Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-25
PRoPoNENT HEYL TO DlSPRoVE
MENTAL WEAKNESS.
MISS SCHULTZ RECALLED
Admits Under crossexamination That
Her Brother Is at Work on the
case-Dr. Mix of Chicago the First
Expert or the Schandein De-
Tense.

persons as NlS4JcQ the SchaHdelh viii
case yesterday and had sufficient
courage 10 sit for an hour under
bombardment of hard words, are now
in a position to discourse learned-y
regarding their systems and how they
work. The expert testimony Tor the
prepayment of the will, by which it Is
expected to prove that Mrs. Schan-
deln was not afflicted with any disease
which would weaken her mind or viii
power, opened at II o'c.ock when Dr..
Charles Russell Mix OF Chicago was
placed or the stand
unu. r o'clock Dr. Mix, VINO has
remarkable now OF language ana nn
ency OF expression in nedlcal terms,
desclbed the symptoms OF arterial
sclerosis, chronic intersutional nepn
Rus, anu other ailments. His test
mony was marked by an absence o.
the deliberation with which medical
expert usually delivers his opinions
He spoke rapidly and without repet-
ton OF hesitation.
Answering long hypothetical ques
tons from VT, Cuar,es describing the
symptoms OF Mrs. Schandein as a.
ready in evidence, Dr. Mix gave it as
his opinion that she was not nece5-
sarily suffering either from arterial
sclerosis or chronic interstitionat
nephritis The experts pronounced
the symptoms to indicate these dis
eases.
After the first three minutes OF the
doctors testimony, Attorney James G.
flanders entered an objection
so long as we are proceeding in a
foreign tongue" he said, referring to
the Latin terms which me expert was
using in a manner that might almost
be characterized as reckless, Il would
suggest that the witness go slower 50
that we can keep up with him.
THAT wouldn't do us any good, re
joined Mr. Quarles with a chuckle.
Miss Johanna Schultz was recalled
and subjected to further crossexamin-
alton by MIR. flanders. Under his fire
of questions she admitted that her
brother, Frank F. Schultz, had been
gathering evidence for the proponents
o? the will, but denied that she had
discussed her testimony with him.
She admitted under protest, and
tier an appeal to Judge Carpenter
to excuse her from answering the
question, that she had been discharged
from Mrs. Schandein's service. She
declared, however, that her health
was poor and that she was discharged
because her physician did not wish
her to accompany the family on con
templated European trip. This, she
averred stoutly, did not affect her
friendly relations with Mrs. Schan-
dein, although she admitted she fell
sighted for a time that she was not
permitted t remain in the Schandein
household.
Mrs Schandein afterward ex-
planned it to me and it was all right,
she said.
Gould Write a Book?"
DIDN'T you tell August Hoppe that
you could write a book about the
Schandein family If you wanted to-
asked MIR. Flanders.
No, not that | know Of"
DO you deny that you told him
so?"
Il do not deny it or admit it. 1t
is so long ago have forgotten"
DR.. Sigmund Graenicher who testi-
fed that he was the Schandein physi-
clan from 1899 to 1903, was called to
the stand Almost the first question
asked him by Mr.. Quarles was met
with an objection from the contest
ants, as to his competency under the
rule preventing a physician from ties
tifying regarding a patient whom he
has attended professionally. The OBJ.
jections were sustained each time
and finally, all that was obtained from
the witness was the statement that
Mrs. Schandein's hair was white
This, he declared solemnly, was some
thing that he had never taken into
consideration when prescribing for
the patient at any time, and it was
allowed to go into the record.
Dr. Charles Russell Mix was then
called to the stand. In answer to the
preliminary questions to establish his
qualifications as an expert, he de
clared that he is a graduate of Harv-
ard university and the Harvard medi-
cal scho !, with the degrees of A. B.
A. NJ and NJ d. He has devoted his
time to the practice of interanl medi
cine and the treatment of nervous
diseases and is a member of the Chi
cago Medical society, the Illinois
State Medical society. secretary OF
the Physicians club of Chicago:
member of the Neurological society OF
Chicago: the American Medical soci-
ETY.. and a fellow of the American
Acadenv Of Medicine. He is pro
fessor of physical diagnosis at the
Northwestern university medical
school and is on the staff of the Mercy
hospital and the Cook county hos
pital
After the recital of these qualifica.
lions. delivered at the rate Of $50
words minute, the contestants of
fered no objection to DR.. Mix's test.
flying as an expert
Not ArteriaI Selerosis.
His most s,.Mfcant declaration
was that from the symptoms pre-