tness, half sobbing. This was also ruled
out, and the witness was admonished to restrain herself, and to
confine her remarks to answering questions of counsel. She went on to
say that she had received letters from time to time from the girl,
post-marked from New York, but she had never discovered her address,
nor seen her alive after they separated. In these letters, Miss Sloane
had told her mother "not to worry," that she was "doing very well and
hoped soon to do better;" that "my friend, the Doctor, has been very
kind to me," and other passages of this nature. But there was never
any allusion to a marriage, nor to Dr. Medjora as intending to marry
her.

Under cross-examination, which was rather brief, she admitted that
since her daughter left home, she had had no knowledge of her except
through those letters, and that therefore she did not know,
positively, that the girl had not been married. It was also made to
appear that the girl had never been very happy in her home, and had
frequently, even before her acquaintance with Doctor Medjora,
expressed her determination to "leave home at the first chance." She
also admitted, reluctantly, that she knew nothing, positively, against
the character of the accused, "except that it was plain to be seen
that he was a villain with no respect for a woman." This, of course,
was stricken out.

The undertaker, who had originally taken charge of the body, was
placed upon the stand, and testified that he had not removed the body
from the house, when he was notified by the Coroner to retire from the
case. Neither he, nor his assistants, had used any embalming fluid,
nor had they injected any fluids whatever into the body before they
gave it into the care of the Coroner's physician. He swore that it was
the same body which had been shown to him as that of Mabel Sloane,
that he had given to Dr. McDougal.

A few more witnesses were called in corroboration of minor details,
and to protect the case of the prosecution from technical flaws of
omission, and then Mr. Munson announced that their side would rest.

The crowd in the court-room leaned forward, as Mr. Dudley arose, eager
to hear him open for the defence, as they supposed that he was about
to do. Instead of this he addressed the court as follows:

"May it please your Honor, we must request you, before permitting the
prosecution to rest, to instruct that Dr. Fisher be called as a
witness."

"Dr. Fisher, your Honor," said Mr. Mun