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Show TELLS OF Con WITH MISS GEARY CASE ( ailed After Criminal Operation Perforiried, Declares Dr. McLeod. BOSTON. rcc L The Jury' which haa been hearing tho cvidpriro at th trial Dr Perej DemUle McLeod, the. neck Bay physlrian who is charged with being an. accessory to tli prfqrmnncc of an Illegal operation Susanna A. (Jearv, lh dreaa i 1 1 raso victim, retired tu consider con-sider the t. -timony at i ; i.irk this Sfterndon. Judge Stevens, before whom th caw has been tn-d; Instructed the liny to sonl the vrdlrt. should one he reachod tonight, anjd present it t-.norrow murnins: Furnish Drnmntic Climax The- prorocdings today furnished a dra-matlc dra-matlc Mm.i to nn already sensational case. rr McLeod in his own defense testified thai he did not dismember the body r tin- .1) ir;is girl, lie di-nicd that hi had r-ver had any connection with the "Mrs Dr. Bishop " offices, where the 11- I. c;i i operation is alleged to have been performed, ..ni swore that he had never bei n Inside the Winthrop street house where the gin died until summoned to Pfrf.-rui .ii operation to save Miss Gearv's II. 'e. Called Dr. Pettee. According to Dr. BtcLsod'S testimony, he Called to thi' Winthrop street house Dr. John W. ttf-r-. who a few days ago testified that be was summoned there bv Dr. Mri-od. Hi ti-Miiii-.i that his only connection With tile case was the per-fonnlng per-fonnlng of an operation known an lapar-otomj lapar-otomj the only hope, he claimed, of saving sav-ing toe woman's life. Second Operation Necessary. Dr. McLeod said that be discover that an Illegal operation had been performed per-formed on tf-.e voting woman, making a second operation nto-ssary. Kverythlng I that surgical skill ovild suggest was done I for thi- patient and for four days It appeared ap-peared as If she would recover. On the fifth day. however, there were evidences of pertonltls. and the doctor concluded thut the girl would die He so advised Mrs Deaji and on the day following (Tuesday, September 19. he learned that the patient wbs dead. Denies Dismembering Body. He gave a detailed statement of his movements, on that day, which Is the day on which the prosecution claims the girl's body was dissected, and declared "I did not dismember the body of the Geary girl, nor did t see her after Monday Mon-day night, when the was dying" Explains Death Certificate Asked to explain Why he did not fill out I a dath certificate for Miss Gearv. Dr. ! McLeod said that Mrs. Dean told him I that the plrl': mother had seen the fam- , il physician whom she preferred to havo sign the c-'-rtlflcate. sc. that there would be no suspicion concerning her daughter's daugh-ter's death He had not notified the po itce when he dlscovored that a criminal operation bad ben performed because, he aald, "physicians feci bound to protect pro-tect the reputation ol their potlenta' Dr McLeod was the lat-t witness lawyer law-yer James H. Vahey delivered the closing clos-ing argument for the defense. |