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    "ocrText": "UNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION - THE\nLUMINITE CORPORATION V EDNA HUSSMAN.\nReport of Elizabeth C. Lewis:\nApril 21, 1928.\nMrs. Edna Hussman,\n50 Buchanan Street,\nHillside, New Jersey.\nDuring my recent interview with Mrs. Hussman, made an\nappointment to return to her home Saturday to meet her husband,\nLouis Hussman. Returned as per appointment. Front door was\nopened by a young woman whom I later learned was Mrs. Hussman's\nsister, Mrs. Elsie Eyerkuss, who occupies the rooms on second\nfloor.\nUshering me into a front room, noticed Mrs. Hussman\nstanding at the dining room door with telephone in hand. In the\ncourse of conversation on telephone she said \"yes, you are right.\nThere is nothing left for us to do but stick to what has been al-\nready told. I expect to do that alright\". Turning around she\nnoticed me sitting in the front room, immediately stopped talk-\ning, saying \"well, now, I will call you later. There is someone\nwaiting to see me\". Hung up the receiver, walked into the front\nroom without aid of crutch or cane. She is badly crippled,\nwalks with difficulty, swinging left foot over right.\nGreeting me cordially said she was feeling somewhat\nbetter but due to the fact the attorney persists in having her\nundergo another examination before trial, she is inclined to be\nnervous and very much upset. Examination will be made in the\npresence of seven doctors on Sunday afternoon at the Newark City\nSheet #2\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION THE\nLUMINITE CORPORATION V. EDNA HUSSMAN\nReport of Elizabeth C. Lewis\nApril 21, 1928.\nMrs. Edna Hussman:\nHospital. Regardless of what the outcome will be she does not in-\ntend to submit herself to another examination. Thinks she has had\ntoo many already for her own good. With each examination and blood\ntest taken she has noticed her condition has been greatly aggravat-\ned due to having undergone so many blood tests she is anemic today.\nArm never troubled her until she went to the Jersey City Hospital\nfor examination and since having blood tests made her arm has been\nstiff and pains her continuously. Said if she submits to every\nexamination the doctors want her to undergo, that they would soon\ndraw every drop of blood from her body.\nAt this instant a young man entered the room introducing\nhim said he was her husband, Louis Hussman. Joining in the con-\nversation, Mr. Hussman said \"Well, I tell you how I feel about the\nwhole business. My wife and the rest of the bunch are planning\ngreat things with the money they intend to get from the Radium\npeople but I know they have not got a chance of recovering five\ncents and in the end they will be greatly disappointed. All these\nexaminations to me are just humbug stuff. That fellow Martland\nat the Newark City Hospital is only looking to get a lot of news-\npaper publicity out of the whole thing. I don't trust him for a\nminute. Money talks with him. He has already been bought over\nby the other side. It is a peculiar situation. No one ever heard\nof radium poisoning before. In the first place, the claimswere\nSheet #3\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION - THE\nLUMINITE CORPORATION V. EDNA HUSSMAN\nReport of Elizabeth C. Lewis\nApril 21, 1928.\nMrs. Edna Hussman:\nnot brought within the Statute of Limitations. Second place, they\ncannot recover under the Compensation Law, no injuries were sus-\ntained. Third place, if they do over-rule the question of the\nStatute of Limitations it is only going to work hardships on other\nCorporations\", and for this reason he feels they have not one\nchance of winning. Mrs. Hussman said, \"Well, Louis, you know\nseveral of the doctors have been bought, but we instituted our\nsuit before the time was out. My case is the only one within the\nlaw\". Mr. Hussman replied, \"Well, I hope you do win out, but\ndon't take it to heart if you lose\". Mrs. Hussman said the\nRadium Company tried to have the cases thrown out of court, but\nJudge Backes would not consent to same. They all feel Judge\nBackes will do everything he can in their favor.