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■KM. B . BUTBEB,
ATTOUNKY at law, ,
- - m Prnnklln House, South Hanovorstveet
tfflf,*., runibnrjand county. Penna.
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1 \iITOBWEY-ATrLAw7''
CARfjISDK, Pa,
on South Itanovm* Street, oppostto
dl’V goods store.' .
1. NJ.j,
rUMUTCH <fc PARKER.
‘ A TVO KKE VS A T LA TP.
Oillcß oa Mala Hbroot. In .Marion Hall, Car
iislo, l ,; '»
h<-c. --VWI -
rT K 0. S. EMI G ,
T attobney-at-law,
' 011100 with S. Hcplmru, Jr.
j'aA Main Street,
CAU liISLE, PA.
loi).‘j.7i—ly •
Vtt KENNEDY, Attorney a.t Law
W Carlisle, return. Ollico aamo as thntol
lip “ Vmoricrm Volunteer.”
Duo. 1. Ih7l).
Dn. riKOBGE S. KEARTGHT, Den
TfHT, Frimi (fir JlnUimore C'nlh-n* of Dm (a
r Knn;,v'i/. OUlw at the residence of his mother
L I,’oiiMiar Street, three iloora below Bedford
I Unrllslo, I’muiu.
Doc. I IWG.
I"
It)aw anti €ai)s
£> AKOAINS IN.
HATBAND CAPS!
At KELLER'S, 17 North Hanover Street,
Wo luivo received the latest styles of lIAT-S
und CAPS. Silk Hals, New York and-PbUndcl
phlu stylos, Casslmero Hats of .nil'shapes and
nrlcos, Soft. Hats of every, kind, from '7» cents
up. Cloth Hats, in Blue, Vclve4, Lasting, Mixed
(thick. Also n line lot of Boys’ and*
Children's Hals, Clolli ami Felt, and at all pri
cin',
MEN,
BOY’B, AND ,
CHILDREN’S,
HATS, '
Myles 100 numerous to mention, nllol which
ull'iie sold nt the lowest Cash prices.
CfMind examine our slock, you cannot fall to
to pleased In price and quality.
HATS of any kind mado and repaired to
riler, on short not lon.
JOHN A. KELLER, Apent,
No. Jo North Hauovor.Street.
Sopt 28,’71-If.
, JJATS AND CAPS r
DO-YOU WANT: A NICE HAT OB CAP 7
If so. don’t fail to Call on
J. G. GALLIC,.
NO. 20. WESI MA IN STREET,
\7horo can ho seen the finest assortment of .
■ HATS and caps
juver brought to Carlisle- He takes great pleas
Hero In inviting bln old friends and customers,
:unl all new ones, to his splendid s*ock fust re
vived from Now York and Philadelphia, cou
i listing In part of lino
| SILK AND CASSIMERB HATS;
I txMddea an ondlcsa variety of Hats and Caps o
f the latest style, all ot which he will sell at th
p- loweii Chsh Priiw. Also, his own'manufacture
£' Uutn always on baud, and f
I HATS MANUB’AOTUXIED TO ORDER. ,
L fle has the best, arrangement for coloring Hats
if uni ;il l kinds of WoolpivGonds, Overprints, <fec.,
vHllii* shortest notice (as ho colors every week) and
.Mon the most, reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot ot
ftofi'ilco brands of ’
i TOBACCO' AND CIGARS
ways on hand. Ho desires to call the attention
persons who have , ’ , ,
V| - COUNTRYFUH3
jflosell.as ho pays the highest cash prices for he
I|bri>ic.
-f uiva him a call, at the above number, his >ld
;'MW\nd, as he fools confident of giving entire salts*
iltiuniou.
Srpl. 28, ’7l—lf.
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O'S
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Li ' 4 l) h '
BEAL' YALITB
HAEPEE’S !
i.SOUTH HANOVER STREET.
If you want a nice CALICO DUFFS,
II you want a nice Do Lame WRAPPER,
Ifyou want a nice ALPACA LUSTRE,
Jfyou want a nice, PURE MOHAIR, ’
ll you .want, a nice OASSIMERE SUIT
H you waul a nice CLOTH SUIT,
if you want n nice TABLE LINEN,
If you want a nice FELT or HOOP SKIRT,
if ’vou want a nice OPERA FLANNEL,
Ifyou want, a HANDSOME SHAWL,
If you wjmt a Handsome LACE COLLAR
Ifyou want a Handsome Lrtco Handkerchief
h'ynu want Hamburg KIV'H.N'US CHEAP,
if you want, (HHPCRE LACKS CHEAP,
djouwuut Linen Handkerchiefs UUEAI*,
tf'you want DR f GUUUS CHEAP,
CA LTj AT
IMPIS’S.
Vow will find an extensive mid superior vn
pieiy )n Ureas Goods, .comprising Cashmeres
Australian. Crape, silk and Wool Repp-, Plain
mul Plaid Poplins, Black Silks, and a complete
nsKortnient of staple Dress Goods. Also, Blan- ,
kets. Flannels, water-proof Ri-pellants, Volvo
teens (Black and Colored.) Merino Shirts and
Drawers, Ladles’ Merino Vesta. Twilled Sheet-,**
lin? (a new articled and Full lines of Notions
While Goods and Ribbons,
If you would save money call ot my store,
where prices will compare favorably with any
on ;hls side of the Eastern Cities,
Joseph Kids. Sl.OO.
Oct. 6 ’7l—Ow.
TjURMER'B BAN , Carlisle. Penn-
X -has facilities for the transaction of every
variety of BANKING RURINE.SS that may bo
required by Us. customers mul correspondents.
Makes collections on.nll points In tho United
•states,
Days, soils, and-attends to nil orders for the
jude or purchase of Gold, Government and
htato Uondx, ami all other first class securi
ties. .
Negotiates loans and discounts commercial
Paper.
i Attends to the oolioction of interest coupons
and dividends.
Fiiraishes drafts to persons wishing to remit
money to any part of tho United Hlalea, Ca-
Oima or Europe,
Receives deposits In largo or small sums .and
pays Interest on special deposits.
in empowered to not as treasurer and flnan
£|id agent for Blate, county and city govern
mauls, corporations and individuals.
_ it. GIVEN, J*reaidenU
J. C Uoffek, Cashier.
SI, 7t-Sm
QOOD NEWS FOB THE PEOPLE.
J. ELLIOTT,
(Successor to J. W. Bmlley,)
■ No. sa NORTH HANOVER STREET,
. OAItLrSLB, Pa.,
Ntg.Jpst opened a largo and splendid assoit
uuutof
MIL AND WINTER GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
ULOTHB,
CASSIMKRFX.'
