Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
GRACE MARSHALL'S
SISTER ON THE GRILL
State Attorney Forces Admis-
sion That She Had Little
Personal knowledge OF
Girls Condition

rAsToN Md. Dec 4.--when court met
,t.is ,,,,r,I,g IN resume tho taking ot testi.
ypony In the case OF Mrs. Rose " Is'.n. -.
,or r,lstreatrneut Of her stepdaughter'
yrnce Marshall Il showed that durius Wv
sunday intervening in her triat ihts,eH,
had not waned. as the courtroom, VIZ -,
yitb interested spectators, many of who"
were women.
yybcp court convened Mr. and MIS-
Narsball the defendants, had not arrived
and the defense put Robert l.. Seth, an wv
surance collector, on the stand VINO tsStll'eu l
that hr often went 10 the Marsna' "o,l's
when they lived In Broadcrcek Neck anu
upon every visit he saw Grace P'aS'"e
around tho yard
CtI DanIeI II Barnes was the next WIZ.
moss called and he testified that Tor SeNerHl
ycars he lIeved on the Deep Water Point
Farm. where the Marshals now live, ana
ibat In the winter time he occupied tne
satne ROOM that II ls said Grace was heiu
n prisoner in and he did II for the reason
that IL was over the kitchen and was the
yar,nest room In the house and that the
ann shone I'm tho room in the afternoon,
ON cross-examinatlon by Mr.. Butler he ad-
nItted that he did not know how long the
sun shone in the window as IT was under
porch.
f,x-state Senator Richard S. Dodson,
who owns the farm on which the MRrshalls
now live, was recalled 10 the stand by
states Attorney Butler, and when asked II
in n conversation with Charles II. Morris
a few days after the Moarshalls were ar
rested. he did not say that II no had known
such n condition Of AFFAIRS existed on his
farm as was pugblshed. he would have
Kicked them or any other tenant Off the
farm, to which he answered NO"
At this point in the proceedings Mr.. and
Mrs Marshall with their son and daughter,
Mrs Ida Wiley, who had met with an ac-
CIdcnt about two miles from EaSton, by
their carriage breaking down and were
compelled to walk the remainder of the
way to town, which necessarily made them
late arrived IN court.
Mrs Ida Wiley. n sister OF Grace Mar
shall who was on tho stand when court
adjourned Saturday evening, was placed on
the stand and was put under rigid cross
examination by states Attorney Butler.
She answered mo" when asked by Mr..
Butler. did Grace burn her flesh when
she put her arms around the hot stovepipe,
ms YOU testified to Mr.. Shehan on Satur-
dnyH
sonY'
Answer: Because she was very nervous
and acted queer
Mrs, Millcy said she did not know how
Grace broke her leg. which was about
fourteen years ago, but only supposed that
qhc did IL by jumping out OF the cupola
window which was found open. In fact
by the time Mr. Butler had finished cross
omaning Mrs. Miley she had virtually ad-
mittod that all she knew about Grace's
condition was from what she had heard
other members Of the family and doctors
say. but she did stick TO tho fact that she
knew her stepmother treated Grace. her
brother and herself we'll and even better
than her own mothr meght have done,
although she was only four years OF age
when her mother died.
When asked when was tho last time she
saw her sister Laura who died on Kent
Island. at her aunts, Mrs. w. b. Roe, the
witness replied about two months before
she died Hhe had been told and she be-
lleved Laura died OF the same malady Grace
is afflicted with.