CUVVNrtAn^VWVWVWVVVVV^V^VVVVVVVVWWVVVVVWVWJ Page 8/The Battalion/Friday, January 20, 1984 Doctor testifies in Jones trial United Press International GEORGETOWN — An emergency room physician testi fied Thursday 15-month-old Chelsea McClellan showed signs of having been given a dose of a powerful muscle relaxer when she was admitted to a hospital where she was treated on the day she died. Dr. Richard Mason, an emergency room doctor at the Kerrville hospital, also said pediatric nurse Genene Jones commented on the excitement surrounding Chelsea’s treat ment in the emergency room on Sept. 17, 1982. “Dr. (Kathleen) Holland was busy working on Chelsea and I was standing next to her. Genene Jones looked up at me and to the people around me and said to me, ‘They said there wouldn’t be any excitment when we came to Kerrville’,” he said. Jones, 33, is charged with murder in Chelsea’s death. Pro secutors are attempting to prove the vocational nurse and mother Come join the Class of ’87 and celebrate our first mixer! Sat. January 21 at Q-Hut B 8-12 midnight Tickets available in the MSC and at the door. of two killed the baby by inject ing her with the muscle relaxer Succinylcholine, also know as Anectine. She faces a maximum sentence of life or 99 years in prison if convicted. Mason said emergency room personnel were told Chelsea was being brought to the hospital from Holland’s clinic, where Jones worked, because of se rious breathing problems, but he said Chelsea showed no signs of respiratory arrest when she arrived. “She was a very pretty girl. I thought she was a healthy look ing child, well-nourished,” he said. He said the baby’s move ments and breathing patterns indicated she could have been given a dose of Anectine several minutes earlier. Earlier Thursday, an emergency room chief nurse testified she saw two needle- marks on Chelsea’s legs when Carson Street Tire & Automotive 500 Carson Street Bryan Tires, Wheels, & Batteries Front Ends, Tuneups, & Brakes Batteries — reconditioned with guarantee 775-3581 the child was brought to the hos pital. Registered nurse Sharon Keith, the first witness to testify in the trial, said Chelsea showed few signs of distress, though the hospital had been alerted by the clinic to expect her to be suffer ing from respiratory arrest. “I noticed that she had two injection marks on her legs,” Mrs. Keith said. "I questioned Genene about them. I asked her what kind of shots she’d had at the office and she said she’d had some baby shots.” Mrs. Keith said Ms. Jones la ter told her not to withdraw blood from the baby because Chelsea had had a seizure after receiving routine inoculations — a reaction Mrs. Keith she had never encountered. The emergency room nurse said Chelsea “looked in good condition” when she left the hos- E ital with Ms. Jones about an our and a half later to be taken to another hospital in San Anto nio for further examination. Juniors, Seniors Grad, Vet, Med students Get your picture taken on-campus at the Aggieland photo 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information call 693-6756 or 845-2681. f' Ambulance driver Steve Brown later testified about 15 miles from the Kerrville hospital Ms. Jones yelled, “Pull this son of a bitch over,” and told atten dants the baby’s heart had stop ped. Dr. Holland’s and! Jones’ efforts to revive I failed and she died shortlyal The jury got its firstt Th u rsday of a picturtj Chelsea. They stated ped and without emotioml color photograph of tiiedtil a blue dress and baby I Kerr County District An ney Ron Sutton toldjurorsil five-minute opening statet Ms. Jones’ motive for I Chelsea would become doj the “tragic story” unfolded, Tears streamed dotuiS c heeks of Chelsea’s mattiB aunt and eat-graiidm(l(tKB| the jury listened to theM ment. Ms. joties sat impassJ Un throughout. AC "1 want you to see this sidues this tragic story, of the djOlBusin] Chelsea McClellan unfn jn thr< fore your own eyes and j food p own ears," Sutton said. "YotMere cc going to wonder why third tu re red. Why, why, why, why; Thursc "As the chapters andjal Assi ence of events unfolds lx:j White you . it will become incua; were p c leai as to the reason whymhe rec out me having to tell you !vironrr said. [ “All T he trial was mo> EDB r Georgetown on a changtAd th venue because ol publicity, ramoun being r as direi The ■id W Briefs ^ Texas United Press Internatidud Center stays ope| Pt AUSTIN — A Grand day care center from whid month-old girl wasabducti fall will apparently be alloc? continue operating undet ation and new restrictions,! cials said Thursday. one is we< fives Clifton Martin, statedii of licensing for the Texas pat t ment of Human ResxjBred said die Dll R’s i egiohali Thursc! Dallas has recommended I Polii license of Jack and Dee'sbs [herasl ing ( .eiiiei not be re\ ■ tveeken Ivoman The negotiated agree® I apparently calls fortheda p centci to phase inn ijs Care opeiatioi L-l I changes in hs daily opei said DH.R ^pokesmai) Woods. 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