OVERCOATING,
I VESTINGS, &0.
ho will sell by tho yard, or mako up into
"'ills in order. nn short nottco, and at unusually
l,J ;w prices. Having secured the burvlcosof ouo
of llio - •
BEST PRACTICAL GUTTERS f
In Carlisle. together with ft number of the beat
imujUoni bands to make up, he promises togivo
cnilrosatisfaction in fits.style ami workman*
Always on linud a largo and complete
stock of
KKADY-MADE CLOTHING,
of homo manufacture, which ho will sell ns cheap
Uiu cheapest. overcoats ou hand or made to
°r ' cr. 1 will let. no man undersell mo. A largo
mul complete stock of prime Winter
Boots. Slides* fij-aiters*
of every variety, styleaud iiuiillty, for genta
audles’, Misses’, Hoys’ and children, made to
onli-r. AJj to ho sold cheap,.pheapor, cheapest.
Also, a great variety of
ha x s ,
oflaiMtHtyioanml bent qualltlCH,togetherwith
•vm'ijorul iitihorljucnlof NOTIONS ami Oent’H
»' uruinJihiK goods. Jjo not full to g|vo mo a cull,
wy iiiolto Ih “ salesaml small mollt*.’* .
JOHN KLLIOTX.
Hept. 21.1871—3 m.
THE TR lAL OF JOHN KIEHL
MUBDEE OF jnS WIFE,
SA HA B E. KIEHL.
The trial of John Klehl for the murder
of his wife* Sarah 13. ICiohl, was called
up, in the court of Oyer and Terminer,
on Wednesday morning, 15th inst. Dis-
trict A.ttorney W. F. Sadler, assisted’by-
Maglaughiin, appeared forlhe 'OomTTibn'r
wealth; and William PT. Miller, W-. J.
Shearer and James H. Graham, Jr.,
Eaqrs.,“appeared for the prisoner. .
The prisoner.was directed to-atnnd up,
and was arraigned by District Attorney
Sadler, who read the bill of indictment,
found by tho Grand Jury, as follows:
At a Court of Oyerand Terminer and
General Jail Delivery, held at Carlisle,
in and for the county of Cumberland, bn
Monday, the 2Sth day of August, 1871,
before Hon. James H. Grabani, Presi
dent Judge, ami Hugh Stuart and Tims.
P. Blair, Esqrs., Associate Judges of.*a:d
Court':
Cumberland County y ss :
The grand Inquest of the Common
wealth ofPe'nnsylvan in, enquiring In and
for Cumberland county, on (heir oaths
and affirmations, respectively do present
that John Klehl, late of said county,
farmer, not having the fear of God before
his eyes,butbeingraovedand instigated by
the Devil, ami of his irmlicenforethought,
wickedly contriving and intending, a
certain Sarah E. Kiehl, with .poison;
wilfully, feloniously and of his malice
aforethought, to kill and murder, on the
seventh day of May, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred seven
ty one, and on diversbtherdays, between
the said seventh of May, In the year last
aforesaid, and,the eleventh day of May,
in th© year last aforesaid;'in the enmity
aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of
this Court, with force and arms, felon-’
iously and wickedly, and pf his mafic©
aforethought, a large quantity of a certain
deadly poison, to wit, arsenic, unto the
said Sarah E. Kiehl, did give and admin
ister, with intent that she the same into
her body should take and swallow down
(the said John Kiehl then and there well
knowing the said arsenic to be a deadly
poison,) and the : said arsenic so given
and administered unto the said Sarah
E. Kiehl,by the said John Kiehl, thosaid
Sarah E. Kiehl did then and there swal
low down Into her body by reason of which
said administering, taking and swallow
ing down the said arsenic into her body,
the said Sarah E. Kiehl became and was
mortally sick and distempered in her
body, of which said mortal .sickness and
distemper, caused by the said arsenic so
administered by the said John Kiehl, the
said Sarah E. Kiehl, from the said several
daysand times, on which the said arsenic
by the said John Kiehl to the said Sarah
E. Kiehl was administered as aforesaid,
until the night of 11th of May, in the
year, aforesaid,' In the county aforesaid,
did languish and languishing did live, on
which said night the said Sarah E. Kiehl,
of the said'mortal sickness died} and so
the jurors, on their oaths aforesaid, do
say that the.said John Kiehl, the said
Sarah E. Kiehl, In the manuet,antiTorra
aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully and of his
maliceaforethought. did kill and murder,
contrary to the act of Assembly, In such
case made and provided, and against the
peace and dignity of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
And the jurors aforesaid, on their oaths
and affirmations aforesaid, do further
present said John Kiehl, con
tinuing to ' murder one
Sarah E. KiSnl, on the said seventh day
of May, in the year aforesaid, and on di
vers other days and times between that
day and the eleventh day of May, in the
year aforesaid, in and upon the said Sa
rah E. Kiehl did .make an assault, and
unto the said Sarah E- Kiehl a largo
quantity of deadly poison, tho name and
description of which is to the jnors afore
said unknown, feloniously, wickedly and
of his malice aforethought; did give and
administer, with intent that she-should
take and swallow the same down into
her body, tho said John Kiehl then and
there knowing the said substance to be
a deadly poison,"and the said Sarah E.
Kiehl, the said poison so given and ad
ministered unto her by the said John
Kiehl; and did take and swallow down
into her body, by reason and by means
of which said taking and swallowing
clown the said poison, the said Sarah E-
Kiehl became mortally sick and distem
pered in her body, of which said mortal
sickness, and distemper the said Sarah
E. Kiehl, from the said days and times
on Which the said deadly poison was ad
ministered by the said John Kiehl to
the said Sarah E. Kiehl ns aforesaid,
unli! the night of tho 11th of May did
languish and languishing did live, on
which said night, 11th of May, the said
Sarah E. Kiehl, of tho said mortal sick
ness and distemper, by the said poison
caused as aforesaid, died; and so the jur
ors aforesaid, do say that said John Kiehl,
the said Sarah E. Kiehl, In manner ami
form aforesaid, feloniously and of bis
malice aforethought did kill and murder,
contrary to the form of tho act of Assem
bly In such case made and provided, and
against tho peace and dignity of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
C. E. MAGLATJGHLTN,
District Attorney.
T. A, HARPER.
District Attorney Sadler then said•
"J’o this indictment what, do you say,
guilty or not guilty ? M to which the de
fendant replied, promptly and in a Arm
voice, “ Not Guilty.”
