The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11

"What burned itT'
'T put II in g lighted burner"
"What did you do then?"
81 partly withdrew my body and replaced
the gas plates"
What next?"
"I pushed the piece of paper to one side and
..Did you descend to the ganery''
ayes, sir"
| where the ladder was leaning down to the gal.
| lery?"
about the length of this room"
| For the purposes of the record put the dis
/ tance in feet7''
"a bout % feet"
Did you leave the false door openf"
| eyes, sir
Then what did you do when you got up and
| pushed away the paper?"
| 81 descended the ladder"
How long is the ladder?"
| Seventeen or eighteen feet."
| when you reached the gallery did you lower
/ you found it7"
'I laid II down on the side against the wall. ~
what did you no next7'
| ~ proceeded to the electric push button box
| and tested the burners"
..4y?g "Y9q found they worked all right'"
"Then you went downstairs to the auditor.
| ium?"
Passed through the auditoriumT'
Through the infant-class room7"
"leS, Sir.
And into the main sundsy-scho oil roomf"
'tYes, sir"
And came to George Kingr"
Yes, sir.
ously till you reached King?''
al felt 1t most when / stood up after reaching
down 10 the sunburners-"
Ibid you feel il much when you went to the
false opening to descend?
"About the same"
"Did you feel Ii much when you went down
the ladderF"
Just about the same:
"And when you lifted down the ladder and
laid ii in placer"
s'About the same"
'fHow much does the ladder weighfp
"About forty or fifty pounds
s'Djd you feel 1t the same in the galleryrs
THE same
when you were trying the gas?"
"The same"
when you went through the auditoriu m2"
1.-The same"
"When you went down the pack stairsI"
when You reached the infant-room,"
1.-THE same"
"And when you went through the folding
doors did you feel the gas7"
1.-The same
"Wnen you sent King out for the bromo-
seltZer?"
"when he returned how did you feeli"
"And when you took the dose did you feel
any worseT',.
why, no."
ssYou felt better, didn't youTn
"a little better-not fully"
Gas medical student did you ever attend q
clinic or post mortem on subject suffering
from asphy1iation from inhsling Illuminating
gas?"
Dfckinson-I object.
The COURT oFerrule the OBJ bection.
Witness tansweringl-Not to my knowledge.
HDo you know the symp ptoms of asphyxiation
from inhaIing Illuminating gas?"
Dickinson-We object.
The ecourt-Objection overruled.
Witness (ansWeringtI can't say that do;
only on myself.
"bo you know what are the properties of this
bromo-seltzer that you took on your own pre-
scrIption?"
Dickinson-I object to that.
The court-0verruled.
Witness s(answertngl-Hsrdly.
What do you know about itf''
Dickinson-That Is not cross-exam ination
your Honor This witness Is not called as
medical expert.
The court-I really do not ses the releyancy
OF the question, Mr.. District Attorney.
Barnes-I will explain TO your Honor. Hers
| is gentleman who Is almost q member of the
medical profession, about 10 graduate from
one of the leading medical colleges, who dag
noses himself ss suffering from . certain com
plaint and prescribes for himself. Therefore
| is Ii not com petent for me to show that he ex
| hibited no symptoms OF the disorder for which
| the prescribed remedy is an antidote and tha
/ he prescribed q remedy which would had b,
been suffering from the disorder he said b,
was, and he had taken O large dose have killed
him before he left the enurchs claim -