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pTfticth Year-No. 2?2 OGDEN CITY, UTAH TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P M. I
I W0 ISCltSED OF MURDER ON TRIAL HERE
M ' ARE THESE MEN HARDING'S
"BEST MINDS IN U.S."?
r " jfl
d s
rl"i; vi I be in President-elect rTarding'a cabinet! Are these the "boat witnK" in tin? country h
, nas fro..ii.Nl lu- ;vill ..il to his adiuii i trati inf Sj'Gcula'ILbiJ is now rife ;is t,- the personiiel of the cab-,
i.j i. 'I I rri. ,,, ii, any "ikscn Here ;;u- tiie pi.-iures 01 nine pniuhpii 1 1" lyulSUcang lVe(iiently ; n- .
f;onTVPTn'T'r;-li. t pii-'fs. Ri mlmo from upper left down -Herbert Ilouvrr, often mentioned !t tin
pt:t df aeerefar)' or interior, where his eh:giiiiceringM abilities will be git u free play; Henry Cabotj
Iodge, tiieriliqfred; for -secretary of state; Governor Lowden of Illinois, spoken of for. secret af" of treas j
iiry. Senator ECribk. former secretary of state, apain may hold that cabinet position; Klilm Root perhaps;
iaost prominently and frequently mentioned for secretary of state in the Harding cabinel Reading up
on right Will IT, Hays, chairman of 1 1 1 Republican national committee, who is slated as postmaster-gen-1
aral ; senator Capper. Kansas, whose knowledge of agriculture has resulted in predictions that he maj be
th- next secretary of agriculture; former Senator Sothr -Hand, of l't..h. mentioned as a strong cabinet
possibility, and General Wood, picked In many as the next secretary of war
Bi BANKERS KEET
I TO PLftH AID
l FOflSTii'fffl:
Pool of $30,000 000 Proposed
To Relieve Conditions in
Great Industry
CHICAGO, Nov. v. Banker of I
Q . Cliir;ipo and other cities met here to-J
day to complete arrangements for the,
H formation or a $30,000,000 pool to I
help finance the livestock industry
New York. Boston and St. Lxmls banks
BS will be invited to take pari ill the BT-
rnngement, It was announced.
9 The conference Is the outgrowth of;
Hi the plea for aid carried to tne 1. dcra)
reserve board at Washington recentlj
by livestock producers, packers and
bunkers. The bankers said they had j
decided to proceed independently since I
no material aid was obtained In Wash
lngton. It ih proposed to form a corporation
wlih a nominal capital, which will be
B subscribed on a pro rata hasls by the
participating banks. These hank.; will
agree lo furul a definite maximum!
ruin to the corporation foi loaning J
purposes. These quotas also will be I
on a pro rata basis, based upon the
participating banks' capita) and sur- j
Bt plus. T'i corporation, it was said,
will confine lt operations to livestock'
Hj producers whose loans have been call-
Bf ed by the banks and who as a consc-j
JSJI Quence are threatened with the ailer
on native of marketing Immature stock. ,
George M Reynolds, president o( ,
W the Continental and Commercial Na-
pfll tional hank, of Chicago, was mention-,
l cd as likely to head the corporation.
08REGON UNABLE TO
MEET SENATOR HARDING
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 9. it would
be impossible for General Alvaro Ob-1
regon, prestdent-elecl of Mi ico, to
meet Senator V. ) Harding at a hol
der city, even should arrangements for!
.such a conference be completed, said'
statement issued last night from
i. i Obregon'o headquarters. The
it ' Ime Which intervenes before the
.. i i ; uralion of th general and the
e .y of preparing a legislative 1
' program to he submitted to congress
were clvcn as reasons for abandoning
nil thought of meeting the American
, pr sident-eleet.
Assertion was made that General
ohiegon realized the benefits to be
deilvd fiom suf'i mi, imi? and per-
tonally desired it
ounce Eig
M In Cost
of Clothing
PwOCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 9
A reduction of 33 1-3 per
cent in the wholesale price of
clothing is announced by one
or Roches Ler'" largest clc th
irty manufacturing concerns.
