Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-24

we snail show, said he, that DR.. Rob
erts, through envy, jealousy or malice,
made deliberate effort to blackmail DR..
Lynch, and because DR. Lynch refused
his demands for things of value DR.
Roberts entered into a conspiracy to fas-
ten a crime upon him, making a tool Of
her" referring to the Witness MIR. Ry-
der said the witness was not Obliged to
answer any question that would incrim-
mate her, and the court sustained Mr..
Ryder's objection.
On further cross examination Mrs.
Prouty said that when she called on Dr.
Lynch she went alone and did not tell
anybody about It, She said she had a
cold at the time and told DR.. Lynch so:
also that certain natural functions had
been delayed six weeks. She said a little
later, however, that II she told Dr. Lynch
that she had cold she had forgotten
about II.
Mr. Ryder asked the witness IL she had
been told that she would be punished IL
she testified in the case to which she
replied: Yes" Were you frightened"
asked the states attorney. to which she
also replied: Yes" No attempt was
made to show who told her she would be
punished.
At this point Mr.. Spellman told about
going to Mrs. Prouty's home on Monday
night of this week, of telling her that
he was counsel for DR. Lynch and of
talking with her about the case in the
presence of her husband, Lewis Prouty,
and her brother Alvin Wilder. This
much Mrs. Prouty admitted. but
she either denied everything that Mr.
Spellman said she told him or couldn't
remember what she did say. Asked II
Mr.. Spellman told her that II was i'm
portant both to her and to DIR. Lynch
that she tell the whole truth, the witness
said she didn't remember.
THE state rests" said Mr. Ryder at
the close of Mrs. Prouty's testimony.
Alvin II. Wilder was sworn. He was
examined by Mr. Gibson. He said he was
a teamster in Brattleboro He told of the
conversation between his sister and Mr..
Spellman Monday night and said that
both talked fully and freely and that no
Prouty told Mr.. Spelman that she never
consulted DR. Lynch for the purpose of
getting medicine to produce an abortion
and that Dr. Lynch never gave her any
medicine for that purpose. He said his
sister had a cold six OF seven weeks I'm
the fall of 1904 and more or less of a
cough all winter. but his memory was not
very fresh on that point. He couldn't
remember definitely any other time when
she had a cold.
Mr.. Spellman was sworn as a witness.
He said Mrs. Prouty talked freely with
him and said she never took a prescrip-
ton from DR.. Lynch for the purpose al
legged. What about the paper" said Mr.
Gibson. Witness said that Mrs Prouty
told him that when DR.. Roberts asked
her to sign 1t he told her that he was
taking another physicians case and want
ed the paper to show that he Roberts, was
her physician. She said she did not
understand that DR. Roberts claimed an
abortion on her. but in another case -
Mr.. Ryder did not cross examine.
The next witness was Fred H. Holden.
druggist, of Brattleboro He said he had
looked through his prescriptions from Sept
25. 1904. through October but did not find
any prescription given by Dr. Lynch or
any other doctor for Mrs. Prouty He
could not say that she did not have n
prescription filled during that time as
many of the prescriptions did not bear
any names except those OF the phys
icians giving them.
DIR. George Y. Roberts of Brattleboro
next took the stand and was questioned
by Mr.. Gibson. The first part of his
testimony related to DR. Lynch's instru-
ment cabinet He said DR.. Lynch had n
cabinet that he would like to get. that
he called DIR. Lynch to the witnesses of
flee once and talked with him about It
and on one occasion. two or three weeks
ago he went to DR.. Lynch's Office for
the same purpose. You did not get the
cabinet did you?" said Mr.. Gibson to
which DR.. Roberts replied: mo, I'm
sorry to say" Asked II he had talked
With Lawyer SCnWenk ABOUT getting pos
session of the cabinet. Dr. Roberts an
swered in the affirmative. Mr. Gibson
said: Didn't you tell DIR. Lynch that II
he did not deliver the case before 9
O'Clock next morning you would put him
In limbo Witness answered: NO sir 80
DR.. Roberts said the demand for the cab
met was before the complaint was made,
but that he wished to buy II and that DR..
Lynch said he would write TO New York
to see II he could get another This tes-
timony was brought out in an effort Of
the defense to substantiate its allegation
of blackmail.
DR.. Roberts said. replying to questions.
that he was not the complainant in this
specific case, but that he had complained
against DIR. Lynch in other cases He
talked with Bacon & Hooker on a pre-
vious occasion about n case Of DR..
Lynch's which he thought was of suf-
ficient importance to warrant his inter-
ference for the protection of the commu-
nifty He said he complained to DR.. An
derson on one special occasion, and that
Lawyer Schwenk took up a case against
DR.. Lynch and had him put under bonds
in the sum of $1,000 DO you know about
the feeling Of the Brattleboro phvsicia ms
toward DR.. Lynch?" Mr., Gibson asked,
and the witness replied that he knew how
DR.. O'Connor and DR.. Anderson felt but
that he had nothing to do with DR.. Pratt
for four years. Witness said he never
told DR.. Lynch that the doctors were
planning for his downfall.
The subject OF the medicine then was
taken up. DR.. Roberts said that when he
was called to see Mrs. Prouty he found
some tablets on the stand. which he
judged were emmenagog tablets. They
were not in a box, so there was no pre-
scription number with them. He said
emmenagog pills were given rarely by
reputable physicians. He made no ex-
animation of the patient. and what he
knew about her condition was by reason
of what she told him and external evil
dences. The external evidence upon
which he laid most stress was what he
termed fragments of placenta. Then
followed a long series OF questions and
answers Of technical nature containing
medical and anatomical terms which
would convey little significance to the
general public.
DR.. Roberts said he talked with Mrs.
Prouty about being a witness because he
wanted to know whether she would tes-
tify against DIR. Lynch. He said he
wanted her to tell the truth He said
after the fact of Dr. Lynchs arrest be-
came known Mr.. Prouty came to the
witnesses Office and threatened to throw
him out doors.
States Attorney Ryder asked DR.. Rob
erts why he asked Mrs. Prouty to sign
the written statement DR.. Roberts's