The San Francisco call., 1905-08-12

The inside workings of the State Board
of Dental Examiners, the deep down hap
penings which picture In vivid colors the
animosity existing among several OF the
members, the rumblings which have gone
on for months threatening constantly to
| explode, all hitherto unpublished, are
being gradually wormed out by the inves-
tigation commission and the facts Of the
case exposed to the critical eye of the
public.
DIR. r. G. Baird, president OF the
board, directly charged DR.. Cool with
threatening DIR. Mayhew and himself
with ruin unless the board was reor-
ganized, DR.. Mayhew gone and him
self at the head as president. These
statements were made under oath and
with deliberatiOp by DIR. Baird. This
WINS the sensational testimony at yes
terday's session. 1t took the commits
sion by surprise.
Dr. Cool was not there to hear the
charges made against him. He had been
excused by Commissioner Pillsbury after
the adjournment of the commission last
night. Attorney Brann, acting for the
solid five" lodged a formal action
against the absence of DR.. Cool and
asked that an adjournment be made un-
til his return, but the commission decided
against him.
SEEK TO SHOW UNFAIRNESS.
During the daysthe solid five" attempt
ed to show the hatred of Drs. Dunn and
| Cool toward them and to clear any of
their number of the charges of unfairness
or fraudulent giving out of questions In
advance of the anatomy examination. On
the other hand, the "SOlid two" endeaV-
ored to show that the affairs of the board
were carried on unfairly by Dr. Baird
| and that Secretary Herrick had not done
his work well
The most important feature of DR..
Baird's testimony yesterday was his
statement that he had seen DR.. Mayhem
on the day of the anatomy examination
and that DIR. Mayhem had told DR.. Baird
! at that time that he had given the ques-
ttons to Drs. Dunn and Cool at their re-
quest and that no one else had seen
them before they were put upon the
/ blackboard This strengthened the sworn
testimony of Dr. Mayhem, who stated this
! fact at Thursdays session, and cast
suspicion on the testimony of Drs. Dunn
! and Cool, who passed the lie direct TO
! DR. Mayhem by swearing that they had
not seen the written questions until the
day that they were shown to the board.
1T was on the morning of the anatomy
! examination that some one told me that
Dr. Cool wanted to see me-, said Dr.
| Baird. II found DR.. White and we went
down to the dental supply room of DR..
|
Cool, and he said that he wanted to see
me alone. / told him that he could say
whatever he wanted to before DR.. White,
but he was so persistent that he should
see me alone that yielded and went into
a private office. He shut the door and
locked it, then turned to me and sald:
What are you afraid of? am not going
to smash you in the face Why are you
so nertous?' l told him that l did not
see ANYTHING to be afraid of and that l
was far from nervous.
".Dr. Baird he said, 'Mayhew's ques-
| tions have been given out in advance.
have three aff1davits to that effect That
man must resign from this board at once
or l will have the examinations stopped
and the information in the hands of the
! Governor by o'clock this afternoon. We
must reorganize this board. l am as
much entitled to the presidency as though
It were an inheritance. / am an old prac-
titioner and entitled to the place.
You must see Herrick and fix it up.
! If YOU don't 1 will publish stories about
Won that will kill you. There has been a
complaint charging you with criminal
libel. filed with lawyer of this city for
some time, and it was L who kept MN
from starting the proceedings. Don't put
anv faith in Mayhem. He is telling on
vou. You think that / am a friend of
Dunn l did not speak to him for tive
years until he came on this board
If you don't fix this up the suit will
cost you $500 and ruin you Wnether II
succeeds or not.
Il was astonished at these things COM
ing from DR.. Cool In the first place L
did not think that DR.. Mayhem was
guilty, and the threats against me
seemed monstrous. L will do my duty
| told that man, and with that 1 left the
room Previous to this l had said that
we could consult Drs. White and How
ard No he said, they are not fit to
be on this board.
'I went right down and found DR.. May
hew He denied the charge made by Cool
and at that time he told me that the
only persons that he had given the ques
tions to were Drs Dunn and Cool, and
at their request He told me that DR..
Cool had taken them away and that DR..
Dunn had examined them in his pres
ence.
MAYHEM DECLINES TO RESIGN.
"Then Cool came up to where we were
standing Mayhem told him that he would
not resign-he had done only his duty.
All right said DR.. Cool then this be
comes a public matter
| At the conclusion of Dr. Baird's testi-
mony came the questioning in regard to
the two meetings of the board which were
adjourned before the matter could be IN
vestigated. DIR. Baird said that these
were informal meetings, and that DR..
Cool did not produce the evidence to war
rant an investigation" He would not give
us those affidavits.'
do / understand that you five mem
] bers of this State Board of Dental Exam
| liners held this informal meeting because
| you knew that no record would be made
of it, and that you would rather have had
no investigation at all than to have had a
record of it in the minutes?" asked Com
missioner Pillsbury.
NO" replied DR.. Baird, nothing of the
kind. We would have had the investi-
CATION at any time that DR.. Cool had
shown us any proofs.
Then followed the letters of Drs. Dunn
and Cool asking for a special meeting
DIR. Baird said that the first meeting was
held as Dr. Baird requested and that at
that time there were no proofs offered
which warranted the examination
Attorney Lukens que STONED the wit
ness with the evident intention of show
ing that Drs. Dunn and Cool were not
given a chance and that the records were
badly kept by DR.. Herrick.
At the morning session DR.. ]. F. Steele
swore that he had not made the remark