\nA middle-aged man entered the room whom they introduced\nas Mrs. Hussman's father, Mr. William Bolz, who makes his home\nwith the Hussman's. Mr. Bolz said \"I have been listening to your\nconversation. I was down to the Compensation Court the other day\nand I happened to mention Edna's case to one of the big men and\nthis man said it would be a tough proposition to overcome the\nquestion of the Statute of Limitations\". For this reason he did\nnot think any of the girls would have any chance of collecting un-\nless there would be a great deal of public sympathy aroused and\nwith the public with them, they would be able to overcome anything.\nSheet #4\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION - THE\nLUMINITE CORPORATION V. EDNA HUSSMAN\nReport of Elizabeth C. Lewis\nApril 21, 1928.\nMrs. Edna Hussman:\nID'. Bolz said he is familiar with compensation claims,\nhaving met with several serious accidents himself. While working\nat the chemical company (Butterworth & Judson) he hurt his ankle\nand was compensated for the injuries sustained. Later entered\nthe employ of the Orange Memorial Hospital as an engineer. While\nin the performance of his duties met with an accident, sustaining\na fractured elbow. For a time he was under the care of the\nfamily shysician, Dr. Kessler, near thirteenth street, Newark.\nAs a result of the injury received his arm has never made a fair\nrecovery. Bone will not heal properly. Is out of joint, pains\nhim constantly. He has never signed a release of claim as he\ndoes not know when he may be disabled, feels he has beem per-\nmanently injured. Personally he believes his blood has a great\ndeal to do with his present condition as it is very much cut of\norder due to phorphorus poisoning and which may be the cause of\nhis: bones becoming brittle. While working at the chemical\ncompany (Butterworth & Judson) his blood was contaminated with\nphosphorus and other poisonous chemicals which he handled and\nbreathed, causing his teeth to decay, gums became soft, teeth\nloosened and fell out. Opening his mouth he laughed and said\n\"You see what & toothless old man I am today due to chemical\npoisoning. I have but a few teeth left\".\nItr. Hussman laughed and said \"You are right there, I\nknow when I worked at the chemical factory (Butterworth &\nJudson) my whole system was saturatedwith phosphorus and other\npoisons, my whole body was the color of a rainbow, my limbs and\nSheet #5\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION - THE\nLUMINITE CORPORATION V. EDNA HUSSMAN\nReport of Elizabeth C. Lewis\nApril 21, 1928.\nMrs. Edna Hussman:\nfeet were blue, yellow and green, back and body another color,\nteeth in a decayed condition as a result of the poisoning.\nMr. Bolz said at the present time he is employed at the\nGlobe Insurance Company, Newark, as an engineer, which position he\nhas held since leaving the Orange Memorial Hospital.\nMr. Hussman stated for three years they resided at 448\nRoseville Avenue, Newark, moving March, 1927 to 285 Ampere Parkway,\nBloomfield, N. J. Located in Hillside, September, 1927, purchasing\nthe house in which they live.\nSoon after moving to Hillside, the landlord of 285 Ampere\nParkway, Bloomfield, N. J. charged him with stealing over a\nthousand dollars worth of goods from his premises. A warrant was\nissued for his arrest. Officer from the Hillside Station came to\nhis house and informed him of the charge preferred against him, did\nnot excite him in the least as it was not the first time he was\never in police court. Only the other day an officer from the Hill-\nside Police Station came to his house and questioned him regarding\nan automobile accident and insisted his Pontiac automobile had\nfigured in an accident the night before. Because a Pontiac Sedan\nwas in an accident the officers were so positive in their own minds\nit was his car, they would not leave the house until he was allowed\nto see and examine his automobile. On various occasions within\nthe last few years he has received letters from different attorneys\ndemanding he make settlement for automobile accidents, collisions\nof cars, etc. Only a few months ago a man from out West\nSheet #6\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION - THE\nLUMINITE CORPORATION V. EDNA HUSSMAN\nReport of Elizabeth C. Lewis\nApril 21, 1928.\nMrs. Edna Hussman:\nclaimed he had collided with his car, damaging same, and wascon-\ndeavoring to collect damages through some attorney in Newark. He\nreceived many letters from the lawyer but ignored them. Has heard\nnothing of the case since."
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