Considerable time was then consumed
in getting a jury, many of the jurors
called having formed and expressed opin
ions as to the guilt of innocence of the
defendant; others being opposed to cap
ital punishment; and others being
lunged peremptorily. The following were
Anally chosen and the usual oath admin
istered : John Jacobs, of Carlisle; Henry
P. Chapman, of Carlisle ; Jacob Hem
iniuger, of South Middleton ; George W.
Presse!, of Monroe; Christian KauAman,
of Meelmniosburg; Philip Landis, of Sil
ver Spring; Andrew Humer, Middlesex;
William Hastings, of Penn; Uriah Karl,
of Southampton; John B. Drawbaugh, of
Lower Allen ; Alexander T. Meek, of
Carlisle; and Solomon Dowalt, of North
•Middleton.
In opening thecaso to the jury, District
Attorney Sadler spoke in substance as
follows V ■
rr ti |- 1 |
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY
FOR TITR
Gentlemen of 'i'llio Jiruv
You have been selected out of the body
of your fellow citizens, by reason of your
Intelligence, impartiality and integrity,
to try the issue joined between the
monwealth of Pennsylvania and John
sKiehl, for the murder of Sarah E. Kiehl,
by poison administered oh May 7th, and
subsequently. It is needless to enlarge
upon your duties and responsibilities, for
you are sufficiently aware of both. Eight
years ago John .Kleh.l was married to
Sarah E. Doner,,au'd they lived Happily
together. In the spring of 1870, they
k
whe’re they had purchased u small prop
erty. . All was-afiection In the domestic
Clide, until. John Kiehl became euam-j
or.ed of a girl named Kate Myers. With
her lie was upon the most intimate terms,
and there was but one obstacle in the
way of the accomplishment of his desires.
That obstacle was his wife,'and he de
termined to put her out of the way. Mrs.
Kiehl had been In ill health for some
weeks, and had been taking medicine
from two physicians in Carlisle, but for
a week or so prior to her last illness she
had been better. Ou the Sunday before
her death, Kiehl came home from a visit
to Kale M3 T ers, and called up stairs-to
liis wife,, to know if she had taken her
medicine. She replied tfho had. not, as.
she felt better. Kiehl said there was no
use buying medicine for her, if she did
uottake.it. Tie then mixed a cPaught,.
took it up fjtalrs, and forced her to take
it against her earnest entreaties. Soon
nfier doing so, sbo vomited. ;• Other doses
were administered, and she grew worse,
and some of the neighbors insisted he
should go fora physician. He declined
to go until Tuesday afternoon,tmd before
he went was careful to empty the vessel
in which Mrs. Kiehl had vomited,—
Hearing her vomit, ho even dismounted
from his horse and returned to the room
to throw the vomit into the yard. He
told Dr. Kevin his wife had disease of the
heart, and when the Doctor paid that he
ought to see her before prescribing, Kiehl
said that was not necessary. When he
qaine home, he said the Doctor could not
come, as he was ju?t going to the coun
try. When the clamor of his neighbors
compelled him, he went to fShippensburg
and brought Hr. Kevin., Suspicious of
foul play being aroused,.the body was
disinterred, a coroner’s jury was sum
moned. a post mortem.examination was
made, and the stomach, liver, bladder,
and intestines sentto Philadelphia,where
a chemical analysis, made by Dr. B. F.
Hand, resulted in finding a quantity of
arsenic therein. This evidence would
establish two points, Ist—that Mrs. Sarah
E. Kiehl died by poison ; and, secondly,
that the poison was administered by John
Kiehl.
Testimony on the part of the Com-
monweaLtit.
Saraii E. Hqffman, sworn — X live In
Southampton -township ; I know John
Kiehl, the defendant; X knew Mrs. Surah
E.' ICiehl, when she was living. Kiehl
lived about a quarter of a mile from where
I lived. Tho last time Mrs. Kiehl was
at our house was on Sunday, She was
in good health then. She was there the
7th of May last. She came there between
r pno and two o’clock, and went home
-About five o’clock; I went with her part
of tho way; I didn’t see her again until
Tuesday. About five o’clock I
to Mr:Kiehl’s to see her; she was in bed,
and very sick. There was no person up
stairs with her when I went up. She
complained of soreness in.her throat; she
vomited while I was there, about every
fifteen or twenty minutes; it looked green
and a kind of black. Kiehl was at home,
but was not up in the room much- Mr.
Kiehl emptied the vomit. I remained
there till about eleven o’clock at night.
Mr. Peter Noaker eai'no there while I was
there, and Miss -Jane Myers, Kate My
ers’ sister; Kate Myers was there when X
went there. I found Mr, Kiehl and Kate
Myers in tho house when X went there.
They were eating,supper. I heard them
talking and laughing before I got in tho
house. Mrs. Kiehl was'up stairs in bed.
Peter Noaker and Ills wife came together,
X did not,see Mrs. ICiehl again until
Wednesday afternoon. She was very
poorly—was not expected to live. She
hadn’t to throw up much then ; not as,
often as when I first saw her. She asked
often for a drink, and she would have to
throw it up. Several weeks before her
death Mrs. Kiehl done washing and ba
king—just before,she took sick—scrub
bing and all kinds.of work in the house ;
and often did the feeding at the barn ami
attended to the cattle. I never saw her
but once feeding the cattle.' T never saw
her digging garden..
Cross Examined. Kiehl and Kate
Myers.were cheerful when I came to the
house? They we're sitting at the table,
eating ©upper. I asked them how Mrs.
Kiehl was, apt! they both said she was
no better yet. - 1 didn’t take any supper
—they did npt ask me to. Kate Myers
took me up alairs. Mr. Kiehl came into
tho room up stairs a few minutes, direct
ly after he was done eating supper, and
did not remain long. When he came np
i© asked her if it wasn’t time to take her
medicine; and she said she thought it,
was. He went down to the kitchen to
mix it up. Ho brought the medicine
back, I don’t think alio took that, Mrs.
Kiehl said It always made her so sick
when she took it, and she would rather
not take it until Dr. Nevin would come,
and see her. He said she didn’t need to
take that until the Dr. would come and
see her. She didn’t take it. He brought
the medicine up in a glass. I don’t re
member how full the glass was. I don’t
remember what the mediclnelooked like.
It was darker than water. I don’t re
member what Mr. Kiehl did uitli the
medicine after she refused to take it.—
Mr. Kiehl then went out to the barn,
and did his work.' He was away about
half an hour, when he returned to the
iVo’use. I saw him after that in Mrs.
