Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-07-03
The Assault on Eumbug and
Deception.

The testimony which has been taken be-
FIRE the COMMITTEES of Investigation of the
House a; Washington, in reference 70 The
Sumner affair. canclusively proves that the
public have been greatly deceived BY Sum
uer and his friends in their statements Of
he ex.ent Of his injuries Ii suited their
political views. and was in accordance with
their usual charlatanisn to report that they
were of the most serious character. Bull
IetIns We're issued two or three times dav
. inform the people Of The condition of his
health and his pulse. and the impression
was widely circulated that he was really in
al al rming condition. The testimony Of
his medical attendants exposed the fraud.
and will be read by many, who believed tha
Sumner was nearly killed, with EXTERN
surprise. Here is the testimony of the sur
geon, Mr.. Cornelius Boyle, who dressed
The wounds Immediately after they were
given:
Question-By Mr.. Cobb-What is your
opinion Of these Wounds just as they
are
Answer look upon them simply as
flesh wounds.
Question. What would You say Of the
nature of these wounds?
Answer. They are nothing but flesh
wounds
CUES ion. What is your opinion in ref
crence to the condition of Mr.. SUMNER
How long need he be confined Oh account
Of these wounds?
Answer. His wounds do not necessari-
IL coniine him one moment. He would
have come to the Senate on Friday, if had
recommended il.
Question. Could he have come out with
safety?
Answer He could have come with
safety as far as the wounds were concern
ed.
Question And as matter of course
from that time to the present?
Answer. Yes, sir; he stated that he
would be ready to appear before the com
mitee to-day.
Question.--By Mr.. Campbell--At what
time did he make that statement?
Answer On Sunday evening he told
me TO state TO Mr.. Campbell, who h I'd ad :
dressed him letter through me, which
delivered. that he would be ready to attend
the committee on Monday. His friends adj
visei him no, to appear until the next day
and. therefore he told me to inform Mr.
Campbell that he would not appear OH
Tuesday.
Question State in this connection.
whether there were any other persons with
him mean any physicians who advised
thai.perhaps it might not be safe for him
to go cut?
Answer. have seen no medical man
with him but myself. There has been zone
[ lere. There are a great many friends
present and they make Mr.. Sumner out a
great deal worse than he is. They say he
has fever. | have been his constant at
tendant, and have never known his pulse
mt any moment higher than eighty
yesterday corrected an article in the In
teiliqencer stating Tat he had fever, and
the correction appears In to-day's paper
He has no fever to my knowledge. have
visited him twice day. His brother said
he ought not to come out, and cited a great
many cases that had come under his obser-
walton In Paris, where n death had taken
place in six weeks from blows on the head.
His brother is not medical man. Sena-
tor Sumner, of course took the advice of
his brother and his friends, and of course
allowed them to do as they thought proper.
Perhaps | ought to state my reason for OBJ
jecting to his coming out on Friday. There
was a good deal Of excitement at thai time,
and | thought that if Mr.. Sumner did not
90 into the Senate for day or two the ex-
element might wear off.
Ques.ion--By Mr.. Cobb-It was not
then on account of his physical condition?
Answer. Not at all. He was very anx-
ious to go. He said he lad not lost sin
gle days session since tie meeting of Con-
gress. Iobjected to his going for the rea-
son that have stated, and not because l
thought that his condition would not admit
it.
Question-By Mr.. Pennington--Do you
mean to say, as medical man, that you
would have recommended, or would have