Show DOCTORS TESTIFY THAT MISS HILL EXPIRED TWO J j HOURS AFTER OPERATION Dr Payne Accused Physician Physician Physician Phy Phy- Declines to Answer Answer An An- ser Questions Question at the Inquest Held by Coroner Coroner Coroner Cor- Cor oner Sommer developments de were brought out tolla today tit nt the thc Coroners Coroner's Inquest over the remains of Miss Anna Annl D. D Hill the unfortunate young ounG teacher who died under such suspicious circumstances In Inthe Inthe inthe the office of ot Dr E. E S. S Payne Pane Saturday afternoon The testimony was that a criminal operation had been performed d u upon on the young o ng woman oman two hours hour before her death and that the condition of ot the brain was such as to lead Iad the tha physicians who performed l the autopsy to believe e that the woman had died In the tha second stage of or anaesthesia Tho Coroners Coroner's Jury The Coroners Coroner's jur jury which IB Is listening to the evidence c being presented before Ju Justice of or the Peace leace Morris Sommer Is I composed of l Cummings DanId DanIel Daniel Dan Dan- iel Id an and A. A E E. ChrIstensen en County Attorney Parley P P. Christensen Christen Christen- fen sen IF Is conducting the examination of ot the witnesses and Dr Payne's Paynes Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests are being cared for tor b by Will F. F J Dr Payne Is Examined Dr Payne Pane was the tha first witness called He appeared nervous and amI his face was as pale as parchment His testimony was punctuated throughout b by the nervous tapping of or his boot on the floor Th The The- first question of ot Importance asked asle him was the circumstances of ot Miss Hills Hill's visit to your OUr office last Saturday Satur Satur- day I r object If It It U please the court said Attorney Wanless on the ground the ss's answer nsw r r might t tend d to Jn Incriminate nata him J I The he objection was sas sustained Dr Pana then admitted that he had c Refilled l ni 11 other assistance before he notified Ih he police pollee at the station and th that t he poke to tono no one about th the matter matter matter mat mat- ter until he told th the police l' l Again Ag to Answer Mr then asked H p. There Ther were ere some cloths on a chair i at nt at the lead of of the couch were there I not and what did you do with them 1 Dr Pune appealed to his attorney I with a n. 1001 and the same objection was raised and sustained Dr Pine Pyne was not allowed to tell If It Miss Hill HIli had ever been In his office J 7 before or If It he knew wh why she rome came there At conclusion of or his testimony Dr Payne was excluded td from the room and Dr H. H N. N Ma Mayo M jo 0 County Count Physician was called H He lie swore that he performed the autopsy on on the bod body of Miss Hill HilI While bile there were no evidences e of external external exter exter- nal Injury to the brain It bore hore the tha same z appearance It would have borne had p the woman oman died while In the second stage of anaesthesia Waiting for Chemists Chemist's Report port Dr Mayo said he could not state the cause of ot death until the analysis of the stomach had been completed He was excused and nd Dr Odell his assistant was called Dr Odell's testimony was largely r 1 technical He found evidences e that a criminal nal operation had been performed on Miss Hill How SHow long In your our Judgment before 1 the death of ot the young oung woman oman was wasp p fJ this this' operation performed Mr ChrIs ChrIs- i. i asked Q t J About two hours or or possibly less The opera operation had been performed very ery recently Dr Odell replied Dr Mayo was as rec recalled and repeated Dr Odell's testimony corroborating It ItIn ItIn ItIn In er e every detail Miss Hills Hill's Clothing E E. E W. W Mall Hall an ari undertaker ker sWore that the clothing of or Miss Hill Hili did not appear dIsturbed when he ho was was wa Called to rem remove ve the body After It was taken to the undertaking parlors no o one looked atthe atthe at atthe the body until It was examined by the county count authorities and t those admitted with them A recess was then taken until 2 It Is 16 not believed d. d that the In Inquest Inquest In- In quest will be concluded for several days or until the analysis of or the stomach can be c completed The Th body of oC the dead woman will be betaken betaken betaken taken to her former home In Missouri for tor Interment The r remains remains' Will be a ac accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied by Principal G G. G N. N McKay of ot the Lowell school at nt who whose home Miss 9 Hill lived for tor several years The arrangements ar nr- ar- ar have ha not been completed and It Is not d