Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-21
WHAT CAUSED VnE DEATH Oh
JULIA McCARTH.

WHAT CAUSED ynE DEATH OF
JULIA NcCARTY.
The following is the evidence given
at the Coroner's inquest held yester-
day, upon the body OF Julia McCarty,
who dropped dead In this city at IL
O'Clock yesterday:
MARY N'cARrY
being sworn, says she is Is years old.
resides In Ottumwa; and living 1t
home. My sister Julia has been sick
since last fall with a bad cold: conph.
ing of nights. Coughing most Of The
time. She has been very weak. She
was up town last night and. was up
town this morning. was not home at
dinner. She had been dead about five
minutes when came home. She has
washed every week, doing most OF the
cooking. There were four children,
and she washed for all of ne. She has
helped about tho cooking. think
she did not get the cod liver oil and
whisky that DR.. Douglass ordered for
her.
CHARLES M'cARTY,
Being sworn says he is 40 years old.re-
sides in Ottumwa and 10 q laborer !:
The person lying here 10 my daughter.
She would have been II years old in
October. She has been in poor health
lately coughing all the time. She has
been doing the work, washing and
cooking. She was up town last eve
ming aud went up again this morning
got some medicine when up this
morning from Mr.. Sullivan. She got
dinner when she came back. / did
not notice that she was any weaker
than she has been lately. She died
not long after l left. Has been cough
ing every night for some time back.
She had no physician. The Irish doc
tor gave her bottle of cough medi-
cine DR.. Douglass also prescribed for
her. have got what medicine has
been ordered Don't know whether
she took the medicine she got to-day
or not.
MRS. MARY ANN CRuTCHFIELn.
being sworn, says she is 70 years old,
and is married. About 10 O'Clock
heard Katy screaming. Julia was
lying on the bed, seemed choking or
strangling. She only lived 30 min
utes. No vomiting. She said nothing.
No spasms or jerking. She has been
doing the work. Was up town this
morning, come home and got dinner.
Seemed bright and cheerful, if any
tMng, more so than usual. Did not
seem SICK or out OF health this morn
ing.
DIR. T. J. DOUGLASS,
.oo az rn.;ae. In O,,,,, 49,
nhvsic;an She InS;a ..a "nu !. o.n .
ahont two mnntb. .nn -, ssne ~ !o
ton. TcYam;nad bsr .rd LIZ ~.
| she had consnmnt;nn Wsds n.o
scription for her. She CANA b,rLP =,
three or fonr woaks .na 49, ~
| o,bor oxam;rs.;nr .a au a..u. aue M
bor 10. T.;a suu plescrl0eu ior
f.ther Ia .aLoS " Sai I.':Ny .4es ne.
h;~. - "a 1sA9" suou' ouHa' asked
Intn,,, SUI ~ n as;a sa1en any meaicinc
;S 10 s" M. w. : .nen asked MN
| ed, He said he aid not knnw + .nia
him could not afford to furnish med.
icinc. II is not common for a person
with consumption to die AZ sudden as
Julia did.
TrIOs. f'sUyI1yAN
hahn, suou. 80. .a.cr
s $500 swup; :: soys ne Is % years oid
cnu i.sluos ~ OttulWa. Juna NC.
"aa' s.;a i AL come 70 me last night
anu , ealu lis uaugnter was SICK. Said
l madic;no ESQ aoma frns., n H o
| promised to make 4 conrh syrnn
She come to mo last night and cxam.
incd her, and told her che was gone
| with inherited consumption. l toll
| her she was gone and would die, and
she felt bad. Then l encouraged her and
told her to come and get syrup. She
came down this morning and eat down
in chair and tainted. brought her
to and made her syrup Of rock e>nAy,.
l ~ cents worth, cents worth OF ltco-
rice root with one-haii pint OF liquor
sna PM OF wafer boiled 1t for . time
strained isplt u I'D bottle with d.
l ';a 20 take tablespoon full. She
"ic" III auout 'hrce noure.
DIR. HINsEY,
being sworn said that from the c;r.
cumstances attending the death of