The reduction is effective
from November 1 and apphes
to suits and overcoats. It is
said the reduction, which is in
addition to the usual cazh dis
count of 7 per cent, represents
a cut from S33, the opening"
fall wholesale price, to ap
proximately $20.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9. Men's
clothing for immediate deliv
ery was offered today at
prices 10 to 15 per cent below
present wholesale pnce3.
Goods for spring and summer
delivery were shown at prices
10 to 33 1-3 per cent under
those of a year ago. Men's
shirts and similar articles
were shown at greatly re
duced prices
The occasion was the open
ing of the thirteenth semi-annual
buying convention of the
United National Cloihiers in
Chicago. The convention is
being attended by retail cloth
ing dealers from seventeen
middle western and western
states.
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CLERGYMAN DRY SLEUTH
FREED AFTER SHOOTING
WINDSOR, Nov. . The Rev J.
L. Spracklln, prohibition enforcement
agent who shot and Killed Beverley
Trumble, an inn proprietor, in a raid
near here several days ago, was ab
solved i" blame by the coroner'q Jury
.it at) Inquest last flight.
i Th- jr.ry found the clergyman act-
il in self -defense.
BASEBALL 11
i GOES TGFlNiSLi,
SAYS JOHNSON
I
;k-EaiV States New Clubs Will
Take Places of Those
Seceding
KANSAS CITY. Mo., No 'J. War
to a finish was declared here today
! by I'rcnident 13. B Johnson of the
An i rlcan league, and his five "loyal"
I club owners in the fight against the
! formation i n-w twelve-club league.
1 Preside Johnson declared that
' i lui.s would he established in Chi-
cagO, r.oston and New Arork next sea
, .-hi to take the places of the clubs
that have Joined the "New National
league."
j ' We are prepared to give them all
of tho battle th want.' President
Johnson said "The American league
is going about Its busbiteu ami win
have clubs In the eight cities, which
have composed Its circuit for years.
We will nut h u k up for .1 second.
War, in my Judgment, Is the best
I cleaner. I am for It as I believe it
I will clean up baseball Ilka It cleans
I up ever thing else. What the game
' really needs Is to he cleansed of some
: of its undesirable club owners, who
have been a detriment because they
! openly allowed gambling In theli base
j ball parks.
"The National league never had
I any stomach for a fight It In an Im
possible organization," he continued
( "Its politics ruined the old national
commission because John K. Tenor,
j the former league president, could not
get aioim with Chairman Herrmann
of the COmmlSf ion
"The five clubs in the American
.league which remained mc are
the on?y decent element In the major
1 leagues They have fought with me
to stamp out the gambling evil. I got
! no asslstuncc whatever from the
I others."
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ABSCONDING OFFICIAL
OF BANK SENTENCED
CHICAGO, Nov. y. .Tames M. Miles.
I former Vice president of the Standard
; Trust ,sc Savings hank was sentenced
to from one to ten years in th, peni
tentiary -Monday when he pleaded
'guilty to absconding with approxi
mately $300,000 of the bank's funds.
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K.lI XLS I l.l
I . Tl'KlX. Italy. Nov. t. Although the
definite results of the elections are not
ye( known. lh Indications are that the
I Soolallst-Communist ticket will win
with i m&Jorlty of about 3oo.
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Detective R H. Chambers Injured J
v v v 1
VETERAN CITY
DETECTIVE HIT
By AUTOMOBILE
Robert Chambers Suffers
Broken Collar Bone and
Injured Left Leg
iCLYDE RICKER, 2234
MONROE. DRIVER OF CAR
Icy Condition of Street Saves
Policeman From More
Serious Hurts
Roberi Chambers, veteran plain
clothes man of tho ii!'-n p-:lico le
! partmen-, was run over this morning
b an automobile, his collar bone Brok
en and his left leg probably fractured
The automobile was driven by Clyde"
flicker. Monroe avenue. ih pblice
say
The accident took place at Wash
ingtoQ avenv.e and Twenty fourth
street about 6:30 o'clock.
Mr. Chambers v.as removed t bis
borne at 232Q Monroe avenue. He is be
in attended by Dr. Henry Y. Nelsm,
city pbyalcdah.
