The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-22

| propounded by General Dickinson about illu-
slons OF the Imagination, do you mean to say
| mat elderly people are peculiarly liable to be
! aHected by constant reading?"
NO, sir; the age of the patient cuts no figure
| In the matter at all
The Cortland as to sex?
Wltness-That makes no difference either.
The Court-Then, are we to understand that
young people and men well women are
naole 10 nave delusions about things they read
OF ana set their minds on steadily?
Mltness-fes, sir; that is it.
| The Court-Have you not, in your expe-
Tienee, met with men who have been afflicted
| eye you speak Of?
Mitness-Certainly, as often men as women.
Inc Coart-ls true that persons at advanced
| ages are more likely to recognize a person
across the street than at their own doors?
Wftness-If the retina and the lens were I'M
ahected that would be the case. think.
Inc COURTS it not fact that persons who
wear glasses in their youth to enable them to
see at distance as they grow older discard
their distance glasses?
Wltness-That would only be true if the per-
son were nearsighted in youth.
Inc Court-Wouldn'ti it he a remarkable cir
cumstance for a person 60 or 70 years of age
street?
Witness-Not if the person were otherwise
normal and had good eyestght.
Inc CourI-ls there anything peculiar in a
womans eyes-anything different from q
mans eyes?
Witness-There is no difference at all, other
things being equal.
The Court-That is all.
Mr. Dickinson-The effect of gas inhalation
would depend entirely upon the amount of gas
Inhaled, would it not?
"Certainly."
=, what effect would pane of window glass
through which person was looking have upon
"That depends upon the glass"
We'll, an ordinary window paue?"
!, II the glass were perfectly plain and of equal
thickness 1t would have no effect at ALL"
7
people that he saw Durrant in front of Or
penheim's pawnshop, was recalled. Mr..
Dlcklnson's questions were as to the char
acter of Mr. Phillips hotel in Victoria
seeking to show that it was disreputable.
'What was the name of your hotel in Victo-
ria?" was the first question.
'Until 1889 it was called the London House
after that it was called the London-Harmony
House."
'.What was the first floor of the huildio1 mead
for?" >-''N
cit was saloon, billiard and music room"
''Where was it located?"
"At Johnson and Broad Streets
us not that neigh bcThood similar to that
o. Bush and Dupont streets in this City?"
Mr.. Barnes-I object to that question
WINES nave no hesitancy in answering
II. The immediate neighborhood of the hotel
was respectable, but at little distance on
Broad street there were disreputable houses.
"How many stories was the hotel?'
1.-TWO stories; there were eighteen roomsn
"Sleeping-rooms."
''That is ALL.
Mr.. Phillips then asked the privilege of
making an explanation. When it was ac
corded he said his brother was chief engi-
neer of the fire department of Victoria and
partner in the London Harmony Hotel
which was strictly respectable in every
way. No females were ever allowed in the
house.
The examination of Mr.. Phillips having
been finished, Mr.. Barnes was ordered TO
proceed with the deposition of Clark of
Boston. There was one point which was
brought out by these cross-interrogations
which Barnes was reading, for in answer
to them Clark said he had made mis-
take when he said he saw Blanche Lamont
upon car on April 8. Clark denied that
he knew any of those prominently con.
nected in the case, and reaffirmed that he
had thought he had seen Blanche Lamont
on the car; and as he knew Deuprey. he
thought he would give him the benefit of
his testimony if it was worth anything.
1t took Barnes until nearly o'clock to
read the voluminous document, and when
1t was finished General Dickinson rose and
announced that his case was finished He
asked, however, that he be allowed to in
troduce another witness who had Just ar
rived from Los Angeles, and whom he
wished to interview before placing him
upon the stand should he so decide.
Barnes objected mildly, but firmly, to
going on with his evidence in rebuttal I'M
til the case of the defense was entirely in.
The court, his Honor said, had no power
to force him to do so, and accordingly the
court diourned until this morning, when
the defense will have to finish.