The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
Drs. Cool and Dunn
Accuse Mayhem
of Lying
Latter SWearS He
Gave Them the
Questions.
Fist Fight Nearly
Results After the
Testimony.

The bitterness which has existed
among the members of the State Board
of Dental Examiners and which seems
10 have caused the troubles which have
brought about the present State inves-
tigatIOn OF it's affairs was brought
out with startling vividness yesterday
afternoon when DR.. Mayhem took the
witness stand and SwOre that two fell
low members Of the board, Drs. Cool
and Dunn. had nsked for and received
the questions ia anatomy in advance Of
the examination given the students.
His Testimony was yet hot on the rec
ord when Dr. Dunn stOutly denied, un-
der oath, The accusation made by DR..
MayheW and stated that he had never
seen the examination questions written
out on paper until they were produced
yesterday before the commission. In
no less spirited manner DIR. Cool re-
futed the charges and STvOre that he,
TOO, saw the written questions for the
first tine when they were offered to the
commission.
The lie was passed direct by these
members Of the board The Commits
sioners must decide among them. DR..
Dunn swore that his feeling toward
Mayhem was unfriendly-this in no
hcs!tating manner. DR.. Herrick made
the statement that il was the social en-
gagements of DR.. Cool which caused
most Of the trouble in the board.
ALMOST COME To BLOWS.
While this court was hearing the tes-
timony OF DR.. Cool there occurred
little episode on one side of the room
which threatened 70 make this war Of
words d real fistic battle between a rep
resentative from each Of the rival
camps. When DR.. Dunn left the stand
he walked over TO Dr.. Mayhem, who
was standing on the outskirts Of the
DIR. Mayhem said DR.. Dunn, plunging
headlong into the frigid zone around
that one, don't you know, way down
deep in your heart, that when you told
the commission that you gave me those
questions that you were lying?'
DR. Dunn" flashed DR.. Mayhem in
reply, you know that 1 was not, and
when you testified that I did not give
the question 10 you you were a malig-
nsnt liar"
That's enough" hissed the thor
oughly angry DR.. Dunn. Wen settle
this outside after the adjournment"
That. viii we. you can bet that I'll
be there 10 settle il only too quick"
was the answer from the representa-
tive Of the solid five.
But there was no hight Commission
ers, newspaper men and attorneys lin
gered after the session. Bets were
made quietly for although DR.. Dunn
would be classed in the heavyweight
division In professional ranks and DR..
Mayhem would only be a welter- weight,
yet the fighter from Palo Alto has
youth and agility on his side, and many
gray-haired sports were willing to
place their money on his chances. The
odds were at even money
The bout was not pulled of. Pos
sibly the intended participants were
afraid OF police interference or possi-
bly, their passions cooled, for they left
the building separately and when last
seen were miles apart
swEARs HE GAVE QUESTIONS.
Dr. Mayhem testified that he was
conducting the chemistry examination
on June u, when DR.. Cool entered the
room and began TO joke with him,
asking What do you put on next,
Mayhew?"
Anatomy" DR.. Mayhem replied.
The rest OF DR.. Mayhew's testimony
was as follows: DIR. Cool then asked
me when the examination would take
place and I told him the next day.
Have you the questions with you? he
asked Yes I said, here in my pocket
VIII you let me see themT Certainly
and I took them from my pocket and
gave them to him. DR.. Cool put the
paper in his inside pocket and left the
room, smoking his cigarette and talk
ing TO I don't know whom.
s'He kept those examinations in anat-
omY which i had given him for fully
two hours. I don't know what he did
with them during that time, but L want
the commission TO understand that he
had Them in his pocket for two hours.
Then he gave them back to me as I
was leaving the room.
@Dr. Dunn was another member of