Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-15

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| who represented the state when the
| case was first started We viii show
| that the state has failed TO prove that
| defendant was not responsible for
! Miss Hill's death, and that he did no
| more than any other physician would
| have done under similar circumstances,
ana has committed no criminal act.
DEFENDANT ON THE STAND.
Mr. Wanless concluded his statement
| 2t II o'clock and Dr. Payne, the de-
| PENDANT, wac then called to the Wit
ness stand. He talked very rapidly IN
! giving his testimony and told a con-
nected story detailing without hest
fancy every thing that occurred on that
day. lie testified that he had practised
medicine IN Salt Lake for 10 years.
ana that he studied medicine at Cam
! bridge university, England. He stated
NAV MISS HUI came 10 his office about
ll.dO O'Clock on the morning Of Dec
20 ana that was the first time he hal
ever seen her She came into the office
and asked him Il he was the doctor
and then walked across the room and
threw herself IN a reclining position on
The lounge and said, "Oh dearl" She
| then leaned over and commenced titk-
ing OF her rubbers.
II helped her remove them.n said
the defendant, and also helped her re-
move her coat and hat. She then gave
| signs or vomiting and ] went 10 get
| the coal bucket and then held her head.
! knock then came at the door and
| went and told the lady that | had n
patient who had come there very sick
ana asked her TO return later. then
returned and by that tlme the lady had
lost control OF her speech and | could
not understand anything she said.
thought by her action that she wanted
10 go to closet and | went TO get
! key and when ! returned ehe was going
| into commissions. | did not use the
chloroform because remembered that
II was not very good quality fixed
her some medicine and started giving II
10 her ana gave IL TO her until | saw
she was sinking very rapldly. l couldn't
| nave saved her nor could any other doc
tor have done IT, did not az any time
know what was the matter with her.
lic mot know she was IN a delicate con-
diuon did not attempt to perform an
| operation or did not know that an
operation had been attempted pom her.
IN answer TO questions by Str Wan-
lcps he stated that his sntchel contain
ga ms surgical instruments and some
Christmas presents which he had pir-
chased. He said that the presents were
on top and the Instruments on the hot
tom. Tho satchel was east of the head
OF the lounge during the time Miss Hill
was there and not at the foot as was
testified TO by the witnesses for the
state, he said II was there when he
leit and went TO the station and was
sun IN the same place when he re-
turned Continuing DR.. Payne said:
WENT TO POLICE STATION.
When found that she was beyond
all hope | locked my Office and Wen. to
the police station and told them that
strange woman had come to my Office
very sick and that she was dying. They
went back 10 the Office with me and
the Office was soon filed with people. |
called the attention OF the officers 10 the
piece Of candy on the lounge and to the
medicine, part Of which had given
Miss HIM."
SCORES THE OFFICERS.
In regard to his treatment al the no.
lice station. pr. Payne stated that he
was denied any privileges whatever.
They refused to send for his attorney,
| refused TO let him get an assistant to
look after his Office and see that il was
locked up, ana would not give him his
4 meals regularly, He said that he was
put through the sweating" process and
that he didn't have suitable place 10
sleep while IN the city iail and that the
| iniler and officers treated him in a gruH
manner In relation to the conversa-
ton he had with Dr. MAYO, DR.. Odel,
| Mr. Christensen and the police officers
the night the autopsy was performed,
he said that Mr.. Christensen got per-
sonal IN his remarks about his reputa-
tlon and that he refused to say any
thing more and told Mr.. Christensen
that he would not answer any more
| questions until he had seen his attor-
ney.
WHAT MEDICINE CONTAINED.
In answer to questions put by Mr..
| Waness, Dr. Payne stated that the
medicine he gave Miss Hill contained
veratine, strychnine and glOnoin. and
that Il contained nothing which would
| have caused her death. He left part
OF II in a glass on the washstand at the
head OF the lounge.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR her
DEATH.
Doctor aid you In any way con-
| tribute to Miss Hill's sickness or death,
except as you have testified here"
asked Mr. Wanless.
mot at ALL" was the reply.
WAS that mark on the cloth found
on Miss HIS body your laundry
mark2'
NO, sir"
'What Is your mark2'
'"'pay is my laundry mark and has
been for about eight years. The mark
on the cloth Is p 2SS,' l never saw the
cloth ON her and did not know II was
on her person"
, death?"
| 'No. sir: / don't know. thought
, maybe the candy had made her
| sick
The defendant was then turned over
| 20 DIST Atty. Eichnor for cross-exam-
! nation and the examination I'M Just
begun when the court took its isoon re-
cess.
| The cross-examination Of DIR. Payne
I BY District Attorney Eichnor, was very
| brief. lasting not over 20 minutes.
I He examined him as TO the medical col
| leces he had attended and then brought
out the iact that tne doctor mad been
/ arrested IN connection with the Annie
! Taylor case, on redirect examination
he told Mr. Wanless that the case had
been dismissed.
WAS DR.. Mayo mixed up in that
case?" asked Mr.. Wanless.
81 think he was. think he filed the
| information against me-"
At the conclusion NJ his examination
| Mrs. Payne was called 10 the witness
stand She testified that she attended
| IN thu nlaninr,. laundry fnr lin. o..