The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-06

To District Attorney Clcc,on stated ,ha,
he had known Dr steiner for about two
months previous to his wltcs sickness
Had been married ten years, during whlch
time two chlldrcn had been born to his
wife, one hrlng stubborn, Ills wife was
about twcnty.slx years old at the time ot
her death, and always enjoyed good
health, When asked To narratc the cir.
cumstanccs " nr Stcnerp visit, the do
tcndapTs attorneys, Fulton nrOs,, object,
cd, claiming that the construction VI the
language In the indictment prccludcd tho
admissihlllty ot the testimony Il was u
delicate question W law and was discussed
at somc lcugth by both Mr. election and
Mr Fulton, The court, however, over,
ruled the objection. The witness prn.
cccding said. nr steiner arrived about
. a. m and stayed I'm sp m, lie mado
three different examinations and used In.
strumcpts, asked him how she was grt
ting along and he answered AN right,
hut slow" Tho witness here detailed the
doctors movements UP to and after the
time OF the chlld's delivery, after which
he stated, hts wife slowly sank and died
In about an hour and twenty minutes
The time consumed In doing this work
was about two hours The doctor then
wanted % ~ home but VAS forbidden by
witness and his tNthyr,n.law, who
thought II tho duty ot the doctor to atay
with his patient until the las, moment
She was conscious up to the time VI her
death, Witness stated that he had a con.
vcrsatlon with nr steiner In rrgam to
keeping quiet The doctor told him hr
would rather than siONN Il hadn't hap.
pvncd" lie further said he didn't have
any finances but would give me $50 and
his team II would hush tup, After this
he came 10 my house and told me he had
some property In Eugene worth six or
seven hundred dollars aud that he would
give mo a deed to IL Il I would keep quiet.
I refused the ofcr. saying that wanted
Justice. pr Steiner then drove m
In crnss-cSamluation the witness stated
he had never made the proposition to pr
Steiner To hush IL up FOR an amount ot
money. lie had made up his mind to
prosecute him but ala not So tell him. No
one stopped him nor did he SEE any one
strike az him while performing the opera.
| tion My mothrr-in-llw held the chlo-
reform. then Mr. Hubbard. and after.
wards Mrs Higlry My mothcr,ln-Rw
was somewhat excited, The patient came
/ TO and the doctor ordered us to keep Il
closer to her nose. We dld SO. and In the
meantime he rc-saturatcd the haudkcr-
| chief with chloroform insisted on the
doctor staying with the patient, The wit.
ness was asked by Mr. Fulton " h. had
/ not sent young man named Roadway to
I the house of DR. Steiner the sunday fol.
! lowing his wlfc's death with an offrr OF
| compromise. To witch he replied that he
did not remember having sent any one
there ON that day with such u proposition.
! Charles u. Hubbard. father of deceased.
was the next witness. The hrst part ~
/ his testimony, corruborntcd the preceding
/ witness He stated that whom he saw tho
doctor completing the operation he knew
his daughter was killed As nr Steiner
was going TO the barn with the remnants
OF his work he told the witness TO go for
! another doctor. and DR. Bishop was telc'
graphed foi. when Or Steiner returned
TO the room, In about twenty minutes.
the patient was almost dead. Dr. Steiner
called for stlmulants. and one OF the wo-
men gave him brandy aud he drank H.
This was just before the child was born.
Cross-eNamined. My feelings were natur-
ally worked up. II testified AZ the coro.
ner's inquest that the child's head was
separated from tho body. but found out
afterwards Il was mlsapprchenslon.
Mrs. Eberman. another witness, tcsii-
fed that she had had considerable ex-
perlence In childbirth, having attended
good many. She thought DR.. Steiner
wns very rough. After the birth Of the
child DR. Steiner removed something. on
which he remarked. What's thls-why
It's a tumor" The father and husband
cautioned him. saying he had better look
out for what he was doing. The patient
had no severe pains before being placed
on the cot. She was strong up 20 child
birth The condition NJ the child WAS
natural.
The court then adjourned
Medical testimony will be- introduced
when the trial Is resumed tomorrow.