Thomas J. Workman M.D. sworn. I was attending a case at Mr. Baum's a few days before I was called to this case. On my visit on Wednesday morning Mr. Baum informed me that his cook was lying up and asked me to see if there was any thing the matter with her. I stepped out with him to her room and examined her. I told him I did not see that there was much the matter with her, that she was a little hysterical or might be, there seemed to be very little the matter with her, seemed to be depressed in spirit and sighing which led me to suppose she was hysterical. Baum thought there was nothing the matter with her, that she got contrary at times and done the same way, that she would lay up some time and then go to her work again. He did not seem to be satisfied with what I told him as he asked Dr. McCan[?] to go up the same morning to see her. I was at dinner when Baum came down for me again. He said that the woman was crazy or acting very foolishly and asked me to go up and see her. While we were going up he told me that he had asked Dr. McCan up. That was the first time I knew that he had asked McCan to go up, that McCan had seen her and though there was very little if any thing the matter with the negro. I understood him to say that Dr. McCan had advised him to give the woman a flogging, that he had done so, and that it had made her worse. We found her in the yard when we arrived at the house standing by the wood pile. He had ordered her to keep in the house as it was a rainy day. As soon as the negro saw us approaching she became violently agitated, clapper her hands together and commenced drying, a real hysterical paroxysm came on, dropped on her knees and begged him to forgive her. She was laboring under a good deal of excitement and seemed greatly distressed about something. Baum & I then asked her what was the matter? Why she did so? She answered Oh Master I woke up a little while ago and heard the dinner bells ringing and begged him to forgive her. She expressed the idea that she had over slept herself and did not have the meals ready and that was what she wanted him to forgive her for. Baum says are you going to be a good negro? She answered 'yes' He said you have done bad, and I had to whip you for it. Are you going to be good now? She said 'yes.' He said yes [?] Miley of course I'll forgive you, and giving her his hand they shook hands on it, and in a very kind manner told her to go in her house and lie down, that tomorrow you can go to work. I at that time put out a dose of calomel for her and afterwards sent up a vial of assafactida for her. I think before I left I got her to take a dose of laudanum. She seemed willing to do anything. We then walked together into his parlour and on the way he said "there is nothing the matter with that negro." He brought in, in support of his opinion, the opinion of Dr. McCan. I told him I thought there was after we got into the house where Mrs. Baum was. They said "Doctor you don't know this negro," and commenced to tell me what they thought was the matter with her. I heard Dr. McCan say that he had recommended Mr. Baum to flog the negro woman for the purpose of controlling and subduing her, and that I made no objection to it. T.J. Workman M.D.

D.T. Mahaffy[?] sworn. She was brought to the jail between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday morning last. Mr. Baum gave her a few strikes on Saturday evening which could not have inured any person. Daniel T. Mahaffy