The evening world., 1893-05-31
SARA 0. CHASE ON THE STAND.
She Tore Up Those Papers Just
to Clear Her Desk.
:" The Coroner Did Not Think Mar
Earet Manzon.s Case Hopeless."

The trial Of DIR. Sara r. Chase for
manslaughter in causing the death Of
pretty Margaret Manzon on Feb. 10
last by criminal operation, which the
doctrcss admits she performed on Jan.
%, was resumed in Part H. of General
Sessions this morning before Justice
MARITIME and a jury.
Lawyer Graybill. for the defense, re-
newed his motion that the District
Attorney elect upon which of the two
counts of the indictment he would go to
the jury.
The motion was denied, and Dr. Chase
resumed the stand. Her testimony was
carefully listened to by Lawyer Robert
\. Ammon, of the firm of Friend Il
House, counsel for Mrs. Fredrika Die
mer, who is Jointly indicted with DR..
Chase and ex-State Commissioner of
Arbitration Florence F. Donovan. the
alleged cause of Maggie Manzonis
trouble.
away Deputy Coroners O'Hare and Don
lin. on their second visit. however.
against Mrs. Bigsert's ,Maggie's mother)
protest, she asked tnem to come again,
sultation with DIR. Saunders later the
same day, she wrote letter to THE
roroncr's once, No. 3 Mott street" ask
inr for Coroner to call
She sent the note by n messenger boy
to the Health Department. not knowing
where the roroner's office was. 1t was
returned unopened, and she then sent the
note to Police Capt. Price.
Dr. Chase said that on the night OF
her arrest Coroner Schultze saw the
patient and remarked:
why I've seen many patient in
wore condition than she is reover.
don't consider her hopeless case by
any means
Dr. Chase explained the tearing up of
| ms NOR lAN haI nd Ira IAI
50 frequently referred to. as simply to
clear her desk of II mass of worthless
circulars which had accumulated. She
preserved some and destroyed others.
| Cross-examined by Assistant District
Attorney Davis, DIR. Chase said she
preferred TO hc called doctor Chase. "
not Mrs" She admitted that she sent
for a Coroner simply because DR.. Saun-
ders advised her to go,
Can you refer me to any recognized
medical authority, that reS3mmenas
! demanded Mr.. Davis.
Il don't care anything about that II
my own experience teaches me more
than the books" snapped out DIR. Chase.
| can YOU refer me to even one such
authority"
No: / cannot"
Don't you know that your treatment
Is that employed only in illegal prac-
tice?"
NO sir; it's false" fairly screamed
! the doctress, growing much excited.
Z paratively cool and collected, parrying &
Mr.. Davis's expert medical questions
. skiltully and with not IA little success.
/ Dr. chase didn't know that the best
medical authorities considered II not
only, unnecessary, but dangerous, 10
produce artificial birth inCases like
Maggie Man2pnis, as nature itself al
most invariably produced the desired
result, and she added:
Il don't care whether the books say
SO or not If my own experience tells
me differently"
! But you say you have had little ex-
pcrirnce in such cases" persisted Mr..
/ Davis. How are you able to form such
| opinions ana conclusions?"
! because am "A woman and naturally
know more about such things than any
man"
Dr, Chase insisted that her action was
ne eces5ary. but she admitted that she did
not hlc any still-birth Certihcate nor
| did she know OF any having been filed.
| She did not know 1t was necessary.
| What did you do with the body?"
! Put II in the ash barrel"
your"
"Yes, sir"
That's NOT the only way you've dis
posed Of them, is itf'
| 81 don't know"
The witness said that Maggie told her