The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
GRIMES TRIES TO.
RECONSTRUCT HIS
SHATTERED STORY
Under Prosecutors Guidance Former
County Physician Attempts To
Explain His bad Breaks
When Grilled By Lodge.
Admits To Fritch's Attorney There's
No Evidence But Gossip That
Victim Died of Operation.

AAA OAOu VI OPcIdJlOn.
With Dr. w. S. Grimes. former
county physician, still on the stand.
the Fritch manslaughter trial was re-
sumed Tuesday morning. Prosecutor
van Zile took up the redirect exam.
nation OF the witness, which was be.
gun late Monday afternoon after n
gruelling cross-examination by Attor.
new Lodge. which consumed several
hours.
The prosecutor produced a bunch OF
surglcal Instruments, which he In
PRODUCED In evidence and passed
around for the jurors inspection ar
ter the doctor had described their
uses. The defense objected, but in
asmuch as Attorney Lodge had open
ed the way by the introduction or
instruments, Monday afternoon, the
court permitted them to go in.
Led by the prosecutor, who at
times showed signs OF being irritated,
DR.. Grimes then attempted to explain
away some of the discrepancies in his
previous testimony.
Lodge GrlIls Witness Again.
The redirect examination was very
brief, however, and rather unsatisfac
tory to the prosecution. Attorney
Lodges turn came again and he i'm.
proved the opportunity.
Have you done any reading since
last night?" was one OF his first quss.
tons on re-cross examination.
Yes admitted Grimes.
ION what subjects?"
We'll, I read one on anesthesia."
What was the name OF it?"
Grimes contemplated the ceiling re.
fectively and replied after an embar
RAISING pause that he didn't remember
Lodge brought out that Grimes had
read one book himself and one hal
been read TO him by DR.. Stapleton. an
ether ex-county physician, who is
witness in the case.
Then N spite of the fact that the
other medical witnesses have been ex-
Guided from the room you talked
with one o. these witnesses about your
testimony here yesterday afternoon"
mo, | wouldn't say that We were
talking about the case"
Then what were you talking
about?"
About the general subject of anes-
thesia."
Anyone else PRESENT."
Yes, one or two others"
who. for tnstance?"
Witness hesitated. and Lodge con-
.tinued:
WAS DIR. Thaddeus Walker therey'
Yes. he was there"
DR. Walker is another OF the prose
cutions medical witnesses.
Court Rules Against Lodge.
Lodge wanted the court to instruct
the medical witnesses to refrain from
discussing the case and took an ex-
Ception when this was refused on
the ground thai the court had no
knowledge that Or. Grimes had talked
over his testimony with the others.
DR.. Grimes, it appeared. had also
read up on the heart, and Lodge led
him TO say that in cases of0death from
Chloroform the heart may stop nrst.
do you mean to say that the pa
tient keeps on breathing after the
heart stops beating?" demanded
Lodge.
Yes, l say the heart may be at
fected-"
Just answer yes or no H.
Wait just let him answer" inter
;ected the prosecutor.
Never mind continued the Wiz
ness. turning to Lodge. Il tell you
the heart may be affected before the
lungs. [ mean what | say.
"Does the patient keep on breath
ing after the heart stops? Yes or noT
Il will not answer yes or no.
Lodge then dropped the subject.
Now doctor" he proceeded, where
is the vomiting center in the brain?
I'm the medulla.'
isn't il in the floor OF the fourth
ventricle?"
The fourth ventricle, yes
Wouldn't any disturbance OF the
kind YOU have told us about In this
ease be accompanied by vomiting?
yes. IL might
was there any evidence that this
patient had vomited?'
NO"
II was nearly IL o'clock when DR..
Grimes left the stand He was sue
ceeded by former County Physician
Stanleton. who was taken over SUB
stautially the same ground covered IN
tho direr; examination OF DR.. Grimes,
the witness having assisted III 'n7
DOst-mOrtem
Then. doctor IN your opinion, What
did the girl die Of!
aln nv opinion. she died from tue
effects Of an anestitatic.'
no Won mean 10 say that. In spite
~ the fact that you found the heart
FORMAL the lungs normal; and In spite
Of your testimony Just given as to the
orsct ~ chloroforni or ether on those
organs" IL
.',Yes will state that as my opln-
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