The herald., 1897-06-15
Dora and Her Sister in Odd
Pastures
IS AN IMPOSSIBLE DRUG
THE ABORTION CASE AGAINST
CDR" HASTINGS DISMISSED
A wildcat Scheme Which Served to
Yield $6OOO-Bisano Goes
Up for Ten Years

The defense opened their batteries II
the Maxim case yesterday, and 80 fal
II looks as if a mass of racy testimony
will go in to combat the alleged facts oi
the prosecution. Mrs. Louisa Linde
who ueed to live on Clara street, quite
close to the Green family, was the first
witness put on the witness stand. She
testified that she had known the Green
family for about four years. She then
went on to state under what circum-
stances Dora Green told her that she
would have to leave home as she was
enciente by one Paddy Cahl
On cross-examination witness stated
that Cahl was workman a the Cudahy
packing house, and for seven months
boarded at her house Mr.. Williams
proceeded to interrogate Mrs. Linde re-
garding the mishap that had occurred TO
her own 13-year-old daughter, and
whether she did not say a that time
that Cahl was responsible for that. The
witness emphatically denied ever nav
ing said anything of the kind, and bury
ing her face in her handkerchief burst
into tears. Mrs. Linde is an apparently
eimple-minded old German woman,
having some difficulty in expressing her
self in the English language. The court
interfered in her behalf and wanted TO
know from Mr.. Williams why he should
derye into matters that did not cast light
upon the case. In order to prove motive.
however, Mr.. Williams pursued his line
of investigation. But with the tears in
her eyes the witness said that her little
girl had been taken advantage of by her
brother-ln Law.
"We were told" said witness, that
Dora had circulated the report that my
little girl had been got into trouble by
Paddy Cahl, but when we asked Dora
she denied it, and I believed her and
have not held anything against her.
When SHE told me that che herself was
in trouble by Cahl 1 felt sad and she
felt sad, and she told me she was going
into the country until her trouble was
over.'
Mr.. Williams was anxious to know
from the witness what the defense had
promised her for giving her testimony,
but the old woman secuted the idea of
receiving pay. She said the sheriff came
for her to Saugus, where she is tempo
rarily living, and she had to borrow
money to pay her way down here.
The little daughter of this witness
next went on the witness stand. She
gave her name as Florence Linde, and
her age as 16 years in July. She stated
that for several years her parents lived
at Center and Macy streets, and at thai
time she was very intimate with Dora.
1--WE don't speak now" said the Wit
ness, "but up to the preliminary exam
ination we spoke, but not since. No, l
have no feeling against her" Witness
went on to tell what Dora told her re-
garding Paddy Cahl having wronged
her. Upon getting home she told her
mother what Dora had told her, but no
one else.
On cross-examination Mr.. Williams
prodded around, trying to extort some
confession from the witness that in some
way or other she had a prejudice against
Dora Green. He failed, however, for
the girl was modest of demeanor and
ehy in manner, and while the tears we'll
ed into her eyes she said she believed
Dora when the latter said she had not
spoken i'll of her, and SO had nothing but
kind feelings for her.
Dr. Thomas ]. Mccoy, oculist and au-
rist, at one time house surgeon at the
New York infirmary, testified that he
was acquainted with narcotic and anaes-
thetic drugs.
"Is there any such drug known to the
profession?" inquired Mr.. Davis, (which
II administered in a glass of sweet wine
would produce unconsciousness in a mo-
ment or two, and after the person recov-
cred in about an hour would permit the
person to get up and walk away?"
II am not acquainted with any SUCH"
was the response.
'If any of the forms of opium were ad-
ministered. what would be the effect?"
"If opium was administered by the
stomach, in sufficient quantities, there
would be a lulling of the sensibiliIes. 1t
would have to be taken into the circula-
ton by absorption, and would take
twenty minutes or so. Morphine is, the
alkaloid of opium, and has to be absorb
ed through the coatings of the stomach" /"
'There are many narcotic and anaes-
thetic drugs?"
Eyes, sir"
DO you know any that could not be
detected, either by the taste or smell??"
''The wine might hide the smell'
The witness went on to tell the action
upon the human organism of the several
narcotic and anaesthetic drugs, but the
noon hour had arrived, and witness was
excused until this morning.
The next witness put forward by the
defense was r. c. Burns. a carpenter re-
siding on Gildey street, who testified that
he was foreman on job on South Broad
way on January g. and Schnabel, the
witness for the prosecution, who testi-
fed to being home on January 5, was
working on the same job. After worl,
witness and Schnabel went and had sup
per at the Mikado restaurant. and then
went home. Witness was living in the
same house with Schnabel, and remem-
bered that on that night his friend did
not ride his wheel. The time book kept
on the Broadway job was produced, and
showed the time that Schnabel left work
on January 5th to be o'clock. The next
job was al Vernon, and at no time die
Schnabel ride back and forth to work or
his wheel
On the first Sunday after the prelm.
mary examination, witness stated tha
Schnabel came to him and asked him i
he was going into court and swear tha
he (SchnabeD was at work on the 5th
Upon being assured that he was, Selma
bel stated that he had made a mistake il
his testimony. Witness furthermor,
g. a ad he II n L., .