The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-13
D E T ENSE IN
,JEPPESON
CASE

The defendants in the JeppeSon
damage suit began the Introduction
OF testimony this morning before
Judge Howell the case having been
before the court for a number oil
days in the hearing Of the testimony
gwen by the plaintiff. The attorneys
Tor tho Defendant company state that
1t is possible that they may conclude
The testimony iCr their side this even
ing. or early tomorrow forenoon
Attorney Frank Nebeker, in outl.n-
ing the defense, stated that the testi-
mony introduced by the railroad com
pany would show that en- February 8,
the day after the alleged injury to
Miss Jeppeson. the plaintiff signed
Il paper releasing the defendant COM
pany IRON all obligations regarding
ner injuries, she receiving $50 In set
tlement. The attorney also stated
that the testimony would show that
the plaintiff was rational at the time
she signed the release and fully un.
derstood what she was doing; that
she did not sign the instrument un-
der any form OF duress and that she
was not induced" TO sign the same by
pany. Ii was further stated that the
testimony introduced by the defend
ant would show that i'll all likelihood
the present condition of the plaintiff
Is not due to any injuries received at
the hands OF the defendant, at any
time
DR.. Joyce testified this morning that
he saw Miss JeppeSon at the Ogdel
depot Immediately after the collision
between the passenger train and the
motor car OF the Oregon Snort Line
company, and that she told him she
was injured about the chest and face
but did not think the injuries of much
consequence. She also told the doc
tor that she was on her way to Brig
ham City from Salt Lake to attend
the funeral OF her s.ster-in-law and
that she was anxious to continue her
journey. The doctor stated that the
woman was not unconscious or ir-
rational and that she appeared to be
in full possession of her faculties and
| understood fully all that she said and
did.
The witness stated that he after
wards saw the woman in the ogden
hospital and had occasion TO visit her
in a medical capacity He said that
at the hospital her pulse and respira-
| ton were normal and that she showed
no symptoms of being badly injured
She was not i'll enough TO warrant
| prescribing medicine.
DR.. Joyce disagreed from the doc
tors for the plaintiff regarding the
afniction which Miss Jeppeson is Suf-
iering, he stating that there was no
| question IN his mind but that The
| plaintiff is suffering from hysteria
and that the ailment is not neceS-
| sarily incurable DrS. Gordon and
Coulter claimed that Miss Jeppe5on
is suffering paralysis aGitans and that
| II cannot be cured DR.. Joyce stat
| ed that the lady has no symptoms Of
| paralysis agtans that in agitanS :he
! patient has a smooth. even, and not
excessive tremoT and that II always
| appears i'm both sides OF the body.
! in hySterio. he said the tremor Is
! coarse and extensive and the body
moves and witches about. such as
in the case OF Miss JeppesOn does
DR.. Joyce also stated that Miss Jeppe-
son Is too young to be afflicted with
agitans, it appearing In -old age. He
also said that agitanS almost inyari-
ably developed I'm the male sex. while
hySteria was confined mostly to wo-
men OF high nervous tension.