.Mr. Chambers was on his way to the!
police station to report for duty on
he morning shift was crossing
Washington avenue.
It was i?i.rk end be railed ih sec th-i
approaching car, Tho driver 'old ihe
'police his vision wafl obscured by the
morning haze and ho did not see ih
oificer until too late to avoid striking
blm.
The police say the UgbtB on the- au-
loninbile wer not burning; and this
'accounts for Mr. Chambers not seeing
the machine, they said.
Mr Chambers was knocked u thu
pavement. The ear pa-; d ever hi-i
h ft log He was dragged for about
15 feet or.d had it not been for the
sheet of Ice on the paving, which les
ened the friction, injuri' -i U) Mr
Chambers mity have resulted more
seriously, Dt, Nelson said.
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$30,000,000 ESTATE IS
CAUSING LEGAL FIGHT
BOSTON. Nov. 0 ' The Bupiremc
court has been appealed lo In the con
test for the 80;,(100,000 estate 6f Ed
wanl V. Searles. wealthy recluse of
Methuen, and N w Vol k Cou- d I'oi
the Will, b Which rthur T. Walker
nf New York ih It ft the bulk of ih
estate, have appealed to the higher
court from tho deoi of the Bssex
countv probate court which allowed
issues fijr trial by jur charges Ot Al
bert V yearb-s. ;t Hoston artist, "ml
nephew of the testator, that the wii
h.ii obtained bj fraud and undue In
fluence and that the recluse WOS of
unsound mind when It was made. Al
bert V". Scar) en was given 9260,000 un
der the will, with the stipulation that
he would forfeit all claim If he ;l-
tempted to contest tho Instrument.
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GREEDY OIL COMPANIES
DECIDE TO CUT PRICE
WASHINGTON, Nov. "Over
production" In the United States la
the reason assigned by I'.i Itlnli oil com
panies for an unexpected reduction or
six cents ii gallon tne price OI gaso
line In Great Britain after a sudden
Increase of 14 cents a gallon in Aug
ust, according to advices from the Am
erican chamber of commerce in Lon
don today lo tho department of com-
llieri e
British consumers. however, the
chamber reported. attributed tho
slump to tho investigation of the cen
tral profiteering committee into the
Increase in price-
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POLICE FORCE MAY QUIT:
HE CAN'T FIND A HOUSE
ESSEX FAL.1.S N. J., Nov. 9 The
police force Of tin village has threat
ened to resign unless he can find a
"real liable house' In n'hlcfa lo maKe
his home When off duty. Samuel Mul
lins ig his name.
Mulllne formerly was only half the
police force, but his partner. Henry
Cluy skidmore, resumed October i be
cause he couldn't find suitable lodg
ings. Tho borough council Intends to
adopt a resolution providing for the
erection of two buses. Then the city
fathers will double tho present size of
the police force.
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VGBD BANKER DIES,
SACRAMENTO, Cal Nov 9. Will
lam Beckman, who hud the distinction
In hanking circle.-, of being the. oldest
bank president i" the United states.
in point of service ,!'. t here Muml.c
llu was Sfl years of age and had been
president of the Peoples' Savings bank
inns 1 1 7 u.
SLEUTH TRAILS '
I DUKE Al GIRL
TD PARIS HOTEL
Daughter of W. K. Vandcrbilt
Gets Decree from En
glish Nobleman
DUCHESS FAILS TO
APPEAR AT HEARING
Detective Who Shadowed Hus
band Principal Witness at
Divorce Suit Trial
I LoMkiN, Nov. P. The Puchess of
! Marlborough, formerly Conmiel i 1,'c
derbllt, daughter of . K. Vanderbllt,
WaS today aWfirded a decree of divorce
.from the luk- of Bin rlborough.
Allegations Of desertion and nis
COllduct were made by the duchess.
Formal denial of th cii-r-.- -. w.
jmnde bj the duke's counsel, but no
'evldexre wis takep. The duchp.' also
i was awarded the costs of the action.
( It U.l. DESERTION.
