Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-23
THE LKK-wHIrrKN TRIAL.

THE LRE-wHITTEN TRIAL.
The Continuance of the Cross-Kx-
animation OF DR.. Lee by Attorney
FOx-Judge Callahan Rebukes At.
torney Fox For GoinE Over the.
Same Testimony q Number of
Times-Dr. Leo Says Sergeant
Cowles Said Something Which Was
Not so-The Trial Adjourned Until
Tuesday.
The preliminary hearing in the murder
case against Drs. Lee and Written was
continued yesterday morning with the
cross- examination of Dr.. Lee by City At
torney Fox. :.-s--r- $780, --- -..4
| The cross-examiner tackled the question
a. to how far Dr.. Written was connected
with the case.
"Did you give DR.. Whitten any part of
the $115 which you received from young
WolfW
81 exchanged the $sS in gold with him
for bills. He explained that he wanted
the gold to give to his wife. gave him
gold but received in exchange $35 in bank
notes." Witness denied that DR.. Written
had received fee for his connection with
the case.
Doctor" asked Mr.. Fox, "when Cash
| refused to hire nurse at the Elliott house
and you saw that the case was serious,
why did you not inform the proprietor or
clerk of the hotel and have them take care
| of the nurse matterp'
GAS a physician, did not think 1t was
my place to tell them, and again did not
think at the time that the case was a very
serious one."
"What. With the girls temperature at
1Os you did not think the case a serious
onsa"
| "No, sir. I, myself, have walked upon
the street with a temperature of 10s."
| A discussion between counsel occurred q
| few moments later, when the city attorney
asked the witness who the party was
whom he had intended to treat in Pater-
son, N. j., before he took the Sehloss case.
II don't remember" answered Dr.. Lee,
land If did do not think that would
answer that question"
Mr.. Fox-But you must, doctor.
Mr.. Asher-But he must not, Brother
| Fox, and now instruct him not to answer
| that question.
Mr.. Fox-Are you running this court,
| Mr.. Asher.
| Mr.. Asher-No, nor are you, Mr.. Fox.
| Mr.. Fox-I think that the law of the
state requires that he should answer. No
one but lawyer and clergyman is priv
ileged in this respect.
| Mr.. Case-But, Brother Fox, a physi-
clan need not tell what he does not remem-
bar.
The oourt-The witness has said he does
not remember, senator, and 1t will be time
enough to Cross that other bridge when you
come to 1t.
Witness admitted that on Sunday night
he gave Maggie Schloss ten drops of dras.
tic purgstive; also that he had given the
girl no nourishment from Thursday morn
Ing until Sunday night except brandy, O.
she was unable to hold anything on he,
stomach; also that he refused to have any.
thing more to do with the case unless he
was paid the additional $25, which would
make up the $3.50 first asked for.
The croes- examination continued as fol
lows:
; Mr.. Fox-Was anything ever said about
q receipt at DR.. Whttten's object
DR.. Lse-Yes, sir. They asked me fol
, a receipt for the $125.
} Mr.. Fox-Did you give 1t to themi
} DR.. Lee-No, sir.
Mr.. Fox-Was there any reason why 20,
should not give them receipt
DR.. Lse-No, sir. But I never gave
receipt in my life. do not think it i
customary for physicians to give receipts
| for money received in that manner.
Mr.. Fox-When did you take away tn
large mass of decomposed matter from tn
uterus of the girl?
DR.. Lee-One On Friday night and an
other on Saturday morning.
Mr.. Fox-What did you do with tina
first mass, which, believe, you have sal
you wrapped up In newspapers
DR.. Lee-I have no recollection what
| ever.
Mr.. Fox-How large was the first mass
DR.. Lee-About an inch and half long
The one Saturday morning was somewha
smaller.
Mr.. Fox-DId not the latter mass resem
Bile an afterbirthq
DR.. Lee-Yes, and go did the fret one.
Mr.. Fox-What was her condition Sa,
urday morninga
DR.. Lse-Her pulse hsd gone down to,
think, ninety five.
a Mr.. Fox-Was 1t against your adyic
:. that the girl was moved to the Dayto
housss --'-7~~-a---,..--
+ DR.. Lse-Most decidedly. told Gas
that he was crazy.
Mr.. Fox-Did you tell DR.. Eliot when b
. came that you had made your frst visit t
q her at the Elliott house.
DR.. Lee-I told him I had attended he
at the Elliott hoase before she came to tn
Dayton house.
: Mr.. Fox-Did you not tell Dr. Eliot ths
a friend of Cash's had got your card q
. | Apothecaries Hall and given 1t to Cash an
! that you had been called in accidentally
DR.. Lee-No, sir. There was some tai
! about a card, 1 remember, however.
9 Mr.. Fox-Whst did you tell DR.. Elio
: | was the cause of her death7
= DR.. Lee-Uremia.
Mr.. Fox-Did you not hold up a bottl
and say "This tells the whole storys"
DR.. Lee-No, sir. Iheld up test tub
containing her urine boiled down, and sal
"This explains ITSELF" referring to the al
bumen in the urine.
Mr.. Fox-Did you .rsat her for uremis
DR.. Lse-I did.
Mr.Fox-Did you think she died of ura
miae
DR.. Lee-I did. and I believe 1t yet.
Mr.. Fox-And all the medicines 70
bought for her beforehand, because, as 20
say, you thought the drug store closed q
IL O'Clock, were for ur0miaa
DR.. Lee-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Fox-What were the medicine
which you bought for hers
DR.. Les-Elaterum, alaterium, philo
carpine, some powders Of cream of tarta,
sulphate of potash, and como others. Sh
vomited up the elaterum as soon as I ha
given it to her, and then I made a hypo
dermic injection of the alaterium which
had provided for the purpose.
Mr.. Fox-And then these medicine
were for uraemia and not for the abortion
DIR. Lee-Yes, air.
Mr.. Fox-Did you tell DR.. Eliot that sh
had died of an abortiona
DR.. Lee-No, sir.
Mr.. Fox-Why did you not tell hima
DR.. Lee--I did not believe that that ha
been the cause of her death. And then tn
girl was dead and said to myself s'Let he
secret die with her."
Mr.. Fox-Dld the condition she was II
have anything to do with the uraemia,
DR.. Lee-I should judge that it had.
Mr.. Fox-When did you first diseove
the uremias
DR.. Lee-Thursday morning at the Ell
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