definitely known when thc they will be shipped No funeral services services ser ser- vices ices will sill be held heki here Jere ARREST OF DR PAYNE PAYNE- AND AUD THE HE IDENTIFICATION r r f OF THE DEAD WOMAN Dr r. r E. E S. S Payne was waa placed under arrest arrest ar- ar rest on 25 suspicion of oC having caused the tho of ot the young oung woman who died In Ini f i hi his e under r the peculiar w stances as recorded exclusively In Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Sat- Sat Telegram is The rhe young woman was Miss Anna D D. i I. I Hm a the Lowell school who t lived JIved with Mr and Mrs G G. G N. N McKay of H l East FIr First t South street 4 Dr Pa Panes laynes ne's nes arrest t was made male by the thea a police after hearing his account of the v tragic affair J An Autopsy Held t AD Au An autopsy was h held ld Saturday night f C. i which showed that the dead woman had hod Continued on Pa Pago o C. C t-o t Doctors Testify Continued from page paJo ll t 1 undergone a n criminal operation but that t the operation was not the direct causo causa of or cJ death ath The po post mortem examination exam exam- Int was as conducted b by County Phy- Phy Mayo Mao assisted by Drs Odell Odeli Whitney Cannon Harrl on and Me- Me Curtain and was witnessed b by Justice of ot the Peace Morris Sommer and th the police The th theory or fIrst given glen by The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram that death had resulted from p poison poi lson l- l son SOIl was strong strongly urged and the stomach stoma n a ach h was sealed and preserved for chemIcal chemical chem chem- ical analysis Tho The Doctors Doctor's Story I Dr Payne when asked by Assistant County Attorney Irvine as to the circumstances circumstances cir cir cir- of ot the womans woman's coming cominS' to his office said I I 11 1 had never neer before seen the young woman It was shortly after utter 12 o'clock I think when hen she came Into my office and asked If It I was the doctor I re replied replied replied re- re plied that I was wn and she suddenly exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- claimed Oh dear and sank onto the sofa She was gasping like a person suffering suf sut- fering from heart failure I mixed her a aheart aheart aheart heart stimulant containing a small quantity of ot strychnine and gave cave It to her She Sho rallied for tor a moment but again went Into convulsions Then I became alarmed about the young oung woman woman woman wo wo- man and decided to go to the police pollee sta sta- tion I rushed over there and told them the circumstances and when I came back the woman was dead Paynes Payne's Office Searched Dr Payne accompanied the police to toVie the Vie station st. where he was locked up and charged with the crime The police pollee then searched scorched his room Their E search resulted In the finding finding- of ot bushels of or letters letters letters let let- from women M ore t than an of or these letters were from Utah women an and among the writers are some from families mo most moat t highly connected and re re re- The Thc police found also a II gripsack grip sad sad sack containing surgical al Instruments Letter to tho Dead Girl Gir At the home borne of or the deceased girl Prof McKay opened a letter Jetter addressed to her which had come during her absence This letter was waR signed Igne Mc Me It re ref referred referred re- re f to her condition and said that the writer and Miss Hilt Hill could marry live things down Miss Hill had a friend named Milton McMurray c who went to college with her In Missouri In and They were cre friends s for years and when McMurray McMurray McMurray Mc- Mc Murray came here last spring the friendship was renewed McMurray paid close close attention to Miss lIss Hill and was so often otten In her company that though h their engagement was not announced It was tacitly understood that the they were to be married McMurray McMurray Mc lur fa ray made his headquarters here until a n afew few ew weeks ago when he returned to Missouri Loyal to Miss Hill The friends of Miss Hill are loyal 1001 to her memory and claim that her downfall downfall down down- fall tall was caused by the administration of or a drug drug- The poll police e sa say that Miss Hills Hill's death was caused b by the administration of ot an anaesthetic This Dr Payne Parne denies vig vig- He says sas he gave her herno no chloroform chloroform chlo chlo- when she had the convulsion as the chloroform he had In the office was old and nd weak cik Will Ill F. F Wanless has hns been retained b by Dr Payne Pane to l look ok after his hla Interests Since Mr Wanless has taken charge of ot the case Dr Payne Parne refuses to talk to anyone anone |