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1SENSATIONALDevelopments in Taggart Case Continue Scandalous—Testimony of ia Orrville Witnesses Interesting. | ?SATURDAY.Perry Rope, Wooster lad, testified he had seen Mrs. Taggart buy and give beer to her children at Koch’s saloon. Mrs. Taggart later had him arrested for perjury. He was released on $300 bail furnished by Edd S. Wertz.1According to the deposition of a [ j nurse in Christ hospital, Cincinnati, Mrs. Taggart said to her that she had received the attention of a prominent senator in Washington and others high in official life.Cross examination of nurse. Said Mrs. Taggart was in hospital several months, was a bed patient for a few days. Nurse says cause was a mysterious one.The deposition of Caroline Schollen-berger taken at Cincinnati. Age 37 years and resides at Winton Place. I was a trained nurse. I was employed at Christ hospital. I know Grace Taggart. Saw her in 1900. I was attending her as a nurse. Her case was different from other cases. I did not know what the trouble was. Smyser asked why her case was different from Sterling’s case or “any other female’’ who was there? This caused a ripple of laughter.Anna Pierce, a superintendent of Christ hospital, then deposed. She had charge of all hospital records. She read the hospital record of Grace Taggart. Date of admission, May 9, 1900. Name, Miss Grace Taggart. Case, private. Diagonsis, cysittis, vagimites, Bartholinutes. Treatment, poultices sedatives, bitter tonic. Discharge,11June 21, 1900.Clerk Esselburn then swore Mrs. Peter Everly, a very aged lady from Orrville, wife of the former proprietor of the National house. She knew Mr. and Mrs. Taggart, lived near Morrow Taggart’s. Wm Taggart was about frequently “just as though he lived3
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Orrville Courier
Orrville, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 11, 1905
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