The herald., 1897-07-22
remembered, the sarcasm appeared of
the double back action kind.
THE MEDICAL TESTIMONY

THE MEDICAL TESTIMONY
DR.. ]. H. Lowry, the physician at this
reform school, testified to having prac-
ticed for twenty years He stated thai
on July s he was called to examine
Parks. THE boy was in bed" said the
witness, land 1 examined. him and found
an abrasion of the size of a gold dollar
on the parts and some discolorations
on the thighs. He was kept in the hos
pital three days, not because he really
needed it, but because of the turbulence
among the boys generally. The abra-
sion disappeared in two or three days,
the discolorations on the thigh are prob
ably there yet to some extent. OF these,
however, the boy did not complain.
Since then he has complained of a pain
in the right groin, but it could. not have
any connection with the abrasion on the
parts. About May IL he met with an ac-
cident at play and was in hospital for
several days. He then complained Of
the pain in his groin. DR.. Newlin was
called on the Monday or Tuesday fol-
lowing the whipping. The boy himself
never stated that he was lame as re-
suit of the pain in his groin. Last Sur
day another examination was made and
the glands were somewhat enlarged,
and l painted them with iodine. If the
blow had produced swelling when it
struck then the pain in the groin might
have resulted, but there was no such
swelling. Parks was the only boy in
the hospital as a consequence of the
whipping.
Upon cross-examination the witness
e,ta a ia OIL rhaf bah ad
never seen an exactly similar instru-
ment used for whipping, but when boy
he had seen a much more terrible instru-
ment and felt it, too.
DR.. w. F. Newlin, a practicing physi-
clan for twenty-five years and residing
at Whittier, corroborated the previous
witness. He examined Parks last Nor.
Gay afternoon and found him suffering
from a pain in the groin. Witness was
shown where the boy had been struck,
but there was no pain there, and the
pain in the groin was altogether dis
tinct. III questioning Parks he said he
had an accident about six weeks before
and had then had pain in the groin.
Witness noticed discolora tons on the
thigh and rubbed his hand over them,
but the boy said, there was no pain. there.
He also stated that in his life he had
been fortunate enough not to see cor
poral punishment administered, and,
consequently, could not determine the
particular status of the instrument used.
SCHEMING FOR A PURPOSE
o. Eldridge, a nine months inmate Of
the school, testified to having CONVEX
sation last Sunday in the hospital in
which Parks took part. One of the
nursese told Parks that he was schem-
ing to get out of work. and he said that
if he was scheming that he was schem-
ing for a purpose.
On cross-examination witness gave
the entire conversation. The nurse,
Franklin, accused witness and Parks of
scheming, and witness replied that if
the nurse had the knee he had he would
not think he was scheming. 1t was then
that Parks remarked about schemipg
for purpose. Later in the day the doc
tor ordered witness back to the hospital,
and told him to remain there.
Charles Henry Treat the defendant
in the case, testified to being captain of
Company E. The facts testified to a
precisely similar state of facts as had
before been stated by other witnesses
no indication that there was any malice
displayed. toward the boy, but simply
that he had shared in the general pun
ishment dealt out to the leaders in spe-
cial acts of characterization.