Kiehl’s room. Ho staid In her room un
til Mrs. Noaker persuaded him to go for
Dr. Nevin. Ho went for Dr. Nevin. 1
was I bore when ho returned. Ro wan
absent about half an hour. This was a
mile and a half or two miles from Ship
pensburg, I don’t remember what time
it was when Kiehl returned. Dr.
Nevin did not return with him; Kiehl
said the Dr. would come. The doctor
came that evening, quarter or half au
hour after Kiehl came. Kiehl was up In.
Mrs. Kiehl’s room after he returned
from Shippcnshnrg. f didn’t go up after
that. I wasn’t In the room when Dr. !
Nevlu was there. I, was dpwn in the*
v CARLISLE, PA., THE RSI)AY, NOVEMBER. 23, 1871.
kitchen; Jane Myers wgs in the kitchen
with ,me; Kate Myers was up stairs.—
Jane Myera came there to stay all night;
I returned homo about eleven o'clock. —
I don’t remember whether Kiebl was in
Mrs. Kiebl’a room when I left; he was
not down stairs with me and Jane. Two
of my brothers went home with me; they
came there between nine and ten .o’clock;
my brothers* names are John and Ed
ward; t|ioy staid down stairs, while they
were at Kiehl’a* with Peter Koaker, me
and Jane, Myers; Kate Myers was down
witli us part of time;'there was no one
were with Mrs. Kiebl b7i
afternoon; there were a number of per
sons there; Mrs; Kiehi’s mother was
there, one of her sisters—Mary Doner—
and her father, John Doner; Mrs. Sam’l
Noaker was there; X don’t remember the
others who wore there; Ido not remem
ber what time I went up to Mrs. Kicbl’s
room on Wednesday evening; I went up
immediately after I went to the house.
I saw, John Kiebl; ho was in the room
part of the time; he was attending to his
wife part of the time. Mrs. Kiohl was
not throwing up as often.as she was on
Tuesday. I don’t remember whether
John XCiehl-nttonded to Mrs. ICiehl on
Wednesday or not; !!© did attend her
on Tuesday. * There was medicine given
to her on Wednesday while I was there;
I don’t remember who gave it to her, or
who mixed it up; I don’t remember
whether it was poured from a bottle; I
think it was Dr. Kevin’s medicine
John .Kiehl’s mother was not there. I
saw her take medicine on Wednesday
evening; I don’t know bow often; she
vomited soon after taking the medicine;
she was vomiting before taking medicine;
she vomited .every fifteen or twenty min
utes while I was there on Tuesday; I
was in the room' half an hour or an hour;
she vomited.more than once, more than
twice;, she vomited three times, I recol
lect of; I don’t' remember whether. she.
vomited, more than three,times; J saw
the vom it; I was beside her, holding her
head; the matter she’ vomited was green
and kind of dark; I didn’t smell any
thing; I held her Ijead twice, while she
vomited; she didn’t vomit very much
sometimes.
; Court ndjourned to.meet at nineo’clock
Thursday morning.
Thursday’s Proceedings.
Court convened at 9 o’clock.
The Commonwealth’s counsel then
presented the following offer ;
, The Commonwealth propose to prove
the declarations of the deceased woman,
mode during, her last illness to the at
tending physicians and other poisons in
attendance upon her, as to the bodily
feelings, the nature of the pain experien
ced by her, and its location, and gener
ally all declarations, expressions and
complaints made by her during the said
illness, indicating the nature of the mal
ady under which she was suffering.
Objected toby defendants.
Ist. That expresslons of Mrs. Kiehl, in
the absence of her husband, and hot to
her physician, are not evidence iu &
charge of murder, unless they wore made
in extremis.
2d. If evidence at all, such testimony
must be confined strictly to the expres
sions of bodily symptoms.
The Court admitted the evidence, and
noted an exception to defendant’s coun
sel.
»Sakaii E. Hoffman, re-examined in
chief— I went to Mrs. Kiehl's first on
Tuesday, May Oth, SShb was in bed, sick;
she complained of great pain, and asked
often for water. On Wednesday I heard
her complain ; she said she thought’she
would -burn up, it burnt her so in the
throat. She asked for water that day.—
They gave her water, and she would
have to throw up.
Cross Examined—~Mv. "Britton and Mr*
Doner told mol need not answer ques-
tions when the lawyers asked them tho
second time; X don’t remember how long
it is since John Doner told me that. I
think it was at his house. He said such
foolish questions I need not answer. He
said lawyers sometimes asked foolish
questions. He did not,tell me to be on
my guard; I never told him what I know;
I told Mrs. Doner and Samuel Donor
what I knew about the case. It was be
fore I talked to Mr. Doner that I had
this conversation with Mrs. Doner. John
Donor was not present when I told Mrs.
Doner and Saraucj Doner; I don’t re
member how often I told - them. ‘ On
Tuesday Mr. Kiehl had the medicine In
a glass ; I don’t, remember where Mr.
Kiehl put the glass, when Mrs. Kiehl
declined to take the medicine. X don’t
remember how full the glass was. There
was no person in the room but me at that
time. The medicine was pietty much
the color of water, ns near as I can re
member. I said yesterday that the med
icine was darker than water. This was
on Tuesday; she didn’ttake that though;
she hadn’t it in her hand. She vomited
in a chamber; the vomit was green and
kind pf dark ; the, chamber was white.
She vomited half a tea cup full to a tea
cup full, aud sometimes very little. I
■don’t remember how long it took her to
vomit; I held her head about five min
utes each time. I did notgivoMra, Kiohl
tho medicine John left; I was sitting
near the bed; John Kiehl took the medi
cine nwny, after his wife refused to take
it, but I do not.know where he put it.—
He was not in the room very long after
that. T don’t remember how long. He
sat down and talked ton minutes, He
was not holding the glass in his hand
while ho was talking to her. I was in the
room with Mrs. Kiehl fifteen or twenty
minutes after John Kiehl went out. This
was on Tuesday; I don’t remember how
long! was in the room on Wednesday*
Mrs. Kiehl took some medicine while I
was there ; I did not give it to her. I
don't remember who gave it to her. I
did not swear yesterday that Mrs. Doner
gave her the medicine; I don't remember
saying so, Khe would have to throw up
after taking medicine. I can’t remember
that she took medicine more than
on Wednesday, while I was there, Hhe
had no passage from her bowels while I
was there on Tuesday or Wednesday,—
Sho expressed no desire to use the cham
ber* Our family is intimate with the
uonors. Samuel Doner pays attention
to me; I told Samuel something I knew
about tins case. We were talking about
the Kiehl case when John Doner said T
needn’t answer the foolish questions tlit*
lawyers asked; I didn’t tell either side
what I knew ; I went away from homo,
and refused to see Mr. Maglaughllu; 1
'did not want to come tp cmnt. There
was no difficulty between Kichl’s family
and ours. Wo were oh friendly terms
with Mr. Kiohl.
