Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-05
Echo OF MAJORS
CASE IS HEARD IN
JOINT MEETING
Doctors and Lawyers Discuss
Expert Testimony and Other
Subjects Wroth Answers
Some Questions.

THE Bernulilo County Bar associa-
son and the medical association of
the same county had separate meet
S,os last night in separate rooms Of
~. Commercial club building Dr
Wroth addressed tho doctors on the
snbiert OF his evidence in The recent
Vaiors trial in Alamogordo, and
mdga Mann told the lawyers few
,hngs along the same line. Then. as
tbcv were AN under the same roof il
,gas decided to have "a Joint meeting
h which eNDcrt testimony OF the sort
Introduced In The Majors case could
hi discussed from both a legal and a
medical standpoint
As pr Roidy put it, the occasion
was unusual, because 1T isn't often
mat the two professions get togeth
an TO which Judge Mann replied.
e0nly at the very last
DR.. Wroth, who was the star wit
ness AL the trial i'm Alamogordo was
also the star speaker at the Joint
meeting He had "a few things to say
about the deadly effects of wall paper
that would have made a representa-
live OF the wall pepper trust sell out
his stock below par il he could have
heard H. However no trust magnatcs
were present AZ the meeting and there
has been no noticeable drop in the
securities of the manufacturers Of
that somewhat common commodity
According 90 IN Wroth nearly all
wall paper has what is known as
shields green" i'm Il, and Shields
green mng recks with arsenic. Some
0f the wall paper he said contained
as much as twenty three grains Of ar
senic 10 the gquare foot The effect of
GETTING all this "pzen' into the sys-
tenn the doctor gaid, could better be
imallned thm described
With special reference To- the Ma
iors usc Dr. Wroih said that the
daughter of The defendant with
whose dcath hc Was charged, had
gotten into such physical condi-
lion hy reason cf the cumulative ef-
feet If thc arsenic. that when bis
muth was administered it caused IAN
explosion" This caused Judge Hickey
later to ask If the explosion in ques-
ton was anything la the nature of
brainstorm in the stomach.
Dr. Wroth paused frequently in his
address to remark to his hearers.
you an know what that means As
there were no replies to this asser-
ton. it is presumable that they did
Judge Mann followed DR. Wroth
but he failed to remind those present
that they knew what he meant, and
accordingly was frequently interrupt
ed Judge Rodey particularly joined
issue with Judge Mann on several
points. but when he cited case in
support of his argument Judge Mann
s.eneed him by saying that he had
written that opinion himself and that
Judge Rodey had it all wrong
Dr. Wroth was asked by Judge
Hickey II he favored a system of hay
ing the court ina criminal cases ap-
point an impartial expert by whose
both parties 10 the case
would be bound Dr. Wroth replied
that he would favor such system
IF the court is decent lie did not
set amy standard Of decency by which
the court should be governed,
Dir. pearce seemed somewhat skep-
teal about arsenic poisoning arising
from wall paper and referred to the
fact that thousands of people have
their walls papered aud are doing
fairly well, an things considered
Judge Mann replied that merely be-
cause some people didn't got struck
by lightning was no sign that light
ming did not strike some people. To
which DR.. Pearce replied that 1t was
an induhitable fact. however. that
when a man does get struck by light
ming he usually dies
Mrs Harold Pierce who had sat
silent throughout the entire meeting.
towards the end wanted to know of
Dr. Wr0th IL, where a house with
poisoned wall paper was occupied bF
'eYerai people there was any reason
Why one person should be affected by
he poison and not the others. The
l0etor could see no reason why the
lalson should play amy fay0rites
The meeting was attended by prac-
Imlly the fun membership of the
No hadies, and the discussion at times
fas quite spirited
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