New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-24

Compnnv to the order Of bearer, and
chat no had the check casbed at the
Rank of the Metropolis; that he got a
plain white envelopes and put In II Sloo
in hills he imsgines that they were
500 bills-and that he sealed the en-
velopc and gave il TO his brother
Parts Of the testimony OF Robert
Bowler were then read by Commission
or Wallstein. showing that he remem-
bored the cashing OF the check, that
some of the money was put in an enye-
lone and that some was spent TOT
mourning clothing.
81 took the envelope" he said, and
went. either on surface car or IN the
subway, TO Or. Woston's, in west Sotn
ST. remember the name because !
used 10 be at Breton Hall good deal
and. calling there, saw the name, !
never had seen DR.. Weston, but ! had
a room mate at college OF the same
name"
After describing the position. OF Dr.;
Weston's apartment Revert Bowler sara
that a maid showed him into parlor'
where he had to wait for iiVe minutes
"Dr. Weston asker me to step INTO
the Office he continued. did, ana
said. pr. Weston. my brother sent you
this present lie put 1t IN the TOT
drawer Of his desk right here (ndl-
eating where the desk stood.
"He didn't say anything - Just
nodded. lie didn't even say thank
YOU. e.,
$50 far as il relates TO me-. said
DIR. Weston, slowly, lit is absolutely
untrue
AT no time did you receive any
such envelope?" asked Mr.. Wallsten'
NO, sir
AT no time did you receive any
sum Of money from this witnessF
mo, sir; there was no such occur
ence"
Or. Weston said he had no recollec-
ton Of any member Of the Bowler fam
lily calling on him.
Commissioner Wallstein read find
ing by a coroner's jury in May, 1907
in the case of Corinne Mcbride. who
died Of pneumonia. The jury reported
that certain physicians made a prac-
tice of furnishing death certificates IN
such cases. In that case DR.. Weston
testified that with medical attendance
Miss McrBide would have recovered.
"The same undertaken said Com
missioner Wallatein, "who appears IN
the Bowler case, says he got you to
O X certificates in Christian Science
cases. so that they would not become
coroners' cases"
81 don't remember any such cases,
answered Dr. Weston. There was a
custom Of putting our o X on cases
which had been attended by physicians
and which would have become coroner's
cases only through a technicality Some
of these cases may have been Christian
Science cases. believe that now
Christian Science practitioners have
the right TO sign death certificates
Did Not View Bodies.
The result Of his O h, Dr. Weston
said. was to put the case in the cate
CORY of those certified to by physicians
you didn't view the bodies in such
cases."
ooh, no. Il was done TO avoid just
that very thing"
DR.. Weston identified his writing IN
the o K on the death certificates Of
Eugene Cox. who died February 2l
1912. and Gertrude Pervear. who died
February 26, 1908. He did not know
he said. that both were Christian
Science cases. lie could not remember
whether he had signed certificates in
other Christian Science cases.
Did the undertaken ever pay you
any money"
mo, sir"
"Have you ever recommended his en-
ployment?'
q have; yes, sir"
"Often 90
mo, sir; never recommend an un-
dertaker except at the request OF the
family of the decedent'
Have you ever recommended any
other undertaken ~.
81 think so.'
Did any undertaken ever pay you
any money!"
'No, sir; may have borrowed few
dollars from them sometimes.
His connection with the Patrick case
in which he testified for the District
Attorney that the death Of William
Marsh Rice was due TO chloroform, was
a matter OF regret to him. DR.. Weston
said. He was now convinced that deatf
was due TO natural causes.
Dr. Hubert Costigau, of 2Il 92d ST.
Brooklyn, testified concerning case
which he reported as a poison case &c
the Coroner i'm 1909 and in which, Sc
far as he knew, no further action wa.
taken, not even an autopsy being or
dered. He had been called 10 q house in
West 90th ST., he said. and there found
a woman who had been taken violently
III after, she said, drinking a cup oil
coffee prepared by her husband. She
had fully recovered then, and, leaving
some medicine, he returned 70 his Of
fee. which was then in West 34th st.
Six hours later her husband again
called him, saying that the woman was
dying. He found her dead. and was
told that her husband had prepared an
other cup of coffee for her. Suisse
uuently an undertaken importuned hin
to sign q death certificate, as he haC
already embalmed the body. DR.. COST
gan refused, and received a telephone
message from a man, who said he was
Or O'Hanlon, COroner's physician. lie
too. asked Dr. Costigan to make out {
certificate, or at least a paper, saying
that there were no suspicious circum
stances. Again Dr. Costigan refused
and the man rang off, saying that theI
there must be an autopsy.
Commissioner Wallstein read from
the Coroner's records, showing tina
there was no autopsy, and the cause Of
death was given as hemorrhage OF The
lung by Dr. O'Hanlon. Dr.. Costigar
replied that he had seen no evidence OF
any hemorrhage, and that on his frs
visit he had found the woman's lungi
normal
Justice Newburger yesterday rem
dered a decision ordering Coroner Hell
lenstein to answer the forty-one ques
tions put to him by COMMISSIONS
Wallstein OF be committed for con
tempt of court. The fact that he helC
an elective office. said Justice Newbur