Show ELLA CREAMERS DEATH an inquest held and tho the facts Bri brought out TOMMY NEEDHAM IS THE FATHER OF miss mias BABY IT WAS LEFT AT DR BENEDICTS BY MISS BALL an inquest was field today to day over the remains of ella M creamer ithe i he young girl gir I 1 who died at miss H hays sair 8 e second south street on saturday george F bedoka brook wm W turner and jesse W hardy were called as jurors juror and were sworn in by coroner george J taylor the investigation was conducted conducts at the house honse where the unfortunate woman died the body of the deceased s still there encased in a plain coffin she was a tall brunette of medium build and attractive appearance her young lace now pale in death shows visible traces of physical suffering in berlat her last hours at tile opening of the inquest dr J A nesbitt was the first witness he testified that he had bad seen the ohp deceased whose name he be understood to be eila M creamer an sunday about 1 arn am he was called up and went to mrs Sh ulers house on the state road he said JERRY called me and said he be thought it was a case of miscarriage when 1 I 1 got there I 1 saw miss creamer who told me she had had bad pains but while I 1 was there half an hour she had bad no pain about 5 am I 1 was called again when I 1 went down I 1 found a female child was born I 1 attended to it miss creamer was quite beai mr richardson and I 1 placed her ber on en the bed and she fainted but regained consciousness in a few minutes I 1 administered medicine but her condition was waa not good T I 1 re maibec till 8 pm did not see her ber till next day monday when s he be wa apparently parent ly all right the child was taken away on sunday evening dr white was called during sunday on evening evenio gl I 1 called again and she was still all right on tuesday morning I 1 called but she was gone I 1 sa san no more of her ber till after she was dead the first time I 1 called on her there was a young woman in the room the second time mr Itle bardsen was there I 1 think she had proper attention the child was BORN prematurely I 1 think dont think anything had been administered to produce premature birth I 1 do not know where the child was placed it was very small and was perhaps a seven months child have no idea of the cause I 1 saw miss mish creamer a couple of years ago she has no relatives here I 1 knew her father in nevada do not koo know any thins thing of the child left at dr bern diets further than that it was a girl dr white testified rhe he was called on monday forenoon miss creamer complained of pain and I 1 attended to her affording bellef this was at mrs Sh ulers I 1 next saw her at miss djs halls on tuesday evening it was not a miscarriage but a premature birth I 1 dont know that I 1 saw the child yes es I 1 did see a cb child ild I 1 ASKED NO QUESTIONS considering that the less I 1 knew of euch things the better belter I 1 saw a child on tuesday at miss halls I 1 judged it to be a seven months child when I 1 cameon came on tuesday she had been annoyed by officious women I 1 quieted her she was all right till friday when through the curiosity of if some women he was excited took worse and died I 1 did not ask who the father of her childe was I 1 heard beard jerry richardson ask her if he was its father and she said no if she had been leti left quiet I 1 think she would haye recovered I 1 did not ask questions because I 1 received an untruthful ANSWER to the first she seemed greatly troubled in mind I 1 never knew her name till after she died I 1 at tended to her as a charity chancy patient the moving and the excitement tended to cause the death I 1 know nothing of the father of the babe miss creamer may have caught cold by being rem removed ovea it certainly DID HER NO GOOD she should not have been removed mr richardson did you not s say ay doctor that it would be safe to move her dr white no I 1 did not I 1 was sever never asked regarding such a step you told tola me you were going 0 ng to move her and I 1 asked you to let et me know where you took her to I 1 refused at ali faist st to attend to her because she was dr Nes bitts patient bad she been my patient I 1 should have forbidden her removal jerry richardson tes testified tided one of the doctors I 1 dont remember which said it was safe to remove her she wanted to be changed miss hall and I 1 carried her to the hack back I 1 have known miss creamer about three years her father is in idaho I 1 telegraphed to him she came to me two or three weeks ago and told me her condition I 1 adv isett her to leave town this she would hot do and I 1 told her to confide in some woman she did so and the woman advised her to leave she tried to keep herself from disgrace I 1 think her GOING TO THE LAKE so often was the cause of the premature birth she had once fallen from a sofa at the place she was boarding and a young man she was scuffling with fell on her causing her considerable pain she told me she thought the cold water of the lake had caused her sickness she came to my room about 11 II 11 pm on saturday and told me she was suffering and thought she would give birth to her child I 1 wanted her to go to the ake woman she had confided in but she would not I 1 told her that her staying there would be bad on me and she remarked that I 1 would not throw her in the street I 1 let her come in ili 1 she seemed bent on keeping it a secret and made me promise to do so so fa far as I 1 was conce concerned ined I 1 gave her the sofa handshe lay down at her request I 1 WENT FOR fora A PHYSICIAN and called dr nesbitt who came after the birth of the child she suffered so much tm that I 1 went for dr white she was in the room alone when the child was born after that she was attended by one or two ladies mrs hull came on sunday morning and miss hall on monday my object in moving her was to keep the excitement down as my room was not a good place for her as there were so se many people about she was greatly disturbed she always came to me when she was in trouble she once lived with my mother she was moved on monday night about 1130 we handled bandied her as carefully as aa we could coroner taylor do you know what was done the child mr richardson evasively I 1 dont know where it is 40 coroner oraner taylor you know who took it away mr richardson after a pause yes sir pir another pause A millionaire alie here her whose name I 1 do not know took the child he be did dick not want its paren parentage lage known I 1 dont know what oay day it was SUNDAY OR MONDAY it was her desire that the mao man should take ohp cald she be was verv higi high spirited and wilful and I 1 yielded to her wishes because she ahe was waa ho bu weak coroner taylor who took boox the child away mr fr Rici richardson ardson paused then answered hesitatingly it was taken