The herald., 1897-02-07

could be effectually concealed forever.
The detectives paid an early morning
visit to the headquarters of DR.. Hastings,
made some inquiries which developed
facts that cast much suspicion upon the
cause OF the unfortunate girls death,
and the father sent Geographic message
to San Bernardino, calling hither DR..
Wesley Thompson, the physician to the
Hattery family.
THE INQUEST
Yesterday afternoon the coroner held
an inquest al the morgue. after post
mortem examination of the remains had
been made. The first witness examined
was the father, j. l.. Hattery, who said,
among other things that his daughter
left home January 19 to come to Los An
geles, and had stayed with her sister
here until the 29th. The fathers testi-
mony did not bear directly on the sub
ject under consideration as did that of
the witness who followed him.
DR.. Walter Lindley testified that he
mad made an external examination, and
had found Just above the collar bone an
abrasion ard on the lower part of the
left breast blister two inches long
The girls right foot was distorted and
d1slocated. He considered her death was
due to blood poisoning resulting from
miscarriage or abortion. There was
nothing to indicate that an instrument
had peen used to perform an abortion.
DR.. Wesley Thompson, of San Ber-
nafdIno, who was present al the autopsy
saw signs of an afterbirth He knew
the girl quite well, and she was secre-
tary of the Woman's Relief corps in San
Bernardino. In. his opinion her death
resulted from miscarriage or abortion,
but he could not say whether instru-
ments had been used or not
The next witness was Calvin S. Hast
fngs, IN whose establishment the girl
came to her death. Witness described
himself as medical electrician. with
office at No. 10S North Spring street.
He said the first time he saw the girl
was on Friday, January 20. between 9
and o'clock, wnen she came to his place
The nurse met her at the door and
talked with her. The girl said to her
that she had twisted an ankle and. fen an
the sidewalk. hitting her head. and after
wards she told the same story to the
doctor. The girl was admitted. and tho
doctor gave her an electric treatment
for her lame ankle, afterward going
about his other work. The girl asked
permission to stay over night, SO she
could take another treatment the next
~
ed her so, and 1t had to be treated. She
would go into swoons as though dea,1
and considerable work On the part of tha
doctor and nurse was required to bring
her out. After the first day she did NOT
complain Of her ankle, but her head was
very bad, and she would become de-.
lirious.
The girl was moved from one room r.
another to give her 81 change after
she had been there some days Friday
evening as the witness was about to
take her In his arms to carry her to an
other room she suddenly exclaimed,
"Oh. my heart!" and fell back dend
Though he and a woman patient from
Monrovla and an electric light man. who
CHANGED to be working in the place at
The time. worked over the girl some time
they could not revive her Witness said
in treating her with electricity to revive
her all the fluid passed. from the battery
through him and was applied Dy his
hands. When he found that no amount
OF electricity or hand rubbing could
bring the girl back TO life he notified the
lnaertakers. and they sent word to the
caroner, but by request Of the detectives