The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
DR.. CONDOR SCORED
Bests Lawyer in Yer
bal Encounter in GlaS-
mann Hearing.

Ogden, Jan. 23.-The hearing of
Mayor Glasmann, charged with viO-
lating the quarantine laws by Wis
iting the pest-house and coming
scribed sanitary regulations, was heard
today in the police court before Mu-
nicipal Justice Howell. The case was not
concluded. 1t will be argued tomorrow
morning. at which time the justice will
pass upon the motion made by the prose-
cutiOn to amend its complaint by charg-
ing that the offense was committed
Thursday as we'll as Saturday.
The case was fought hard by both
Sides but had a decidedly humorous as
pect nevertheless. The most interesting
portion resulted from the crOss-eXamina-
ton of DR.. Condor by Mayor Glasmann's
attorney. John D. Murphy The doctor
several times scored At one time Muir
ply asked DR.. Condor about his writing
poetry. Condor confessed that he some
times wrote things which passed as
poetry. At this. Attorney Weber offered
to place one of DR.. Condor 5 poems in evil
Glasmann. The offer was declined.
Again Murphy asked DR.. Condor rela-
tive to the date of his graduation from
the medical college and the date of his
beginning to practice. bringing out that
DR.. Condor had practieed before having
d diploma.
You were lust the same as DR.. Glas-
mann then. weren't your said Murphy.
! I
/ tOrted Dr.. Condor.
The sally raised laugh that the bailiff
| had to suppress.
/ The greatest laughter of all came after
DR. Condor had given his principal testi-
| mony, and Attorney Murphy sought to
I draw out from the city physician that
! his famous dog. Boxer" was in the
! habit of following him into the pest
/ house. presumably without permission
| and without being properly disinfected-
You have a blooded dog. have you
not" queried Mr.. Murphy. that follows
! YOU wherever you gO2'
Yes answered the doctor. in spite OF
| Attorney HendeTson's objection that tht
| question was irrelevant
Mr.. Murphy persisted in this line Of
| questioning and said
He follows you to the pest-house, doe;
! he not -
Yes" answered DR.. Condor but m,
dog has too much sense to 20 IN"
! This created a laugh in the audience
that even the bailiff could not quell.
The claim of Mayor Glasmann in de
! tense of his action was that he had au
! thOrity as mayor TO enter the pest-hous'
/ when ne pleased; that he took proper pre-
/ cautions to prevent the spread of small
| poX by disinfecting himself with a pei
cent solution of CarbOlic acid. Further
! more, he claimed that he did not mingiC
/ with anybody after coming out until h
I had diSinfected his clothing In sUppOTt
| of this. he claimed that he called at th'
/ house OF Mr. GrOome- VINO supplies 1000
to smallpox patients. before going into
! the pest-house on the occasion of his frs
visit. Both Mr.. and Mrs Groome flatly
! cOntradicted him on this. saying that h
| came directly from the pest-house to then
| home Sanitary Inspector Powers. VIII
accompanied Mayor Glasmann on tn
| trip, was not called to testify. Two doc
| tors testified that Glasmann's mode o
| disinfecting himself as he described it
was sufficient. Four others disa gree
] 1 he her ~
H 5 Scott OF salt Lake. who -teSIifie,
to having seen about 1000 cases of small
pox and that the Ogden case was as Sc
we're as 20 per cent of those he had seen
| He was very positive that Glasmann'
| disinfectiOn of himself was imperfect