The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-15
lcnnilnued rrom Ye.terda,l


smoking on tircscme journey.
From Washington and government
al affairs. Il veered 10 the West
and dry farming. thence 20 the cat.
tie business; 60 anecdotes. and final
N TO ghost stories. And then, with
a sudden interest. Houston forgot
his own problems 90 iistcn atten.
lively, tenseiy. almost fcarfuiiy. A
man whom he never before had
seen. and whom no probably never
would see again. was talking about
something which might be as remote
10 Houston as tho poles Yet II held
him. n fascinated. Il Stripped him.
speaking Of gruesome things"
tho taiker had said. reminds me.
I'm doctor-not quite FUN fiedged.
I'm admit, but with the right to
put M. II. after my name. Spent
n couple OF years as an inferno in
Bellstrand hospital In New York.
BIG place. Any OF you ever been
theref~
No one had The young doctor
went on.
<-~,te q place for experiments
They've got big room on the NTH
! Moor where somebody r. always dis.
ssctfng. or carrying out some kind
OF Investigations into this bodily
thlng We call a home. My work led
mo past there good deal. and I'd
gotten 40 I hardly noticed u. But
one Sunday night. guess II was
along toward midnight. I saw some
thing that brought mo up short. I
happened 20 lock IN and saw man
there. numbering another ono with
wooden malict.-
Numbering himg~ The statement
had caused rise from the rest Of
the auditors. Tho doctor laughed.
well. perhaps used too ssntl.
mental a phrase. I should have
said. acting out murder. You
cant very well murder dead man.
The fellow he was killing Already
was corpse.
you mean"
~Iust what I'm saying. There
were two or three assistants. Pretty
big doctors. I learned later. all OF
them from Boston. They had taken
cadaver from the refrigerator and
stood Il In a certain position. Then
the one man had struck u ON the
head with the matlet with all the
force he could summon. OF course
II knocked the corpse down-f.Iu
telling you. It was gruesome. even
TO an internei The hast saw
Of them. tho doctors were working
with their microscopes evidently 70
scs what effect the blow had pro
duced.-
What was the dear
Never found out. They're pretty
ciosemouthsd about that sort Of
thing. You zee. opposite sides In =
trial are always carrying out ex-
pcrfrneuts and trying their level
best TO keep the other fellow from
knowing what's going on found
out later that thu door wns sup
posed 70 have been locked passed
thru about ten minutes later ard
saw uhem working on another hu-
Inan body-evsdensiy one Of . mum.
Der that they had been trying the
tests on About that time soms
one heard me and came out like .
bullet. The NEXT thing I knew. sv-
eryfhing was closed. How long the
experiments had been going on.
couldn't say. I DO know. however.
that they didn't leave there until
about three o'clock IN tho morn
Ing"
'eYcu--you don't know who the
men were7- Houston. forcing him.
seIf 20 Be casual. had asked the
question The young doctor shook
his head
'No--except that they were from
Boston. At least. the doctors were.
One Of the nurses knew them.
suppose the other man was dis
trict aftorney-they usually are
around somewhere during an expert
ment.'
you never learned with what
: murder case 10 was connected7~
''Eo-th- fact II. II passed pretty
much out Of my mind. as far as the
details were concerned. Altho III
never forget the picture
Pardon me for asking questions
I--r--just happen 70 come from Bos-
ton and was trying TO recall such a
case You don't remember what
time Of tho year II was. or how
long ago7.'