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death was caused from strangula
tion it might have bled more.
Solicitor Dorsey went Into a detail
ed cross-examination as to the possi
bilities of assault upon the Phagan
girl. The questions were all hypo
thetical and Dr. Westmoreland’s opin
ion was that In such cases no un
natural violence was done. Further
replies along this line were in favor
of Frank.
Q Assuming that it takes cabbage
four hours to digest in the normal
stomach, could you look at it and
tell how long it had been there?—A.
No.
Q. Doesn't the medical world agree
that It takes a certain length of time
to digest certain food?—A. Tee That
If the result of hundreds of experi
ments.
Q Does the medical world agree
that It takes four hous to digest
cabbage?—A. Four or five.
Q. Who gives live hours, doctor.—
A II Is generally accepted to be be
tween four and five.
Q. Haven't they laid down the dif
ferent stages of digestion? A. Not
absolutely _
Says He Put Harris on Board
Q. Hasn't this man Hemeter laid
down all the stages of digestion . — A.
No He will tell you himself that his
rules are not infallible.
Q What Is tile length of time be
fore vou will find free hydrochloric
acid?—A. There Is no way of telling.
Q. Well, What Is the generally ac
cepted theory?—A. About 30 minutes.
Q. In cabbage and wheat bread,
would you expect to find it sooner or
later?—\. That would depend upon
the mastication. ...
Q If we found 32 degrees of hydro
chloric acid in the stomach, how long
would you say It had been there.—
A I could not say.
Q Have you any personal feeling
toward Dr. Harris?—A. I have none,
one way or the other.
o You were on the State Board
of Health with Dr. Harris?—A. Yes,
1 put him there.
Q, Is he still there?—A. Yes.
O. Were you president of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons \vhen
he was given a chair there-;—A. Yes.
Q. What did he do?—A. He was the
pathologist.
Arnold took the witness.
U. Will you tell the jury the cause
of your difficulty with Harris?—A. I
preferred charges of scientific dlshon
esty against him. He was not re
moved bv the board so I resigned.
Says They Had No Row.
Q. Whatever row or fuss you had
has had noth'ng whatever to do with
your testimony?—A, I never had any
row with him. I preferred charges
against him The State Board of
Health tried him and found him gull-
ty. They did not see fit to remove
him, po I resigned as president of
the board _ . . -
Q. Which, from the standpoint or
common sense, would be the most re
liable a visual and digital exam
ination for violence, or a microscopic
examination?—A. In post mortem ex
aminations It Is often the case that
abrasions are overlooked.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q. Blood when Tresh is easy to wipe
©fT if you have water, isn’t it?—A.
Blood is a very penetrating stain.
Q. How many doctors are there
on the State Board of Health?—A.
Twelve with the secretary.
Dr Westmoreland whs then ex
cused and Dr. John C. Olmstead was
called. Attorney Arnold questioned
hfm.
Q. How long have you been prac
ticing and where did you graduate?—
A. 1 have been practicing 28 years
and graduated at the University of
Virginia and the University of New
York. « a „ . ,
Q. Where did you practice?—A. In
a new York hospital and then in At
lanta. _ a
Attorney Arnold propounded his
hypothetical question on the cut on
the back of the head and received
the answer that Dr. Harris’ opinion
was about as wild a guess as could
be made.
Q. Could such a wound as I have
described to you as appe Ing on
the back of the head have been in
flicted after death?—A. Yes if it was
before the blood congealed
Can’t Tell Time of Death.
Q. Could such a blow as I have de
scribed. black and swollen, have been
inflicted on the eye after death?—A.
It might.
Q. Look at this cabbage. After a
chemical analysis and the finding of
32 degrees of acidity, could you de
termine with any degree of certainty
how long it had been in the stomach
before death?
A. No, I don’t think there is any
authority, certainly not in English,
which assigns to the stomach any
quality of accurately determining the
time of death.
Q. Suppose cabbage isn’t chewed
like that (pointing to one of the sam
ples which had been well masticated),
might it not lodge in the stomach?
A. Yes.
Q. How long might it stay in the
stomach without being further di
gested?—A. It might stay ten or
twelve hours.
Q. To attempt to state within ten
or fifteen minutes when death occur
red by the condition of this cabbage—
would you consider that a wild guess?
—A. Too wild to be characterized.
Mr Arnold put the usual question
to obtain an opinion from the witness
as to whether Mary Phagan was as
saulted. The answer was that indica
tions were that no unnatural vio
lence was present.
Dr. Olmstead said that Dr. Harris’
surmise that violence had been done
the girl immediately before death was
the most extraordinary surmise that
he ha'! ever heard.
Tells Time of Digestion.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q. The medical world recognizes
that you can determine the degr- **
and time it takes for the digestion of
wheat bread, doesn’t it?—A. Yes. aft
er accurate experiments with is
known as a test breakfast, from two
to two and one-half hours.
