The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-07
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nm srErDENVILLE LETTER


- KIRK, a. you have been already
Jr..,-l /. d,ad, and VIC are having reg
-i,- Kilkenny war among the dis,
.,g.., Of E.rulaPia,' As to the cause oil
H. i ~ stewart and DR.. n. W. Gun.
..,.. AM .,alcd, during the latter part Of
i''...-k that ii Kirk died il would not
~, ,3e wound received az the hands
g,yirr bBl IRON malpractice upon
~, \ D. y. Priest and u. u,
AZ ,,glrg The Hospital Superintendent
H. Panhandle Company in this city,
T-..,.Ifemrnl 10 reference TO this case
,.gnig, 10 high at this time that ! con-
1+t.iI4i. morning to furnish the read.
$3.50 fbr ISrEtIlpEScER a report Of the
.I,Fl,l auI the result Of the COro-
,70gi.i.,nn. When Kinks death
,r.l ga saturday night, Coroner
.,t,o. "a, notified, and Immediately
..,a..erIrl The following jury: W. II.
a. .rr, NJ. I Campbell, \. N, Mattack,
n II bnpan, John Irwin and Eli
F,r'r 10 inquire aud true pTcscniment
IN. The ury, after viewing the body,
+ta.r,reI gst,ltA morning at 10 o'clock,
a,gn,rs unc De, Enoch Pearcc, Jr, and
pUFi.brr gguld be prepared TO report
,.'-..l,t gl the pot m0rica examination
M tb,m. ". A. OEesney decided
- rg,.r into al the details OF the case
.,j allied Hlsh Mcllor who testified
%,, be.aWt two men lighting in front Of
br lmsins house Of sherman, Mooney
r., saw man be supposed TO be
G,,l,rcomr up. >lN him strike Kirk
Iii n,t.ay With what lie was close
,gLial sBrg be- delivered the blow, say
iour five icct lie Wa' struck on the
L.,j Iranpn, -ay q, To the date. Guy.
Jsr "a, in n, danger. No one was max
IN, ,uy attack on uuydcr atall.
R,bcn e. IOgcrtcr was called and
is,titi,I that he saw Guydsr throwing
Nan, or brick. Gaydcr wac probably
Fam three to four feet from Kirk. lie
ml.f have ran twenty steps before he
tbr,9. Kirk wa, standing with his
b,rk piuly toward, Guydcr, who threw
Mind Il overland When 1t struck Kinks
head /, cracked like gun.cap. GuydCr
wt.iuuo danger that ! could see; there
va. bat one lick struck.
r. n. Worlhington-l saw Kirk alter
he va. struck. When | first saw him ]
diino, know where the wound was. ]
wa, requested by hi, mother on the 18th
ult 70 20 aud see him. lie told NE
whore he vas hurt. lie was in bed, very
weak, with good pulse, hnweyCr,-abont
70. complained al pain in hi. head, sore.
ne,. in lace and side Of head, quick
breathing and .horlne.s Of breath. | OK.
AHMED his head, and found the scalp
healed over. was certain there was
,uL and told him he ought To have II
lanccd. lie wanted me to do 1t, but |
refused unless physician was present.
They sent Tor Dr.. Priest, lie came, and
I lanced it at the request II the Doctor
and Kinks friends. | cut sufficiently to
le, the matter ont and enable me to make
an examination oi his skull, a. Kirk
though, there We & piece Of loose bone
bearing on hi. brain found the skull
broken and depression about the size Of
a thumb nail sunk down upon the brain.
We closed the scalp. lie came to my
house after tia, to get his head dressed.
From what know Of the wound ! came
to the conclusion that there was no alice.
ton OF the brain until the latter part Of
last week Thursday, think. | thought
the blow had aggravated his former dis
el.c. III. pulse Mt that time was at GO;
ON Friday evening II was down IL %.
There wa, no scraping Of the skull by me
OF by d.. Priest, ~ has been charged;
neither was there any morphine admin.
i.ierrd by me. did not even give him
drink VI water.
Mr.. Worthinglon detailed at length hii
symptom, ut different times, but as it Is
not material to the issue, We will at once
proceed to tho evidence Of the principal
POWDER MIXERS.
DE-. J. w. Stewart stated that he had
not assisted nj the pot morton. lie thCT
detailed tho circumstance Of Kirks being
brought to his Office in the evening II
question. On examination he found d
wound from to inches In length, and
the bone pressed down about One-si1teGnlh
Of an inch. lie examined Il carefully Ia
connection with DR.. Cunningham, and
concluded that the patient was suffering
from no real fracture oil tho skull, and
examined the wound enough to become
satisfied that there was no loose bone
there at all. lie called again In three or
four DAYS; hi. system was In pretty good
condition: be slept we'll and was doing
we'll. The wound seemed to be disCharg.
Ing llc wa, called In again last Satur.
day In connection with DR.. Cunningham,
and found him In a SOpOriic condition,
pulse depressed, and had the appearance
oi being thoroughly nArcotiIed. Was
told Mf. WOFlhingtOn had operated on
hin and had removed all matter in order
to get at the piece Of bone to remove II.
Found the scar considerably larger than
it wa originally. Am not prepared to
ny that this wound was one Of the causes
Of hi. death.
Dr.. \. W. CunniDgham-l Was not
present. at the pot moriWm, but should
have becn a matter Of courtesy. | saw
Kirk On the night he was hurt, August I.
SiE them carry a man into Dr.. Stew arts
Office. entered aud examined depress.
lon Of outer table II skull. lie called to
see Inc aitefward, appeared healthy and
in good condition, physically and men.
tally. Judged 10 from the fact that he
mentioned three men whom he said he
could whip at once. Saw him last SAtur.
day. Found him in a comalose state, un.
able to see OF hear | found one powder
in paper Of a Whiti.h substance or chalk
color, a vial with something that contain.
Cd think valcfiennc and perhaps opium.
don't knoW what caused hlS death. l
treated him i1r Rdrcotitm, believing that
he va overlooked with marches did not
consider the wound necessarily fatal.
MJdagrui' satisfied me 1t was naFcntism.
cannot tell what the medicine contain.
Cd ea' have 1t IN my possession with that
end in view.
d. J. l. Priest, who compounded the
medicine, va' next called, and testified
mat he had been called to see Kirk and
hai prescribed for him. lie had cured
nm Of stomach disease, and Kinks wife
p,elng alarmed insisted on calling In the
gS'e'of. lie went mp and the patient told
MN he ielt like something vas bearing
aos,h on his brain. lie was Frustrated In
~ suffering from pirsHiii', OF inilamma-
uon ~ The hIain, With tremendous heat In
inc head, cNtremilieS cold. lie knew
nothing Answered "a, pt,e,tiOpa slent