The herald., 1897-02-24

seen the defendant actually apply them
to any person. but had Seen Hastings
going from couch to couch carrying
them and presumably operating with
them. or her own personal knowledge
she was unable to state the uses of the
speculuin and probes but Mrs. Weaver
had told her all about them. Mr.. Gage
endeavored to induce the witness to
point out some one particular instru-
ment that she recognized and TO state
when and where she had seen Hastings
using 1t, but Miss Horton was too sharp
to be caught In the trap, and merely re
iterated that she knew the instruments
by their general appearance and coull
pick out no particular one as having
been used at any one time.
WHY SHE TESTIFIED
At this point the attorney changed his
line of attack and began to probe into
the reasons for Miss Norton coming for
ward to testify In the ease. On the Sun
day after Lillian Hattery's death, wit
ness said that her sister came to see her
in Hastings office, and told her that two
detectives had been to her residence in
quiring for Miss Horton. Mrs. Weaver
was present at the time, and becoming
alarmed, extracted from her a promise
that she would tell nothing of what had
occurred to the officers. This was OH
Sunday morning, and in the afternoon
Officer F,pwler came and inquired as to
her knowledge of the case. True to her
resolve she told him nothing and he left.
A few days afterward he called again
and this time she made clean breast of
the affair. having concluded to tell the
whole truth. No one had advised, CO.
creed or hired her to do this, but she
felt that it was her duty to do it.
Several questions were here asked
which would seem to indicate that 1t is
the intention of the defense to try and
prove that the miscarriage was caused
by drugs taken by Miss Hattery at San
Bernardino, before she came to this city.
In response to leading question. Kiss
Horton denied that Lillian had ever told
her that she had taken drugs in an n
deaYor to produce an abortion or that
Miss Horton had told her sister that
Lillian had made any such remark to
her Nothing Of the kind lad occurred
between them.
Branching of again, Mr.. Gage piled
the witness with questions as to her an
tecedents, ard asked whether she had
had any children herself, receiving the
reply that she had q son six years old.
The statement of the witness, made in
the morning, that she was sirgle was
then brought up, and it developed that
in 1888 Miss Horton had been married In
father of her child. In 1898 the couple
were divorced and Miss Horton resumed
her maiden name. Seeing, nothing to be
gained by pursuing the subject further,
MIR. Gage dropped it and the witness was
excused after having been ON the stand
the greater part Of day and @ half
THE LAST WITNESS.
DR. Wesley Thompson Of San Ber-
nardino, on being called, testified that
he was acquainted with Lillian Hattory
and her family, and that he was present
at the autopsy performed upon the body
of the dead girl. After describing the
condition of the various organs
direct question he replied that death
had undoubtedly been caused by in
nammation and septic poisoning, result
ant from ana abortion. The witness
stated that he was familiar with the
application and effect of electricity,
having uGed it more or less in his prac-
tice for years. The effect of a repeated
application of electricity to the abdomen
or lower back of pregnant woman
would be to kill the chillzand miscar-
riage or abortion would follow.
Again the gruesome instruments were
brought out, and the doctor was in the
midst of an explanation of their charac-
ter and uses when the hour of adjourn
ment arrived, and the hearing closed for
lilt udy, GltH HIS It's tlHlOnS Stlll unIln-
ished. Mr.. Gage was in favor ef night
session to enable the matter to he fin
ished as soon as possible, but Justice
Rossiter was aweary, and declared
recess until this morning at 10 o'clock
1t is expected that the testimony for the
prosecution can all be gotten in during
today's session, and as the defense Will
probably introduce no evidence the case
may be cleared from the police court
docket tonight.
Some of the strongest corroborative
evidence of guilt is said by the officers
to be yet Forthcoming. Today the
movements of the dead girl Will be taken
up and followed from the time she left
Mrs. Van Zandt's house at 0 o'clock on
the morning of January goth, to the sew
eral places where she called, asking to
have an abortion performed. and finally,
from the last place within fifteen min
utes into Hastings den, which she never
left alive. As stated it at present seems
improbable that the defense will intro
duce any evidence, reserving their fight
for the trial From the trend of cross
examination it is evident that Hastings
counsel will attempt to show that the
girl had fall just before coming into
his office. which accident, combined with
the action of drugs taken by her pre-
viously, caused the miscarriage.