Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-13
MANY WITNESSES CALLED.

journed Until 1O:30 This Morning Mrs. Schloss, Mother of Maggie Schloss, Coming From Ansonia as Witness.
 The cross examination of Nathan Wolff, who was put on the witness stand by the prosecution in the murder cases against Drs. Lee and Whitten, was continued at II o'clock yesterday morning by Attorney Harry W. Asher. The examination which begun on the preceding afternoon in re- gard to the conversation in Dr. Whitten's office in reference to the payment of the money to Dr. Lee was continued. Wolff's testimony is the most damaging evidence to the case for the defense which the state has yet established. For even if the de- fense can prove that the doctors in ques- tion did not perform the operation the &C., 1 ceptsnce of so large sum of money by Dr. Lee looks peculiar. Wolff told again the story of Dr. Lees asking how much Cash was willing to pay.
 Glow much do you want?" queried Cash.
 "Ope hundred and fifty dollars" ssBut that's too much," said Cash.
 "I am running too many rieks to do 1t l for less."
 Witness then testified that it was he and | not Cash who paid Dr. Lee the $115 In Dr.. Whitten's office. The witness refused to | tell of whom he borrowed the $1O necessary l to make the $125 which Dr. Lee demanded | on the night of August 16. He acknewl- edged going into Taylor Brothers saloon, | but declined to say whether he borrowed the money in that place, and said 1t was Cash who first made the proposition that the girl be taken to 8 midwife. He ad mitted, however, that Dr. Lee would moi acquiesoe in the scheme, but said that he would treat her in public place or not al l all.
 Witness reiterated his statement that | when Dr. Lee came from the rear parlor o1 Dr. Whitten's office after making his first examination of Maggie, the doctor said ''Some one has been fooling with her. l Some one has either operated on her o1 | given her drugs. Do either of you know of anyone who has given her anythings Witness said that Cash replied that no one to his knowledge, had given her anything
 In examining Wolff in regard to the statement Dr. Lee is alleged to have made about ''naving one foot in jail and one out," Attorney Asher made another point l 1 der the cross examination whether Dr. Lee had said ''If some one has fooled witt ! this girl, or if an abortion has been com 1 mitted, would havs one foot in jail an6 l one out"
 Mr. Case then took Wolff over the mat ter of the pay nent of the money again
 Witness testified that he had paid ou altogether for Cash $187. Of this amoun Cash had furnished $70.
 The subject of Dr. Whitten wearing armlets when he came from the office 1T which Drs. Lse and Whitten were witt Maggie Schloss, was then attended to-
 Wolf at first was very positive that Dr
 Whitten wore these coverings for his arms but after a few moments' battle with MT Case the witness was not able to say fo certain that Dr. Whitten did wear them Mr. Case then asked:
 "Did you have any correspondence witl Cash in reference to meeting you here ol the night of August 11a'
 'I dld not"
 Thomas K Ruth, etenographer, eight
 cen years old, residence II Garden street
 next took the witness stand. He hired tn
 carriage which was to have taken William Cash and Maggie Schloss to Ansonia, bu which was finally utilized for the trip fror Dr. Whitten's office to the Elliott house.
 
 the fact that when he rang the bell at Dl Whitten's office about 12:30 Dr. Lse an , swered the summons and he seemed to b
 very much agitated. When the witnes
 asked if two young men were in the ofic the doctor at first did not answer, an when Ruth attempted to walk in, Dr. Le
 blocked the door with his body and re fused to allow witness to enter until h gave the names of the two young mer 3 When the witness saw Maggie she wa t very pale and appeared to be veal
 Cash got in the carriage and we're drive to the Elliott house through Park, Eln : St. John and Olive streets. On Oliv - just around the corner of Chapel stree
 Maggie, Wolff and Cash alighted fro1
 the team and went into the Elliott hous' , Witness was also at the Dayton house o 9 Sunday morning with Wolff but saw 5 heard nothing.
 The court then took recess until
 o'clock.
 After the recess Attorney Asher con + menced the cross examination of Rutl !. As his evidence was of little importance the defense spent but little time in tt
 cross examination.
 Robert J. Mcclure, the driver of the ca l. riage which took Maggie Schloss, Casl 5 l Wolff and Ruth to the Elliott house frol
 Dr. Whitten's efice, was then called b City Attorney Fox. He testified that whe Il Maggie got into the carriage at Dr. Whi 6 tens office she complained of feeling colt v and he gave her 8 robe to put around he Considerable amusement was occasione
 by McClure's attempt to describe the Etc - jacket which Maggie wore at the tim J. Sergeant Cowles was the next witnes n Senator Fox explained that he had calle l he Iafo of thio fipoo iy,o orlor %o do-
 tify some of the exhibits.
 Dr. White was also called by the sta @ for the same purpose.
 a Edward E. Clark, the proprietor of u
 Dayton house, was then called. He test
 fled to Cash and Maggie Schloss coming t
 his house and registering under the nan @ of Munson; that they were shown to - room at the head of the staircase; tn, f Cash assisted the girl up stairs and whe
 she got in the room she dropped over ( ? the bed. He also testified to the illness
 the girl and the visit of Dr. Lee. He sa I that when the doctor arrived he looked
 though he had been working hard. F
 could not, however, remember any mo @ of the conversation which had taken pla l. between them. Mrs. Clark, his wife, VI
 then called onto the witness stand. Sl , identified the clothing which was exhibitt in court as that which she had taken 0 e of Maggie Schloss in the room 8 the head of the stairs in the Dayton hou @ of which she was the landlady. She re
 ti6ed that Cash assisted the girl up u stairs when she arrived, but she had I 6 suspicion that she was sick. When u a girl became seriously i'll she besought Cal n to send for tho girls parents or friends , st least to tell who they were. He abs lutely refused to give any information
 regard to the girls relatives and were rat !, CT Inclined to treat the illness as sligh h The girl vomited green matter freely
 intervals.
 s William Henry Harrison of 7 Hugh ). place, the night clerk of the Elliott hous - was next called, and he testified to the ia
 that Cash had registered himself and u
 deceased girl as MT. and Mrs. John Munsc of Albany, N. Y, and were conducted 0 room 25 by the bellboy. He did not & .- them again and knew nothing more of f 6 terest in the case.
 :. Charles H. Pierpont, the proprietor the Elliott house was then called. He te
 tifed in the main the same as the ni2l 2 clerk. He also saw Dr. Lee when he a
 rived to attend the girl, who had bee ' taken sick. When he came down Dr. L and Mrs. Pierpont had some conversation l. in which Dr. Lee said that the girl VI t afflicted with inflammation of the bladde
 and that she was not seriously ill. M
 Pierpont asked him if he had ever know the parties before and Dr. Lee answere :. him "No." He then asked him if they s t peared to him as though they were real z married and Dr. Lee said that they 8, peared to be and he had not doubt of A package containing a timed wash bas