Evening journal., 1916-12-04
MRS. MARSHALL KIND
TO Girls. Sister SAYS
Witnesses in Cruelty Trial
Declare Grace Was Well
Treated and Fed
RESUME TRIAL
OF CASE TODAY

i.ASTON, Md. Dec Continuing
Che defense Of Mrs. Rose Marshall. on
trial on a charge alleging neglect
and abuse Of her stepdaughter. Grace,
INC attorney for the defense, Mason
shehan, scored point Saturday
against John Hancock. uncle of Grace
Marshall who Vas one OF the prose-
cation main witnesses filing a pa
pai charging perjury az the trial and
exceeded in obtaining testimony ro-
eardmg the relationship Of Grace
Marshall, her sister and brother, with
their stepmother
Mrs. Leslie Wiley. sister Of Mrs
Marshall, testified she had visited hei
sister ever since she had been mar
ried 20 Marshall. and that she knew
Grace when a child She also spoke
OF the good treatment Grace receive
from her sister and the good foo
which was given to her. Mrs. Willie
also said Grace had acted queerly
times when she was fourteen. Sh
jumped into the river once and whe
rescued, Mrs. Wiley said. she aske
her what she did II for. Her repl
was that "she was OF no use"
Mrs Wiley said she told her So
ter that Grace was not right mental
and a strict watch should be kept or
her
Declares Grace Was Well Treated.
Mrs. Ida Wiley. Grace Marshalls
sister said she had another sister,
who lived with her aunt, on Kent Is
land She was affected the same way
as Grace. mentally deranged, witness
said. She died when very young.
she also testified that when her
mother died, Grace went to live with
Mrs George Carey at 81, Michaels,
where she remained about four years.
After her father married again she
was brought back home. She said
they all went to school together
Mrs. Wiley said DR. Robert Dodson,
Of ST. Michaels advised her step
mother to keep them separated AZ
sleeping hours The witness said her
step-mother treated Grace. herself
and her brother splendldly. and she
did not believe her own mother would
have treated them as we'll
Mrs. Wiley told Of Grace throwing
her arms around a hot stove pine,
and OF Doctor Dodson being summon
ed 10 dress her wounds. Then Mrs,
Wiley. with tears in her eyes. said
that It was not only Grace's mind
that was affected her physical con-
dition had been growing weaker for
the last ten or twelve years.
Mrs. q. Oliver Marshall % Royal
-.
shall. testified Marshall. she said,
was the father OF a younger daughter
who went insane az the age OF fifteen
wears. and died. Then she broke down
ana commenced to sob For the FIRST
time since the trial began last We'd
nesdav. Mrs. Rose Marshall BETRAYED
emotion. also beginning TO weep. Wit
ness testified that Grace's mother died
when twenty-nine years OF age. and
was always delicate. She said she
visited the home OF Frank Marshall
often
The witness asserted that Mrs
Marshall always treated her step
daughter kindly, corroborating other
witnesses that Grace had the same
food as the rest OF tho family, and
coed substantial clothing
Ethel Shaffer and a number of other
witnesses testified that they knew
Mrs Marsahll and visited her home.
and knew she treated Grace we'll and
that Grace received substantial food
They said they had often seen Grace
eat It sitting at the table. After she
was SO weak that she was confined
to her room. they saw Mrs Marshall
carry food to Grace's room.