The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-01
H1AklNG NkAklNG A ULUSE
MRS. VAUGHAN WILL TAKE THE
 WITNESS ST4ND TO-NIGHT.

Testified to the Character of Her
 House Last Night-John W. filling
 VIII Reply to Insinuations Made at
 Wednesday Nights Session.
 It is probable that the Vaughan hear ing will be finished by the middle of next week. The board last night de- cided to hear no more testimony from the remonstrants. and MT. Goodhart, counsel for the applicant, announced that he would finish with his witnesses at to-night's session, when he will call Mrs. Vaughan to the stand. This will conclude the testimony, and all that will remain to be offered before a de- cision by the board will be the argu- ments by counsel. The hearing was continued before the board of health in the common pleas court room last night, Mir Goodhart putting in testi- mony for the applicant. The first wit ness called was Health Officer Dr.. Frank W. Wright. He said that he had visited Mrs. Vaughan's house pro- fessonally and officially to inspect the place. On those visits he had never seen anything immoral or improper in the conduct of Mrs. Vaughan or per- sons in her home. He thought that the Stevens street house was adequately equipped for a maternity hospital and that Mrs. Vaughan was a competent nurse. He said that he attended a con-
 fnement case at the Stevens street called Ella and the father George, the latter being present at the house. This Loud referred to when she testified to having seen a birth take place at Mrs. vaughans home Dr. Wright said that the case was decently conducted. He did not remember whether or not the window shades were pulled down.
 G. F. Frederick, of the firm of Fred erick Bros, grocers, was the next wit ness. He said that he lived at No. SO
 Stevens street, diagonally across the street from Mrs, Vaughan's, from June 6, 1884, to July, 1897, and had known
 Mrs. Vaughan since July 8, 1895. He said that his wife was about ot be con-
 fined in the early part of July, 1885, and
 that Dr. Ruickholdt was the attending
 physician. Desiring to secure nurse
 for her he consulted Dr. Ruickholdt, and was told by him that Mrs, Vaughan would be very good woman
 to get as she was a capable nurse and
 would be the best one that he could
 get He said that while Mrs. Vaughan was nursing his wife he had called at
 Mrs. Vaughan's house for her and to
 get articles for her as late as 12:3O at
 night, and never saw anything inde- cent or immoral there.
 On cross examination Judge tSoddard showed MT Fredericks a doucment and
 pointing out a signature asked the wit | ness if he recognized 1t. Witness said that he did: that it was the signature
 of his brother and business partner 1 Henry FTedericks. The document was later shown to be a petition remon- strating against the granting of li- cense to Mrs. Vaughan to conduct a maternity hospital or lying-in place on | the ground that she was an unsuitable | person, and signed by thirty names of citizens, among the signatures being | that of Fredericks Bros.
 Witness said he had not authorized | the affixing of the firms signature tc | the petition, and did not know that il | had been so affixed. The petition was offered as evidence.
 J. K Stillman of 124 Sylvan avenue | was next called. He said that he lived | at No. 46 Stevens street, opposite Mrs | Vaughan's house at No. 45 for five l years, and then moved to No. AZ, where | he lived for some time. He knew Mrs | Vaughan and said that he had never
 seen any indecent or: immoral conduct | on the part of Mrs. Vaughan or per | sons at her home. He said: "I know | while I was there that the house was g quiet, respectable home. I wish that
 all the houses there were as quiet as l hers. My wife was sick about three years ago and the people in the house next to Mrs. Vaughan's were so noisy | that several times I came near com | plaining to the police. The noisy peo-
 ple were the Louds."
 On cross examination he said that hs | had heard that MT. Penny was at Mrs | Vaughan's house but had never seer | him there.
 Mrs. Peter Winterfield was the next witness and said that she lived at No | 47 Stevens street for about eight years leaving there in 1892 or 1893. She never saw anything wrong at Mrs. Vaughan: house next door; had seen baby 1T | the yard that was being cared for b1 Mrs Vaughan and saw nothing in Mrs | Vaughan's treatment of the child tha
 was not proper.
 Mrs. John Rowe of No. 52 Steven:
 street next took the stand. Witnes: | said that she was acquainted with Mrs | Vaughan and had never seen anything ] improper or indecent at Mrs. Vaughan'' | house: never saw anyone going into
 Mrs Vaughan's house stealthily ol
 coming out as though they did not de ! sire to be seen. She thought that ther,