The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-17


showed that the knee cap could be
slipped about but he believed that
! the union was a firm one and said
that the leg was two inches shorter,
at least than the other leg, caused by
the bow in the bones. Under cross
/ examination DR.. Caswell said repeat
eddy that he did not remember. there
were sores on the leg and made the
same reply when asked IL he would
say the nurses of the hospital were
mistaken in their earlier testimony.
Asked about the bathing and pow
dering of the leg, according to the
rescords, DIR. Caswell replied that it
might be to stimulate the skin and
to get it in the best possible condition
for operation but said he presumed ii
would be so treated IL there were
sores on the leg Asked to read GER
tain remedies which appeared on the
record and TO tell what they were
given for, DR. Caswell said, they were
ordered for a cough and a tonic.
REBUTTAL
In rebuttal Sumner Mitchell, HIM
self, denied that he had heard DR..
Moulton say that he should go to a
hospital, said that he never knew that
Dr. Moulton went to Skowhegan to
arrange for treatment; that he had
never heard until the trial that DR..
Moulton, when he came to his house
on April oath. wanted him to go to
the hospital and said that he did not
hear DR.. Wilson say that he should
go to a hospital for treatment, nor
~ |. IL l.. i
should go to a hospital for treatment
on April oath. Mr. Mitchell said he
did not remember that he said to
Laura Deering that there would be
no one but himself to blame for his
condition. Mr.. Mitchell said that
| DR.. Dorr and DR.. Marsh put on the
same dressing that they took off
/ from his leg. Mrs. Mitchell said
| the splint was cut in two to put into
boiler, one year ago last fall when
| she was canning corn. She said she
/ did not hear DR.. Milton at any time
advise Mr.. Mitchell to go to the hos
! pital up to juno 9TH and only heard
/ DIR. Wilson when he wanted him to
! go Bangor for an X-ray. Witness
! said DR.. Wilson said he wouldn't
have to have an operation.
Rev. f. B. Turner, who was a
minister in Harmony on December,
I 1922, saw Mr.. Mitchell the next day
after the accident and saw, he said,
splint, which went up to the hip as
nearly as he could describe it. Wit
ness said he saw DR.. Redman look at
the skin and saw him wipe, wash and
powder it. George Martel said that
he saw Mr. Mitchell about a week
after the accident and that the spint
extended just above the hip. Attor-
ney Merrill asked Mr. Mitchell if he
knew how far it was from his arm pit
to the floor to which Mr.. Mitchell re-
piled that he did not, but that it was
thirty-fve inches from the hip to the
ankle. DR.. Stinchfield was called to
measure the splints, which it was
claimed had been sawed in two and
found that the measurements of one
piece was twenty-one inches and that
the other piece was approximately 20
and one half inch. DR.. Marsh was cal
led by the defense and said that he did
not put the adhesive tape back on
to the leg. Mr.. Mitchell having pre-
viously stated that the same dress
ings were returned and DR.. Marsh
added that he thought 1t would be i'm
possible to do this as they could not
be made to stick Attorney Haskell
asked that Mr. Mitchell might have
an opportunity to explain the state
ments as previously made and Mitch
ell said that one of the doctors had
said in returning the dressing that he
didn't think the adhesive plasters
would stick. so they put on with 1t
some narrow adhesive strips which
DR. Wilson had with him to last until
the patient reached the hospital.
This concluded the testimony and
the arguments for the defense were
begun by Attorney Perkins of Au-
gusta. He was followed by Attor-
ney Merrill, who argued the case Fri
day afternoon. Frank II. Haskell,
who with Robert W. DeWolfe, of
Portland handled the case for the
plaintiff, argued for the plaintiff and
Friday afternoon Judge Sturgis gave
most painstaking and careful
charge to the jurors. They retired
at 3:45 and returned one hour later,
with a verdict for the defendants.
PLEADS GUILTY
Leon Fisher, who pleaded guilty to
the charge of failure to provide for
his wife, Helen Fisher and son. Leroy
Earl Fisher, two years old at Jack
man, also to desertion, was ordered
to pay $500 per week for the support
of his wife and child for one year in
lieu of sentence. Sureties were fur
nished in the sum of $500 by Samuel
Wilson and Edith Young.
CALL VS. GARLAND
The case of Exerett d. Call of Pitts
field VS. Mrs. Myra Garland of Pitts
field was opened Friday afternoon
with A. P. Howes, foreman OF the
drawn jury. The plaintiff claimed
an indebtedness of $4,000 and suit
was brought to recover for monu-
ment erected on the burial lot oil
the defendants husband Mr.. Gail
is superintendent of the Pittsfeld
Cemetery and also a dealer in grave
stones and monuments. 1t appeared
that Mrs. Garland went to Mr. Call
and arranged for a cement vault to
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