The herald., 1897-05-26
Afternoon Session

Upon the court reconvenlng at 2
o'clock DR.. Campbell, the county COR
oner, went upon the witness ctand.
Il was the coroner at the time of Lillian
Hatterys DEATH" he began, land at
tended the autopsy. DR.. w. LindIey, DR..
Thompson of San Bernardino and DR..
Paul Bresee were also present. DR.. Wal
| ter Lindley used the knife My stem
og'rapher took notes and l went through
them later to gee that they were COR
rect. The autopsy was begun between
and 10 o'clock in the morning"
DR.. Campbell proceeded to read from
his notes the facts developed by the au-
topsy. Judging from the measurements
made the witness gave it as his opinion
that dece aeed had been advanced three
months in pregnancy, and came to her
death by having submitted herself to an
operation to procure abortion.
| Upon cross-examiration DR.. Camp
bell conceded that his opinion was
formed not solely on what he learned
at the autopsy. but from all the facts of
| the case, and also from the assertion of
Mis1 Horton that she had seen a
faetus.
''Is it not fact that when DR.. Lind
ley opened UP the breast and in ex-.
amining the heart, both you and DR..
Lindley said that that was sufficient to
account for death?"
Il don't remember just that 1 may
have said to DR.. Lindley that the state
of the heart might knock out our case,
but that was before we had made the
abdominal investigation"
SOME PHYSICAL CONTRADICTION
The witness proceeded to say that
having found septic peritonitis, he ex-
nected to find the spleen affected, the
same as the other parts of the abdom-
NAL cavity. He said that he could not
explain the normal state of Lillian Hat
tery's spleen.
Mr.. Gage then read from a medical,
work, by an author whom witness con-
ceded to be an authority. to show that
the blood clots mentioned by witness
could not exist as stated when a person
died from .septicaemia. Dr.. Campbell
after moments hesitation, said he
| scarcely agreed with the authority
quoted.
us that answer, DOCTOR" queried Mr..
Gage, laughingly, similar to the boys.
who. when brought to task for spelling
wrongly, said he disagreed from Web
ster's dictionary"
In answer to specific question, the
witness stated that the amount
of pus found would indicate
that about ten days must have
! elapsed from the time of the melting
cause having set up inflammatory &C.
tion.
| Suppose it should be demonstrated
| that Miss Horizons story that she ha6
seen a foetus was untrue, would it not
modify your belief?" asked Mr.. Gage
IT based my opinion upon the meas
urements made at the autopsy and from
all the circumstances. If it could be
proved that no foetus had been there my
opinion would be modified ~4
| DR.. Campbell was put through very
long, and, in parts, severely technical
examination by Mr.. Gage, who sought
| inspiration in the small library of med
icaI authorities spread out before him
DR.. Thompson of San Bernardino was
the next witness, and he testified to
having practised as physician and sur
geon since 1869. He stated that he has
known Lillian Hattery for about five
years previous to her death. He was
present at the autopsy and assisted DIR.
Walter Lindley in performing the oper-
alton at the morgue. He testified to the
external appearance of the body as be-
ing that of healthy woman. There was,
an abrasion Of the skin on the collar
bone, a large scar of ABOUT ~ inches
in diameter in the region Of the heart,
that seemed to be the result of blister
having been applied. Tne right foo;
was distorted. the ankle being drawn
inward. The ankle was not broken, nor
had it been dislocated recently. 1t was
either congenital deformity or one of
very early life.
| At this point the court adjourned un-
| til this morning at the usual hour.