Mrs. Anna M. Hoffman—.worn.—l
reside in Southampton township, Cum
berland county ; I live a quarter of a mile
■from John Kiehl’s home. I know Mr.
and Mrs. ICIchl; she was at our place
often; I wasonlyJu theirhouso twice until
she got sick; I saw her on Sunday before
she took sick, at our place.' She came
(here between one and two o’clock, and
left between five and six, near rundown,
Slie-jooiced well aml was lively; I didn’t
between seven, and eight o’clock ; she was
up stairs in bed ; there.was no person in
the room but Mr. Kiebl and bis wife. She
was very sick, and I was very much sur
prised to see her In the condition »ho
was. She put.up her sleeves and told mo
she was very sick, ami I said to her how
comes it you are so sick. She said she
was so sick she thought she couldn’t live
that night. She said she took sick on
Sunday evening ;aho thought she could
not live. She told John to go for the
doctor, or do something for her, or she
could not.live till moiiuug. 'She said it
drawed her fair double together and made
her vomit and ; and then I said to
her why didn’t you send for the doctor ;
and she said-she wanted John to go for
the doctor, but he refused to go. She
said she told him ho would wait too long.
John then got up and said lie had to go
to Mr. Myers’; he said he had to go to get
ofone , them to go to mill for him—his
chicken feed was nearly all. Then lie
started down and gave me the fan ; when
he went away he turned awpy, and his
wife looked.after him and said : “ John,
you look so funny.” He went down and
his wife requested him not to stay long ;
he said he wouldn’t. Then ho went to
Mr. Myers’, There was no person with
her then but me. I said to her: “ Sarah,
by the look of you; you won’t bo hero
long,” and she said to me, “Mrs. Hoft
nian, my lime is short.” She said them
words twice. She said “Oh God ! do not
cut me off so short! Give me lime to
prepare ray soul, for I cannot die.uupre
pared.” Then she fell in kind of a doze,
and then I laid my hand'on her fore
head, and! said; “Sarah you are warm.”
She looked at me, she put up her hand
from her stomach to her chin, and said it
burnt her like pure tire* She said if she
only durst drink water, as much as she
wanted to drink; then she fell into a kind
of a doze again, and slept about half an
an hour. When she got awake she wan
ted water again', and said it was all dark
and quivery before her eyes. Then she
didn’t say much to me any more, but she
was earnestly piling to God to pardon
her sins* When she would’ drink she
would vomit. I did not see her again un
til the next day about dinner time. She
was still getting worse, she told me; I did
not talk much with her on Thursday.—
Whenever she would drink she would
have to throw up.
Cross'JExcunlncd. I wont immediately
up to her room, on Wednesday morning;
John .Kiohl was the only person then
with his wife; ho was sitting beside her
bed fanning her; ho sal there all the
time until wo left the room, lie didn’t
say anything while Mrs. Kiehl aucl 1
were talking; ho .didn’t object to my
talking to her, nor to*he» telling me
anything; he didn’t try to keep her quiet;
or speak harshly to her; he didn’t ask
her if she wanted anything, while I was
there. When Mrs. Kiehl said John had
refused to go for the doctor, lie didn’t say
anything; she said he told her she had
many such a spell, and to go; he
was standing at the bed fanning her. I
staid there until he returned; I said 1
would stay until her mother came. I
win there half ail hour before John loft
for Myers’; ho was away about half an
haur or so; ho came up into the room
when ho returned; she wanted a drink
of water, and Kate Myers (etched up a
tumbler of water for her; John to Icl Kate
to. bring the water up; oho didn't drink
that water; she told John to get her a
good fresh drink; he did so; he asked her
if that Was good, and she said it was;
John staid iu the-ioom; I do not know
how long he stayed; it was pretty near
one o’clock in the day time when, I got
home; John was In the room pretty
much all the lime I was there; lie got
her whatever she requested; lie took the
fan from me,'when ho returned,'and
fanned Mrs. Kiehl; she (old me on
Sunday she wouldn’t take any more
medicine ; she did not take any
medicine on Wednesday that I saw;
Mr, Shearer came to sec me. I refused
to tell him anything I knew about tills
trial. I said my daughters could tell if
they wished. I didn’t tell them they
shouldn't tell Mr.’.Shearer anything. I
asked Mr. Shearer if he had seen the
piece in the paper that Kiehl was guilty.
Mr.,Shearer said wo had a right to tell
him just what we told the other side. I
said to Mr.-Shearer wo wouldn't tell un
til we had to tell. I did not tell him he
would hear, when we came to Court —
what we had to toll. ’ X went to Kiehl’a
on Wednesday, between seven and eight
o’clock, and it was near 1 o’clock when
I got home. She didn’lftuke medicine
while X was there. I do not remember
how many drinks of water she took ; she
might have taken ten drinks. She drank
water while John was out of the room;
I gaveit to her. Once she vomited when
I gave her water. I gave her water about
ten times while I was there. 1 do not
remember whether she vomited every
time; sometimes she would drink two or
three limes before she threw up. I held
her head while she vomited ; she vomit
ed into a mug; there was no smell to the
vomit. The vomit looked green with a
dark curd in it; sometime-* she vomited
half a tea cup full and again a tea cup
full. I think I held her head three times;
She vomited when X didn’t hold her
head, perhaps three times or nftener* I
have given the words Mrs, Kiehl used
In the conversation while John, was in
the room. Mrs. Kiehl* said it was late
when John came home Sunday night; I
thought John did look funny; John went
to ilie pump for fresh water, and came
directly up, put a lemon in it and gave it
lo Ids wife. She-had been drinking lem
onade, and 1 cannot nay now whether he
<r;i\v her the pure water, or there was a
It- 11 m-ii in it. The Doner,i were there
when X left, on Wednesday. Mrs. Doner
came in (ho room while John was there;
I left ten or fifteen minutes after the
Doners came. v
Jic-cxamincd’hi'chief.— On Wednesday
nobody was in tho house, with Mr. and
Mrs. Kiohl, beside Kate Myers. - Sbo was
in the kitchen when I went, standing at
the table ; Mrs. Kiebl said her husband
was unwilling Tor her to visit us. I did
shake my head at my daughter yesterday
when she was on the stand ; I shook my
head for her not to answer when T thought
she was imposed on. I wanted her to
answer directly, I have no. unkind feel
ing towards Klehl.