Tho charge of desertion w:is based
on the dukes disobedience of lh or
der f"r the restitution of conjugal
rights which the dUChesa obtained last
March. Tho case lasted only tfwenty
four injnuteu, Sir Edward Carson ap
pearing for the duchjessi and Robert
Kayford for the duke'.
j Only two witnesses were called un
jEngtiStl detective who watched Ulen
ihtUlll pu!ue.o. Ihr duke's residence, und
rghadowed tiie duke and .i companion
ion .i trip in Paris, and a solicitor's
cleru who witnessed the service of the
(court papers on the defendant.
I( UI1JES6 Mil PHERE.
I Sir Edward Carson explained to the
couii that t:io duchess was Indisposed
land was no: in fil physical condition
Uo appear, .lust. re 1-iorrldge, presld
ilijfg", commended sir Edward's state
! nu n; that "v.v v,-i very anxious that
Ithr duchess should be present add
iing "the" plaintiff's coupsel is right
in showing the duch as is willing to
appear the same as any one el3e.
si. El i ll .i i s B IOENCE
The di.iv. occupied a front seal in
the court room
Evidence was given that the duke
h.id occupied a room in a promlin I
hotel In Paris on February ZS, last,
with s woman who the detective ds
scribed ji.s "twenty-four or twenty-fiv
years of agf." The woman as not
I na nice!
I Unless other proceedings are Instl
j gated bj the duke, the decree award
ed today automatically, bec omes abso
lute at t!... . nil ni si- months,
'No- marriage or consuelo Vander
bllt apd tho duke took place in New
Vork in November. lSitft.
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WAR DEPARTMENT CAN'T
LOAN ARMY TENTS TO
RELIEVE HOUSING LACK
i
WASHINGTON. Nov 9. Offl
i ialc of he wur department said
1 today that th request of the mu
I njctpal authorities of Los Angeles
I for a loun of .i000 army tents lo
relieve th- housing situation In
that city had not yel real bed the
j department. It was sjiid, however,
that the request could not be
granted owing to definite provis
ions in the law restricting the use
of army tents and barracks to
military purposes with the SXcep-
tlon of loans of tents to veterans
I of the civil war.
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PERUVIAN SENATORS 'MIX'
DURING HOI DISCUSSION
PI. MA Peru. Nov. S Disorder
brol out in tiie Peruvian senate today
Idurlg a di.- iiH.sion of the budget and
,a,, serious (lid flic situation become
that the president was forced to sus
p nd the meeting An encounter be
tween S-nstors Miguel Grau h nd Roger
Pujan Kippoll precipitated the Inci
: dent.
Senator Grau has made public a
statement censuring the government
' which, he declares, has been exercis
ing a "most outrageou dictatorship''
i;ind the senate, which wan asserted '
j be violating the constitution. The
statement has created a sensation.
. 1 in
ITALIAN NOTABLE DIES
IN CLASH WITH POLICE
.MILAN Italy, Nov P. Carlo ROSSl.l
la prominent barrister and editor of
I the newspaper SecolOi was killed and
several persons were wounded in .1
olash between the police a ml Socialists I
during a demonstration hem last night.
; Lator, one of the men engaged in the
I demonstration tried to tour down the
I national flag from a balcony of the
j Liberal association building and In thc
; I Igiu i bar resulted one man was klll-j
1 ",j and several Injured.
I TURIN, Pl. Nov 9 During a
I clash between Socialists and Liberal
I lu re i.ist night, shots ere exchanged
P. ... .hero u'nrf -nine, CSdBU-li-M - J
HORSE TRAINED
IN BOOTLEGGING
SEIZED SN RAID
FORT SMITH, Ark., Nov 9
I A horse trained for beetles- 1
ring was conliscated in south-1
aastem Leflore county, Okl.iho
ma, Sunday, by John Tisdale, i
federal prohibition enforcement
officer with headquarters here.
A still of 100 gallon capacity
wag seized in the same raid.
Mr Tisdale said the horse. ,
with jut a rider, carried the
whisky in saddle bags from the
still to a rendezvous, whtrcthc
purchaser of Ue liquor relieved
he arjirnal of it? load.
