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Mr. Cross then said, the future by itself is not sufficient, you
most get the ten thousand dollars. Dr. Enef replied, yes, he
must be compensated.
He proposed to be reasonable with us in the
future and that he did not intend to gouge or bleed US.
Mr. Edmonds then referring to a series of X-Ray
pictures, asiced Dr. Knef if he were a witness and testifying in a
case and using these negatives as a basis, if he could say that the
pictures showed either radium necrosis or pyorrhea. Dr. Knef
replied that he could if he wanted to.
That if he was working for
us he would say that it showed pyorrhea. That very few physicians
would be competent to testify on the matter and that lawyers knew very
little about it and that he could as an expert take either side and
justi fy his position.
He stated he could say anything he wanted to.
Then Dr. Knef explained in great detail how a dentist
mast protect his reputation.
He referred to a case where the father
of a girl whom he had treated proposed to bring suit against him. He
told how he was protected by three insurance companies but that he could
not permit his professional reputation to be attacked. He told the
father of the girl that if he started suit he would put him on the
stand, put his wife on the stand, ask them embarrassing questions about
various venereal diseases, and in this way he could make it very
embarrassing for the father and possibly break up his home. He stated
that he could either be as ferocious as a lion or as gentle as a lamb
depending on the circunstances.
Mr. Cross then said unless we pay you the ten thousand
dollars you are in a position to make a lot of trouble for us and if we do
pay you the ten thousand dollars you will help US. Dr. Knef replied,
yes, that he could help us and that his proposition to us was not
blackmail either.
All he wanted was to be compensated for his services
and that he must be compensated.
Mr. Cross then said that this was
something with which we could have nothing to do. Dr. Knef replied, yes,
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