Miss Martha Kulr— sworn— l reside
‘in Southampton township; I know, John
ICfehl; I live about a hundred yards from
where Klehl and wife lived'; !■ lived
there at the time Mrs. Kiebl died-. I saw
8 .1!..?..1.119J
sick, in Shippensbiij-g, ut the Lutheran
church. Klehl aud'wife were all.that liv
.ed in the house. His wife did the work
about the bouse, before her last Illness.
They did not keep a girl before she look
-sick ;T called to see her on Monday ev
ening, before her death, ami found her
very sick. While I was there Kiohl
came in, and told,her it was time for her
to take one of her powders. She told him
she would take the drftps, but not the
•powders. Ho insisted on her taking it,
and bo went down stairs, and came
tip with something in a cup. She still
refused to take it, but he still Insisted on
•her taking it, and she took it. After she
had taken it, he walked to the window
and looked in the cup ; that’s all I know
Thou ho went down stairs; this was
about five o’clock in, the evening. She
throwed up in about five minutes after
she took the powder ; she threw up while
I was there; Twas there one hour, pro
bably twenty minutes after ho gave her
tho medicine. After she took the medi
icine, she said her throat burned her, and
she thought she would burn up ; she said
sho had great pains iu her stomach ; she
said at times she got so very hoaty. She
didn’t say anything about a difficulty ol
breathing. When John was down get
ting ,medicine, I heard him talking to
somebody in the. kitchen. He was talk
ing to-John Hoffman, John came up
again just a few minutes before I left; he
look the cup along down stairs with him.
Cross-Examined.'— Kiehlmet mo at the
door when I went there; he met me
pleasantly without embarnssment, He
invited rao up to seel his wife ; he stayed
in the room ashort time; be didn’t seem
very much pleased when She didn’t want
io take her medicine; but he was not
frighteued, or embarrassed, or excited. I
don’t know where thedropsand powders
were kept; I did not see where he got
tho medicine; he took nothing out of the
room; he was about twenty minutes
preparing the medicine, I am just goo
sing at the time—that is as near as I can
recollect. I don’t think he was out less
than twenty minutes; I was sitting with ’
Mrs, Kiehl while be was out; X talked
some to her; ho took the medicine di
rectly to her; she didn’t want to take it,
but he still insisted. He didn’t say any
thing short or rough to her, There was
nothing in. his manner ■ attempting to
conceal the medicine. She held up her
hand and said, “Oh! John, I can’t
take it;” he replied, “Oh, yes, Sarah, I
think you can get it down.” He spoke
iu a kind tone* There was nothing ner
vous or excited-in his manner; she then
took the medicine; I didn’t see what the
medicine was like, when she swallowed
tho medicine she. handed the qup back
to Mr. Kiehl. Ho said, “Sarah, you took
it out pretty clean that time,” He went
down stairs then.- He-spoke in usual
tone, not excited or tremulous. He did
not sit down after lie gave her the med
cine ; he went down stairs. I recognized
.1 no. Hoffman's voice down.stairs talking
U> Kiehl. John came buck, and sat down
at the foot of the bed. Hu talked some
little to mo. *T asked him if he had had
a doctor for Mrs. Kiehlyet; be said he had
not; ho thought if she wouldn't get bet
ter till morning he would go in and bring
T)r. Nevin over; I started home then;
Mr. Kiolil was in the room, and attended
to his wife the first time she vomited. I
haven’t been talking about this matter —
I have not talked to Doners ; , X am not
very well acquainted with them; beheld
tho chamber for her when she vomited ;
she did not purge any while I was there;
had no passage from her bowels. I paid
no attention to luobl’a manner.
John Hoffman, sworn— l am son of
Jonathan Hoffman ; live a quarter of a
mile from ICiehl’s ; I knew Mrs. Kiehl;
I saw,.her at our house on the Sunday
before she took sick. She came between
one and two o’clock, and appeared to
1)0 very well—and staid until, between
five and six o’clock, I was over at Mr.
Ilebuck’s on Monday evening, and came
home past Mr. Kiehl’s, about five or six
o’clock, and slopped in. When I went in
I met Mr. Kiehl; ho was mixing a pow-
der, standing at the window, in tl.o kitch
en ; it was’iu a eup. It was a whitish
powder. The dry powder was in the
cup when I first saw him mixing. He
then put water in ; I don’t remember
whether he woo mixing it with a spoon
or a knife ; I saw nothing containing
powder of the same kind. The cupboard
‘doors were shut; I saw whitepaper stick
ing in his vest pocket; 1 asked him if be
was going to take the medicine ; he said
no, it was for Sarah, I asked him where
Sarah was ; he said she was up stairs in
bed; she wasn’t.very well. After he had
it mixed he took it up stairs. Ho came
down before I left.. He had tho cup with
him, and washed it out. He took a cloth
and washed (t out. Then he went out to
the barn, and I wont that far with him,
and then wont home. I didn’t see Mrs.
Kiehl again until Wednesday, between
twelve and one. o’clock. I did not see
her vomit. Bhecomplnlned of a burning
in her throat. I was not iu very long. I
know Kate Myers; I saw her and Kiehl
together dliferent times. _ I helped Kiehl
to fill a limo-kilu, lust spring, at Mr.
Myers’; Frank Hoover was helping, and
he asked Kiehl if he was married; Kiehl
said he was married but bad no woman.
CroBS‘Examincd~~Th\B conversation wag
iu March or April ; I don’t remember
which. They were iu tho lime-kiln
when the conversation occurred. I
was outside at tho edge of tho kiln,.
Tho kiln was filled up. He and Kate
wero laughing and talking together
when I came. Tho kitchen door was shut.
I knocked, and Kiehl asked mo iu, and
opened the went on mixing,
after I cftiuo in, and didn’t attempt to
hide the medicine from mo, I sat down
in a chair, along side the window, whore
ho \yus mixing the medicine. Tho cup
was right along side of me. Ho had the
powder in the cup when I wont in. Ho
didn’t appear to be afraid of mo being
there, and told mo It was for Sarah. He
VOL. SS.-m 2-1.
didn't hesitate lb tell mo it was for her.
