of the dying rIster whose agonies
they soothed wi'h chloroform which
brought death vss shown by either as
they worked about the little truck farm
OF the Shaker settlement.
The exhumatior Of the body OF the
dead Sister Sadie proved the story OF
her death as told In the confession "
the couple who. In answer to her pleadN
ins. aides her 10 pass from Toe body"
II also disproved An ugly ale that had
been circulated as TO the cause of the
woman's death.
To-day the surgeons began analysis
to determine whether the Internal or
gan showed traces OF any poison other
than chloroform.
NONE EXPECT TO zee THEM
PUNISHED.
To the aged couple the affection OF the
little Shaker colony has gone out re.
CARELESS OF the condemnation OF the
law. The friends OF the Shakers In the
neighborhood. where they are universally
liked and respected for their righteous
ness and dignified. quiet manners. con-
fidently predict that the aged couple
will be brought TO account on the
charge OF murder. but will spend the
rest OF their days In freedom at the lit
tie Shaker farm.
The Inquest on the body OF Sister
Sadie will be held In about ten days.
The Grand Jury. which will consider
the case. does not meet until November.
and until that TIM the two aged
Shakers accused OF murder will 20
about their duties at the settlement,
under Insignificant bail bonds.
II 10 plain that while they are free
they feel profoundly the position In
which their act has placed them. Yet
they declare composedly they did only
that which they believed to be an act
OF mercy and express their readiness to
pay any penalty the law may demand.
The other memoirs Of the co,ony d.J
ssS ~ osAA ava tf'hp "s "bb itBCAltu
They were well known In this city and
tneir influential friends quickly furnished
the 32.O0 bail for Sister Elizabeth n
ths 5000 for Brother Gillette. These
friends confidently predict that the two
Shakers will end their days In the
peaceful colony. II they wish to remain
there. Gillette Is hfty-four years old.
WOMAN ACCUSED ON HER SEW.
ENTv-FouRTh BIRTHDAY.
Sister Elizabeth was s~eventy-four
sears old on the very day the warrant
charging her with mur1er was served
on her. Every one VINO saw her found
II ditiicult to associate the idea OF a
crime with her furrowed face framed
in a Shaker bonnet.
Sister sadie mas buried In the colony
grounds by Gillette. aided by SISTER
Amanda Tiffany. II SHAKER. Sister Sadie
Formerly lived IN Watertown. y. ", II
Is said. A victim OF tuberculosis. AMI
one Of her lungs destroy ed. sne cam,
10 TINS county ABOUT sever years asJ.
FOR several monIns sue Was an innl,e
Df u sanitarium conducted by Or. J.
y. Evan at Narcosse. rhls institution,
however. was Abandoned aad Sister
"'S - ~ 'AA' vas AahtI III
by the Shakers. who seemed to vie
with each other In giving her every
tcomfort md attention thai human sym.
patty could offer. Tine invalid's health
Improved, and she soon became a uSeful
member OF the colony. which had
s~dwindled TO but four persons beside
herself.
The shakers are noted for their thrift
and they raise vegetables and pine
apples that are the pride OF the county
and In this work sadie took active part
Two or three days before her deatl
Sister Sadie was In the plnery spreadln,
poison TO destroy rabbits which hst
been raiding the p~lnoapples. She wa
stung by hornets and suffered SO nue.
pain that she took TO her bed. Feve
followed and In her suffering. augmen;
ed by the ravages OF tuberculosis, sh
implored Sister Elizabeth and 3ro,h-
Gillette TO LEI her go out OF the body
peacefully. They yielded to her prayer,
finally.