Evening star., 1944-05-27
|Dr.L Lind Carried
Gun in Envelope,
Witness Says
| Testimony Mentions
| 3 Occasions in. 1889;
Defense Rests
By NORMAN A. KAHL.

BY NORMAN A. KAHL.
Unexpected testimony that DR..
John e. Lind, slain st. Eliza
beth's Hospital psychiatrist, car
|ried an envelope containing a
gun on three occasions early in
1889 was introduced by counsel
for Robert I. Miller today just
before the defense rested its
case in the first-degree murder
trial in District Court.
Archie K. Shipe, an attorney,
testified he had contact with DR..
Lind in connection with case he
was trying five years ago and that
on February 20 and March %, 1899,
he had seen DR.. Lind with manila
envelope which contained a book,
miscellaneous papers and dark
revolver. Again on April 2 of the
same year, the witness said, he saw
the gun in the envelope when he
and DR.. Lind visited the home of a
client.
Mr.. Shipe, who has offices in the
National Press Building, last year
was narrowly defeated for election
as president of the District Bar AS
sociation.
The prosecution began presenting
rebuttal testimony directly after the
defense concluded its case at 11:25
am. First witness called by the
Government in rebuttal was DR..
Watson w. Eldridge, chief of the
medical and surgical service at st.
Elizabeth's.
Tells Of Talks With Mrs. Miller.
DR.. Eldridge recalled three con.
versations he had with Mrs.
Marguerite Miller, wife Of the de-
fendant, in which she mentioned
the possibility of divorce and threats
made by Miller against DR.. Lind and
herself.
When Mrs. Miller was on the
stand she denied any such con-
versation took place.
did you have a conversation
with Mrs. Miller at st. Elizabetf's
Hospital in which she said she was
planning to divorce her husband
but that religious scruples stood in
the way of divorce?" Assistant
United States Attorney Daniel B.
Maher asked
And did she say please not to
say anything about it to any one
because Miller had threatened to
kill both her and DR.. Lind II she
proceeded with the divorce?"
| "She said exactly the quotation
you just read" the witness replied.
| Told of In sritances.
A few days later. according to DR..
Eldridge, he had another conversa-
tion with Mrs. Miller, at which time
she told him she had inherited
SIS, 900 and $1,000 at different times
and that there had been certain
transactions between her and Miller
lconcerning this money. He also said
Mrs. Miller told him: Don't say
anything about this to any one or
lmy husband viii kill both DR.. Lind
and me-"
Under cross-examination by De-
fense Attorney H. Mason Welch, DR..
Eldridge admitted that DR.. Lind
had entered st. Elizabeth's early in
February Of this year as a patient.
isn't 1t fact that the only rea-
son for Mrs. Miller's visit was to get
DR.. Lind sobered up?" Mr.. WEIGH
asked.
No" the physician replied.
Not Under His Care.
Wasn't DR.. Lind there as pa
tient hinself?'
HE was not my patient
Didn't Mrs. Miller come to YOU
so the superintendent wouldn't
know about it?"
No"
isn't it a fact DR.. Lind was
treated for alcoholism and no record
was Kept so officials wouldn't know
about it?"
mo. He was treated for excess
slvely high blood pressure and
diabetes"
Wasn't this direct result of
excessive drinking?"
| NO medical man could answer
that, and I'm sure / can't"
DR.. Eldridge still was on the stand
when court was adjourned at noon
until 10 am. Monday.
Mr.. Shipe told in detail of two
visits DR.. Lind made to his Office
when he brought the envelope with
him. He said the psychiatrist laid
the envelope on a sliding panel of
the desk about Is inches from
where the attorney was sitting. He
said he saw the gun along with the
other contents.
Gun Described as Blue Steel.
| Mr.. Shipe said the revolver was
dark, what you would call blue
steel" When Mr.. Welch held up
the gun found in the Lind car, the
witness said it was about that
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