The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-07
SKELETONS IN EVIDENCE.
Judge Ogden Passes a Day Lis
tening to Tales Of Dead
Mems Bones.
FOR THE WILMERDING SCHOOL.
A Burglar Is Caught, Feigns Drunken.
ness. Slips His Coat and
Flees.
FOR THE WILMERDING SCHOOL
oAKIANp orFIcr San FRANc1aco GALL,

OAKLAND OFFICE San FRANCISCO CALL
90S Broadway, Feb. g..
There was skeleton in Judge ogden's
court to-day, and it was literally sin evil
dence." 1t forms the most prominent ex-
hiblt in the suit of Colonel A. Wettstein
against the Southern Pacific Company for
$685. 900 damages for injuries to his spine
and other parts of his anatomy. The skel-
eton was handed in by the defense, but
DR.. Woolsey, who is helping fight the rail-
road, brought into court a few independ-
| ent vertebre OF his own. Upon these At
torney Smith questioned DR.. Shiel.
In reply to one of the questions put to
him DR.. Shiel said, Il could not make a
satisfactory examination of the plaintiff at
this time because believe that he has been
anto-hypnotlzed by the numerous sugges-
| tons made to him."
When some more anatomical conum-
drums were propounded to him DR.. She'll
| replied: sit is fifteen years since I studied
| up on these details, but I will take my
chance on answering the questions.
What have you been doing all these
years?'' asked the attorneys.
81 have been practlcing."
''Experting?" said Attorney Smith, but
! DR.. Shiel was mute.
| Then counsel held up detached verte.
! brae and asked The witness what it was.
DR.. Shiel, who is demonstrator of anat-
| omy, aim lost paralyzed the shorthand re-
| porter who called halt.
| Then Attorney Smith objected to having
| the witness so near the skeleton while he
/ was answering.
"Well. we will cover it up" said Attor-
ney Moore. Wait until I get the feet
wrapped up"
Then followed a lecture on the spinal
cord, and all kinds OF authorities were
quoted, and when court adjourned there
was no indication that the war between
the doctors is nearing the end.
The Autopsy Not Dissection.
OAKLAND, CALL. Feb. 6.-J. H. Shep-
ard, the pension attorney living in this
city, who has many clients Ia the Soldiers
Home at Yountville, says that the story of
old soldiers bodies being used by medical
students has arisen from a misapprehen-
sion of the medical report of the home.
'iSuch story" said Mr.. Shepard, must
have grown out of the sentence referred to
in the report of the medical director
/ Som ebody has confounded an autopsy
with the dissection of body. It is the
custom in all soldiers homes to hold au-
topsies in ali cases where the cause of
death is not very clear. At the National
Soldiers Home at Washington there used
10 be as many as 100 autopsies in month.
But bodies are never given to medical
students to dissect, and report to the
contrary is preposterous. The regulations
| require that every one of these old soldiers
when he dies shall be buried with the
| honors of war, and how could that be done
! if the bodies were not there? No, there is
nothing in the story. If the soldiers in
the home believed any such thing should
hear OF it from them Immediately"
Y. M. /. subscribes.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 6.-At meeting
of the Young Mems Institute, held last
night, it was voted to subscribe $3.50 to the
fund for the Wiinerding Trade School
Grand President Lynch was present and
brought the matter up, and urged the adj
visibility of assisting in bringing the
school to Oakland or vicinity.
! Joseph +. Kennedy was IN favor of the
project also as being one that was of most
importance to tue people of Oakland, and
especially the young men, and, as the
young men, it would be proper to give all
| the aid possible to the project of locating
| it in or around Oakland.
Against the Louvre.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 6-The License
| Committee held long session tonight to
consider the complaints made against the
| Louvre, the restaurant under the Mac
| donongh Theater. The Louvre has OBJ
! tanned a second-rate character, an on
| ACCOUNT OI ~ Ine line DuiluiHR Is AIM it
deserted. Some very racy testimony was
given tonight, and at several points some
well-known people were with difficulty
/ prevented from being brought into it.
| The matter was continued.
Left His Coat.
| OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 6.-Charles D.
| Ravens house, at Eighth and Chestnut
streets, was entered last night by bur-
| glar.. He was seen in a room by the domes-
| tic, and she promptly locked him in
! Ravens and his.two sons came to the res
cue, and The thief pretended to be intoxi-
Gated. He impressed them of the sincerity
of his jag, and while one son was tele-
phoning for the police the thief quickly
Havens. have the coat as memento of the
affair.
Davies Water Front Lease.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 6.-Mayor Davie
has reconveyed his interest in the lease of
the First and Webster street property to
Joseph Lancaster. The original lease was
made to Lancaster by ]. P. Cameron, w.
G. Doane, Mrs. e. May. In 1898 Davie
conveyed his interest to Lancaster, but the
lease was not recorded till to-day at the
Mayors request.
Their Second Concert.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 6.-The First
Congregational orchestra will give their
second concert of the season tonight at
the First Congregational Church, corner
of Twelfth and Clay streets.
HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Brief Chapters.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
90S Broadway, Feb. g.
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