The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-27
AFRAID OF MR.. ADVERSELY.
The Notorious Doctor Before the
Coroner's Jury.
HE IS DENOUNCED AS A LIAR.
His Frantic Efforts to MOnopolize
information Wanted by the
Police and Public.

DR.. J. Milton Bowers was on the stand
all yesterday afternoon before the Coro-
ner's jury that is trying to ind out what
caused the death of Alice Aldersley. HIS
answers, while giving the jury little AS
sistance, convinced the Coroner and others
that Bowers knows much more about the
case than he proposed to tell. Aldersley.
the father of the dead girl. sat with his
counsel behind the Coroner and once re-
lleved his pent up feelings by calling
Bowers liar. The doctor had TESTIFIED
that the old man was drunk when he called
to see his daughter and was refused ad-
mission. He spattered whisky all over
me-" said Bowers.
Its an Internal lie," shouted the old
man.
Aldersley's lawyers pacified him and
Bowers informed the Coroner aud jury
that he has carried a pistol ever since his
first meeting with A!dersley. He fears
that the dead girls father has designs on
his precious life
Bowers was questioned about his efforts
TO keep inquirers outside OF the room In
which, Leek and Miss Adversely were and
admitted that he did not want reporters or
artists around at the time. Then he told
the Coroner of quarrel that he had with
the jani:or, who. he was evidently AFRAID,
might talk too much.
II had a difficulty with the janitor," he
said. II told the landlady that the janitor
was Shooting off his mouth too mucn I'D
the hall in regard to the cases; and 1 DO
not know what she said to MIN, but ne
came to my Office In the evening after l
had made visit and wanted to know wnaL
the row was bout, and / said only what
told the landlady, using some strong IAN
guage. | ordered him out OF my office.
This was on the second day, Tuesday.
did not accuse him OF giving tne news ss TO
the papers. l spoke to him ABOUT 'shool-
ing off his mouth and speaking OF things
he knew nothing of. After had ordered
him out pu shed him out"
did he not say that If you did not let
go he would tell something?e
mo; he did not We said nothing more
than two angry men would say.
Bowers testified that be sent the con-
tents of Miss AldersIey's stomach to be
Analysed. and hemlock. morphine and
cocaine were found by the analyst. The
chemist told him that he found sufficient
quantity of each to destroy life. The con-
tents of LEXIS stomach, the doctor said,
were accidentally thrown away.
Are you not warm friend OF Leek Pr
the Coroner asked.
mo: he is a patient of mine, that is ALL
Bowers told how he kept the reporters
out of the room.
II did not forbid the police to enter the
apartment" he said.
"Have you not always intimated that
Alice Aldersley was the cause Of the
| trouble?'
II made no effort to create that impress.
| sion"
Have you not said so to reporters
| II saw ia the papers an intervie stat
| ing that l had said so. 1t is fact that
have expressed many opinions in regard
! to the case.
What other opinions have you ex-
pressed?"
Il refuse to answer what other opinions
| have expressed to any one"
You say that you have stated other
opinions, and you now refuse to state
what these opinions were?"
81 refuse to enter into this matter. !
have NO opinion in regard to the case as it
stands now"
The inquest will be continued to-day,
when it is expected the long keG-for re-
port of the chemist will be produced.