The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08
Trial OF Mrs. Wharaon.--A Scene Du.
ring the Cross.Examination or DR..

ANsApoLIs, MD. January 5.-Thc court
met at 10 O'Clock. The cross-examination of
DR.. Warren was resumed, particularly in re-
gard to the number Of cases Of cerebrG-spinal
meningitis coming under his observation in
Baltimore the past year, the age of the pa
tents, the symptoms and LESSONS Of the dis
ease, and the post mortem appearance of the
brain and spinal chord. Witness stated the
number Of cases coming under his observa:
ton at six, of which only one proved fatal.
This was the fulmenant form; the others
were ordinary cases. "A number of authori-
ties were cited treating Of meningitis, and
witness was asked his opinion in regard to
the views expressed by the several authors.
Witness was further examined on diseases of
the brain and the difficulty of ascertaining
the exact cause of death where 40 LESSONS
were discovered. .
While this subject was under considcrl-
tion Acknowledgement Syster remarked to
witness tllat q doctor ought to be able to give
an opinion of disease without making mis-
takes. ..
Witness: "They are as capable as law
yer" r .
Attorney General: doctors mistakes are
buried six feet under ground; lawyers are
not"
Witness: "But they are sometimes hung
on tree" --...-.-.----,,s s--~.-.-
After the witness had been cross-eXamined
in reference to the sensitiveness of the skin
and other symptoms. OH all Of which he had
been cross-eXamined yesterday, Attorney
General Syster asked the Doctor, "What fee
do you get in this case?"
Witness: "What fee?"
Attorney General: "Yes, sir; what fee do
you get us witness ?"
Witness. "I don't get any fee as wit
ness"
Attorney General: "Don't you expect to
be paid:' .
Witness: at is customary in England
and other places i'll important criminal cases
to employ respectable experts and"
Attorney General: "Doctor, we don't
want TO hear what is customary in England
we arc not there. What do you get as wit
ness? Don't you expect to be paid?"
Witness: "Yes, expect to be paid. ]
have been called away from my business to
testify, and expect to charge such 4 sum a
will remunerate me for my being called
away from my business
Acknowledgement: what do you get,
SIR"
Witness: 81 don't know
Acknowledgement: "Has not the amount
been fxcd?"
Witness: "No, sir; it has not. expect
to be paid as the witnesses for the State arc.
Attorney General: "Do you mean to say
that witnesses for the State are paid for testi-
flying here:"
Witness: "Yc>, sir; have heard So"
Attorncy-G cncral: Heard so? Who told
YOU, and who are the witnesses"
Witness then said he had been told by Dr..
Morri: that Dr. Williams was paid rs 4 medi.
cal expert for the State. The cross-eXamina-
ton was concluded at l O'Clock, when DR..
Warren asked permission to make ali cXpla-
nation, which WAS granted. Witness then
said that last summer. without solicitation OIL
his part, lie was called upon by one Of the
gentlemen Of tic counsel for the defence,
who appealed 10 him, III The interests Of Jus
tice and humanity, to Investigate. The
Attorney General remarked that this was not
evidence, end hc saw no necessity for al eX-
planatiGn. The witness Statcd that an imputa-
ton Lad hecn made against him. Attorney
General Sys.cr diScilimcd any iinputatlon
against NitncsS, and after short cXamina-
ton by the counsel for tie defence the wit
ness left the stand at 1870.
DR.. John Morris, Of Baltimore, was next
called. and testified that he had three cases o.
ecrcbro spinal meningitis in Baltimore within
the past twelve months; is treating one al
present. A supposed case in every respect
similar to that OF General kctCmlm's was sub
lnitted. and witness opinion asked rs to Tic
cause OF death witness c0uldn say whether
dcath cnsllcd from natural or ncn-litJla
causes saw nothing i'll the c;ssc to exclude
the idea OF death from natural causes. yet al
tie same time would not venture to say what
that natural cause might lie.