The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-03
}. DID you tax to him q. am A. ! did. sir.

Q. Did you talk to him at all : A. I did, sir.
9. Was he RATIONALE A. Perfectly.
again for about three or four minute about quar-
ter to twelve O'Clock
Z. Was there any change A. None except that
he was more quiet and more rational.
THE MORPHINE.
Q. Any remedies given at quarter to eleven : A.
o. who recommended that 7 A. Those OF us who
met in the early part OF the treatment recommend.
cd It to be given iudtciously
Q. Were there any remedies administered at a
quarter to twelve A. don't know.
O. when did you see him after thats A. | saw
him the next morning about eight O'Clock
O. what was his condition them A. He was then
q. Did yos attend the post-mortems A. was
present In the rooms could not see correctly
o. You saw him after deathg A. Yes, sir.
THE CROss-ExAMINATION
DR.. Steel was crosse xamined at great length ny
Mr.. Townsend. He said that he had been In prac
tice since 1906; he described the probing OF the
inches; he had noticed that there was pallor on
the face Of Fisk and that the eyes were dscol0red
that Indicated to him good deal: gave MN the
q. What IL your opinion, Doctor. as to the use OF
the probe for wounds In the abdomen A. The In
trOduction oil the probe Is most vital thing.
Q. Don't you think 1t s a dangerous things A.
Not II It IS for the purpose Of tracing wound to
whether ~ rs ~ the b edea men
to meet at eight O'Clock the morning after the
shooting; Fisk was then dying; the signs were the
him; peritonitis produced nsenslbility; at the con-
sultatlOn that morning 1t was remarked that the
newspapers had said that the doctors had tried TO
did say he had probed him; mad made up my mind
that neither the probing nor the oplates had any
thing to do with the death OF Fisk.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
BY the C0urt-What In your judgment was the
cause OF death A. The shock.
v.
Doctor Tripler said-I am physician and sur
geon; arrived about twenty minutes after four
sent for to room 2l3; saw the sleeve OF Colonel
Fisk was stained with blood; we afterward re-
moved him to his bedroom; examined the wound
the direction of the wound; passed the
probe about three and half inches In the
body; then sent after Doctor Wood and Doctor
Fisher; at Mr.. Fsk's request, and with the concur
renee Of the physicians, little chlorofOrm was ad-
ministered; then DR.. Wood prObed the wound; !
gave Fisk two ounces OF brandy diluted In water;
gave him that at one time; that was before the
doctors came; whatever the treatment was 1t was
s %n tSse WAS
then from SIX In the morning; he had about two
and half grains OF opium altogether; the cause Of
tOnitis contributed to the fatal result the perl
tonitis was In the umbical region, not near enough
to be reached BY the probe; my opinion Of Mr..
Fisks condition from the first was that he would die
CROSS EXAMINATION.
The witness was crOssexamined by Mr.. Towns
end, In the course OF which he said The brandy
gave him was about one.eighth of pint Dr. Fos-
ter gave him some more afterwards; the morphine
WAS administered from quarter to seven to quar-
ter to eleven; l administered half grain never
said to Mr. Titus In the corridors OF the hotel that
was the nrst man who put probe into Jim Flsk's
as as Would i CO. This Witness
at great length as to conversations he had with
persons in the hotel oil Of which alleged CONVERSE
lions he denied.
The Court took recess at four O'Clock until half
past ten this morning.