Q. A table has been compiled show
ing how long it takes to digest va
rious articles, hasn’t it?—A. Yes.
Q. The table states it takes four
hours to digest cabbage, doesn5t it?
•—A. The table I saw put cabbage at
^four and one-half hours.
Q. "What kind of change would you
irpect on cabbage an bread within
birty minjitea?—A, It would depend
on the character and quality of the
food.
Solicitor Dorsey held up the two
phials containing the cabbage taken
from the stomach of Mary Phagan
and that cooked by her mother and
taken from the stomach of a normal
person after one hour
Q. What sort of comparison would
you make as to how long these
samples had been In the stomach?—
A. The experiment is a little delicate.
Stomachs vary too much.
Q. What element would you have
to have to properly express it?—A. I
would have to know what amount
was taken out and what amount was
left in the stomach.
Dorsey Interpolates.
Dorsey: “Just a moment—let
interpolate this How does it make
any difference what amount was
taken out? Just tell me from the cir
cumstances I have enumerated If you
would not say this specimen, the me
I say had been in the stomach only
60 minutes, would have been in tho
stomach a shorter length of time?—A.
Yes. The one with the larger pieces
under those circumstances would
have been in there a shorter length of
time.
Q. You say you are a doctor >f
medicine and a general practitioner.
Are you an expert?—A. I will say
this. I am not an analytical chemist,
but I am familiar with it and in
general practice get the benefit of
wide experience.
Arnold took the witness.
Q. After death, could any physician,
even an expert, tell how long things
had been in the stomach?—A. it
would be the very wildest guess.
Dr. Ilmstead was then excused, and
Joel Hunter, an expert accountant,
was called. Arnold questioned him.
Q What is your business?—A.
Public accountant.
Q. How long?—Fifteen years.
Q What position do you hold?—A.
I am chairman of the State Board of
Examiners.
Q Did you examine those reports,
the n-nanclal sheets?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you see Mr. Schlff?—A. Yes,
he gave me the data.
Long Time to Make Report.
Q. What did you do?—A. In order
to find what length of time it would
take to make out one of those sheets
I made all the calculations.
Q. Did you find any mistake?—A.
Yes.
Q. What was It?—A. A trifling error
in a decimal point.
Q. Did you find any other errors?
—A. No.
Q I will get you to tell how long
it took to make out this report?—
A.. I first made the examinetlon with
the data, and then without the data.
I figured 150 minutes as ♦he quickest
possible time. To do any checking at
all, It would take from three to th^ee
and a half hours.
The expert witness then went in
to an extensive explanation of the
different item* on the financial sheet
Attorney Hooper took him on cross-
examination.
Q. If you were making up the re
port as un original proposition, would
the same data have been furnished
to you?—A. I could not say.
Q Well, much of this work with
which you were unfamiliar and had
to trace down, he had at his fingers’
tips, did he not?—A. I have only
figured a reasonable minimum time.
I can not say what Mr. Frank had
Is such that it is notetaoinshrd
at his fingers’ tips. The state
ment is such that it is not
subject to sub-proving. You can’t
prove it as you go along If that
could be done, It could be made out
quicker.
Q You have estimated, in other
words, how long It would take him?
—A. No. I made It out to show how-
quick I thought it could possibly be
made out.
Q If a man made It out in an after
noon, he would not have time to see
a baseball game, w-ould he?—A. I
would hardly think t»o.
Court then adjourned until 9 o’clock
Tuesday morning.
Deputy Hunting Scalp
Of Juror Ventriloquist.
Big Bob Deavors, Deputy Sheriff
in charge of the Frank trial Jury,
marched to the courtroom Monday
morning with an aching head and a
grim determination to get even with
Juror A. H. Henslee, whose elusive
voice piloted him against a bedpost
late Sunday evening.
Henslee is a ventriloquist of no
mean ability, and when the Jury has
been locked up Sunday his talent has
afforded the principal pastime. Yes
terday he worked on Deavors, the
deputy. He had Bob’s wife calling
to him from the street, the hall door
and finally from the door leading into
another room. It was through this
Inst door that Deavors broke and
encountered the head of a bed with
the full weight of his big frame.
An impromptu piano concert Sun
day afternoon by Juror F. E. Win-
burn, a stroll under guard late Sun
day evening and the feats of ventrilo
quism broke the monotony of what
would have been a listless day.
30,000 at Templar
Conclave in Denver
DENVER. COLO., Aug. 11.—Twen
ty-five hundred persons arrived in
Denver every 60 minutes to-day for
the thirty-second triennial conclave
of the Knights Templars. Thirty
thousand Knights and thousands of
other visitors wi'.i be in the city to
night. Between 400 and 500 special
trains were scheduled to arrive in
Denver before the real business of the
conclave begins to-morrow.
