The Northern Guardian. — 1898-10-26 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ALICE BAYLY S DEATH.  SECOND TRIAL OF DR. WHITMARSH FOR ALLEGED MURDER,  ACCUSED IN THE WITNESS BOX.  The second trial of Dr Whitmarsh fcr the al:egen murder of Alice Itayiy, milliner, by means of an ',legal operation, was resumed to-clay at toe Old Bailey. For the defence Dr Lloyd Whitmarsh went iuto the witness-box and gave evidence. He stated that he nad been in piao“ce for 16 years in Brompton. His practice had Owe prineipally among women of the middle classes, and ne hU attended from 1,600 to 2,009 cases of women in their confinement, and not one life had been sacrificed by him.  He remembered Miss Bayly calling upon him. He had just returned from feeding the pigeons and sparrows in Hyde Park. She said she had been taking pills and medicine, and ale woman in Gray's Inn goad had been attending her. He told her he Could Do Nothing For Her . .  in the way she wished, and he recommended her to go straight horne, take a hot bath, and call a !emu doctor in, as it W 3.4 too far for nun to attenl her. lie was then in a very weak state, having suffered from bad attacks of influenza and an attck or measles.  On his visit to Plumstead he examined her and found her very ill. He prescribed for her. The next day she tokl him she was going to the hospital. On the sister calling, he told her he had so , many patients that he really coil,- ncrt e:o to Plumstead. He did not know anyone of the name ot Nobrega. , Miss Bayly paid him lOs 6d for his services, and it was quite untrue that he asked her £5 and took £4. Cross-examined by Mr Gill, Dr Whitmarsh said he had two houses—one where his family resided, and the other in Brompton Road. His patients paid him various fees, from 25 6d to a guinea. Miss Bayly said she had been recommended to him, and she desired him to perform an illegal operation, but he absolutely refused, and said all he could do was to send her home in a cab, which he did. The statements in the dying depositions of Miss Bayly and her assertions that she had paid him £4 were all pure inventions. On the Visit of the deceased's sister there was a female in the surgery, and he understood she desired him to perform an operation. He refused, saying 'that he was not going to risk his neck for her or any other woman.  He Knew the Consequences of committing the offence, but he believed then, as he believed now, that this was only a police trap. It was not true that he was under the influence ot drink when he first went to Plumstead. He suffered from weakness, and was very tired. He went to Plumstead the following morning by worlemen's train, as be always found that an ounce of practice was worth a bushel of theory, and he desired to see whether his instructions of the previous day had been carried out. He did not know to which hospital Miss Bavly had been taken, and he never sent a woman named Davis to inquire how she was getting on. .  -Davis had been a servar.t or charwoman in his employment about 18 months ago. He did not tender himself as a witness at the inquest, nor did he make any statement before the magistrate. He did not really keep any books showing his visits or the payments.