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ferent spots with his finger and would
say, That hurts and That don't, without
giving her time to reply. She said she
felt pain at every point where he touched
her. After the examination the doctor
repeated the statement that she must
go to the hospital and she replied that
she could not afford 1t as Christmas was
approach and they needed all the mon
ey they had. She said the doctor replied
that the operation would not cost her
over $50 and that she would go down
town and buy a coat and pay $50 for 1t
and be perfectly satisfied. With that,
she said. DR., insolvency said he would
not talk with her any more but
would go down stairs and see the
boss. The witness said she did not con
sent to go to the hospital but that when
Dr. insolvency returned from the store
he told her 10 get ready to 20 out as he
would take her for drive about J
o'clock. She said that when she got INTO
| the carriage she did not know TO "hlch
| hospital she going.
Mrs. Cosgriff said that from the mo-
ment she got into the carriage DR.. Nc
Sweeney began to talk about operations.
! She said that during the drive to the hos
| pital the horses had to walk because the
| Jar of the carriage panied her. Before
going to the hospital she said DIR. Nc
!
there three or four weeks and that in
six weeks she would be homo we'll.
Mrs. Cosgrin testified to being well
| enough to walk around when she reached
the hospital, and that after being I'M
dressed by the nurse and going to con
| fession. she proceeded to the etherizinR
table to prepare for the operation The
last thing she remembered was seeing DR.
! insolvency at the foot of tho table.
After the operation Mrs. Cosgrin said
she had the same duh aching pain that
bothered her previously. She said the
wound was dressed the Saturday follow
irg the operation and at that time she
asked DR. insolvency what the pair
was that she had. She said the doctor
did not reply but simply looked at Sister
! Mcdonald.
The witness said that up to January II
when she was discharged, she had Walk
ed without aid but twice and that OF
one of those occasions shc hau anu ~
returning to her room. She said the
same pain was with her during her en-
Tire stay at the hospital and that she
rum,,lained of it, She said it was the
same kind of a pain she had previous t'
the operation.
Mrs. CcsCrin said that her HUSBAND
came to see her two or three times q day
while ahe was at the hospital. ATTORNEY
BulIard asked her If Mr.. Gosgrin was
under the Influence of liquor at any al
those visits and the witness replied thai
her husband was apparently in the sam,
condition as Or Insolvency.
II car safely say that never saw hin
Under the influence of liquor at the hos
pital," she said.
When the conversation between Dr
| MCSweenev and Mrs. Cosgrir relative 70
III" i'll feeling existing between the mol
WAS brought up Mrs. CuSgrn said that
| DR. McSweoney ma ic an examination OF
the wound and said that it was a in'
! wound ana that she could shO" ii to anS
surgeon The conversation then turnet
to the trouble between the two men. The
witness testified that DR.. McSweeuey re-
marked about the i'll feeling and that
she replied that in her opinion Mr. Cos
grin was justihod in feeling as NE did as
she thought DR. McSweoney had lied t.
him She said Dr. McSwoenev then ac-
Cused Mr.. Cosgrif of drinking heavily
and told her that her place was at home
where she might exercise a good innn
cnce over him. She said DR. McSweeneS
asked her not to repeat what he hac
said to Mr.. Cosgcif. During the CONVEX
satcn DR.. McSweeney repeated thu
threats that he mad heard Mr. Cosgrif
had made about him. Mrs. Cosgrin sac
she told the doctor that such remarks
did not seem like Garrett aud that tn,
doctor replied that he did not think Mr.
COsgrft would do anything to njure him
In speaking of the examination claimed
TO have been made by DR.. Allen the wit
ness said he came into the room ant
shook hands with hcr and remarked thai
the wound was a good one. DR.. Mo
sweeney said yes, II was pretty one
Mrs. Cosgrlf said she was Mortified a
| that remark aud told DR. McSWccHrN
she had heard of dresses being Callet
pretty but had never heard the term ap
Piled to wound before She said DIR
| Allen made no examination of her.
ON the return from the hospital the wit
ness said she did not walk to the carriage
| and that when she reached home she hat
to sit for "A long time before she Coult
| 70 up stairs. She said she was IL bee
the following day, that sne expected DIR
McSweeney would call on her but tina
he failed and she accordingly called fol-
! Or. Lund. She said she has been under
doctors care since the operation ana tha
the wound stll troubles her. She saiC
she has the same pain now that she hat
| before the operation.
On the cross-eXamination Mrs. Cosgrif
said that in 1897 she was seriously sicl
and at "A consultation of physicians /
| was determined she had appendicitis anc
could not live Or. insolvency stayeS
with her day and night ut that time, th'
witness said. and brought her out of tn,
trouble, thereby saving her life. The fac
was developed that people asked the con
sulting physicians what me trouble wa
with Mrs. Cosgriff and they replied tina
she had appendicitis and that she wa
probably dead then.
Mrs. Cosgrir was asked with reference
to the statement that she suffered thu
same pains at the hospital after the oper
alton that she had before and was re
uuested to state to whom she complained
She replied that she told DIR. McSweene!
once and that she spoke to the nurses
about the trouble,
When the examination of Mrs. Cossrif
was completed Sister Mcdonald wa
called She was questioned about tn
operation but the particular point of tn
examination was in relation to the appen
dix taken from Mrs, Cosgriff The wit
ness said she put the appendix IN oott
with two other similar organs FROM III
examination it developed that she did no
notice which appendix was the larges
and that as a result she was not abso
lutely certain which one was taken from
Mrs. Cosgriff
The case will be resumed this morning