Evening journal., 1908-03-31
LAWSON OFFERS TO PUT
PROSECUTOR TO SLEEP
But Mr.. Hastings SmilingIy Refuses to Allow
professor" to Show Ills Skill on Him.
Still Claims Power to Heal

same way asked Mr.. Hastings
"slick came to me. perhaps, one year
after Winkler. while 1 was engaged in
three other enterprises. was too busy
to give him any treatment"
Suggestions" For Failing Sight.
Lawson said he also endeavorsd 10 cure
Mr.. ziegler OF partial blindness by thara-
peuuc suggestion. HE told mo he had fta
Of dependency during which he could not
see. 1 got his mind on this dosDondency
and he finally told me he could see a dis
tance Of three squares. I also gave him a
mild hypnotic treatment" Lawson said
he believed in the treatment Of disease by
medicine but wouldn't say that physicians
could cure more persons than he could.
Herman swore he never wrote any OF the
advertisements in evidence. but corrected
himself after being shown his own manu-
script COPY Of one OF the adds. He then
said he did not order the particular ad-
vertisement printed.
Mr. Ball objected to Mr. Tfast,ry~
Questioning Lawson about his ,businear
experiences before coming TO Wilnainr.
ton. Mr.. Hastings wanted to know 10
Lawson had not conducted a sanftar-
lum In Hartford, Conn. and whether
he had not served a term Of imprisoh.
ment there for practiclng medicine
without a license. but the court ruied
that the questions had no bearing ON
the present trial. Lawson then LETT the
stand.
He was followed by Warren Thomp-
SON druggist who swore he had
nlled prescriptions for Mr.. and Mrs.
Garter bearing the name of DR.. Yates.
Or. Yates Defends "Profossorv
DR.. John NJ. Yates was the last vit-
ness or the morning. He said he was
a graduate OF the University OF Nal
bourne, Australia, a university OF cYer-
many and OF the Hahnemann TJnt,.er-
sity OF Chicago. His experience es a
physician covered 2s years. He raid
he had been resident medical practi-
toner OF the Hermann aanitari,,ro ,,
and while such had prescribed All
medicines for persons treated thsre
The doctor denied that Lawson had
ever ordered him to give patients GER
tain drugs.
1T was understood between us that
was 10 have sole charge OF the nedi
( cal department OF the sanitnrium. He
knew nothing about medicine. and
while-I never knew him 70 treat any
one other than by hypnotic suggestion
and massage"
At this juncture the court recessed
until afternoon.
The defense opened yesterday after
/ noon after Mr.. Hastings had exam
ined George c. Carter, Mrs. Carter,
Mrs. Clara Mitchell and Harry Slick.
The Carriers had taken their consurnp-
tive to the Professor for treatn ent.
Lawson advised baths and fresh air
for the child. He also gave a bottae OF
medicine which the State offered IN
evidence. Mrs. Carter said the child
became worse after the ''Rrofessorss@
treatment and eventually died.
Mrs Mitchell also told OF the PRO
feasors" treatment OF her consumpfive
child. He did not prescribe drugs for
the child, however, but advised her
to get physician. After Slick said the
Professor had failed to cure him OF
eczema, the State closed.
In opening the defense Mr.. BAH said
he would prove that Herman did not
: at any time practice medicine WIN or
, without a license; that all the adver-
] tisements stated he would conform 20
! the law and that he did employ a reea-
, lar physician; that wonderful cures
were effected by some power and that
, the treatment Of the Carter girl was
given by DR.. Yates.
DR. William c. Pierce swore that a
, patient named Bertha Fisher had baan
cured by Lawson through hypnotic IN
, fluence. The doctor told only OF tho
, methods employed, the State shutting
out all testimony concerning the ef-
fects Of the treatment. Miss Fisher
corroborated the doctors testimony.
Wife Defends Lawson.
Some surprise was created when Mr.
Ball called Mrs. Pethelleh Lawson, wife
> Of the Professor" 10 the stand. Mrs
? Lawson has a suit for marriage an.
j nullment pending against her husband
Despite this evidence Of ahirnosits,, Mrs
/ Lawson proved a good witness FOR her
p husband She denied that he had ever
practiced medicine and said DR. Yates.
] her husbands physician had always
prescribed for her husbands patients
Mrs. Lawson said she Remembered the
, Carter child who was treated by DR..
Yates
on cross examination Mrs. Lawson
denied saying to Mr.. Hastings In his
Office my husband did practice medi h.
cine at his sanatorium" She also de-
MED saying MY husband lied at the
former trial." and she would testify
against him at this trial.