The San Francisco call., 1910-12-28

lnen MY Cnlld, SHe cOnCiuQeO, Is IL
years Of age"
That is ALL" said counsel for the
defense
That is ALL" said counsel for the
prosecution.
That was all. Abbie Smith stumbled
out of the chair and fed with hurry
ing steps through the corridors,
through the gaping. curious lines, to
the shelter of the witness room, there
to sit dry eyed and numb amid the
ruins OF her little world of respecta-
bility.
SURGEON SQUIRMS ON STAND
The taint Of another scandal how
cred around the questions put to DR..
Addison w. Hit, former chief surgeon
at the sanatorium. who is among the
most important of the witnesses for
the state and whom the defense had
accused of offering to murder Lu Eta
Smiths baby
He testified TO series of adroitly
put questions that Abbie Smith lived
with his family. that at present her
room at the Hotel Overton in Santa
Rosa adjoined his and that she accom-
panied him from New York
Did you ever go to Abbie Smiths
room to talk about the case?"
The physician squirmed visibly.
Il went into her room.' he said, but
not TO Idlk dDOOI the case.
IS compared to the testimony OF
other witnesses his cross examination
was charming simple and joyous He
spoke merely of fist fight with Mrs.
Aggfe Burke, sister in law of Doctor
Burke, at the sanatorium.
FIST FIGHT WITH WOMAN
This innovation in the management
Of a health resort for nervous pa
tients, he said, was due to the fact
that Mrs. Burke was drunk.
she was drunk" he explained, land
attacked me with her fists"
Were you not under the influence
Of drugs?" asked counsel for the de-
fense.
The physician lost his temper.
I was not, sir he declared
Neither then nor at any other time"
The defense wished to prove that
Doctor Hit had tried to force his way
into the disrobing room while Aggie
Burke was preparing women for ex-
animation.
You are throwing mud, SIR said
District Attorney Lea
I am not throwing mud, SIR" re-
torted Attorney Leppo.
DEFENSE TALKS OF PROOF
There has not been a single ques-
tion asked by the defense during the
course of this trial which is not sub
stantiated by facts, and which we are
ready 70 prove"
Doctor Hit denied that he was vic
tim Of the cocaine. morphine or opium
habit He was very angry at the
questions, but that did not help him to
any appreciable extent
One of the peculiar phases of the
trial is the general foreboding many
persons at the sanatorium had OF the
coming explosion. It seemed to be
their chief topic Of discussion, and a
letter written by D. w. billiard, clerk
Of the hotel, to Doctor Hit is a good
illustration of the feelings Of those at
the health resort at the time. Dill
lard's letter reads:
Dear Doctor HIT: Well, 1 am ner-
vous. It has happened. Doctor B. has
been talking to every one for the last
week about Lu Smith threatening to
blow herself up, and last night at $50
o'clock p. m. away it went either a.
stick Of dynamite or giant powder. NY
wife and I were in bed reading We
knew instantly what it was. Alfred
and Aggie were the first to reach the
scene and found the baby all right
and Lu Smith miracuously alive and
little hurt. Head is cut a little and
left arm cut a little. Doctor B. was
standing in the kitchen at the time.
He was up there during the excite
ment after the explosion, and said: oh.
yes. sometimes they get right up and
do these things in their Sleep silly
talk. Was disappointed, OF course
They moved her to another tent.
PREDICTION OF DEATH
Now. doc. dear. he says this morning
that she has absorbed so much of the
poison of the powder fumes that she
will probably die within three or four
days. DR.. Dessau and I are dubious
about it. She is scarcely hurt at all
1t has a bad color. his talk Now, can
we all stand by and let this fellow
finish her up? That's what he means
They haven't notified the sheriff so
far, and they don't intend to. Think
will DO it. anyhow. IT should be inves-
tigated. I believe between all of us we
have enough to put him through, or at
least break up his Internal damned
crime. l can't remain here a moment
longer than I can get out DR.. Hit,
something must be done
DEMAND FOR ACTION
why let him go on? / feel certain
beyond every question or doubt he fred
that powder and is disappointed: has
even said he was sorry she didn't finish
herself as he puts 1t. This institution
is rotten with crime. and for the sake
Of humanity and in the sight OF an
Almighty God let's break IL up Tell
Mr.. Naylor and let's act.
Il saw DR.. B. last night at about
p. m, going a dark road toward his
tent, but little did I think then he could
stoop SO low as to try to commit mur-
der. Do not write me here at all. You
may phone me up II you like If you
write I may be gone. and they would
open the letter. Yours in big haste,
ID. w. DILLARD."
The other witnesses heard were Chief
of Police John c. Boyes of Santa Rosa,
Walter Connor. an employe at the sana-
torium, and Doctor Desseau, a physician
there.