The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-07-02
SUMNER AND HIS PLY
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We give further testimony Of DE-.
BOYLE, Senator SuMNEh's Physician,
and greater farce never was developed
bobind the curtain then ig here bFoggAf
to light. Whatever may pc said Of
BRooKs' attack upon SUMNER, the afses
piece performed by suMNER, GREELE5
s. Co, has no parallel ia rasoality; Il
Testimony Of Br. Boyle
" Qssestion-By Mr.. Cobb.-What ID
your opinion of these Wounds just 81
they are 80. a' J's; "s
). 3 Aslsssey3I 6 l0ok qpan then; simply
Question-What would yoa say at
the nature of these wounds "f
"Ans1essr- -They arg nothing bSSs flesh
QuestiOa-What ig your opinion Ia
reference to the condition IF Mr.. Sum-
her? How long need he be confined on
account of these wounds? Ill
Ansaoer-His woundssdo NOT neees-
sarily confne him one moment. He
could have come to the Senate on Fri.
day, if had recommended it. -
" Qleesttog-Could he have come ont
with safety? . - 'u'
"Ansloer- He could have come With
safety, as far as the wounds we're CON!
Question - And, as a matter of
course, from that time to the present :
Ansaoer-Yes, sir, he stated that he
would be ready to appear before the
committee to-day. - -
Question-By Mr.. Campbell.-At
what time did he make that statement Z
AnSver-On Sunday evening he
told me to state to Mr.. Campbell, who
had addressed him letter through me,
which 1 delivered, that he would be
ready to attend the committee on Mon.
day. His friends advised him not te
appear until the next day, and, there.
fore, he told me to inform Mr.. Campbell
that he would appear on Tuesday.
Question-State, in this connection,
whethor there were any other persons
with him-I mean any physioian yh6
advised that perhaps 1t might not Be
safe for him to go out?
Ansa1er-I have seen no medical
man with him but myself There has
been none there. There are great
many of his friends present, and they
make Mr.. Sumner out a great deal
worse than he is. They say he has
fever. I have never discovered any. I
haVe been his constsnt attendant, and 7
have meyer known his pulse at moment
higher than eighty-two. I yesterday
corrected an article in the Intelligeneer,
stating that he had a fever, and thecor!
rection 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 cone out, and cited
a great many cases that had come undek
his observation in Paris, where death
had taken place in six weeks from blows
on the head. His brother is not q med
ical man. Senator Sumner, of course,
took the advice Of his brother and bis
friends, and, / of conrse, allowed them
to do as they thought proper, Perhaps
1 ought to state my reason for objeetinG
to his coming out on Friday. There
was q good deal of excitement at that
time, and 1 thought that, if Mr.. Sum
ner did not go into the Senate fora
day or two, the excitement might wear
off. 'r
Questio,s-By Mr.. Gobb--It va4
not then on account of his physical con.
dition
&c AnSlccr-Not at all. He was very
anxious to 60. He said that he had not
lost single days session since the meet
ing of Congress. I objected to his 60.
ing for the reason have stated, and
not because I thought his condition
would not admit of it.
Question Mr.. Pennington
Do you mean to say, as a medical man,
that you would have recommended, or
would have been willing to allow, Mr..
Sumner to go to the Senate on Friday
in his condition -
q -Ansaoer--I think he ought not to
have gone on account of the excitement
QueStion-I do not speak of that.
Do you mean to say, as his physician,
that you were net unwilling that he
should so out on account of his wounds
and the consequence in which, from the
excitement and other causes, those
wounds might end ?
"AnSa0er-I think this that Mr..
Sumner might haye taken a carriage
and driven as far as Baltimore on the
next day without injury.
QueSti0n-Wa it possible for him
to have worn o hat?
Ansa0er-I think he might have worn
o hat. - . =
This testimony of the surgeon being
not exactly what was expected, PR. PEN-
black republican member Of
the committee, asked;
QueStion-What are your political
affinities2 49, al
d" Ansacer-I am an old line Whig. if
[ have any politics. I was born in the
,ity of Washington. -
QmestiOn-Were you bail for Mr.
Brooks? - : 1-:- 10 80.
"Ans,oer-I was not.
" QveStion-By Mr.. Cobb-Are yoq
regular practioing physician of thi5
'ity, and, if SO, for how long have yot
,ractised ? . !"
+" Answer-I have been practicing
ince 1914 1 haze been connected Witk
hospitals and medicine since 1883.
90 QueStion-I ask whether in your
,ractice your treatment depends upon
he politicical Of inions Of your patiehtg3
{" A1lSl0er-No, sir.