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ORGE H. DETWtLER, Phil a del phia
O ctober 3, 1941
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P u b lic .Ledger B u ild in r, / / P h ilad elp h ia, Fa.
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bgW' or oe '.ras h e l d a t P o t t s v i l l e , P a . ,
on O c to b e r 1 , 1 9 4 1 , b e f o r e R e fe re e Cnt a r l i n e . We p ro d u c e d one o f th e
McLaren b r o t h e r s who. t e s t l f i May 1 0 , 1938 a n d c o n tin u e d 1940. He 'as o f f d u ty Sep ? and 8 , and S ep tem b er 9y* 'soricinr h o u rs w*re betw een spend th e e n tir e tim e abou would spend fo u r to f iv e ho'
o f th e day in th e s to r e , whit
began w orking f o r them p tio n u n til Septem ber 4, 5* He r e t u r n e d S e p tem b er 6 , l a s t day he 'forked. H is
m , a 'd ay . One week h e would uraps. The fo llo w in g week he g a s o lin e pumps, and th e rem ainder h e arrangem ent in a lte rn a tin g
w eeks. He worked i n t h e A shland s t o r e m ost o f th e tim e , b u t h ad "done
s o e s work i n t h e Fra ck v i l l e s t o r e , t h e Shamokin s t o r e and Mahanoy
Cl./ s t o r e , I n h e lp in g : o u t.
he worked, the w orking hours
and w orking conditions: w er^/bout th ^ s a ia e .
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D uring the early Ifc a rt o f
snm |.oynent th e r e , th e y
used Am erican g a s o lin e , A M er :Augusj
1939 the q u a n tity o f g aso lin e
w as e q u a lly d iv id e d bete'odl serici and P u ro l.
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F r * *^aiaes F* H a in e s , 2208 Edgem ont a v e n u e , C h e s te r , P a . ,
a R e s i s t l e n t u s by th e P uxpl Company f o r t h i s h e a r in g , t e s t i f i e d h a t he te d been w orking m \ a t e s te r - v > bn P u ro ! g a s o lin e fo r th e o a s t `
eleven y e a rs . In d o in g th a t work h e h a n d le s th e liq u id c o n s ta n tly .
*? a l a i t i s h a n d le d t h e same a s w a t e r . I t g e t s on h i s h a n d s , on h i s
c lo t h i n g , h e b r e a t h e s i t , n a t u r a l l y h e d o es n o t d r in k I t . He ta k e s
o n ly he o r d i n a r y p r e c a u t i o n s , b e c a u s e h e u n d e r s ta n d s g a s o l i n e i s a
dangerous l iq u i d . ..The a tto r n e y f p r th e c la im a n t g le e f u lly Jumped
a t the expression only o rd in ary p re c a u tio n s, and th a t he considered
gasoline a dangerous liq u id . Under cross exam ination he sa id th a t
TM ? i l d ? ? V BI30* e r P e r m it sm o k in g a ro u n d g a s o l i n e , h e w ould n o t
tnos t h e o r d i n a r y p r e cgaaus t i?o-innse?; ST?hey?own Meren. o t d r i n k g a s o l i n e . Were
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w53n h e s a i d th e g a s o l i n e was a d a n g e ro u s
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any s o r t o f fla m e o r open l l ^ i t . I t ' I s n o t a t h i n g yam w ould d r i n k .
I s th a t- w h a t h e m eant % d a n g e r o u s ] l i q u i d * I t **as.
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I th e n a s k e d f o r ahsfrsa t l n u a n ce to p e r m i t u s to b r i n g from
C in c in n a ti, O hio, a r e p r e a e n ta g pr -erf* th e E th y l p e o p le to t e s t i f y a s an expert-.- The r e f e r e e aspect -w h eth er X was g o lh g to b r in g Dra Hte in h ilb e r v - I s a i d T w a s ^ t x o ln g to b r i n g D r. S t e l n h i l b e r , s in c e h e had r e f u s e d to come s irv 'o lo e k s from 17 th and C h e stn u t s t r e e t s , P h ila d e lp h ia , and I was n o t ^ ^ n g to u n d ertak e to t r y to g e t him -
t o t r a v e l n i n e t y - t h r e e m ! 3 /( s a X te r s u c h an, e x p e r ie n c e . The r e f e r e e th e n a sk e d w h e th e r I ^ a s ( l o s i n f my m e d ic a l c a s e . I was n o t , b e c a u se a g e n tlem a n from C in c in n a iJ. I s p h y s i c i a n , a n d h a s s p e c i a l i z e d on m a tte rs o f t h is s o r t, and he i s d e fin ite ly a m edical w itness,. Did I
in te n d to c a l l Dr. S te ln h ilb e r . I d id n o t.
- I am a l i t t l e c u r i o u s a b o u t3 t h e i r c u r i o s i t y c o n c e rn in g
S t e ln h i l b e r . He i s o r i g i n a l l y f r o m A shland h im s e lf , and I s u s p e c t,
from w hat I know o f h i s age "
I n o ticed o f th e age o f the
people In th is case, th a t
tefo o t h e r . He i s a n e u r o l o g i s t
and p s y c h i a t r i s t , and my e,
t h him h a s n o t been a lto g e th e r
p l e a s a n t , you a r e q u i t e f!