! 4 , 1 4-
PilTPU CTDH'C
Uu 1 brl b I rilVL
io sin- m
of mmm
Bolshevik 'Misslortaries' C.ross
Oyer Hoi and to Reach
U. S. Is Belief
i
ROTTBRIMM, Nov. Holland
i has pstablinhed a B''at cordon alon
Hip German frontier t rfevnt U:--
Influx of a large n'umb'ef or Itussin
Ho1shevlk :ii:er.ts firjm German)
Tli nvy puarda arr ntalntHUldd so that
persons wishing to cross the boun
dary In either direction must -n.iss
through frontier posts and over i -1
ogiiised highways. Those who at
tempt surreptlciously to bross run the
risk of bollix shot.
PRE I Til ) N 8 I M..
These precaujbioi hav tailed, bow
I ever, to choiv the movonrent of soviet
! aKcnis. .Men whom the pQl'ee would
like to Interview have been seen In this
ciij and Amsterdam .but when tir
police b t their dragnet tot their
(tiiarry. Mic nun wanted have Utterl;
vanished. I-nter there usually came
Information that the suspects have
been found In Germany ; nd an on
their way to the Russian tcontb r.
Th; aya.ein followed resembles tiie
1 "undersround jpailroad" by which f -
gltlve slaves moved through north
; rn stales to Canada In the days b.--foie
the American civil war.
l Mi! RGROl M i SKb.
The "underground rallcoad" is ut.it-
heed by soviet agents to bring into
Holland bolshev ik miasiomirli B, '
who are lo make .itti DtlptS to h-.h h
Amerii.a There appears to be ;l con-
stant current of these men crossing
and cecrossing the frontier Evorj
, iiiejin of i tting them Into Holland
is used. During rei.ni ciouths many
poles have gone to America and some
of them have been deserters from
Genera) Pilsudsklfs armies, it le nad
regUlarly organized bureaus were es
tablished to help these men evade
military duty and go forward Into
tlollahd, and that among them were
! many bolshevik agents.
IVOl LD Rl l l 1 1 N HKDH.
Reports have been received here
thai many bolshevik sympathisers who
Were last year deported as uiideslr
I aides from America are to be returned
'to that country. Police officials assert
ft special bureau has been en ited
here to lake care of this class of " mi
; grant. ' and carry out carefully laid
i plans for getting the a Itators back
j into the L'nlled States.
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IDAHO MUST REMAIN
IN ZONE OF PACIFIC
TIME, IS U. S. RULING
WASHINGTON. Nov. B. Tho
petition of the Idaho public utili
ties commission asking that Idaho
be placed in the standard moun
tain time lone rather than in the
Pacific time zone was denied to- 1
day by the Interstate commerce
commission.
To change the limits of the lime
.one. the commission said, would
result in seriously distorting tl.
several zone boundaries which
should coincide as nearly as is
reasonably practicable1 with the
respective meridians, having 11
gurd for the convenience of com
merce and the existing junction
and division points of Interstate
common carriers.
U. S. CRUISER AGROUND
AT S. AMERICAN PORT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. The pro
tected cruiser Cleveland, attached to
the newly organized squadron on duly
in a tin-American waters, la aground
I i the harbor at I'artagona, I'olumbla.
the nav) department vas advised today.
DRUGGIST SAYS 1
IE SOLO POISON 1
TOISJMI I
excitement in Court Room
When Attorney Refuses to
Give Up Register M
ACCUSED AWfTfwn
CHILDREN IN COURT
Doctor on Witness Ntancl Says
tlusband's Death was
Due to Arsenic I
The testimony of an Idaho druggist jl
that he had sob', one-half ounce of poi- 'j
son to Mrs, Lauj i Barker prior to the- tj
death of her husband and the excite- n
1 jnent cause. I when Attorney Georgf-
Uulverson rff'-c'. to surrender poi- Til
snn regiuter these were the features j
irf the preliminary hearing this morn- 1
of Mrs. Barker, m Ogden woman. I
charged with fn devrree murder In S
i connection with the death of her hus-
I band. Chfrles l.cc Barker, at ihe Dee
1 l:osint"l. .Inly 0. l.i ,t. wl
Jnsf before the morning session was (sl
ed, then wor spirited atguments liH
as lo whether Connly Attorney ii.it.-, Vl
r i Driversatlon with the doctor just nH
j before Barker's death. HH
What this conversation was has not H
. been announced Counsel for the wo-
i '.s-cteii to this evidence being ll
ttrodticcd Judge David Tt. Roberts '
I whs to give hN decision as to the ad-
1 mlesnbility of this evidence at this af- IH
session.
