The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-31

contained some arsenic. and the dose prescribed on the bottle was ls tea spoonful, and she had interpreted the figures to mean 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls,
 and had taken ? teaspoonfuls. She
 had broken the chills. He went on the 18th, and the 18th, and the swelling had diminished. On the 18th she was relieved On the goth
 he discovered that the right lung was
 affected, and that pneumonia was de
 veloping and he treated her for this
 until she died, returning every day, and sometimes several times each day. He never saw any symptoms of arsenical poisoning. Mrs Hasselman
 died from pneumonia. Attorney Ora ham, representing Mrs. RidgeWay, had come to him to see about an in- quest, and he told Graham that Mrs.
 Hasselman had died from pneumonia, that he attended her, that he issued
 death certificate, and that he would not hold an inquest as it was not ] necessary. On cross examination Dr. Randolph testified that when he | called once Mrs. Hasselinan sent her husband and her mother both from | the room and told him not to pay any attention to what her mother 1 said, that Hasselman was good to l her.
 | pr. ! L. Slaight testified that he | attended Mrs Hasselman from De.
 cember 15 to IS. She had intestinal | trouble and a cold She told him she
 had taken some pills left by Dr. Few | kes, and some chill tonic which was | in the house. On December 15 he | noticed some puff under her eyes, and that disappeared later. If she | had died from arsenic poisoning she
 would have died before The effect, | If there was effect, from the small portions of arsenic in the chill tonic,
 was disappearing.
 | It was not necessary to call furth-
 CT witnesses. The state was satis- | fled by this time that it had no case against the accused. Deputy Whit | tington and Prosecutor Witt held a consultation after which MT. Witt
 stated Mr Wilmington would speak lCW WolQ6 III BCHati VI NHO DheNS~' Mir. Wilmington then said in behalf | of the prosecuting attorneys office and the serious character of the l charge against the accused persons, and the serious circumstances that | surrounded the case, he had some | thing to say on the subject. He de- | plored that such prosecutions could be brought, except through the prop CT officials, who would make some in | yestigation before taking man and woman and putting them in jail on
 a charge not bailable, and particular when they were taken in an hour ot | grief. as these were taken He re- | gretted that there had not been a
 way of Investigating Sunday, that they might not have been forced to spend the night in jail. He spoke of the duty of the prosecuting al .I torney and the court to investigate
 properly all crimes reported, that
 they had done so, had put every wlt |. ness on the stand whose name had been given, and had made the investf eation for the state complete, and that it was too apparent to all tha' there was not even the foundation for a suspicion. He trusted that ln the future people would take sucn matters up with the proper officers who might investigate, and know from an unprejudiced attitude what action to take. T have never seen justice so outraged and l ask the court to dismiss this case, requested the deputy prosecutor, and Justice DevaU immediately did so.
 The defense was represented by Attorneys Ryan, Leslie and Gladson but placed no witnesses on the stand though a number had been sum moned. for the most part character
 witnesses for the accused.
 In the testimony of Mrs. RidgewaS
 she spoke of Mrs. Hasselman want ing her to send for ReY. Jacoby, O inc Seventh Day Adventist church
 and said Mrs. Hasselman referred t' .he pastor as "our pastor" Rev Jacoby requested publication of th'
 statement that the Ridgeways are no
 recognized in the Adventist faith, ant
 that neither are any of the parties except that the inclination of Mrs Il Hasselman was to this faith Rev Jacobv received the cell and answer HI ed if. H6astated that the statement HI made to him by Mrs. Hasselman were l far different from those which Mrs | Ridgeway testified to- that Mrs Has | selman told him that she and he | husband got along well, that he wal l devoted to her in her illness, ant ! that any statements to the contraT! l were imaginative.
 II The arrest and the subsequent de | yelopments attracted much local at l tention, particular when it was real
 ized that the charge was on callinl
 for the death penalty, if established