The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-07

handed nrhl against the defense
ELEMENT 0F I'll NOR
iu spite of The misery and the
hrrrihrhcr connected with the ease.
The Hpunbblss nnd feeble aflempia
Of the dcfcufe g. mike good create
nn element Of humBf which fur
uiHh1 % streak Of ilaht and Vivncity
90 nn Otherwise gloomy aud morbid
situation.
Hart viii ar.sa n ark question.
ana the attorneys for the defense
VIII lean over IN apparent fear. aud
watch every movement OF hla lipa,
ana the look which comes over
their faces when Hart scores point
in hls favor iH positively funny. And
then Hart VIII turn around and
grin % very sly cute little grin
Then when the attorneys for the
defense arise 20 ask witness quea-
tons they first look NJ Hart a. N
10 nak his kind permission. and
having II granted. are almost scared
10 death for fear he'll ring IN with
that eternal II obieetis Of his and
which by the way. Is usually sus-
tained by the court. who. by his
wise rulings aud uneneelled iudR-
ment has proven himself TO be a
true Judge and not a mere figure
head.
Expert testimony Of physicians
was the rule on Tuesday And this
again placed a ridiculous aspect 10
the case. This expert testimony was
introduced By the defense TO show
that the girl had. and now has. con-
sumption. that Zook for this rea-
son could not IN Justice to himself
marry the girl. And IT II this very
expert" testimony which II weak
ening the ease for the defense.
EXPERTS" ARE WEAK.
And the weakening process f. be-
Ing carried out By Attorney Hart
One prominent physician will go
TO the witness stand aud testify
very emphatically as to one aspect
and phase OF consumption. and then
another equally az prominent will
make d statement IN direct contra
diction. It's another case OF when
doctors disagree. the patient dies
and IN this ease. the defense will
die Of inanity.
The defense has also introduced
another line 81 evidence medical
authorities which will unidentified
~ and ultimately prove their down
fall.
Humphrey and HumphrieH viii
stand up and. in loud and incisiye
tones, read passages from these
books stating that a man marrying
a consumptlve woman viii sooner
or later be himself infected with the
dread disease.
And then up jumps Hart and.
from these very same books. Will
rend other statements saying that
such IL not always the case. and by
the figures cited by him ON Tues
day morning. from those very same
books. proved that but 3 per cent
~ these eases are fatal. and also
that Il has been medical opinion for
hundreds Of years thai marriage Is
~ times actually beneficial 20
woman afflicted with consumption
In the early stages
And 20 tho play goes on. Hum
phrey and Humpriea Will quote very
eioquentiy from a heavy tome. and
then Hart VIII quote just as eio-
quently from the very same tome.
denying in toto the statements read
by the defense
And 80 ont Of a court % Justice
II made variety and a vaudeville
stage
Drs. II. ". Reed and NJ. r. A. Nc
Kechnie, ex health officer. gave ex-
pert testimony on Tuesday morn
Ing for the defense. tending 90
prove that Zook would be commit
ting suicide 90 marry the girl. who.
the Do nEe claims. has consumption
In its most virulent stage Dr.
osler. the eminent physician. who
gained so much fame lately from
his assertions as TO the eapability
of persons after 10 years Of age. was
freely quoted by both the defense
and plaintiff.
Statistics were also given by the
plaintiff showing that full per
cent OF people have some time In
their lives n touch of consumption
OF the lungs. and that nearly all
vacations Of life bring with them
the germs OF the dread white
plague
An interesting fact brought cut
was that consumption is absolutely
durable In these DAYS OF modern
medicine. and that but few eases
prove fatal. AND THIS WAS
BROUGHT OUT ny HART FROM
A MEDICAL EXPERT EMPLOYED
BY THE DEFENSE.
One Of the arguments brought
forth by the defense Was that nr
schoenle. who treated the girl
when she was nj Tuseon. Ariz.. him
self had consumption and that he
died from the disease not long ago.
and that he may have infected the
girl while treating her.
This was flouted by the attorney
for the plaintiff
The case viii probably go to the