The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-31

Coroner Dr. ]. P Randolph had at tended the dead woman, who had died from pneumonia. Dr Randolph had attended her daily since Decem- Der 1S And he issued the certificate of death Friday night, that being the day on which Mrs. Hasselman had died. pr, Slaight had also attended the sick woman, and he testified also as to her condition during the time he treated her. Never at any time was there ground for suspicion that Mrs. Hasselman was being poisoned.
 But regardless of all the circus stances surrounding the case, that trustworthy physicians attended the dead woman, that the husband was unsweiving in his devotion through her illness, and that the sister ac- cused was a ministering angel who. though but a bride of a week, came and devoted her every minute to her sisters care Mrs. Ella Ridgeway, the mother and the accusing witness, testified that it was her opinion still thaN her daughter had been poison ed. which she only deviated from when she said that from the manner in which the dead woman's hands had been tied as corpse, she also DelieV- ed that she was not cad when the undertalker was called, and that the dead woman had struggled to free her tisd hands when being embalmed.
 And all this evidence without show of emotion without quiver of voice. looking unfiinchingly at her luestioners, and only waiyering from he commonplace in evidence when she would refuse to respond to some questions put to her by counsel foT the defendants And the only impress sion her evidence made before those who gave it studious consideration, that it was the result of a prejudiced mind in whose judgment far-reachins suspicious were given the credence of established fact.
 Mrs. Ridgeway's Story.
 As unusual, story as probably has ever been related on the witness stand in this country was that told by Mrs. Rdgeway. particularly when it is taken into consideration that the evidence is against one of her daugh. ters and her son-in-law, both charg- ed with the murder of her other daughter The evidence in substance is as follows
 Mrs Ridgeway resides east of she city about two miles. She is the mother of two daughters, one oi whom is the deceased, and the other the accused in this case. On the deathbed of her dead daughter, she testified, she was requested, after death. to have her daughters stom- aeh analyized, and her death inyesSi- gated The dead daughter was named Jewel. The witness saw that daueh- ter two weeks before on Monday, ana on the Monday before Christmas, having gone to the daughters home on Henderson avenue when she learn ed that she was i'll. Mrs. Ridgeway testified that the daughter told hes; Mama, I am going to die; Gus Cher nusband) has poisoned me; want my death investigated.
 The witness testified that at that time, which was Monday, December 2s. the daughter asked her to send for Brother Jacobs, a minister to pre- pare her for death. She testified that she promised her daughter there on her deathbed that after she was dead she would have her death investigate ed. They were the last words the two ever had, the witness testihed. She said that she went home then, was taken sick with a rising" in her head. and had not been able to get to see her daughter again until she was dead She went to tine house Saturday morning after daughter died Friday night
 Just before the State Fair, the wit ness testified. her daughter came to her with the two children, showed her a bruise on the arm, and said that Hasselman had nurt her. The daugh- ter stayed at her house three hours, and she sent for Hasselman. She testified Hasselman came and she told him she would send her daughter back with him if he would promise to treat her right, and he promised never to strike her again
 She testified that Hasselman tele- phoned her soon after her daughter was taken sick, and she came That was two weeks ago. At that time her daughters hands and face and limbs were swelled and puffs under her eyes She said she told Hasselman to get a doctor, and he got Dr. Slaight but at that time she said Hasselman told her there was no use to get any doctors because they were all no good. She said nr. Slaight came and asked her what she had been taking with arsenic in it. and Hasselman said he had been giving her some erbine, a chill tonic. She said Dr. Slaight and pr. Randolph decided that she had been given ar senic She said sine wanted pr. Ran dolph called in and after he1 daugh- ter told her about going to die from poison, she went and engaged Dr. Randolph to come, and that he took the case She testified that she tried to get Dr. Randolph to remove her daughter to some hospital.
 The witness testified that she heard her daughter had died late Friday night and came to the city aa,.t,, caturdav nnornff4p on the milk