Evening star., 1950-02-25

lethal air injections.
Louis E. Wyman, chief of de-
fense counsel. bounced to his feet
the instant Sheriff Thomas E.
O'Brien testified the prosecution
had signed statement from Reg
inald Borroto. the husband.
The statement. read by Sheriff
O'Brien, quoted Mr.. Borroto as
saying he had nothing to do with
DR.. Sander in this" There are
no charges against Mr.. Borroto.
Sheriff's Testimony Stricken.
Testimony had been presented
earlier quoting DR.. Sander as say
ing he yielded to Mr.. Borroto's
pleadings to end his wife's suf-
fering even if it means "elim-
mating her life"
Judge Harold E. Westcott sus-
tained Mr.. Wyman's objections
and ordered the sheriff's testi-
mony stricken from the record.
Mr.. Wyman told newsmen la
ter that Mr.. Borroto would be
called as a defense witness if
the State doesn't place him on
the stand.
On learning of Mr.. Wyman's
statement, Attorney General
William L. Phinney, the prose-
cutor. said: II might save him
the trouble"
Adjournment left incomplete a
nurses account of the waning
life OF Mrs. Borroto.
Bedside Notes Read.
Miss Elizabeth Rose read bed
side notes covering the first sew
eral days of her attendance on
Mrs. Borroto, starting November
%. Mrs. Borroto died Decem-
ber 4.
The notes contained frequent
references to injections of drugs
to ease pain and tagging pulse
and respiration.
Mr.. Phinney said that the
nurses testimony is designed to
show that although Mrs. Borroto
suffered some pain mo extraor-
binary amount of pain was shown
on the charts"
The weekend respite gave all
concerned an opportunity to relax
strained nerves.
Defendant Sohered
A week of taut contest over Sc
lection of jury and introduction
of sizable portion of the prose-
cution's evidence had left the de-
fendant, his attractive wife and
opposing counsel serious, if not
grim.
Previous prosecution witnesses
furnished testimony calculated to
leave the jurors pondering over
several phases of Mrs. Borroto's
death.
The defense, in cross-examina-
ton, had promised to produce
medical witness who would state
she already was dead when DR..
Sander is alleged to have injected
air into her veins.
The jurors also were given rea-
son to wonder what quantity of
air could be considered lethal.
Medical precedent appeared
lacking.
Administered Four Doses.
The indictment under which he
is being tried accuses DR.. Sander
of employing 40 cubic centimeters,
administered in four closely sue
ceeding doses.
The prosecution also produced
who quoted the accused |
as having said this was
done as an act of mercy, prompted
by the woman'S husband.
There was general agreement
among prosecution witnesses that
DR.. Sander contended that al
though he might be breaking the
law, he was committing no moral
Bus Trip for Jurors.
Plans were mace to take the
locked-up jurors on a sightseeing
tour in bus some time over the
week end. Under the law, they
must not be separated.
This left Sunday church at
tendance undecided. Nine of the
IL jurors and one alternate are
Catholics. There was no reason,
however, why they could not at
tend more than one church if they
DR.. Sander, at liberty under
$4,000 bail-an unprecedented
procedure in capital case-went
to his home in Gambia, II miles
outside this mill CITY,,