The Portland daily press., 1900-12-01

She was IN a ssmi-cor soious condition
something as II she was in q faint. she
was not In a serious condition. Hen
lllmrs were warm and her respiration was
Iau right. She oouldn't falkland couidn'i
sit up. He saw her the next morning; she
seemed to Rave recovered the uss Of her
limbs TO someextent.- She said a mum
Der Of things but nothing relating to
questions asked her. The doctor was
asked as to statements she made while In
this condition. The question was adj
mitted as hcaring on her condition but
not on the guilt or innocence OF the re-
spondenis.
The doctor said that he offered her
some wafer nd she said Ia Ike IL away.
don't want any OF your ice cream. She
elso slid az don't want your money"
She made no other statement about Ice
! cream.
eros s-examined the doctor said he saw
no evidences Of the girl being drugged A
few drops of chloroform or ether wouldn
have produced the delirium. In answer
to a question by the court the doctor said
he knew OF no drug which taken in the
quantity indicated would have produced
her condition. Her condition might have
come about by natural causes wholly.
DR.. Wallace K. webber was called at
the whitney's Monday. He described her
condition substantially as DIR. Conant
had done. He did not consider her In q
serious condition and left no medicine.
Was again called on. Wedr esday. She was
In about the same condition. The pupils
OF her eyes were not ss dilated as before.
There were no Indications OF physical
violence. / next called Monday forenoon
and she was all right. She made similar
statements to me when In her uncon-
soious condition that she did to Dr.
Conant. know OF no drug that would
have produced dilation of the pupils,
and caused 1t to continue for so long.
Cross-examined he said that there was
nothing about her condition that couldn' .
be accounted for by natural causes.
Q-would the violent exercises she took
account for her condition.
Alt might have caused It.
The court here took recess for dinner.
The hearing was resumed OF 1.s5.
DR.. d. +. Sturgis, one OF the leading
ply sicians of the two cities, was first
called, lie SAW Abbie Whitney THURSDAY
and Friday, after the alleged assault. She
was sleepy. She said she had been at
dance at Sabatis, but would tell US
about 1t Friday. Friday her tempera-
ture and pulse were normal. She then
told OF her experience at Sabatis she
said she went to dance Thurs lay and
Friday. Saturday , fellow she was 60
ing with wanted he. to go TO the theatre.
She didn't, but went to Sabatis, At the
dance she went down to the walk with
some other girls. They went back into
the kitchen, but some one grabbed her
before she went In. The Doctor here de-
tailed the ice cream incident as Miss
Whitney told 1t to him, and the other
events that followed. she tatsd to the
doctor that the young man attempted
had been related. The doctor didn't
sse her during her delirium.
| Q.--What conclusion did you arrive at
as to her condition ana its caussp
Al thought she was tired out; moth.
ing more.
Q-Couid her 90 ndition have been pre-
c,pitsted by drugf
Al don't think 1t could. ] saw nc
evidence of any drug. i assume that nc
drug was given to produce her condition.
Cross .examined-Ch Ioroform. or ether
would have produced an immediate effect
1 know of no drug that would have pro
duced the condition she was in.
Mrs Whitney, the girls mother, took
the stand ana testified to her health be.
fore and after the alleged ASSAULT.
Frank Luce attended the dance, saw
Miss whitney on the car returning. Saw
her go to sleep In the car. Assisted her
out. She was unable to help herself.
! The States case closed here, and Mr..
McGillicuddy addressed the court in be-
half of the respondents. He said II the
case was an ordinary one he should ask
to have the respondents discharged at
once, but so much had been said about
the case that he felt it1was his duty te
his clients to have q full and complies
statement of the case made. He said hs
| hOuA0 chOW tAat tAo ofCtAs1 s.e@S6S~ -
have taken place were impossible. and they
show abundant cause for her condition.
None of the events at the dance
took place except that she did go down
and get a drink of water and spit 1t out
We shall introduce q witness,a railroad
man, who says he went into the sink
room about l03 80. He saw Abbie Whit
ney there. She had a half pint bottle o.
some dark brown liquid in one hand, ane
In the other glass containing the sans
liquid. This she drank. The Dan Roach
whom she describes, as having seen, wa
In jaii at the time OF the dance. Th'
witnesses were sworn.
George Hitchcock, one Of the respon
dents, was the first to take the stand.
Didn't know Abbis Whitney, and saw
her for the first time at the waiting
room. Was at tbs dance, arriving late
At intermission we went down stair
ana remained very few minutes Their
returned and didn't return until tn