The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-26
EVIDENCE CLOSED
in FLYNN SUIT
Court Would Not Permit DR.. Weston to
Tell How Much He Charged.
SUPREME COURT RULED THAT WAY
Attorney Scrasg for the Defense
Moved for u NOn.Suit, but Judge
Archibald Refu sed lt.. The Defense
Is That Mrs. Flynn lmagines All
Sorts OF Things While Suffering
from Hysterical {. .aiiucinatiOns.

Before common pleas court adjourned
yesterday all the testimony OF both
sides in the suit for damages brought
by Mrs. Rebecca Flynn and her hus-
band against Dr. a.. r.. Hill, the Al
hany dentist. was heard. aud il will
=" I" The jury today after tn" argu-
inrnts ot attorneys and the charge OF
the court are heard.
The most important pant of the plain
iili : testimony WAS heard Thursday,
when Mrs. Flynn. her husband and Di
T.. T.. Weston We're on the stand. A
frW of her neighbors in Minuoka Were
heard yesterday. and they gave evil
ii, me- of her being in highly nervous
state Immediately after April 2S. lS?2
before that she seemed to them I" he
poSS-ssed of ordinary good health.
DR.. Weston was recalled 10 the stand
to tell how much h- charged for his
riyiceS in attending to Mrs. Flynn,
but Judge Archibald decided not to per
init him To .eli as under Il recent ru.-
ins ol the supreme court il Is n.i com
potent evidence. The purpose of bring
ms il ont Was to go toward estimat-
ins. the measure of damages.
.,ttoIn-y Svrasg asked foi u non-suit.
In, Judge Archibald thought that the
jury should decide whether or not tn.
pl.,intirf is entitled to damages. MIR.
Scragg then moved that the case 50
far as DR.. q. r.. Hill was concerned,
be- taken from the jury. il not having
been shown that he was connected with
the Albany Dental association in lS92.
The court refused this also.
FOR THE DEFENSE
For the defendant Dr. n. Y. Lest
was called to testify as u medical "x-
peri. He DI. Allen and Or. Weston en-
,mined Mrs Flynn after the action was
brought. and the witness said h- found
her Suiferin" from hys'eiia. ii" did
not believe that IL plaster Of Paris east
in a wuman'S mouth from 10 in the
morning until : in the afternoon would
bring ON hysteria unless she Were pre-
disposed to i. ur had II in Some form
or another The three doctors. he said.
came to the conclusion at that consul
tatiun that Mrs Flynn was affected
with IL deranged mind and tina, she
Imagined the things she complained Of
as having been subjected to IN the
dental chair.
Dr. Allen was sworn also He was
of the opnion when he examined her
that she had hysteria. He was sub
jected to a rigorous cross s-eXamination
by Attorney Hulslander. and his an
swers frequently set judge. jury and
all present i'm roars of laughter. In
related the case of a man, who from
reading SO much about appendicitis
when that disease frs! became fash
iunuble imagined he had 1t, and he
was 50 sure he had it that he con-
vinced two reputable physicians OF this
town he had it, so that they We're maxi
ing ready 10 perform an operation on
him.
why didn't they operate" asked
Mr.. Hulsander
Because. after they examined him
thoroughly they found there wasn't
thing the matter with him. replied the
doctor.
EVIDENCE IN REBuTTAL.
Dr. Weston was called in rebuttal
and he testified that at the consulta-
ton there was nothing said about Mrs
Flynn being affected with insanity
They agreed that she had an attack of
hysteria. In answer to a question by
Judge Archibald. he said he often saw
worse cases and ones not so bad.
DR.. Burnett was the next witness. lie
defined hysteria as being of an infinite
variety of phases and the result of no
organic disease. purely functional. He
did not think it would be possible to
have d plaster of Paris cast in per-
sons mouth in the upper jaw from 10
O'Clock in the morning until 3 in the
afternoon. The saliva would loosen it.
Dr. Stanley Ulrey, of Yonkers, n. Y.
was sworn next. He was in charge of
the dental rooms as an assistant to DR..
Hill when Mrs. Flynn alleges she was
operated upon. He denied that she
was subjected to any such treatment
as she describes. DR.. Abbey, who was
employed in the rooms then, too. denied
that she was treated as she alleges.