The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-18

| A.-The janitor, i believe.
| Ole had the Keys. I believe?
| Ale had some keys, I presume.
He then told of the committee to pro-
cure material and about Judge Horton
being placed on 1t and the fun that was
had. 1T was understood that when
ever any member of the faculty heard
of any unclaimed material they would
procure it for the college"
Q-Were you at the college when the
| officers were there?
Ayes.
O.-How did you come to go?
A-Mr. Johnson teIephoned me that
the officers were there and wanted to
search the building. He telephoned
again and went to the building.
Q.-How long before this had you
been in the dissecting room?
About a month.
Q.-Who unlocked the door to the
dissecting room?
Al think 1 did.
O.-Where did you get the key?
Al don't recall. Perhaps from Mr..
Johnson and perhaps from Frank Mar
tin. I think they were both there
Q.-You didn't get it from the door?
A-No.
o.-What did you do when you got up
in the dissecting room?
Ave found two bodies.
He then related the search in the dis
secting room and the officers wanting
to go into the small room, and said:
Il started to go down and find key,
and 1 think some of the students told
me that the key was over the door. I
went back and got it and unlocked it,
Q.-Who was it that told you?
Al don't remember.
Q.-Was it Johnson?
Al think not.
Q-Why do you think that it was not
Johnson more than anyone else?
A-Well. I think he would have told
me about it when we were below.
Q-What did he say below?
he
Q-WhO paid for the material?
A-The college should pay for it.
Q-Who gave the orders?
A-Dr. Mcvey, the secretary, should
Q-Would you receive a body for dis
secting if the skin of the face was re-
moved, the eyes gouged out and the
ears removed?
A.-Not unless there were extenuat-
ing circumstances.
Q.-Why?
A-Weil I would think it might not
have been received properly.
DR.. c. S. McClintock, who is one of
the principal witnesses for the state in
the Lowe case, was called and said he
was demonstration of anatomy in 1895.
Odd you have a key to the dis
secting room?
Al had one, but don't know where
Q.~Are you acquainted with John
son?
"A.
Q.-What relation is he to you?
"A cousin.
Q.-Who procures the material for
dissecting?
Q.-Did you ever hear whose duty it
was?
Al don't know.
Q.-Who notified the classes when the
material was ready for dissection?
Al don't know. Sometimes the
students would tell me that we mad
material.
Q.-Were you there in December,
1895?
since the previous February.
O.-Do you know anyone outside or
the janitor that had charge OF the
building?
Q.-You don't know whether the jan
itor had charge of the building?
A-No sir.
O.-Who paid for the material?
Al don't know
Q-Didn't the college furnish it?
A.-Perhaps it did.
O.-DO you know how material was
brought to the building?
A.-No.
Q-Who paid the bills Of the college?
O-Do you remember that some one
made a complaint about not being paid
for material and their saying it was not
good material?
Ayes.
Q.-When was this?
AIN 1892.
Q.-What position did you hold in
| 1895?
Al was demonstration.
Q.-Do you remember Reed?
Ayes.
Q.-What was he, was he a janitor?
Al don't know. I don't remember
him as anything but a student.
Odd Martin have anything to do
with preparing the bodies for dessec-
ktion?
Al think he did, but I don't know.
Q.-Do you know who furnished the
dissecting material during 1894 and
1895?
A.-No.
Odd any one come to you and Of
fer to furnish material during these
years?
A.-They did not.
Odd you refer any one to Dr. Al
kire that wanted to furnish material Tor
the college for 1895?
A.-NO sir.
o. will ask you whether you didn't
testify before the grand jury that you
did so refer some party to DR.. A1kTe,
giving the name of the party?
A.-No sir.
Oh will ask you if you did not testi-
fly before the grand jury that Mr. john
son had immediate charge of the build
Al never testified that he was any
ing as janitor?
Didn't you make a statement to
the county attorney, marry RodlLOIO, Ina L
Johnson was the person in charge of the
building and ought to know what and
when material was brought in and ia
ken out?
Al did not.
Or F'urber was recalled. He was
asked a question concerning the reception
! of mutilated bodies which had been put
to the other doctors and said:
Il would not receive it and and
think that it would be a warning to any
reputable medical college that such body
was unlaWfully obtained
On DISCRIMINATION ne said he did
not know that the Kansas Medical col
| lege had received any such body.
| c. E. Menard was called but did not
! give any material testimony. On cross
examination he told of the lock of the
| dissecting room door being picked with
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