The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-10
THE COURTS.
DR.. Bradford Testifying in His
Own Behalf.
COMPLAINT OF A BANK STOCKHOLDER.
Curious Complications in a Mort
gage Foreclosure.

As on the prior days. Part of the Court Of General
Sessions filled to repetion by interested array
OF spectators, who had gathered there yesterday to
listen to the continuation of the trial OF Dr. Bradford
The prisoner took his accustomed place beside his
counsel. Mr.. William +. Howe, with whom he chatted
until the first witness called. This witness
proved to be DR.. James w. Huntoon. a graduate Of
st. Louis Medical College and lecturer on obstet-
rics He testified that he had been in practice twenty
five years, and gave his evidence to the apparent
condition of dead body after its disbursement and
three months after burial and to Inflammation.
He also defined metro-peritontis and its causes.
Mr.. Howe then called the prisoner, DIR. Orlando L.
Bradford to the witness stand He testified that he
was twenty-nne years of age and had been physi-
clan for the past three years. resided at No 1872 East
Twelfth street; first Sarah Victoria Corners at
his house about the Goth of last May found her in
the consulting Office of the front of his house;
he found her on his arrival home lying the lounges
he had been to Brooklyn the night before and found
her when he returned dressed and alone; he had
never her before that time; asked her how she
came there and what the NATTER she said she
had been sick and had been brought there; witness
told her she there under peculiar circumstances
and unless she informed him all about the crcum-
stances she could not remain; he suspected her
diton and asked her If she had not had MISCARRIAGE
shc said yes but that she had done nothing to bring
from Staten Island. and in reply to witness qles-
ton as to whether she walked to his Office said
that she did not, but would not tell who brought
her there except that it friend; DR.. Baker had
been called in twice before witness the wo-
man; Bradford further stated that he examined
the girl at the time found her decidedly
weak the result of hemorrhage: prescribed
chloroform to tranquillze her. and allowed her to
remain it would have been dangerous to have re-
moved her; he first s4w DR.. Lay two days after the
girl got there; he didn't know DR.. Lays name until
later; he was an entire stranger to him. Lay had
he Oir fyxica hat0 xvifp
he seemed anxious about her welfare she called him
Fred Johnston and said he q medical student;
was able to be taken away, she in his con-
sulting Office and it inconvenient to keep
se in waYs
to the carriage and got In with Dr. Lay and witness,
and then rode to her mothers house. No. 3O7 East
Twenty: sixth street; she and DR.. Lay got out and
walked to the door; witness went home her the
following mornings there was perceptble change in
her and she seemed quite well up to three or four
days before her death, the night before which she
had relapse; shortly before her decease witness
told Dr. Baker it was unnecessary for him to call
again; previous to deceaseds removal from the
house in Twelfth street witness examined and
treated her; at time from the day witness first
house, did she tell if any one had performed
any operation on her. and that he sim
gs ssr he her physician Il, and sur
II there any malpractice it took place before he
saw her. witness was in the house the day of her
death and attended her funeral and her mother has
been living at his house ever since. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Daniel G. Rollins then put Dr. Brad
ford through most rigorous and searching cross
examination, during which he admitted that he was
special practitioner had various Offices in this
city, had gone under the different of Dr. Bott
DR.. Emery, Dr. Williams and DR. Bradford that he ad
vertised in four five different newspapers under
the names OF DR., and Nine. Bot and Williams; wit
ness admitted that he had paid most of the funeral
expenses and afterward engaged the girls mother
housekeeper
DIR. William +. Kitchen also examined by Mr..
Howe aud testified that it extremely unreliable
to say that liberation produced by Instruments,
and under the circumstances he considered it might
have come from natural causes. and that there
was nothing in this to indicate that death was
the result of malpractice. Assistant District Attor-
ney Rollins the Doctor at great length
This concluded the evidence for the day, and ut
late hour the Court adjourned until this morning,
when the case will be summed up and concluded