, 1869-10-09

nurse was MIS- nOumhu never nct
her before, but understood that she was
a doctress she was there when arriv-
ed. She told me that she came there
about two on Saturday afternoon, and
that Mrs. Wilson was having a severe
chill and vomiting, and that she had
vomited some blood, and that she had
her undressed and put to bed, using
warm applications on her stomach. On
my arrival l gave her brandy toddy
and ergot, with tincture of opium. The
hemorrhage ceased in two hours, Il
think, after was called. l don't know
the cause of the bleeding. l told her
mother, who inquired what the prob
able cause of death was, that thought
1t was hemorrhage. inquired whether
or not 1t might have originated from
abortion, and she seemed to think itims
possible. told her that abortion would
produce flooding and thatdeath frequent
ly resulted from it, and that it might
have been produced from that cause in
this case. think that was about all
the conversation had with her mother.
had a conversation with Mr.. Darwin
when he came after me. He toldme that
and wished
me to hasten up as soon as possible, and
that we would not lose the little wo,
man for the world" He said: al don't
think this comes from a miscarriage,
for don't think the little woman could
be 10 that condition" l have never
known a woman to bleed to death from
hemorrhage I; there are cases reported
nr Id
ticing physician IN this city; was
called to see Mrs. Wilson on Sunday,
the 9Th of September; saw her about
IL o'clock; she was pulseless and in a
dying condition when saw her; think
it was q relative that came for me; |
never saw him before; be was a young
man; l don't know what caused her
death; supposed it was hemorrhage;
| never saw the certificate under which
she was buried; DR.. Chamberlain asked
permission to sign my name to the GER
ti6cate, and it read as uterine hemor>
rhage as the cause of death; have rea~
son to believe that was the cause, but
it did not say; can't say what caused
this hemorrhage; l did not make any
examination, because knew it was uses
less, as the woman was dying; don't
think she lived over fifteen minutes af-
ter | saw her; l was only in the house
twenty minutes prior to her death; there
was nothing to be done when arrived.
THIRD DAY.
Charles Benjamin Darwin, syorn-I
reside at 1918 Market street; | am a
practicing lawyer in the city; l have
known Mrs. Wilson two and a half or
three years, and ten months intimately;
she has been in this city one year; she
was divorced a little before her death:
don't know the cause of her death; the
little woman and myself had been yery
intimate; we occupied a room together
n the house, and we were alAOst ALWAYS
in it when | was there, which was every
day alter office hours. Mr.. Darwin de.
tailed the particulars OF Mrs. Wilson's
being taken sick. saw she was yery
sick; 10 little while the vomiting aba.
ted, and l said I'll go after a doctor.
She said, "think you had better?" I
said, "no, I'll 60 for doctor, shall
get Ayers p He had been my doctor.
She said "no." "Shall | get Mouser? ?"
She answered "no, get Mrs. Hoffman"
| Wien Mrs. Hoffman came. think in an
hour, or an hour and fifteen minutes
from the time she was taken sick, lust
as quick as the car could take ber.
| thought the little woman seemed better.
and Mrs. Hoffman said that in a little
time she would be relieved, that she was
going TO have miscarriage; soon be.
came aware that she was not improviup
but believed it would be as Mrs. HoT
man saidi 1t was understood that she
was going to have a miscarriage; | an>
ticipated that event myself in going for
Mrs. Hoffman; Mrs. Wilson and | had
cohabited together for ten months. and
for month or six weeks before she had
talked to me of her being pregnant; the
little woman had talked to me prettv
freely the way women had got over
these troubles, and | was afraid she
might use some of the means at her dis.
posal. | said to Mrs. Hoffman. "for
whom shall go?" she said, "for DR..
Chamberlaiu;" got the impression from
Mrs. Hoffman, sooa after she got there,
that a miscarriage had taken place; |
said to DR.. Chamberlain, my little
woman is very sick, want YOU to come
and see her ; this was after dark; be
said, " what is the matter?n | said
I" fear there is going to be a miscar,
rlage, and lear that violence may have
been used, and | would not loose the
little darling for all the world :" DR..
Chamberlain sent for DR.. Hoff about 10
O'Clock Sunday morning l went for him,
die not say anything TO him, or be to
me l knew nothing could save her: |
don know what his opinion was ;Imean
in speaking of force being used that the
little darling herself would use it;
had gone to Mrs. Hoffman with her twice.
and she had been there alone, she told
me, once she was taken to the yault on
Monday, at half.past four P. NJ, and
placed in the ground on Wednesday, at
the same hour she had no friends or
relatives here but her mother and broth>
er, except by marriage, and they were
her most bitter enemies Mr.. Craig was
the undertaken ; there was no notice in
the papers of her death, because for the
last year and a half at Puget Sound she
bad been the victim of the most relent,
less persecution, as we'll as myself,
pressed forward oy her former husband
in going to Mrs. Hoffman's, it was to
consult her in reference to her general
health.
DR.. Edwin Bently, sworn-I belong to
the U. 5. Army; made al examination
OF body represented as that of Mrs.
Wilson toe examination was principal>
ly confined to the opening of the abdo.
men the uteras, stomach, and intesti>
mes appeared to be in a healthy condi-
tion, and free from Inflammation. ~
proving that it was impossible for it
to have been made as suggested in Mr..
Darwin's testimony y think the cause
OF death was the loss of blood resulting
from this iasceration; in fact, this las,
ceration, without the loss OF blood,
would cause death, it is such a shock
TO the whole system that this lascera-
] ti0n was nroAnna1 h..