Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-11


said that any hard instrument could
have caused H.
state whether or not, In your judg-
ment, Miss Ilill could have performed
that operation upon herself
she could not" was the answer. The
doctor then explained his reasons why
IL could not have been done by the
young woman.
state whether or not I'm your judy
mout an operation was necessary 10
save Miss Hill's life or for her health"
mo, sir; there was no operation nee
essary."
He stated that the operation must
have been performed within two hours
before her death. The doctor explain
ed In detail how such operations are
generally performed, From his exam
nation he stated that this operation
was not very scientific one. The COM
mon drugs used IN such operations, he
said are ether and chloroform, and ex-
planned IN detail the effect Of such drugs
upon n person. When a person has a
heart which is small IN proportion 10
the other organs of the body, he said
that chloroform was very dangerous to
use as It impeded the action Of that
organ.
From your examination, state what
was the cause Of the death OF Miss
Hil'
Paralysis Of the pneumogastrlc
nerve"
Any great shock to the heart would
cause such paralysis, he said. The pain
Of the operation might have caused n
shock 70 the heart which would cause
death. He stated that Il would be very
dangerous to administer chloroform 70
a patient In a room whore the air was
close or in a room that n not properly
ventilated, He was shown the pills that
were found IN Miss Hill's room and
gave the contents OF them. He stat
that 20 Of them could be taken at one
dose and not have a fatal effect The
court then took recess until 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
A QUESTION.
One Of the first questions asked DIR.
Mayo this afternoon by District Attor-
ney Elchnor was what In your
Judgment caused the paralysis Of the
pneumogastric nerve?"
THE administration OF chloroform,"
was the reply, IL Is very evident that
the doctor attributes Miss Hill's death
10 the administration OF chloroform,
which was given before the operation
was attempted. His testimony Just be-
fore the noon recess also goes to SLOW
that the pills which Miss Hill had In
her room, had nothing whatever to do
with her death.
DIR. Mayo was under cross examlna-
ton by Attorney Wanless when this re-
port closed.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Prof. Mckay, who was on the stand
when the News report closed yester-
day afternoon, testified that he had
known Miss Hin for 2S years and that
she had taught school here for eight
years. She was a second cousin Of
Mrs McKay's. He stated that on the
morning OF Dec. 20, 1909, Miss Hin left
the house before he did and the next
time he saw her she was lying dead
In DR. Payne's office. Witness identi-
fed the hat found in Dr. payne's Office
as one belonging TO Miss Hill.
MISS HILL HAD BEEN MARRIED.
Mrs, Mckay was the next witness
and II was during her cross-examlna-
ton by Mr.. Wanless that the fact that
Miss Hill was q divorced woman came
out, She stated that Miss Hill was
engaged to a man named John Wright
In Missouri and that they came here
together and he went on to San Fran
cisco. In 1896 she said, that Mss HIN
went to California and married Wright,
but that their married life was I'M
pleasant and only lasted a few months.
when Miss Hill left her husband and
went back to Missouri. Wright then
secured a divorce from her on the
ground OF desertion and she resumed
her maiden name. Mrs. Mckay stat
ed that she found a box Of pills in
Miss Hill's room which had been over
looked by the police.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Mrs. Mary l.. Bond testified that she
saw Miss Hill at about 1890 o'clock on
the morning Of her death She was
crossing the street diagonally across
from the Deseret National bank to-
wards the Utah National bank There
was nothing IN her appearance that
would indicate anything unusual, said
the witness.
c. y. L. Jackson, clerk in Auer-