Show I I i I M Th Cause of ol Mysterious Death inDes in inDes inDes Des Moines Carried Carded to toS to Supreme Tribunal l. l S W Washington Feb Nine G.-Nine Nine years after the body of MISS Miss Mabel Scho- Scho SchofIeld Schofield field was found foun under the most mys mysterious circumstances in a a. bayou on on ott the outskirts br OT Dos Don MoInes Iowa the Court of the United States today took up tho problem of ot solving the mystery and ln of or meting meUng out justice jus- jus jus justice jus tice Uce to her accused slayer cr Charles Thomas S S Miss 1 Schofield was just out of her teens when she went ent to Des MoInes only a few fow weeks before her tragic end Her beauty attracted much attention at at- but tho the notice of ot the entire city was vas not drawn to her until her body fully dressed with and nd gloves on was found in a to v T tt of ot the Des Moines river just a vf al-vf v j the dam In the tho city of or Des 1 The Identification was easily mada madO S The p public bUc was divided In elt 1 between n murder and suicide as tho cause cau e. e In January Ja uary 1902 Thomas ayoung a ayoung young oung man W was 8 charged before a magistrate with the murder It was with his mother that Miss 1 Schofield had lived during the few tew weeks that she had l' tried to make a living In Des Moines Ho was discharged ed but the tho matter was brought before successive grand Juries jurIes' without avail until December 31 31 1901 1904 when Thomas was Indicted He lie was convicted on trial The star witness against t him was Dr W W. S. S Taylor who testified to a conversation with Thomas I saw him afterward at my office omco on Locust street said Taylor in speaking of ot rh Thomas om a fl lIe He wanted to know OW why in hell I didn't come when he lie left the call for me and said ala he ha lied had given too man many knockout drops that ho didn't Intend to that It was a n mistake It The Thc Supreme court will be calleon called calle on o 0 decide whether Thomas had a a. alair lair fair trial by jury In char charging the tho Jury the Judge ju ge directed that the tho verdict verdict ver ver- dict diet must bo be guilty of or murder in the first degree or not guilty Claiming that the jury jUlY must determine whether I the poison polson was waa administered by mistake mistake mis mis- take toko or in tn good faith and consequently consequent consequent- ly on the degree of ot punishment Thomass Thomas's attorneys contend that their client was denied a true trial by tho thoI Jury |