Ho did not put half a tpa cup full of wa
ter in; didn’t see any other Utile papers
about (Witness then Illustrated by piece
r-f paper how tbo paper was sticking out
of defend ant's veal pocket)! think the
powder in the cup would have at least
been half'a tea spooufull; I didn’t ask
him what it was; there are' two outside
doors to the kitchen; can’t toll how many
others; both outside doors were shut; nil
the other doors were shut; the window
blinds-were not dojwn; I can’t tell how
the window blinds were; the cuphoard'is
back in the corner behind the front dpor;
-E-ciuUt—tell-wiietlipr there is a closet in
tirasirrnTtipffwi^rt^n-Wo.
floor. I was at the defendant's sale, with
my father; Mr. Klcht was dressed in
greyish clothes on the day I saw him
mix tho , powder; I don’t 'remember
whether ho had a coat on or not; ho had
on grayisli pants and vest; tho vest was
buttoned tip close; was at defendant's
sale; he set the clip away; I don’t, remem
ber where he put it, or where he put tiro
Cloth ho wiped it with ; ho put water in
tiro cup and washed it out; ho was in tho
kitchen five or ten minutes after I came,
before lie went up stairs; lie remained up
stairs about fifteen minutes, and t re
mained down in tho kitchen; I don't
know whether ho used warm or cold
water in mixing the medicine; it was
darker than water; tho medicine was all
perfectly dissolved. -- . t
Martin- Coover— sworn—l live in
Southampton township; I know defen
dant; I live about a quarter of a mile from'
him; I went to him to borrow a one
horse wagon of him, in iiMay last; I gave
a rap at the door, and- bis wife came out;
sho looked poorly, X thought, sickly, 1
got the the wagon, and took it back on
Tuesday, between eleven and twelve
o’clock; the defendant came out of the
house, and wo sat down on some posts
lying there: I said ‘‘John, you are not
planting corn to'day;” he said his wife
was so poorly; I asked what was wrong,
anti ,bo said she had the old complaint,
heart disease; I asked him how it worked
her, and ho said she had to throw up bo;
I tolil him I thought in heart disease
they don’t throw up; ho said “a hog got
into the lot and sho ran after the hog, on
Sunday evening;” he said she tbrowed
whole baudaful of green stuff up; I told
him I never heard of such a thine; said
I, John didu’t you go for a physician; ho
said he thought it was no use goiug for
that disease; it takes them very sudden,
she’ll die any how, or something of that
kind; I told him if it was ray. wife, I’d
leave everything and go for the doctor.
I know Kate Myers; I have seen her and
Kiehl passing my house. Henry Myers,
Kate’s father, lives about a quarter of. a
mil© from Kiehl’s; Kate Myers was there
doing work for Mrs. Kiehl, back and for
ward.-
Mrs. M. ,J. iSToAKRR, sw.orn— l live
about»*n quarter of a mile from where
Kiehl lived. I saw Mrs. Kiehl on Mon
day evening before she took sick. She
appeared to be very well. Kiehl came to
our house on the following Monday. He,
was planting corn ; X saw him first at
dinner time, and talked to him ;.he said
nothing about his wife. I heard from my
husband that Mrs. Kiehl was sick, about
four or live o’clock iu the afternoon. .On
Monday evening we were going to town,
ami I called to see Mr*. -Kiehl. Kiehl
took me up stairs to see Mrs. Ki.elil. I
found her very ill, which surprised mo
very much., I might have been, there
three quarters of an hour ; sho vomited
too nr I lure times while I was there. It
was straining her about all Iho time when
she would apeak, The vomit was daik
green; I asked Mrs. Kiehl when she £ot
sink, ami she said ou Sabbath evening; I
asked .her if ahe had been 'taking any-
thin# or done anythin#. Mr, Kiehl \yaa
sitting on foot of bod, looking out of the
window. Sho said her undo, Henry My
ers, told her to take some tea ; I offered
to make the lea for her.' She told mo
where to get, it, in a box in the rocvm.—
Kiehl said I should not trouble myself,
he would make it for her. Then wo
talked about doing the evening work; ho
was still looking out of the window. He
said to Mrs. Kiehl bethought they would
not come ; and I said I would do their
milking aucl the evening work, Kiehl
wouldn’t let me do the evening-work,
because I was going to town. Presently
Mrs.Waltnqh came and done the evening
work. Kiehl went down stairs when she
came. I asked Mrs. Kiehl whether she
had done anything about the tea. She
asked me whether I thought a physician
would know what ailed her. Mrs. Kiehl
was wishing for a physician. I said to
Mr. Kiehl it was a pity she couldn’t see
a physician. Ho said to her,*“Sarah,
you often had such spells.” She said,
“No; John, I never had such a spell as
this.” Then Mrs; Waltrich came. I
asked Mrs. Kiehl -if she suffered much
pain. She said she was drawed almost
double with pain; she thought she could
not IWe till morning. Then I left. On
Tuesday morning Mr. Kiehl and I had a
conversation. He came there to plant
corn. 1 told him I would go up and see
ho\y Mrs. Kiehl was ; he said it was too
much trouble. Then be came to me in
the yard; said he was going hbme, and
would go in for Dr. Nevin, and take some
of the medicine she was using with him.
Tf ho was not satisfied with what Doctor
Nevin said; he would see Dr. Bixler.
Ho went away between S and 0-o’clock.
Went to defendant’s house again on
Tuesday evening, and asked him how his
wife was; ho said she was worse; there
had been a great many persons in, and
the talk hurt her. I told him T did not
wish to talk to her, but just to see her, ho
took me up to her room; I asked her how
she was; she said she wasn’t any better,
and wished for a physician; she com*
plained of burning in her throat and diz
ziness; she complained that she couldn’t
see mo; she said she hadn’t as much pain
in her body us she had on Monday even
lug; she said she would burn up if they
wouldn’t give her water to drink; she
bad difiicuUy in breathing, and was la
menting all the lime about difficulty in
breathing; her longue was swollen very
much; I told Iho defendant to fetch the
physician. She vomited while I was
there: the vomit was dark green. .She
throw up as much as she purged; alio was
casing a good bit. and complaining all
the time. I was there when Dr. Nevin
came, on Tuesday evening; T had urged
Kiehl to go for the doctor; I was there
till Dr. Nevin loft. When I left the
house Kate Myers and Jane Myers were
there. I was there again- Wednesday
morning; I found Mrs. Klohl very ill,
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CAunn.TTANnniiiLa.CuujtJi/Aiis.andevoryoUi
dcsciiptton of .Jon and Cauw J-’mitin'j,
' m vomiting, but not so much ns on
f^ue nlio was very distressed lookincr;
licr b >co ' v?us ver y .vellow, I saw her
again on Thursday; al)o «’aa still gutting
worte fin '* wnfi ! ‘' lnk ’ n t f l I ' vn3 ll ' ero
from t’woo’c 1-’Cte nntit evening; she vom
;to<l oi.oe whii. 9 I ™ a 1 wn ? not ’ ip
stairs much. C> evening Mr,
Kielil'omptied (| tt 1 ohnmber site threw up
in, before ho went W u ' u 1,9
came hack, he askerf “ a bo 'T ° ft ® n .Z
thought she had throw U P> ' vben 1
him to fetch the physick' 11 * he went out
to net hD horse; he came In - flml carao “P
stairs, and took thotohambe’r down and
Emptied it; I told himshehnd tbro-.vn trp
-f n „ r .„Xr,x.-a-r,mrs; lie .tl)OH--cm.Ptlcd the.
