The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-26
LEES DEFENSE IS ALL IN.
TESTIMONY IN REB UTTAL OFFERED
 BY THE PROSECUTION.

ed with murder in the second degree in
 causing the death by criminal malprac-
 tice of Maggie Schloss, Is rapidly near 1 ling completion and it is expected that
 the case will be submitted to the jury
 late this afternoon or early Tuesday
 morning. Shortly after 4 o'clock yes-
 terday afternoon the defense rested and
 the state commenced the introduction of testimony in rebuttal. It is expect
 ed that the state will complete Its case
 this forenoon and after the noon, recess
 the arguments will be made.
 The defense yesterday afternoon pre- sented as expert witnesses Dr. c. B. Adams and pr. Charles Baldwin of the
 staff of Grace hospital, and Dr. A. E. Winchell. All these witnesses testified that in their opinion the treatment of
 Maggie Schloss by Dr. Lee under the
 circumstances was entirely professional and that the instruments and medicines
 he had used were perfectly proper, pro- vided that the girl was aborting when
 she reached Dr. Whitten's office. Dr. Winchell was the last witness offered
 by the defense. All the experts were
 rigidly cross-examined by ex-Judge
 BlYdenburgh in behalf of the state, but
 their direct testimony as experts was
 not shaken in any material degree.
 After the cross-examination of Dr.
 Winchell had been concluded Attorney
 Chase said, "We rest" and the state
 began the introduction of testimony in
 rebuttal of that set up by the defense.
 Mrs. Margaret Schloss, the mother of
 the dead girl, was the first witness call ed tq the stand by the prosecution. She
 had with her a small hand satchel from which she took black silk dress which
 she said was the dress worn by Maggie
 Schloss the day she came to New Ha- ven. This was introduced to refute the
 testimony given by Officer Ahearn to the effect that Maggie had a. navy blue dress on when she was in this city. She also testified that the day Maggie came to this city she had been engaged in washing and that she never heard her complain of not feeling perfectly well.
 On examination the witness ad- mitted that she had not seen her daugh- ter when she came to this city and that the clothing she exhibited had been sent to her by Medical Examiner White after the death of the girl.
 Charles Pollock of Ansonia was next called and testified that he knew Mag gle Schloss and was talking with her the day she came to New Haven. He said that Maggie Schloss looked as though she was dressed up, was appar- ently perfectly healthy. On cross-ex- animation, however, he acknowledged that he did not notice how Maggie was dressed and could not tell positively whether it was in July or August that he had seen her coming to this city.
 Walter Simpson was the next witness called in rebuttal. He testified that he was married to a sister of the dead girl and that he saw Maggie the day she came to New Haven, and that she wore the black silk dress exhibited by Mrs Schloss. He said that he had seen her that day in company with Maggie Hee- | nahan. It was about 5:45 o'clock in the l and Maggie appeared very cheerful. On ross-examination the | witness admitted that he couldn't tell l whether the color of the dress was black or blue at night.
 George Schloss, Maggie's father, tes- tified that he had seem her on the Tues | day of the week she went away and that he had never heard her complaint of not feeling well and that she appear peared cheerful,
 Mrs. John Sloan testified to a like ef feet, but on, cross-examination admitted that she did not knew positively that | she had seen her the week she went away and didn't know she was preg- nant.
 At this point court adjourned until his morning, when Drs. White and Ba- ,on will called in rebuttal.
 Earlier in the day pr. A. J. Wolff of Hartford, the principal expert witness 'or the defense, was called.
 After detailing his experience, Dr. Wolff was asked by Attorney Martin hypothetical question, covering the ,vidence introduced in the case relat- ng to Maggie Schloss' condition when irst seen by Drs. Lee and Whitten. n reply Dr. Wolff said that such sym oms would show that the patient was from blood poisoning. In re- ard to the treatment of Maggie Schloss " Drs. Lee and Whitten, Dr. Wolff cad from and named a number of aedical authorities supporting their heory of the case, and their subse- uent treatment Dr. Wolff next d. eeted his attention to the mode of certain organs for indication f Brights disease. The question asked Inn covered the examination made by Iedical Examiner White. pr. Wolff stated that in his opinion, nd he said he wished to go on record pr what he was about to say, it was npossible to come to any conclusion s to the presence or absence of rights disease from ain examination lade in twenty-four hours the time Tedical Examiner White made the ex- mination in. Attorney Martin direct l Dr. Wolff's attention to Dr. Whites 4port of his autopsy on the body of taggie Schloss, and asked him if from lat report he could arrive at any con- usion of the cause of death. After joking over the report, Dr. Wolff re- lied that it was absolutely impossible arrive at any opinion as to the ause of death from pr. Whites Fe- ort. He was then asked to explain hy it was not possible in his opinion, decide upon the cause of death.
 Dr. Wolff took up Dr. Whites report
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