The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-02
.BATKINs1 lease is
move upon TRIAL

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I. NOW upon TRIAL
CONTINUED from First paseo
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J;atkins was nil I'm tit man for ply
stefan, az he would get drunk.
He said 1or Batkins told Or. Nichols,
according to the latter. that ho had
tuIt ali his bad habits and was now keep
Ing sober. t
Mrs. Matthews On Stand.
Here Mrs. ( Matthews took the stand, 1
and was examined by Mr., Meredith. Her
testimony was largely corroborntive OF
that OF her husband, so far as 1t re-
lated to the treatment OF their child
witness had called Or. Batkins's office
over the phonc after the bursting .. the
child's leg. ,rhls was about y :so' G, clock
IN the morning. T There were four calls.
| The first two replies wero that tho
Doctor could not be aroused the second
| two that he would come as soon ms he
| could, although 1t was about 1880 before
1 he arrived.
| In answer to questions from commlts
! tcemen. witness declared she had not
snotIced any brlises OH tho child $ eg.
| though the limb became swollen IN sew
cral days after he had taken HIS bed.
She could not say that Dr. Batklns
gave appearances of having been drinks
| Ing when he came on the occasion re-
| ferred to.
Mrs. Matthews was excused, and her
! husband was recalled. Mr.. Matthew's
said that Mr.. w. J. Gilman had told him
he hid sent for Dr.. Batkins for q neigh
| bor and that he could not arouse him.
lalthough he had gone in and personally
tried. He said It was chiefly for this
| reason that hc entered 1.-The charge OF
| drunkenness against Or. Batkins. lie
said Mr.. Gilman never told him Or. Eat
| ktns was drunk on that OCCASION; thai !
he never knew him to be drunk, or that nat
| he was addicted to the drink habit
Used Sugar Of Lead.
Witness did not agree entirely with
| Mrs Matthews, as to whether there nag
been an examination OF the chlld,s 4les
by Dr. Batkins. He thought ne telt me
chllds knee, and said, that's inll la ms.
tory! rheumatism; get some ainonl ia III -
n,ent and Use that. .8s
Witness said lie did So and later on
had rubbed 1T with sugar of lead. At TINS
| tpoint, witness said when Dr. 13a ms flrst
| treated the child, he was thereto see
| witnesses baby, and neither witness nor
| #Dr. E3atsins then knew the child had nau
| a. fall at the Natatorlum. ls5
| MAS to the charge OF negligence, MI.
| Matthews snid he had filed 1t mainly
bccausc DR.. Nichols, referring to the case
before he (Nichols) had seen the child,
my God, Harry, IS there { a doctor 'h ~ y
town who could have lot that thing 60
on that way!9S5s,i ~, 49,
Mr.. wv j.. Gllmansne testified. ne
said Matthews had told NJ lnne tho e ~ =
| Batkins had killed his child.
,rhe witness replied: - reckon NOT; y
rN,. rS1f al
the only thing I& ever knew about MN M
| tha 1 could be said against him, was that
| undertook TO arouse him once, ana
could not do So $4itfs aF5
Witness thought the doctor had been
o,t late the night be fore Eon&n case, ana
| that accounted for his dullness "a lie mac
never seen Dr. BatRins luke drli Y :.
II Z. so,d he practiced in his family and
that ar his brother. Mr.. Gilman said ne
| ha1 asked MI. Matthews not to say any
| thing about what he had stated con con
corning Dr.. Batkins. Witness was sure W !,
he had no Impression that BatKins ha 3
been drinking,
Had Seen Doctor Drinking.
| u M John Crump testified%he hadeseen
| @7,ri Ba,kins drinking on one occa sion. ~
said the doctor had remained out lor
4 good time with him all night. L: e g
| said the doctor had sat the next morn
| ing either on the curbing or the WINDOW ltlt
| sill.
11a had seen witness drinking on many.
oaoosions nut he could not specify when
l I, nd where. NcIther could he say lle
occasion referred to- was nne yeh;,4 esg n
fIteen months or two years ago, though nc
1 thought 1t had been as Ions rs. Two
vnnrs IIe said he had known Or. ia i,
1 kins twelve years and had always l nae;
4 confidence in him. He had OFTEN pre-
scrlbed for the witness,
i Mr. Fensom had seen Dr. L.s'klis ar : - y
K ing on ono occasion about Two years 40.
4 H. did not know how many drinks he,
A tool, as witness was only In the par,
4 long enough to get a drink for hm5elf.
a Witness said under cross
s that he saw no evidence that DR.. Bnt-
Z klns was under the Influence q liquor,
hut he Just gott;ac Impression from look
Ing at him.
Dr.. Nichols Testifies.
DR.. Angus Nichols, referred TO ny Mr.
Matthews rs having been called IN 70
see his child, said he had made some
Z remark over the. phone, but he did not
4. think he used the language attributed
TO him. i.
J ha was called in consultation, was along
Tie line that while DR.. Barilns had
made mistake, yet the troubles were
Il Similar. and tho mistake had been made
"A l,nforc ana would be made again, lilo
q would not say tho mistake was an UNI
natural one. Mr.. Meredith&p pinned l.r'
Nichols hard on this limo, and he finally
! said that.if the circumstances vera such
as had been stated by Mr.. Matthews's
witnesses, then Dr. Batkins should nave
known the trouble.
He never would say, however, that for
That Tired Feeling,
& lThat makes daily burden OF itself, mas
nothing Ia do with work, With mental o.
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