Crosa £xctmincd.—l saw bei* °d
Mond-iy evening. The field in which
lie was planting was nt our house; lie
could have, gone, to, his hmiao without
my knowing it; I can not say he
went homo on Monday. I knew Mrs.
Kiehl very well. On Monday evening,
Kiehl was in tlio room part of the time.
Slie was not without attention. There
was. no purging while I was .there ou
Monday. When I went there Tuesday
evening ihero was no one in Mrs. Kichl’s
room. • Kiohi was in the kitchen prepar
ing lights. Tie then look me up to her
room. Kate Myers was there that even
ing ; Dr. Kevin Joft her some medicine ;
after Dr. Kevin left, Mr.' Kiehl aud Kate
Myers gave Mrs. Kiehl. a jiowder. I told ,
Mr. Kiehl and Kate Myers to lake good
care of Mrs. Kiehl, for she was very sick;
they thanked mo and said they would; I
went hack Wednesday morning, aud was
there only a few minutes. Mr. Kiehl met
meat the gate, and told mo logo in; ho
was talking to Dr,. Kevm ; X asked Dr.
Kevin how she was; Dr, Kevin said she
was very ill. Kiehl manifested no dislike
to my going to see Sfrs. Kiehl; I can say
nothing aginst him in that respect, Mrs.
Kiehl was a remarkably good housekeeper.
She kept everything neat and clean.
Mri Kiehl aud I gave her coffee ou Wed
nesday. There were other people doing
as much for her as lie was. Kate Myers
and she were cousius.
Mrs. Eliza ICulp— sworn.— l lived
about i mile from where John Kiehl
lived. I went to.see Mrs. Kiehl on Tues
day morning about 9 o’clock ; I first
learned she was eick oh Monday even
ing; from my daughter; I met her aunt,
Mrs. Walt rick ; Mr. Kiehl was not there
when I got there ; I found Mrs. Kiehl in
the kitchen lying on the floor ; she was
‘ very ill; she throwed up once while X was
there; I was only in a few minutes ; sho
was lying there when I left. Mr. Kiehl
came in while I was there; he asked her
whether she was any better; she said not.
He asked her whether she hud taken
her medicine ; she said she did, hut sho
bad to just throw It up. Mrs. Wultrfck
said John you ought to go for a doctor
he said he thought none of the doctors
would come if ho was to go for them.—
Kiehl left, and his wife was still lying on
the floor. She was dying', there when I,
left; Mrs. Waltrick was there when I left;
Mrs. Kiehl yva s not up whilel was there;
she didn’t say she wanted to go to bed.
She threw up in the chamber; it was
setting beside heron the floor. He was
not in very Jong. - He asked her why she
was iying on the fioor;'ahe said she was
too weak to go up ami down stairs; Mrs.
Kiehl was a woman of a great deal of en
ergy and didn’t like do be in bed, i/sho
could be about. Site was a very lino
woman, and a neat, cleanly housekeeper.
Mrs., Susannah Pilgrim, su:orn-~ I
reside In Southampton township, a short
mile from Mr. Kidd's former home. I
hadn’t much acquaintance with Mrs.
Kiehl. I knew John Kiehl when X saw
him. The last time I saw Mrs.Kiehl be
fore her sickness, was in April. ’ Her and
her' sister Mary were washing. I saw her
on Wednesday morning after sho hud
taken sick on Sunday night. Sho was up
stairs in bed. I went to her and shook
hands with her, and I asked her whether
she was sick; She told mo she was, and
I asked her what was her complaint. Who
told me sho had to throw'up so. I then
left her, aud*went down stairs. I asked
Catharine Myers what the Doctor said
ailed her. I wont to Shippensburg, and
came back between 3 and 4 o’clock,. I
culled in to see her again; (hen her moth
er had come, fcjhe still seemed to be suf
fering, abd threw up while I was stand
ing at her bedside. Mrs. Doner handed
the mug to mo, after she was done throw-
iug up,and asked me whether I had over
teen such throwing up from any person,
I told her I had not aeon such from’ any .
person. Xthon asked what the physician
had said, and they said be said
•was hopeless. I then went down stairs
and went home. The vomit was of a -
green color, slimy. I went there again
on Thursday morning, and 1 saw her.
She was very sick. She complained of ft
burning in her throat, from her body up.
She said It was constantly burning. ; She
said her sight was failing. She said, John ,
give me a drink. Alter she had taken a
drink of water, John was sitting on a lit
tle box beside her bed. She turned round
and looked at him, and said, “John, what
la the matter? you look so funny;” and
ho said, “Nothing, Sarah.” She repealed
It, ami said, ‘-‘You look so strange.” Then
Mr. Kiehl burate d out crying. ‘ She then
lamented about the salvation of her soul;
she looked around so anxious, ami he
asked her, “Sarah, do you want a drink?”
She said she d id, and if there was ice she
wanted ice, and they brought the ico—
one of the women went for it. I was
going to give her the ico, ami she said,
“Where's John?” I handed the cup the
ico was iii to Mr. Kiehl, and he gave her
ice. She still said, “Oh, I want more, or
fresh water, for lam burning.” Kiehl
handed the tumbler, and I held her up.
After she had taken the water, she hoked
for vomiting. And they held her up and
held the mug, but she threw up but very
little. She then fell into a slumber, and
after she wakened up,«ho says, “where’s
John ?” Ho said, “Here I am, Sarah.”
She said : “I can’t see you, John,” and
she felt with her hands over his f»ee, and
said: “ Is this you, John ?” I-io then
Itiyiudover her,and shesaid,“Oh, John I”
She then threw her arms around Ins
neck, and mid again “ Oh, John I lunv I
would like to stay longer, if I could.”—
Ho then wept bitterly and loudly over
her, and Mrs. Doner gave him apn-h,
and I said,Mrs. Dorner that 1b hard, and
blu* said “ Well,''he needn’t bawl in her
face now—that she was too weak for him
to ‘hough’ iiis breath in her face—-ho
was too weak to bear his distress. Sho
i hen was so exhausted that she fell asleep.
After sho euuio to, sho asked for a drink