The Detroit times., 1909-02-05
MOTHER's STORY
T|GHTENs WEB
ABOUT ACCUSED
TELLS OF PAYING DR." LANDAU
SGT TO PERFORM CRIMINAL oP-
GRAFTON ON DAuGHTER-AT-
TEMPT TO FRAME UP YARN.
Tn well. mother. and III be hon

Tn well. mother. and III be hons
Tuesday
Thus wrote 17.year-old Elite Sowlsr
to her mother In London. Ont, few
hours before she passed away as a. re
suit Of a criminal operation In the
residence of DR.. Eliza Landau. No. 1874
Howard-st The letter, the girls fare
well message to her loved ones, was
introduced In evidence In DR.. Ian
dau's examination on charge OF man
slaughter before Justice Jeffries. Fri
day morning.
THE letter was brought to me just
after dinner on Tuesday, while was
at work." testified Mrs. Mary Dur
ance. mother of the dead girl. About
the same time l received a telegram
from Detroit instructing me come on
the first train When l got home an
other telegram was awaiting me, and
this said, come Immediately.
couldn't understand what the tele
grams meant after Elite had written
, that she would be home that day. But
took the train for Detroit and when
I arrived at DR.. Landau's house she
was evidently waiting for me, for she
opened the door before l could ring
the bell. What's wrong?" | asked
Has anything happenedT And the
doctor said, She's gone
Did DR.. Landau tell you what to
say II anyone asked about the girl?
asked Assistant Prosecutor Aldrich.
She told me to say my daughter
and I had rented the rooms. and
wasn't supposed to have seen her al
all until just before my daughter died
when | was supposed to have called
on her. ] started to tell the coroner
that. but he must have seen was ly
ing. for he spoke right up and said :
Come now, tell US the truth. You
don't expect US to believe that Then
l came right out and told all | knew
As I wanted to do In the first place
And that's what I'm doing now"
Mrs. Durance made two trips to De
troit She first came with her daugh
ter on Jan. 20. Soon after she learn
ed Of her daughters trouble she saw
DR.. Landau's advertisement In the De
troit Free Press. she said. and cut II
out. Then she had her daughter write
DR.. Landau and received this reply:
Il got your letter and you may
come"
Arriving at DR.. Landaus house. Mrs
Durance said the doctor agreed Il
treat the girl for $50.
| II gave her S27 then and promised
TO send the balance when I got back
home" said Mrs. DURANGO. Il asked
the doctor II there was any danger
and she assured me there was none
whatever. | went back home that
day and when | saw my daughter
again she was dead"
Among the exhibits IN the case Il
the daughters unused return ticket
10 London.
County Physician Grimes and Coun
ty Chemist Clark told OF the results
OF the post-mortem examination
which showed conclusively that death
was due TO blood poisoning, evidently
the result of the operation. DR. Clark
testified to the presence OF a peculiar
odor In the stomach, which, he said
might have come from the patient
inhaling gas. This discovery lends
some mystery to the case In view OF
the experience Of the detectives In
DIR. Landau's house, when the doctor
was detected In the act OF turning on
gas Jet without lighting IT,
The examination will be concluded
during the afternoon.