Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-29
MISS GEARY, VICTIM OF ASSAULT,
... SAYS MISS HAGERTY
MANNED HER.
DID NOT KNOW HER
At TIME OF ATTACK
Miss Geary on Witness Stand Describes
Visit Of Mysterious Woman in Black
Who Threw suiphuric Acid Into
Face While Calling on Her in
Apartments. -r-A

Dubuque, Oct. 2e.-whNe giving her
testimony during direct examination in
the case Of the State Of Iowa vs.. Carrie
Hagerty on the charge OF assault to
MAIN. Ella Geary,. the. victim In the
assault case, identified the defendant
as the mysterious woman in black who
had thrown the sulphuric acid on her
face on the evening Of April S, lSlo.
According to her testimony she hrst
recognized Miss Hagerty as the woman
on the evening of April 10. 1915, while
attending the Majestic theater.
This testimony on the par of Ella
Geary came afer she had given
story Of the assault in answer to CUES
lions put to her By Attorney kthdig,
OF Attorney General Hovner's office VINO
with Attorney Robbins, Of the same
office. Is aiding County Attorney Stuart
IN the pushing Of the case. The state
attorney asked Miss Geary II she had
ever seen the woman in black after the
night Of the assault Miss Geary re-
sponded that she had and later that she
knew who the woman was. The attor-
ney then asked her who it was and she
replied, the defendant
When the prosecuting witness was
called to the stand she described the
visit of the mysterious woman in black
to her home and events leading up to
the visit. Miss Geary stated that on
two occasions she received telephone
calls from q woman who said she
wanted to sell her magazine subscrip-
tons This same voice, the witness
claimed, called her on the phone on
the afternoon of April 8, while she
CMiss Geary) was working at the
Carr-Ryder and Adams compay offices
and made an appointment for that
evening at the Geary home.
Visited by Mysterious Woman.
Miss Geary then described the visit
Of the mysterious woman in black to
her home, at Thirteenth and Jackson
streets, on the evening Of April 8. The
woman carried a small package in her
hand and at first wanted to talk to her
in the hall downstairs. Later she went
up stairs and went into the sitting
room. Here she asked Miss Geary to
turn out the lights saying her eyes
were bad They stepped into the parlor
and the woman in black started the
conversation. The woman started to
talk about Fred Cushman son OF Mrs.
Rorcas Brazzell who was acquitted on
the charge Of having murdered her
husband Cushman, the woman said
was engaged to a niece Of hers.
The woman, according to Miss
Gearys testimony wanted her (Mtss
Geary) to sign a statement to the
effect that she (the wttness) knew
nothing bad about Fred Cushman.
The victim refused to do this. The
woman In black continued talking.
asking her 10 sign the statement and
finally Miss Geary's attention was at
tracted to the rear door Of her home
which had been opened. As she turn
ed to look to the rear Of the house
the woman in black threw the acid on
her face. Screaming with pain, the
victim ran to the kitchen of her home
and splashed water on her face until
her mother came to her assistance
and put cooling substances on the
burns. The woman, In the meantime
had disappeared.
Benson cross-Examines.
After telling the story OF the assault
Miss Geary, in answer to questions Of
Attorney kindly, told OF how she
could Identify the woman and then
identified the defendant as the woman
in black. Following this she was
cross-examined by Attorney Benson,
The attorney for the defense asked
Miss Geary If on the night Of the as
sauft she had not told the notice OFF,
Gals that she did not know who threw
the acid. The witness replied that she
did not remember. He then asked her
if she had not, while at Finley hos
pital, told police and county officials
that she could not identify the woman.
Miss Geary replied that she was quite
sure that she had told them she could.
The matter was dropped here and Miss
Geary questioned regarding the house
VIII ere she lived.
Following several questions regard
ing Cushman, Miss Geary in answer
to questions by Attorney Benson,
stated that she did not address the
mysterious woman as Miss Hagerty,
did not at the time recognize her as
the defendant and did not tell the po-
lice officials, at the time, that 1t was
Miss Hagerty. The cross examination
ended Saturday morning with a num-
Der of questions regarding her friend
ship with Paul Schuyler, the man in
the case