I th e c a u s tic axiom t h a t a
p s y c h i a t r i s t i s a man who
-pwiqes o f a p s y c h i a t r i s t and
n e u ro lo g is t. They a re n e t
at, h u t some o f them a r e , and
S te ln h ilb er, a fte r apparently
o ff to a good s t a r t, re v e rte d
to type.
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' S te ln h ilb e r* s dIagH ^Sis,^jqu- w ill r e c o lle c t, was
am yotrophic l a t e r a l s c le r o s e s . .Thaw&s th e d is e a s e which k i l l e d
Lou G eh rig . I t k i l l e d H aypr. L am berton, o f th e C ity o f P h ila d e lp h ia ,
f i v e w eeks a g o . I w atch ed ! fche Lamb erh p n c a s e d u r i n g l t s p r o g r e s s
o v e r th e y e a rs* s in c e I knlwt him In tim a te ly Young
shows none .
o f th e th in g s ' t h a t I n o tlc e a N i^ J u d ^ ^ ^ g b e r t o n , e i t h e r w h ile h e was
a judge, o r a f te r he became
walks e re c t, he ste p s out
f r e e ly , and except f o r a somewhat lo o s e s p rin g o f h i s f e e t w hich I s
n o t a t s ,ll uncommon i n young f e l l o w s o f h i s s i z e i n t h a t r e g i o n o f
not p e rfe c t sidew alks, I see nothing unusual in h is g a it. H is fam ily
co m p lain e d to me t h a t th e y w ish e d h e c o u ld g e t- b a c k th e 100 pounds
i n w e ig h t w h ic h h e l o s t . Alt th e h e a r i n g on O c to b e r 1 s t h e lo o k e d to
me to w eigh n o t f a r from 180 p o u n d s. I '" a tc h e d him i n th e h e a r i n g .
room, where I ta lk e d to him . *A fte r th e h e a rin g I ta lk e d to him o u tsid e
th e h e a r in g room. He sto o d aro u n d w ith no s ig n .o f f a t i g u e o r d isc o m fo rt
He moved a ro u n d In crow ded sp a c e s among o t h e r p e o p le w ith no s ig n
o f u n c e r t a i n t y o r In c o n v e n ie n c e . L a t e r I saw him m arch down C e n te r;
s t r e e t , P o t t s v l l l e . He went a lo n p th e f a i r l y crowded sid ew alk
a v o id in g o th e r p eo p le w ith no in co n v en ien ce a t a l l , and w ith o u t th e
S l i g h t e s t , s i g n o f u n c e r t a i n t y . An o l d e r r e l a t i v e who was w ith him
had to step to keep up, being about seven I nches sh o rte r in s ta tu re ,
and c o n seq u en tly h av in g much s h o r te r le g s .
ste p o e d down o f f
curbs th e same as any o th e r s u re -fo o te d youn^p^T low a good d e a l more
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I n te r e s te d in w hat h i s ey es were b e h o ld in g th a t was u n f a m ilia r th a n h e *?as i n 'th e m h e *ra s j u t t i n g h i s f e e t . He st= p o e d up oven t h e n e x t cu rb w ith th e saffle ease^XNd n o n c h a la n c e .
The thin?: h e complains >}E3333l3 "w eak n ess." T h is s'
im presses' me with, w hat th e phyaJ^eians a t Hahnemann H o s p ita l r e p o r t e d
about What th e y n o ticed , in h i^ w h e n c e r ta in members o f h i s fa m ily
a r r iv e d in th e h o s p it a l. He^vould be a d i f f e r e n t person when th o se
r e la tiv e s were not around.,
i n >t h a t o h y s i c i a n 1a view t h a t t h i s
young; chap p u t s on a b i t o f jk/Cacyl I t has become an u n c o n s c io u s a c t
w ith him , b u t n e v e r t h e l e s s i t i s ?.:i a c t .
I am t o l e a r n from Dr. 1 >hoe when h e w i l l be f r e e to come to
P d t t s v i l i e ; durinpr th e l a s t ^ =e?< o f November o r e a r l y in D ecem ber,
an d am to com m unicate t h a t i
*o th e r e f e r e e , so t h a t we may
a rr a n g e tim e s a t i s f a c t o r y mb a l i o V tr^ s . D r. Kehoe and I h av e
a lr e a d y had one t^ le o h o n e `" a lk , and h e h a s s e n t me m a t e r i a l f o r u se
in ^ re p a ra tio n fo r h i s examinaijCwtrS^jl c ro ss exam ination b e fo re th e
r e f e r e e . The a d d i t i o n a l coosyS f t h i s mffiett e r i s s e n t you so t h a t
th ro u g h th e r e g u l a r s o u rc e yp/i can s e n c \\it to Dr. Hehoe.
The f u l l name i s D C in cin n ati, Ohio.
Kehoe, U n iv e rsity o f C in cin n ati,
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