irom from the house by miss hall she was asked to deliver it somewhere I 1 saw the man he came the second time on monday I 1 dont know what day he be came first lie he got the child monday night tie he was a tall man I 1 under stand the child has been taken to new york the child was not brought to miss halls with tile the mother it was brought to the house bouse the man came about 9 miss creamer was moved between 11 and 12 the man talked to miss hall the child ma may have been taken tuesday night J 1 say I 1 kept track i I 1 have been by miss creamers bedside most of the time I 1 am not a married man I 1 was only her friend I 1 have seen seen her at the lake 1 but never took ner her there I 1 danced with her AT LAKE PARK one wednesday night that was two months ago she has been there since and va was as left there on one occasion all night she told me of it the next day my mother is now in wyoming M miss 1 creamer never told me who was the fattier father of the child that is not directly she exonerated me nobody asked who the fattier father was two women who came to the houss house asked if I 1 was and she said no I 1 want anything to do with the child and tried to shield the girl she did not nurse it the man who took the child left tor for the east on thurid thursday ay mor morning Ding I 1 want to know who the father of the child was I 1 was in this city all last winter I 1 am a stock raiser I 1 also teach pupils on the piano I 1 was with miss creamer until she died except the night before when the two strange women came in it caused her a severe shock and she went into hysterics these women forced their way in and she ahe grew worse till she died on saturday noon I 1 dont know of her taking any medicine except that given by dr nesbitt the child looked healthy to me it SQUALLED LOUD ENOUGH when miss creamer was at my room she refused to permit me to callin call in mrs shuler mrs sarah hull te testified stifled I 1 attended miss creamer on sunday I 1 do bot know of any other facts than the witnesses have testified to I 1 lawent went to attend miss creamer on sunday afternoon I 1 was acquainted with her did not remain constantly there miss hall relieved roe me I 1 called on miss creamer on monday afternoon re maimed three hours houra and was relieved by mr richardson did not see the baby on monday afternoon the mother made no statement to me as to who was its father I 1 saw the child on sunday and clothed it it seemed perfectly healthy know nothing of it its being taken away its mother did not want to see it she was terrified when it cried lest she titi should be discovered I 1 only partly washed it but owing to the effect its cries had on the mother wrapped it up again in the blankets where I 1 found it miss misa creamer formerly boarded with me and then went to mrs Crock wells I 1 dont know whether the child LEFT AT DR DK BENEDICTS was miss creamers or not some people suspect that it is miss creamer has lived all the summer at mrs Crock wells she has been at the lake frequently and told me it had been a great grat injury to her ber 1 never suspected her condition she was h high h spirited and proud I 1 do not know zoo who la 18 the father of her child dont suspect any particular person she told me she looked on mr Richards onas as a brother miss emma hall testified the state ments made by those who have tied fled are correct as far as I 1 know of them I 1 brought the child to this house and nd washed and dressed it that was on bu sunday day evening I 1 cared for mis creamer all the time after that I 1 sal eay ag as mr richardson has done about the child I 1 talked to the man who took it never asked ask edbis name ame he took the child himself on mad monday evening I 1 have not seen it since have heard that the parties who took it have gone to new york I 1 SWEAR TO ANYTHING about the infant left on dr benedicts steps I 1 am sot hot certain it was not Miss dreamers child the man who took it came and asked for it he looked at it rem irking that it was a nice looking baby he asked who its father was and I 1 told him I 1 did not know lie he did not see the mother she was asleep at the time I 1 dont know how he learned about I 1 the be child he was a tall light complexioned manT man I 1 L understood he was wealthy lie he did ejot tell me anything except that the child would be cared for he left no money for the mother the child was taken away before the mother came the man came here only oice he was going ging into the room to see seethe the na otier but as she was asleep lie he did not go I 1 dont know how he wot away juror brooks you are making contradictory statements why do you on lay ia ibe child was taken away beare before the mother was brought to your i h house ouse and then say fray that two hours before she came the man started in to see her but did not because she was asleep miss hall the mother was here bore when aher the child was taken away the man was about thirty I 1 should say I 1 never saw him in miss creamers company I 1 have chave e SEEN REM HIM IN TOWN during daring the summer miss creamer left no word for her parents she was satisfied with what was done with the child she did not want to keep beep it when the man went away I 1 do not think anyone saw nim mm take the baby its mother knew he was here she gave me her ring and told me to wear it alwaes I 1 have known her since february have seen her at the lake frequently my sister has been with her she was in the water three weeks week sago aeo wiss miss hall sister to the preceding witness and several others were next examined bu but t nothing g additional dit ional was elicited from them emma hall was recalled re called city attorney farguson had come in and aid after some desultory questioning he asked it a fact that YOU TOOK THE CHILD away yourself miss hall hesitating and bursting into tears yes she then said she would tell all the truth after sobbing awhile she said she tell any more unless gus king came she proceeded to say that gus king kine came and said he had a place for far the child he was to come at a certain time but failed and miss hall went after him he balue and suggested taking it to dr benedicts and said it would not do for h him im but he told miss hall to do it he promised to attract the doctors attention while she deposited the baby at his house she went at 11 and laid the child on the step rang the bell bel and waited till she saw a light coming down stairs then she left she wrote the letter herself gus king told her next day the child had bad been taken by a millionaire to new york miss hall then went on OB ella told me before she died the name of the father of the child it was TOMMY NEEDHAM atthe at the close of this witness testimony the jury took a recess till 5 pm and summoned gus king to be present |