The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-02
BACK BAY PHYSICIANS CASE IN JURY'S HANDS
DIR. M'LEOD DENIES DISMEM- BERING BODY OF SUSAN
 GEARY.

Never Had Any Connection With the
 ''Mrs. Dr. BishOp'' Offices Where H.
 legal Operation Was Performed and
 Was Never Inside House Where Girl
 Died Until Summoned to Try to Save
 Her Life-A Witness for Defense Ar
 rested.
 Boston, Dec. 1.-The jury which has been hearing the evidence at the trial of Dr. Percy DeMille Mcleod, the Back Bay physician who is charged with be- ing an accessory to the performance of an illegal operation upon Susanna A. Geary, the dress suit case victim, retir- ed to consider the testimony at 4:45 o'clock this afternoon. Judge Stevens, before whom the case has been tried instructed the jury to seal the verdict, should one be reached tonight and present it to the court at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 To-days proceedings furnished a dramatic climax to an already sensa- tional case. Dr. Mcleod testified in his own defense and stated emphatically that he had not dismembered the body of the chorus girl. He denied that he had ever had any connection with the Mrs. Dr. Bishop" offices, where the i- legal operation is alleged to have been performed, and swore that he had never been inside the winthrop street house where the girl died, until summoned to perform an operation to save Miss Geary's life. According to Dr. McLeod's testimony he was called to the Win throp street house by Dr. John H. Pet tee, who a few days ago testified that he was summoned there by Dr. Me Leod.s testimony was a general denial of all the charges against him. He tes- tified that his only connection with the case was the performing of an opera ton known as laparotomy, the only hope, he claimed, of saving the wom- ans life,
 While the trial of Dr. Mcleod was in progress to-day William H. Stanford, one of the witnesses for the defense, was arrested on the charge of being a fugitive from justice from Philadelphia. It is alleged that under the name of Reagan the man was arrested in con- nection with ballot box frauds in the Thirteenth ward of Philadelphia and was held in bonds of sl,5O0 for trial. The case was called last Tuesday, and Stanford or Reagan is alleged to have .defaulted. Stanford is the husband of Mrs. Grace Ashrnead Stanford, who also testified here in Dr. McLeod's de- fense.
 After Dr. Mcleod had completed his testimony few witnesses were called in rebuttal and then counsel proceeded with their arguments.
 Attorney James H. Vahey of counsel for the defense, argued that Dr. Me- Leod was an innocent participant in the case, that his only connection with it was actuated by the highest motives, the desire to save human life. Mir. Vahey declared that the dismember- ment was the work of William Ford, or Hunt, as he is known. and that Hunt was also the person who performed the first operation on the victim of the tragedy. Mir. Vahey also charged that Dr. J. H. Pettee had called upon Dr. Mcleod for assistance and then had in- criminated the latter in the desire to save his own reputation.
 District Attorney Michael J. Shughrue in summing up for the government charged that Dr. Mcleod was intimate ly associated with notorious band of illegal practitioners" He said that the testimony of Louis Crawford and Howard, upon which the defense had attempted to cast discredit, must be accepted. He characterized pr. Me- Leod as cool phlegmatic person, skill ed in surgery and dissection, and said that he was the only kind of person who could have dismembered the body in so skillful manner
 The case was given to the jury by Judge Stevens at 4:45 p. m. The court was later cleared and instructions were issued that if a verdict should be reach ed during the evening it should be seal ed and the finding reported tomorrow. DrTn TFATrc En9 DprNCrUnE