The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-17
DIR. LEES TRIAL HAS BEGUN
HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN
 THE SECOND DEGREE.

THE SECOND DEGREE.
 Jury Empanelled and Several Witnesses
 Examined-Among Them Drs. Eliot and White, Coroner Mix and Sergeant Cowles
 Cash will be n Witness For the State.
 At 9 o'clock yesterday afternoon the trial of Dr. J. Edward Lee, charged with murder in the second degree in causing
 the death by criminal malpractice of Maggie schloss of Ansonia, was begun the prosecution calling it's first witness In the person of pr. Gustavus Eliot
 The morning session of the court was taken up with the empanellng of a jury. Of the sixty-flve jurors summon ed in twelve were finally secured after numerous challenges and exceptions both by the state and the defense. The last juror was accepted shortly before o'clock and immediately afterward a recess was taken until o'clock.
 The jurors finally selected are as follows: Frederick A. Stile of North Haven Charles Hudson of this city, James Clark of this city, Edward A. Wilcox of Madison, Everitt s. Platt of Southbury, Tyler B. Davidson of Bethany, George H. Ford of Water bury, Edward N Willard of Madison, David B. Wheeler of Oxford, Thomas F. Cook of Meriden, John Mills of Meri- den and Frederick B. Perkins of Orange.
 Dr. Gustav Eliot was the first wit ness called by the state immediately after the recess. He testified in refer ence to being called to the Dayton house by telephone about o'clock on the morning of August 21, 1893, He went there and found Maggie Schloss In dying condition. He went to the bed ard felt the girls pulse, which was very weak, and Dr. Leo said some thing about it's being "too late" The girl died shortly afterward and the wit ness suggested to Dr. Lee that no had better report the case to the coroner as 1t was a suspicious case.
 Detective Sergeant Cowles was the next witness called and testified sub stantially as he had when the case was originally tried in the city court.
 Coroner Mix was the next witness called by the state. He detailed at length his connection with the case and the result of his investigations substantially as he had previously tes- tified in the city court. On his cross examination Attorney Chase, counsel for Lee, attempted to show that the coroner had expressed a prejudice against Dr. Lee The witness was asked if he had not said that he would do all in his power to drive pr. Lee out of town or wor's to that effect, The coroner testified that he had made no such remark, but that he had said that it would be a good thing if pr, Lee left the city.
 Medical Examiner White was the last witness called for the day and his tes timony was unfinished when court ad- journed. h fact the most important part of his evidence has not yet been reached, It Is understood that some new evidence will be introduced by Dr. White during his testimony This is said to be in reference to wound which he discovered subsequently, and did not testify about in the city court He stated yesterday afternoon that he had made an examination after the post inOfCem eNalulnallON anu HdQ ulSCON- cred wounds on the organs in question, He will to-day brlrg the preserved or gans Into court and explain the nature of the wounds to the jury.
 At this point in the testimony court | adjourned until 10 o'clock thls morn ing, when the examination of Dt. White | will be resumed. Dr. Arthur J. Wolff, 1 the specialist who has been secured as an expert by the defense, was present | during the trial and took volumnous | notes on the evidence given by Dr. l White. William Cash, the young man | who was the cause of Maggie Schloas' trouble, was also in court and will later In the trial be placed on the stand as a witness for the defense.
 The gallery of the court room was to it's utmost capacity, and much interest was taken in the trial Dr. George E. Whitten, who was in- licted jointly with Lee was not present n the court room yesterday, but it is ex- )ected that he will come here and be 'alled to the stand as a witness for the lefense.