Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-03-12

delivery. Few postmortems are
held on children in this country.
Family feeling and embalming
laws prevent. His opinion was
that a fracture of the skull could
come by a mother exerting force
at such time.
DR.. Bunting was recalled and
stated, using the doll as an illus
tration, that the marks were con
sistent with the theory that it
could have been made with the
finger nail. He saw no evidence
of the nail scraping or breaking
the skin.
DR.. Farnsworth was also recall
ed and said it was the natural
tendency for woman to grasp
something during labor but said
he never knew of a case where a
mother had assisted the actual
delivery of a child. He thought it
might be possible for her to do it..
Kelley testified about the same.
He said it took considerable pres
sure to fracture the skull of d
child.
DR.. F. E. Tryon of Baraboo said
he had never known of a case of
fracture during normal delivery.
He admitted it might be possible.
One of Two Charges
At the close of the testimony
Judge Crosby stated the jury
would be asked to consider the
case as:
l. Murder in the first degree,
or
2. Assault with intent to com
nit murder.
The Arguments
At the opening of the arguments
in the case, District Attorney Fl.
j. Bohn told of the steps leading
up to the present trial, the coro-
ner's inquest and the preliminary
examination. He also explained
the defense had all the advantage
in that they knew the ground of
the prosecution while the prose
cution knew nothing of the steps
to be taken by the defense.
He said it was plain why the
defense backed down when the
father-in law and mother in-law
of Miss RadePs divorced husband
came upon the stand. They have a
former child of Miss RadeI and
are not in sympathy with her past
conduct.
Strange Things in Case
Mr.. Bohn pointed out some
strange things in the case-how
Miss Radel had gone to Mrs. Oh
son swo days before the birth of
the child, how she had spent the
previous evening at the theatre,
how just before she had been at a
beer party. The defense had made
certain arguments and Mr.. Bohn
said the above refuted them all.
He said it was evident she prefer
red to stay with the two men in
the restaurant rather than go home
of her own free will.
The attorney went over the evil
dence of Mrs. Hood, the nurse.
Mr. Moe, the experts and others.
Mr.. Bohn asked why Miss Radel
tried to get away if she were in
noccnt. For the injuries to arise
at the birth of the child he held to
be ridiculous. In all the thousands
of cases of birth there was no re-
cord of such an injury. The eight
doctors so testified.
Attorney Carl N. Hill for the de-
Ifense said Miss Radel had Elk
pressed the belief the baby would
die and explained she said that
because she had had a previous
experience-the child died. He al
SO held the mother had made a
proper effort to keep the baby "a
live, He further stated no one saw
anything wrong except Mrs. Hood
and that she was not sure-was
contradictory in her testimony.
The attorney claimed it was all a
suspicion. He said the truth was
the marks on the child were made
at the time of birth-lthat death
was due to a bemorrhage of the
brain.
The Closing
Mr.. Bohn gave the closing and
held that something should be
done to prevent the girl from go
ing back to life she had been llv-
ing.
Judge e. w. Crosby then charged
the jury.
Jurors On Case
Those on the jury were Mrs.
O. E. Cottington, Winfield; Alfred
Ladd, Town of Freedom; Mrs. Ella
Darrenougue, Reedsburg; FL. Ben