Telegram-herald., 1889-10-19
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Al ths opening Of tAs superior court
yesterday monlngs tie ulxl OF the
Hoyt abortion case N4s resumed with
tie same interested audience which
las hLied the court room for several
days.
Laurens ". Wolcott testified that he
hAd known Ds. Hoyt for fourteen or
fifteen years, and that h.s reputation
had always been good.
Hoyt o.. Post aud James FsrnsHoEth
testified q the same purpose.
Ezra Ware sa.d he had this morning
examined the mattress on DR.. Hoyts
fO.dng-bed, and found no stains except
rust stains where the mattress had
touched the springs; he sad he Vas
personal friend OF the doctors and
brother OF his bonlsman, J. b. Ware.
Alfred b. Iozer, clerk Of the police
court, was shown paper, and testified
that @ Nas the original complaint made
Dy o4Lm1 >telLDaIeT against Wilbur +.
hoyL and fiied IN the police court
April -. THIS and the var rant for bis
arrest were introduced IN evidence.
The bond MAS alsO introduced Ia eyi-
deuce.
Mr. knappen was then put upon
Jne stand-oait he was assistant
prosecuting attorney, and caused the
arrest 10 be made; he first learned what
the medicine gwen TO Miss Stelnbauer
WAS when Victor II. Middleton testified
ln tie police court; Mr.. Middleton was
called 10 testify as 10 the quinlne pre-
scrlpuOn, and the bottle vas also gwen
him Tor MS opinion; ne presumed il
90 De ergOt when the information was
filed.
J. VI. Jameson said he saw DR.. HOyt
at his Office and ne was very lame.
DR.. Hoyt, the defendant, was the
next witness. lie said he was % years
old; had practiced medicine IN this city
little over three years; attended tho
safe Agricultural College for four
years, and then went TO the Sterling
Medical College AT Columbus for about
three years; was for year resident
physician OF the Columbus Hospital; he
moved his office from FOuntaln-st. To
| the Kendall block on the week
beginning April ii and was busy settling
his office that week; could not tell the
| exact date when he SAW Sablna Stem
bauer IN that week. She first came 10
/ his Office and inquired # he was a
female doctor. He replied that he was
a general practitioner. She stated that
/ she had a cold and told of the way n
/ which her cold affected her. The doc
/ tor asked II she was sure II was a cold
! that a.led her and she said she was. He
1 started To write prescription and then
/ asked her If she was married or had
\ had anything TO do with young men,
/ and she admitted that she had once but
! was sure she was not in trouble aS u
/ consequence of that. He gave her the
| qunlne and told her II it was only 4
/ cold this would help her, but otherwise
/ 10 would not. He asked her her age
and she said she was Is. He told her If
the medicine did not help her 10 come
at the time of her next sickness and he
would try something else. She did not
pay anything for the prescription. The
Oihce was torn up and pictures and
cards were scattered about, but he could
not recall any nycOnversatiOn in regard 70
the pictures. She never called upon
| him at his old Office to his knowledge
| He did not play for herupon the violin.
lie had an old guitar standing against
the wall. but 1t was strlngless and not
IN condition 10 be played upon. About
a month ago he repaired 1t and lent II
to a friend. Never knew any one IN
Bay City TO his knowledge. There Is
| no picture of any one IN Bay City non
| by the name of Phillips. IL is not true
that he made her undress and get into
Oed, and ne did not get into bed with
her or have any intercourse with her
He never went home with her. Or
| Friday ne went 70 Cadillac with the
Schubert club and did not return unit
Saturday noon. Miss Steinbauer wa:
not at MS Office on the Sunday in ques-
| ton. Perkins and Lynde came TO hi:
| Office on that evening and remained
| until $50, then DIR. Graves came into
the Office and he gave him an electrical
| treatment lasting about an hour, anC
he remained some time after that wa
over with. They talked about tn,
Easter service. He had written a lette
| 70 young lady acquaintance III Canaan
daigua and had mentioned in the lette,
the circumstances of the Easter even
ing, and had since gotten the lette
| back 20 settle the date, and mad re
| turned the letter to the young lady
VINO had since destroyed it. The fold
ing bed was not the one ne usually oc
cupled. Did not keep his instrument
or any medicines in his front office.
| This closed the direct examination
Mr. Knappen then begun the cross
examination. but had asked only a fey
| questions when the noon hour arriued
and court was adjourned over until
o. m. today.