Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-29
DR.. S.STELL
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Placed On the stand. A night &C.
sion was held to present argument
md the case went to the jury INK AK
o'clock Saturday morning.
Defendant Tells Story
w Dr. Stcll was called to the stant
about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon
and was requested "a give hi ver
sion nf the operation which i'm alNer
cd 20 have caused the death of Mrs
Stella Jones On December 29. 1927
Az times The doctor displayed con.
siderable emotion.
II considered the treatment reres-
sary t. save the woman's life" Dr
Stell testified. and reiterated this
statement later.
The witness asserted the husband
Of the deceased came to him on De,
cember 2; that he arranged 70 ex.
anime Mrs. Jones on December n
but nothing was done. owing to the
inelement weather. On the evenins
Of December Is. Mr.. and Mrs. Jone.
came to his office, where the treat.
ment was applied.
Il charged the fee customary in
such cases. $50" DR.. Stell said.
The doctor stated that Mrs
Jones. who was p years Of age and
the mother Of two children. was il
a very emaciatcd condition. and nc
considered the operation or treat.
ment necessary TO rave her life.
lie told Of being called 10 the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Den
mis-. parents Of Mrs. Jones. the fol.
lowing Monday. and stated the pa.
tient was not in n serious condition
Tie also gave "A detailed account 0I
a controversy "a which Mr.. DENIM.
had previously testified.
Tie said that when he went 10 Mi.
chr INV found the key missing anr
Mr. Dennis told him ~ had IN wv
his pocket and refused wv return IN
"lf he dies. vcu win die, too" thr
witness quoted Dennis as saying.
Threatens t0 shoot
After ~ had announced his de.
termination to walk into town Den.
nis procured "a gum NV said, anr
ordered him not t0 leave. -You
make "A step and It'll shoot you,i
was the threat made by Dennis. NV
cording 70 the witness statement.
II went back in the house, thc
doctor said. "and sat down for about
three-f0urths OF an hour" He tes.
titled that he and tho women finally
prevailed on Dennis 70 permit him
TO return TO his office: that he ar.
rived &C his office about III O'Clock
and returned TO the Dennis home In
the early afternoon.
The witness testified that durinr
his controversy with Dennis the lat.
ter said: I'm going to get every
doctor In town TO see my daughter
TO which he replied: 1T would mere.
~ create different ideas and make
a mess Of the case
The doctor said he had agreed q
q conference with other doctors. the
Dennis family 70 call DR.. B. l.. Cole
and he TO call Or. W. n. Spohn. This
conference. however. was never held
and Steil was relieved Of the case
2 few days prior to the death oil
Mrs. Jones.
lie also stated Ne had offered nj
objection TO taking the patient q
the hospital; but the objection came
from the patient herself.
Faces Second Indictment
The fact that Dr. SteIl faces an.
other Indictment non IN murder
charge in connection with the death
of Mrs. III. III. Watkins. "A few DAYS
prior ~ the death WI Mrs. Jones
was admitted by INV. SteiI under
cross examination by District Attor.
ney Westeryelt.
The doctor stated Nv ~ 61 years
cf are, a graduate of Tulane Uni