The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-15
MANSFTELD TESTFIES

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had said that the hole vas
seyen inches by II inches b. Il
inches and four inches deep.
Mrs. Mansfield, who wears = sire
seven shoe, said when she stepped
into the hole she fell. striking her
head ard the left side Of her body
On the sidewalk.
''Is sounded lika sonsihins in
my head expiedsd." she testified.
"Somsens tried 10 mevs me IS
lay there and | told them. 'den't
msvs me. Ny back is broken !"
At that point, Mr.. Mansfield
broke into loud, racking sObs and
hurried from the court room. His
wife had been testifying Is minutes
then.
That night, she said, she bled
from her left ear. For three days
and three nights, she went on, she
suffered heavy nose bleeds as well
as internal hemorrhages.
She added that she couldn't move
for a long time and that her spine
also panied her.
IT have suffered from the day
/ fell" she said.
She toId how she had been ct
tended by Or. Aubrey n. Hsmil-
ton and Of - months Of care by
Or. J. /. Lester, Jr.
"Dr. Lester performed the
first operation ever had" she
said.
Even after the operation, she
continued, the pain grew worse.
II told DR.. Lester that is is get
ting late now and it is time to
send me to a specialist. I'm dying
and you know it." she said she
told DR.. Lester.
A DR.. Mckenzie, she said, dag.
nosed the pain as being caused by
cancer Of the bladder. Her bladder
she added, was removed in March,
1858.
She then told how she had gone
to an ear specialist and that as a
result Of the fall she was totally
deaf in her left ear.
Asked by Gordon 10 describe
The pain in her spine, she 70.
piled: "lt was torture. ! he'd q
spinal operation five weeks age
today. u left me psrsIyzsd from
my hips down."
Mrs. Mansfield then began to sob
and a five.minute recess was call.
ed. She had been testifying 81 min.
utes then.
When she was wheeled back into
the court room to resume her ties.
timony, she told how she had suf.
fered continuously with her leg.
that she had to use crutches or a
cane for q number of months, and
that she had been unable to per.
form her wifely duties since the
time Of the accident.
On cross examination BY Car.
SON. Mrs. Mansfield said she and
her fwo companions Tho day Of
the accident had talked about the
condition Of Key West sidewalks.
She said she could have stepped
over the hole II she had seen II.
She said she carried no bundles
that day and that she only wore
glasses "fo read and do fancy
work."
II was very active at the time
Of the accident" she added.
Carson tried to bring out that
she had been walking about when
she was in the hospital after the
fall.
Mrs. Mansfield denied that she
had walked in the hospital except
the day before she went home and
then it was with the help of a
nurse.
Mrs. Teal followed Mrs. Mans.
field with testimony. Mrs. Teal
said she was living on Grinnell st.
at the time Of the accident. She
said she knew about the bad con.
dition of Key West sidewalks.
81 had been warned about the
sidewalks" she said. IL was ex,
pecting my baby at the time.
Mrs. Mansfield fell as if some
one had picked her up and thrown
her." she added.
Mrs. Teal told how she had
held Mrs. Mansfield head on her
lap until Or. Hamilton arrived.
She described how Mrs. Mans.
fields lose had bIed some days
after The fell and how her left
leg had been swollen.
DR.. Hamilton testified that he
has been practicing in Key West
for eight years. He told how he
had been called to attend Mrs.
Mansfield, how he put her in his
car and took her to his office. He
told the court that she had great
pain in her thigh, hip. knee and
ankle.
DR.. Hamilton, reaching in his
pocket, said he had notes on the
case and asked If he could use
them to refresh his memory.
Carson objected, saying: when
did you make the notes, doctor?"