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Show "WHAT IS A SMELL?" QUESTION AT ISSUE -IN THE STEWART CASE South street, was the next witness. 9N I asserted that he had lived in the vl-I vl-I clntty for the past six years. He de . ! clared that he was familiar with conditions condi-tions In the neighborhood. He asserted that the odor from the dump kept him awake at night. Edwards asserted that he was not certain cer-tain whether the odors came 'from the dump or the stagnant waters in the ditch at Horseshoe bend. The odor, he declared, de-clared, he smelt just after the sun went down. O. Ireland, 1036 West Third South street, said that the odors made him sick., but could not remember just when it happened. . The last witness at the morning session ses-sion was Mrs. Mary A. Edwards. What is a, smell? This is one of the questions that the Jury listening to the evidence ln the charge against City Physician M. R. Stewart will have to decide. In Justice of the Peace Dana T. Smith's court. The charge that is made against Dr. Stewart is creating a nuisance by allowing allow-ing a dumping ground at Eleventh West and Third South " streets, known as Horseshoe bend. , . The first witness to be called was the Rev. J. H. Morrell. 1054 West Third South street, the complainant in the action. ac-tion. He was called for further cross-examination cross-examination by. Assistant City Attorney Attor-ney H. J. Dlnlnny, counsel for Dr. Stewart. The examination was directed to get the location of various houses near the Horseshoe bend dump. Attorney Dln-inny Dln-inny sought to show that the minister was mixed up in what he said. He admitted ad-mitted that he did not remember what he testified to the day before. ' ' caused the smell?" the minister was asked. "I cannot say," he replied. "It was a congregation of smells then?" "I don't know." , . "It wasn't one water melon rind?" "I don't know." p "You are not an authority then?" "I think all the things made .a bad smell." ' . . According to the witness he saw a large' number of wagons dump on the grounds, but only secured the wagon numbers of city wagons. Charles W. Edwards, 10S2 West Third. . ..." |