The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-02
MRS, VAUGHAN ON TAESTAND
SHE TESTIFIED AT TIE HEARING
 LAST NIGHT.

Denied tn Toto All Witnesses for Re- monstrants Said-Taking of Testi- mony Now Finished d-Arguments Next Tuesday Night-John w. filings The taking of testimony in the Vaughan hearing was finished last night and all that now remains to be done in the hearing on this application for a license to conduct @ maternity hospital at No. Prospect Place is the arguments by the counsel for the ap- plicant and the counsel for the remon- just before the adjournment at 12 o'clock that each side would be allowed one hour for argument at a session to be held Tuesday evening next begin- ming at o'clock.
 Mrs. Vaughan was on the witness stand last night for three and half hours, from o'clock until 11:S0. She was first questioned by her counsel, Mr. Goodhart, as to the statements made by witnesses for the remonstrants, which reflected on her character, and that of her place and denied in toto all the facts alleged in these state ments. She said that when she con- templated moving from No. 45 Stevens street sh6 told pr. Fleischner of the board of health that she was going to buy a piece of property on Norton street, and transfer her business there and asked him if 1t was necessary to get her license transferred. She said that Dr. Fleischner told her that the license was to her and not to the place. She said that the price of her property on Prospect Place was $S,000, that she paid $2,200 down and gave a mortgage for the balance; that she had paid out s1,Oo0 on Improvements of the place. On the cross examination she said that she had been married but once, that being in 1879: that her husbands name was Thomas Godfrey; that he deserted her in England; she joined him in this country, and that be again deserted her; that her oldest daughter was twen- ty-four years of age. She said that she assumed the name of Hobbs in 1884, inn mediately after her husband had de- serted her, and took the name of Vaughan in 1892.
 At 11:30 the cross examination of Mrs. Vaughan having been finished, John w. filling was given an opportu- nifty to reply to the insinuation that he tn 10 nr THnYyo go to members of the board privately and inform them about Mrs. Vaughan, and also Dr. Thomson's statement that what he told to MT. filling was in con- sequence of the latters promise not to communicate 1t further.
 Mir filling took the witness stand, and after being sworn said: "I want to state concerning that matter of Dr. Thomson's testimony, that I called upon Dr. E. L. R. Thomson one evening between the date of the application for this license and the date of the first session of this hearing in consequence of a statement made to me that lie was willing to state to the board all he knew in reference to Mrs. Vaughan Passing by the preliminary talk, which
 
 understood that he told certain persons that he was willing to come to this board though not publicly, and tell the facts that he knew in relation to Mrs Vaughan. told him that I would like to know before hand what he was going to say and he then proceeded to tel me. He said that he had sent a great deal of business to Mrs. Vaughan twenty or thirty cases, at one time ol another. He then stopped and said that he wanted me to understand that in none of the cases had be committed any abortions. He said he had knowr of the nature of Mrs Vaughan's busi. ness at 45 Stevens street, And that il was the care of abortion cases sent there by Dr. Bond aF others. Ht said that he did not know that abor. tions had been committed at tht house. He said that he had remon strated with Mrs. Vaughan against do ing that kind of business, and had tolt her that she would set into trouble f she kept on. He said that she tolt him that it paved her. He said tha she would not quit it then, and I asked him if he knew of any resort by Mrs Vaughan to her rooms at No. 45 Stev ems street for immoral purposes ant he said 'Yes they are so used when no in use for other business He sait that he had spoken to her about thi but she would not give it up. Then spoke of the Prospect Place house. H' said Mrs. Vaughan wanted to get { larger place than the one on Stevens street and spoke of going to the west ern part of the city into a larger house far from neighbors. He said that h. advised her to go there. but that whel she spoke of going to Prospect Place h. advised her not to. He said that h. had no personal knowledge of the us of rooms at Mrs. Vaughan's house ol Prospect Place, but that Chapel stree business men had told him that the, had occupied rooms with girls there a night"
 At this point Mr. Goodhart objecte to the line the statement was taking and Dr. Fleischner said that the boar had decided that MT. filling was ex ceeding the scope of his reply to tn charge that he had asked a man t meet certain members of the board pri vately.
 Proceeding, Mir. filling said: q aske him why he would not go before tn board in public and testify. He sai ha oo11l6n't dn ,,rraS I,S,o