The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-17


operation. and then after adminiatafin
medicine 20 facilitate the discharge Of the
plaoenta left her, still unattended, and re-
tuned 10 bis office. taking with him the
parcel which was deposited in the furnace.
Alter waiting upon several patients In his
office. and placing the bundle In the fuf-
mace. be returned 10 Mrs. True and found
her with the plaeenta expelled. No one
was with her. lilo soOn left her. he did NOT
see her again that day. bat In abe evening
aent n young woman In his otfce TO her
with medicines. The nsIt DAY he called
upon her about II o'clock =. m. aud found
her In bed.
Several features ia this narrative strike
"a az improbable. Why did he no, dis
cover the p sRnRney OF MTs. True when be
first examined he for the treatment Of her
womb Would many physicians have failed
10 make the discovery sooRerS How could
he have performed so difiioult an operation
In 10 short tims9 IL 10 usual or customary
for the most skilled 80 goon, alone and On
aided. 10 do cor And how could be. a ply
sieian OF fifteen yesra sI perisnos. a. he tea.
tined, have left a woman alone, appTising
no one OF her condition. with the plAoentA
unexpslled. after having Just eHeTted such
force Ia the delivery OF her child as 10 tear
its head from lie bodJ2 Could the verisst
tJro In medicine attempt 10 Justify himself
for oaTSlessness so gross that had hem
ofrhaRe or blood poisoning ensusd he
would have had to allow an action for NAL
practice brought against him to 90 by de-
fault. he says that to the faint of syphilis
In Mrs. Tfus this miscarriage was largely
attributable. 10 such faint existed In her
system, would rs presence after she
had been subjected 10 the terrible
ordeal of having = child ave OF six months
old taken from her womb with such force
as 30 sever lite head from tie body, leave
any other than an snsfVatinR efsstl And
would a wsmAn under such conditions be
kalw Al In ha Aaw
her husband subsequently testified she Was.
Mrs True. Dr. Kellogg testified. was
woman Of 81 years of age. she had grown
children. Bus according to Dr.. Kellogg she
did NOT know her own pregnancy until be
informed her OF 10. Moreover she was sen
sitivs about her condition, and desh cd the
fact OF the miscarriage concealed from the
other inmates Of the house in which she
rooned In fact. did not even sppTiss her
husband, who wAs absent, Of her pregnant
condition, although she had a week in
which 10 have informed him. DR.. KELLOGG
testified that the clothes and towels used
during the confnsmsnt wsrs taken from .
truRk in tho room, some Of the former
burned by himself in the stove. aud the
Inter replaced In the trpnk. Was not thia
attem ~ secrecy and Sonsealmsnt q little
ubusualY SO much for the testimony Of
the defendant himself.
Mrs. 4 ne. the alleged mother Of ths
hea ilcss infant, did not appear upon the
trial, although u appeared that Dr.. Kellogg
was with her and her husband al hissoula
about one week before. His also conceded
that she did not appear before the ooronsr's
Jury nor before ths medical board. The
attempt OF the defsass SO faatsn the re-
sponsibilitv for her non appearance a. the
present trial upon the county attoFnsy vas
wholly unsuecsssful. D. Kellogg virtually
admits that he could have had her pTsssRt
had be so desired. Her husband, True,
nd al haN
wife, whom he found In bed Al noon on
March 8, upon his return ts Hslsns, had
sold him that she had had . miscarriage
upon the preceding day. He testified to
having sees soilsd towels and clothes In
his wifs's trunk. he also testified that
to an andavit for the purpose
of eIoulpatinG DR.. Kellogg. This afndavit
~ 10 may be 90 toTmed) does not even state
in direct words that Mrs.. True ever lad q
10 refers only In the Vaguest
manner to such an Occurrences; and IL 10
serves any purpose In evidence, only intsn-
sizes the mystsTy Of the Transaction whish
10 was Ohersd 20 explain. Tius also tsati-
hed that he had been with his wife about
every week during her soiourn at the house
where 10 10 claimed abe was oonhnsd. True
also stated that he had been for years in
the employ of the Western Union Tsls-
graph company. Noolaim was made in the
trial that he was q lawyer or young man.
Rosa Reef. called IN Tebuttal. testified
that she had always slept In room nsxt 10
Mrs. True and had taken care sf Ms.
Trus'a room on, before and after March 4
the afte noon; that she would undoubtedly
have known OF any illness or indisposition
of Mrs. True combining her 90 her bed, aud
OF any visits there from DIR. Kellogg, from
tue fact that she had access to Mrs. Irue's
room and was In 10 every day, both in the
IL
never any such illness OF indisposition OF
Wait 30 her knowledge during the time MFs.
True was In the house where the miseAT-
rage ts said 10 have occurred, and that shs
had never observed any indication in hrs.
Trees foem Of any osnnnsmsnt; and that
shortly after Mrs. True procured . room in
the house priOr 10 March 4, Mrs. True's
trunk. the emily one she had brought there.
the only one that was ever IN her room.
had bssn placed In her Rosa Rssfs)
room. where 10 had remained uRtil Ms.
True's departure about March 20. That
81 bsaqusnI 10 March 20 Mr. aud MRS. True
had called ~ the house TO obtain something
which they had left when they vasated the
room; that True had only visited his wife
once between The time the room was rented
and vacated.
Miss TuTnlsy. called In rsbuttal. testified
that shs had rented a room In her house
about Feb. 10 TO M. and Mrs. True and
that Mrs.. TTue had occupied Il until March
20i that Mrs. True was . woman between
90 and 60 years Of age. nearer the latter IN
her opinion; that she. Miss Turnkey, was
constantly al home; that she saw MIRA
1rue every day, often in her Ms. Irue's)
room; that ATs. True talked freely vita
her ABOUT her being treated by DR.. kellogg
for a displaos ment Of The womb. /; Mrs.
True had been pregnant she could hardly
have failed 10 know H. and 10 she bad mis-
ssTrisd OF bean oonhnsd TO her bed while
lhsrs she would. 20 the best OF her knowl-
edge and belief. have known OF 10; that no
such ocouTsnoe took place 10 her knowl-
,dge; that on March 8. TO ths best "
be knowledge aud belief. Mr.. aud Mfs.
iaksn walk toRstheT; that after
DR.. kellogg Appeared before the ooroner'a
IN y, she aud ~ True hal talked cas-
nAliy about his testimony reported IN
The newspapers; mat MIS-. irus gave up
ler room on March 20 but sue had seen I
ler several days afterwards on the street
,nd about week ister When sue anu her Z
husband rstu ned TO the house to obtain /
lomst1ing OF other they had lsft there I
he also states tLat ITNe had visitol his I
aife only once between the renting aud /
Encating OF the room,
Both Rosa Rect nnd Miss Turnlsv con
adiot tue statem mt OF Dr. kellogg on
Mach q befo o thc ooronsr's iury thai the I
a other OF the heAdleta body az Airs. rrusl
had departed from the stats. They hatly 1
contradict uim "a othsr particulars, aud I
.lso his win 90 4 Ne. 1heu evidence con-
~ ors ne that siIs. 1rasw was not ths mother
u tue infant involved IN This invsstiga- .
ion.
After . careful ooasldsFatisa Of all the
,WIIauca in fhia gaae We 49, irr.nf.tfNl.