Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-04

shook his head ana lett He returned III
a short while with a salt solution.
| Were you there when she died?'
| IT was"
| An ambulance was summoned, but the
patient was pulseless when it reached
| there
What was DIR. Lawrence doing while
| the salt solution was being administered!
He was telephoning to the hospital and
was trying to reach the patients nus
band"
Witness said the patient was introduced
| to him as Mrs. Clark. She nodded. but
said nothing. Mrs. Lawrence, the witness
| added, has assisted at some operations.
Father Called to Stand.
p Lavelle Coultry of 1915 Holmead
place father of the deceased, was so over
come by grief that it was with difficulty
he testified. He said he had known Hor-
ton Simpson four or five years as princi-
pal of the Hubbard School. His daughter
taught there.
What were the relations between Hor-
ton Simpson and your daughter?'
They were very friendly the witness
| responded.
WAS he a frequent caller at the
house,"
HE called more frequently during the
past year than before he answered. HE
called more frequently after he was trans
ferred to the Takoma School last year
ter was Ill, and what was done. he stated
was without his knowledge or consent.
The letter he received last SATURDAY
night he stated, was in the handWfltlS
of Mr.. Simpson, and it was through me
letter that he located the body or his
daughter.
He received the letter about O'Clock
at night. and the next morning ne trieu
to find Mr.. Simpson. Failing. he cai!ed
to see Dr. Lawrence and learned from
h i'm, of Iar death,
renee expressed sympathy with him. put
never said anything about any possible
digrace being attached to the AFFAIR
Mr.. Coutry said he was so concerned
in the matter of his daughters marriage
that he paid little attention to the death
certificate He said he had searched MS
daughters effects for such a marriage
certificate, but had not found 1t. ..a
II was anxious to find such certHl
cate" the witness said, as 1t Wouia
clear many things. l searched for II
all day yesterday, but only found batch
of letters my daughter had received from
Mr.. Simpson"
DR.. Lawrence Called.
Dr. Albert l.. Lawrence was shown
the two death certificates. The first one
he said, he had made out in the name
Of Mrs. Alice NJ. Clark. He said the
woman visited his office under the name
Of Alice M. Clark, and during his con-
versations with her she said she was
from Virginia: that her people were
from that state and that she had iveo
here ten years. Acting upon the adV1ce
of another physician, he said. he did not
send for the undertaken until the morn
ing after she died. hoping he would be
able to find her husband.
1T was the first death had had from
an operation DIR. Lawrence said. land
I did not know if it were compulsory
to turn in a certificate that day..
After her death DIR. Lawrence stated ne
tried to find the woman's husband at the
Portner. and learned that no such person
lived there The man who said he was
her husband, it was added, called at MS
office, made an engagement ana aItei
ward returned with the woman. he salo
the patient told him of her condition.
said a woman had attended her and she
had afterward used an instrument her
self Witness said that the parent re-
manned in his hospital from SATURDAY
until Monday, when she departed. Inc
next day she returned and the operation
was performed.
Witness told the patient the operation
would cost $50. and she paid him part OF
the fee He explained that some OF MS
patients are treated at his house atter
operations. Witness gave DR.. Howard no
history of the case He called in DIR. Crook
as an emergency physician.
Photographs of Simpson.
Witness was cross-eXamined by Coroner
hewitt as to the operation and the treat
ment of the patient while she was under
his care The physician explained thas
his TRANSMISSION apparatus was not In
| working order and 1T was necessary lot
DR.. Crook TO get another one. He sald
they were all SO much excited over the
condition of the patient that no history
of it was given DR.. Crook He now pc
.ieves a statement contained In the hrse
certificate was wrong. photographs or
Horton Simpson were shown witness, anu
one of them. he said. looks very much
like the man who accompanied MISS
Coultrv. One photograph. he thought,
looks nothing like the man who repre-
sented himself as Mr.. Clark. The man
was there the morning the operation was
performed but did not remain untll II
was over He saw the supposed Mr.
Clark three times.
"W-hen did you learn that your first Ger
tihcate was wrong?" Attorney Archer
asked. -
"When l had talked with Coroner
hewitt"
The patient said to witness. the latter
testified, she hoped her father would not
disgrace her. He then asked who her
father was and she stopped speaking.
Maggie ellison, colored, a domestic. was
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