The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-08
DR.. FOX NOT GUILTY.
That Wss the Verdict the Jury Returned
Yesterday.
SUMMARY OF YESTERDAYS EVIDENCE
child Said to Have Had scarlet
Fever shown IN Court--Jurors
Were Afraid.

The trial OF DR.. E. L. Fox on charge
of having failed to report scarlet fever
cases appearing In his practice was COM
pleted yesterday afternoon. the jury re-
turning verdict OF not guilty.
This trial has perhaps been OF longer
duration than any case ever tried be:ere
d city court In Texas. haying taken The
time Of the court since last Friday.
In the summary OF the testimony pub
lshed yesterday morning DR.. ]. NJ. Blair
shoule have been reported as stating that
after an Investigation he had concluded
that there was scarlet fever in Houston.
an understanding OF his answer caused
him to be quoted 80 the conriry.
Following is summary of the main
features OF yesterdays testimony
The defendant, Dr. L. l.. Fox. TOOK The
stand. He stated his medical experience
first. Witness said in reference 10 the
that they were entirely without ever GOV
crai times during their sicNless.
Dr Pierce Witness examined the shir-
icy child 1t was his conclusion that luo
child did not have scarlet fever
Cross-examned: Witness stated he
child had been sick seven days when ia
saw it; that desquamatiou pUnid hnVe set
10 by the seventh day. He saw 10 cti-
deuces OF desquamation. The child had
rash which was declining lho tLroA. was
not much affected, II at ILL., Mhn8ss Jv-
tpcted no enlargement of the glands 1T he
angle OF the jaw. The rasa was almost
white and similar to that OF prltSly heat.
II was witness Judgment that the child
had prickly heat.
Mr.. Gorber-Wltness lives At 1913 Hardy
Street, nearly opposite me Wright family.
His little girl was sick alter the illness
of the Wright children. Witness described
The symptoms exhibited BY his caild. stat
Ing that the sickness had leit her toMIy
deaf. she had very red tongue and ies-
quamated freely.
Crosse examined: Thsre was ,opta-
gious disease sign posted on a house hear !
witness home and on he same side II ;ro
street. Witness did not Know now his
child contracted the dissrse The house.
bearing the contagious ll.aa aign was /
nearer to witness than :ha Virgin house
Dr. P. II. Cron.n, recalcd-..he Shuley
child had German measles last summer.
aiterward having ordinary measles,
Ctoss- eIamlnta--A patIeni'a temperature
nlght be normal ard The diselse Of scarlet
fever still exist. witness expe lence with
scarlet fever had been limited
At the afternoon ses:.n Mr.. Gerber.
fa,her OF the little girl, said to have lost
her hearing because OF scarlet fever, ex-
hiblted the child to The jury VIII lie pr.
Eckhsrdt was testlfyiug. Witness stated
That the child was thln desquamatlns, tie
nicst dangerous stage OF the disea G az u
e \ a Eat tha 4,,-.,
seemed TO exhibit an uneasiness AMI same
q them expressed fear OF contracting h
disease, whereupon the chid wa removed
The Gerber child was nor attended by Dr.
FoxD
Or Eckhardt stated that he had reported
hsiweeu forty and nifty cases OF scarlet
fcver during the present epidemic.
Dr Norswcrihy wos agan in 70 ,ucel.
The defsnse objected to his ties mony on
The ground that II was a "thresl ng
OF old straw" An argumen arose 4 d
Judge Railey remarked tina, II see ned f1s
trai would have no end II the supply o.
doctors held out.
DR.. Wagner testified that he examined
the Shirley child and found no scarlet
fever,
DR.. W, NJ. Brumby. assistau, health Of
fieer--The Shirley child was su dosu-
mating on October 49, The hands ana feet
pttiing off
Cross ACCOMPLISHMENTS s say the d f.
case carries death rate of fr IN 5 TO 30
per cent. The death rate here ranges from
TO 7 per cent This is very ,ov. A
smaller rumbsr OF cases are benz reportel
now than heretofore. Wines woull not
10 in favor e stopping the city scho BIS
a, present. Witness stated that the Ger
hee child had been treated with aat septlc
OIL before being taken from home.
Or. Fox, rccalled-Witness stateI that
the Shirley child was rot e7quamatins on
October II and had not despuamated be- Z
fare or since that time.
The argument consumed an hour and /
twenty minutes and the case went 70 the
jury about o'clock. A verdict of not
guilty was returned at o'clock.