The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-08-31
THE BIzZLE.sWAIN
HISPITAL MURDER
CASE ON TRIAL


The case of Harry Bizzle and Pat,
/ Swain, under charge of murder ii
the second degree, for the alleged
beating of J +. Taylor, an inmat,
of State Hospital No. |, which re
suited in his death on April I'd, wa
called for trial last Monday, tn,
jury qualified, challenges made, anC
the taking OF testimony begun al
one o'clock Tuesday. Prosecuting
Attorney y. H. Boyer, Charles q
Rrvellc, Assistant Attorney Gene
raj, and r. T. Fullbright, Prosecut,
Ing Attorney of Ripley county, who
was employed in the case by the
odd Fellows Lodge of Doniphau tc
assist in the prosecution, have
charge uf the ease on the part of the
state, and Il. II. Marbury and Con.
gresham Walter l.. H"nsley ap.
pear for the defendants.
The case was presented to the
jury by MIR. Boyer, setting forth the
charge against the defendants
what the State expected To- prove
that when Taylor was received al
the hospital, although in weak
condition, he was not suffering from
any bodily injury or fractured
bones, that the injuries from which
he died were inflicted after he wa,
received at tn" hospital; that thest
injuries were the result of outwarC
violence and were inflicted by Biz
zlr and swain, two uf the attend
ants who had charge ot him in tn,
observation ward before he was re
moved To the ward for the violently
insane
Mr. Marbury tor the defendant;
in his opening statement tu tn,
jury said that he expected to prov,
! by competent testimony that whel
| Taylor was received at the hospital
he was in bad condition; that th'
condition Of his bones and ribs wa
du" to- internal abscrss aud ne
crO,iS, and that he never was beat
ten by the defendants.
Luther Gibson, the night attend
ant at the observation ward at th'
time Taylor was received, was tn,
| first witness called by the State
! aud bil nxap,ira atin.n tn,k ~, ia,
balance of the afternoon Tuesday
The testimony of Gibson tended q
show that the next morning afte
! Taylor's arrival at the hospital
when he was leaving his watch ant
the defendants were going on theirs
he heard defendants tell Taylo
to get out of bed and when he die
not do 80 they each grabbed him by
an arm and threw him down on tn,
floor; he did not see them strik,
him, hut heard him cry out "FoI
Gods sake, boys, don't kill me. =
| He also testified that Taylor tolC
him that defendants had beaten him
I Yesterday only four or five wit
nesSes were examined, all for tn,
state, "A good deal of time bcin.
taken up by argument of the coun
sci on each side aS To- the admiss i
hiltty Of certain points of rvidcnr,
/ which the state was "ndeavoring t.
/ get before the jury. DurinS th"s,
discussions the jury was taken ou
of the court room. Both the Stat,
and the defense are contesting ever,
| point and making "A strong fight.
There are "A large number of wit
nesseS yet to he examined, and a
noon to-day Thursday the STATE
was snot through; no witnesses fut
the defense have yet been called /,
the stand, and 1t looks as IL the tria
might last the balance Of the week
Among the experts and physician,
listed AS witnesses are the following
Prof. Tiedeman Of Washington Uni
versity and DR.. Henry Lloyd of st
Louis; DR.. j. 7. Redwin of Doni
phan, DIR. Harry Poston OF Bonnt
Terre, Drs. J H. English, F.. NJ
Framing and +. ). Weber of Farm
ingtoD for the State. For the de
fense, DIR. X. h. n. Gradwohl of st
Louis, Drs. u, p. Haw and 5. ]
Wade of Benton, and Drs. McCor
mick and Herwig of Pennington
besides all the other witnesses.
A night session was held las
night at which the direct TESTIMONY
OF DR.. Tiedeman was taken, and h,
was called to the stand again thi,
morning for cross examination.
LOSES FINGER IN ACCIDENT.