WOMAN IS C T,M.
Apparently unconcerne'd with tho
I proceedings', Mr- Barker listened, to
'testimony at her hearing ;it the city
Notbijig in the woman's rtemeaitbr
would tend to Indicate thai sRe wflRt
other thuii a spectAtor at the trial. She
-at within the Inclos ire that sepajnatei
actual court room from 1 h speef
ators benches, Two of her children, a
Key and :i girl. s:it nt her side. At
- during the trial. Mrs. Barker
talked boy. apparently ex-
changing pleasantries with him.
(.PI.
Mrst Bnrker chewed gum through
out this morning's proceedings. Se -oral
persons with whom she was nc
iiinintcil entered the ourt room ns
snectatoi"S to the trial. She greeted
m i'b a nod of hi;- head.
tcstlihony of Chnrles F. .McDonald, a
druggisl of Bancroft. Idaho. He testi
tied 'bit Mrs Harker h;id appeared at
hi.- s ore May -'- list, arid had pur-
t half an ounce of arsenic. She
I sti 'cd that she wanted the poison to
Biiuirrels.
McDon dd ) Btlfted that from l.'-'O to
j 1.S0 of a grain of arsenic was the us
I unl dose prescribed by doctors. Half
an ounce of the iipison. be claimed,
I would be sufficient for 12.000 dqses.
l XCTTKMF..S jM
Tln re w;is some mont win n
Vttorney Halv ?rson look charg of Ihe
I
rending eivmo tho book. Couhtj
Attorney Joseph V.. BAtes objected to
this reading as not per.lntmt the
JUdge Roberts sustained the
count) ttttorijey'B objection. Ualvei
-'.11 I'efll.sed to jlVC UP Hi" l.'OOK.
; lutchinu it seemingly though it was
i to be lorn from him. The lodge di
reCted thai Deput Sheriff 11. H. Wool!
tori take the reifister. The'V were
I more words but just wiivn It looked
like there might be a ci:i-v of coai
tempt the poison regl8t r 6
and peace reUroed.
DRUGGIST'S TESTIMONY
McDonald testified regrdhic the
proceedure h usually weui through In
ih s.,io of poisons He said that he
Cirsl obtained the signature of the per
son who vv.i- purchasing Lhs poison.
; He then went to put up Ihe order an I
' upon his return wrote the time, quan
I tity of )iolson and the use for .he poi
I son. He said that Mr. Barker WC
I T. r il hesitancy in signing her nnmc
to the register. She at first signjd
I "Mrs. Barker." he stated, and after
ward, upon his suggestion! inserted the
name "Lee "
DOCTOR MM D.
Following the taking of McDonald
testimony, Dr. R B. Worrell was- call
led to take tiie stand. Dr. Worrell teS
, Ufled that he had made several visits,
I at least three, to the Barker home. M
prior to tho removal of his patient to
the hospital. The patient. Dr. Worrell
stated was removed to tho hospital 'M
' shortlv after noon on July 9. Between
i 3 and " o'clock the same afternoon, the
patient
Dr WoVrell assumed responsibility
for Mr lkirker's absence frOm the 1
hospital, stating that he had believe, I
thai the patient would not die Imme-
lliately, and had telephoned to Mrs.
' Barker that there was no need for her
Immediate presence.
In Worrell stated that during his
second and third visits to tho Barker
' home several neighbors were present.
:isi.stmg In the care of the sick man.
One of these neighbors, whose name
Dr Worrell did riot know, was present
at the lime of Barker's death. TWO
liours prior to the death of .Mr. Barker.
Dr. Worrell, together with City Phv -Slcian
tl W. Nelson, took the contents
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