More than $300,000 has been spent
to make Denver beautiful.
will hold the examinations and pass one, there being present only a few
j upon the eligibility of the applicants.
| Woodard-Hall,
Dr. Ethridge Hall and Miss Lela
I Woodard were married Sunday after-
| noon at the home of the bride's par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Woodard, at
Adel, Ga. The marriage was a quiet
friends.
Atlanta Women Honored.
Mrs. Edgar Johnson Darnell enter
tained her club at her home at Mur
phy, N. C„ recently with an al fresco
party In honor of her guests, Mrs. M.
G. Hendricks, of Ball Ground, Ga., and
Miss Bertha Etgenmann, of Atlanta.
The punch bowl was presided over
by Misses Josephine Helghway and
Louise Hendricks.
Mrs. Darnell was assisted In enter
taining by her mother, Mrs. C. M.
Wofford, and Mrs. S. C. Heighway.
One hundred guests were present.
ll
Saturday afternoon at the Capital
City Country Club seems to be the
ponular time for golfing and swim
ming. The lake reminded one of a
seashore resort. All afternoon mem
bers of the club were having tea with
their friends on the veranda, among
them being Mr. and Mrs. John Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. John Lynch, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Hqiverty, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Barnes, Mr and Mrs. Frampton Ellis,
Mrs Hinton Baker, of Augusta; Mr.
and Mrs. C. T, Nunnally, Mr. and
Mrs. John Murphey, Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Woodslde, Jr„ Mrs. Ben No
ble, of Birmingham; Mrs Sims Bray,
Mi* William Robinson, Mrs. Harry
Harman, Misses Dorothy Harman, Jo
sephine Mobley, Virginia Lipscomb,
Julia Murphey.
Always the dinner-dances at the
Piedmont Club are enjoyable affairs
of the week-end. About 150 people
had dinner on the beautiful terrace.
Afterwards many danced. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Andrews entertained
twelve friends In compltmeint to Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Burwell. Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hopkins, Jr., had
as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Payne With Mr. anil Mrs. Clifford
Hatcher were Mr. and Mrs. William
Spalding, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregg,
Mr. and Mrs. Janies T. Williams. Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wood entertained a
party of nine, including Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Prescott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
D. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Hawkins and Mr. S. Y. Tupper.
Among others present were Misses
Sarah Rawson, Ruth Stallings, Leon
Ladson, Caroline Muse, Pearl Wilker-
son, Jessie McKee, Gladys Hanson,
Louise Riley, Messrs. Charles Selple,
Jr., Stewart Witham. Joseph Colquitt,
Strother Flemming, Neal Reid, Jo
seph prown Connally, Brooks Mor
gan, Dozier Lowndes, E. C. Lamb,
George Harrison, Marion Smith, Dr.
j. D. Osborne, Jesse Draper, Jack-
son Dick and James Harris. Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Sims and Mrs. Forrest
Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adair,
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Spalding. Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Ransom, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Dougherty, Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Hammond.
The dance at the East Lake Coun
try Club was largely attended by
young folks. Among them were
Misses Edith Dunson, Gladys Dunson,
Nell Prince, Elizabeth Morgan, Helen
Jones and her guest. Margaret Buck
ner. of Roanoke; Isabel Kuhrt, Lyda |
Nash, Priscilla Patton. Alline Fielder, |
Nellie Kiser Stewart, Clifford West, |
Mary Hines, Messrs. Bokover Toy, j
Arthur Clarke, Moultrie Hitt, Dr. C. |
S. Hodge. James Ragan, Henry Kuhrt, '
Tom Lynch, George Walkers Frank |
Spratllng, Curry Moon, Julian Thom- i
as. Carl Ramspeck, Will Henry,
Hughes Roberts, Winter Alfriend, El-
ivyn Tomlinson and John Mecasklin.
Miss Amorous Hostess.
Miss Isabel Amorous gave a tea at
the Piedmont Club Monday afternoon.
Tea was served on the terrace. Gay
flowers adorned the table.
The guests Included Misses Julia
Murphy, Dorothy Arkwright, Law
rence and Horlne. Frances Wlnshlp,
Louise Richardson, Dodo White, Mad
eline McCullough, Louise Hill, Mar
jorie Weldon, Ann Patterson, Nina
Hopkins, Katherine Dickey, Jean
Douglas, Annie Bates, Irene King and
Nellie Dodd.
D. A. R. to Give Scholarship.
Atlanta Chapter D. A. R. Is ready
to award a four years' scholarship
In the Washington Seminary, which
opens September 11 This scholarship
includes a full and complete literary
course and will be entirely free to ap
plicant. Mrs. A. McDowell Wolff,
chairman of the educational commit
tee of the Atlanta Chapter, requests
that all applications be sent to her
at once at her home, No. 9 Peachtree
place.
L. D Scott president of the school,
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