Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-13
MEDICAL SCIENCE IN COURT.

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MEDICAL SCIENCE IN COURT
Nearly ,wo years ago James Fisk.
managing director Of The Ri. railxa- an.
a prominent man in variou, s,eamhoa, an.
other enterprises, veil known doubles.
BY fame to many of our readers, was .ho
by The hand of an assassin. The seen.
Of the tragedy was At the Grand Cen,r.
Hotel. on Broadwav. in New York F;sl
had Jus, entered the premises. and r,s !,
the act Of ascending the stairway of m,
ladies' entrance, when he was shot bv ,
person standing on the landing above
The ball entered his abdomen Jus, abov,
the navel and passed oblioucly downward
through the intessines. lodging in the INNS.
/ eIes Of the thich. Another hall made flesa
wounds IA The arm. The assassin wa.
Edward s. Stokes. who was almost imme.
dia.eiy arrested and lodged in iail while
the wounded mau at once received medi.
cal attends ance in the hotel. where. AZ
ter lingering until the iollowin, dav h,
died.
Stokes has had three trials q, N,
first, the iury failed 10 aprec. On The
second. he was found guilty and sentenced
to death. But the Conrt Of Ap,cals in
consequence of certain iuformalit;c. i, tho
proceedings. ordered a new trial This
third trial has lust been finished r.s,,,-
inc in the findip, Of the nr;so,cr c,;,,-
of mapslaush,er in the third dr..
The highest punishmen, Of tho law t,,r
years in the State PRISON w,s ;mm,,;,,a
iv rronouneed and ,hps has ,.r,,,;r,,oa
ons of tho mos, r,u,rL III, -. - -.
ina, ;.r;srrn.l.n.. ~ @"S'S !" GIN"
To tho .nncrsc;,, o,s.rro. a.. ,,.
Of the trial seem. s,r,nro an',ah IL
was \ man rutblcs,lv s5n, Sowa ;n h.e.S
daylight, and the sboo,;ns cls,rIr h-an,i, [
home 10 the accuseJ. 20, ho 80. ~
n comn,ra,ivclv sl;ab, nnn;.,mon, 7, =
oron s,,,oJ on "a -. IL.
of the ;nror. uers in f,ror 60, | .I.a,".e .e
and consented With a., a,' -,
lue,ance to the verdict pivsr II. o,.s
t;on, n,,pr,lIv ar;sc. W.. -. II.
those ;nrors e., .ncb , r.-,,;., 81 ~" '
if stoke. sbo, Fish was h. NO, f,nas 80,
ty of murder?
The defcnees wcre. Th,, r.. h.,
threatened 70 sboo, Stokes sh,, on .,;.
meeting he sw his p;stol when S,ot"s
DISCHARGED his revolver in sclf dns.n.o
.. That the previous threats of F;sk had
affected the mind of S,otss aud ,n., =,
the moueu, of the shoo,;ng = be w,s ;n.,,a
}. That Stokes did no. shoo. VIA ;n.nn,
to kill. 4. That the death Of Fish Ala
mn, rcsp(t from tho shop,inv hnt from
poisoning by MALPRACTICE ofthe doctors after
the shooting. 1t is to the evidence per-
tanning 10 this last theory of the defence
that we wish 10 direct attention. for il in.
wolves the testimony Of some of our mos,
distinguished physicians, acting in the
capacity of scientific experts.
From this evidence, il appears that Fisk
was attended ty seven doctors and srr-
geons, all prominent men in the commu.
nifty, namely, Drs. Carnochan. Tripler
Steele. White. Sayre. Fisher and Wood
In the multitude Of counsel. ,bcr, i gan.
erany supposea to be wisdom: but :, sccms
to have proved otherwise in this case =
DR. .Tr;nler bev,n oner,,io,s bv dco,,,
nrobinr the distressing wouna ., ;nin
d;cious procccdi,- .ccord;n, IN so,o oe
tho medical exne5,s. Subsco,cn,,v Dr
Fisher. DIR. Wood and DIR. White e,cb
used the nrobe. Several glasses of hr,,-
dv and wafer we're odm;,;.,er.,l ,Iso
cbloroform and morphine. The latter y,s
administered bv the month ami he s,b.
cutaneous injection. six times within fo,r
hours.
DIR. Wood testified that he told Drs
Fisher and Trinler. who were Tho cbo;cc
of Mr. Fisk ,s attendants ,b,. ,bcy h,J
two lives on their hands Fish ,,d S,,.cs,
and mns, adm;,;s,e, the on;u,, With ,h.,;,
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