The morning call., 1894-03-10
He Tells of Miss AlderSley's
Previous Illness.
THE INQUEST NEXT MONDAY.
Liquors and Medicines Taken From
the Sick Mans Room and
Handed to the Coroner.

again.
The Deputy Coroner called on him yes
terday and served subpoena for him to be
present at the Adversely inquest, which
will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The deputy also secured Miss Alders-
iey's iewelry and pocket-bOok contain
ing 81 q.
He asked for the mortgage that the dead
girl held. but Leek told him that it was in
the safe and could not be obtained until he
was strong enough to leave his bed.
Later in the day Deputy Carew paid
second visit to Fifth street and took pos
session of a number of bottles which were
scattered about the room. Included among
these We're decanter half-fled with wine,
bottle containing some of the cough medi-
cine by means of which the fatal dose was
administered. a 2-ounce bottle of chloro-
form, an ammonia bottle, bottle of bat
terry fluid and one of Zlnfsndel grape juice.
A broken graduate and two drinking
glasses were also obtained. The different
liquids will be analysed in order TO learn
if they contain any poisonous matter.
In the evening a CALL reporter called
upon DR.. Leek for the second time since
be became i'll and learned from him the
story of the Illness of Miss Aldersley and
himself, which occurred on the evening of
the 20th of February.
On Thursday evening, when THE CALL
representative saw the sick man and OBJ
tanned his account of what occurred on
Sunday night, which was published ex-
clusively in The CALL of yesterday, he
was still in very weak condition and
spoke apparently with con siderable effort.
1t was entirely different last evening. A
remarkable change had come over the sick
man. He seemed bright aud much stronger
and talked in quite an easy manner.
He was somewhat DEPRESSED, however
in consequence of the death of Miss
Aldersley, and could not refer to her with
out faItering.
Relative to the first illness be said:
"Alice was taken i'll shortly before u
o'clock one Tuesday night. We bad been
to the theater, and after returning home
sat aud chatted for quite a little while.
The decanter of wine was on the table,
and we drank several glasses apiece.
Alice poured the wine out, and paid no
attention 10 her. ] could not say whether
she put anything in the glasses or not l
had no reason for noticing her. and didn't
think she would do anything that was not
right.
81 guess 1t was about half-pas. u when
she was taken quite i'll. First she had con-
WILSON'S. and ID ought she was IN a fit.
Then she became unconscious and be-
came frightened. flushed after DR.. Bow
ers, but he was not IN. The noise l made
aroused a lady who has rooms on this
floor, and / told her what had happened.
She suggested that cali DIR. Noble, and
offered to care for the girl while | was
away. On the way to DR.. Mobiles off /
became III, and thought for a oment that
i would drop, but pulled myself together
and managed to reach the doctors Office
There l became quite weak and was taken
with an attack of nausea.
"DE. Noble came with me and treated
Alice. He gave her an emetic and went
after a mustard poultice and ice. ] think
l got some medicine at the same time.
Alice recovered rapidly. but she never told
me that she had taken any poison. She
attributed her illness to her physical con-
dition, and believed her,"
When questioned relative TO his finan-
cial dealings with Miss Aldersley the doc
tor said:
II obtained $3.50 from her. for which l
gave oCCutit1 III oEoPO VI
dollar mortgage.
''The mortgage was given me.by George
W. Leek and will soon become due. 1t is
now in my safe in the dental Office. Alice
asked me to put 1t there for safe keeping
and l did so. A man from the Coroner's
Office wanted it to-day; but ! could not
give IL to him, for | am too weak to get up
and walk around. and no one else has the
combin alton to the safe"
Relative to the drug which had been ad-
ministered to him DR.. Leek professed COM
plete ignorance.
II did not know ] was being drugged.''
he explained, land did not notice any
thing peculiar about the cough medicine,
except that it seemed bitter.
II don't know what ] took, so I cannot
even guess where the stuff was obtained.
''No. neither can 1 say whether 1t tasted
as the wine did on the night we were
taken sick 10 February. 1t is so long ago
that don't remember"
The physicians who have charge of Leek
made statement yesterday relative to the
structures which were passed upon them by
persons not familiar with any of the cir
cumstances surrounding the case.
81 don't think any person not familiar
with the case has right to question our
actions" said DIR. Logan. 81 worked 10
save my patients life and for no other
purpose.
Now these folks talk about man
being unconscious for 100 hours. Well.
who said DR.. Leek was unconscious for
that length of time? am sure his ply
sicians did not say it. Neither did the
nurses who have him In charge. The man
showed signs Of returning to conscious
ness on Monday night after DIR. Bowers
and 1 had worked on him for ten or twelve
hours. On Tuesday he was conscious, but
his mind was not clear, and he was in a
very weak condition.
"The whole trouble is that because we
would not let every Tom. Dick and Harry
in TO see a man who was not in fit con-
dition to be seen lot of busybodies have
become indignant"
DR.. Bowers dismissed the matter with a
few words: 1--WE have not maintained
that tie man was unconscious all the