The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
AEUSII IN THE IElIIPP0DR0ME
nov rOrTCrMIN WOLFE REcETVED
ms COMPLICITED INJURIES.
~. slcLpes. that MANY Graduated Phy-i-
c,nrs nrc wraueiiuE Ovcr-A Quarrel be-
,wc.r the nippodrome and Police Medical
,,..,wcut-- What III. J. V. Mott says.

NJ. etcLncs. that MANY Graduated Physi-
c,prs nrr Wrangliug ONcr-A Vnnrre, oe-
tween the IIippodrome ana roIice Meu'ca'
n.n,rtmcut- bn, Dr. V. Mott says
A disagreement Of doctors, which has
he,one almost a quarrel between the Hippo.
nronie and the police medical Departments mas
ar,.cn I'm tho case II Policeman Wolf, who was
,etous, injured over a month ego while trying
10 hold door Of the Hippodrome against
surgius throng of people impatient TO got I'm to
The meeting. The night wa- rainy and the
lhrong. growing impatient, began to press
against the door, The fastening gave way the
uoopi, rushed In, ana tho officers were carried
nway before them. Oniccr Wof was j1mmed
against the wall. and the rushing throng pum-
mellcd him until he fell senscless. Dr. j. V.
Mott, a medical attendant at the Hippodrome,
took the officer home ON the next day Capt.
bteers sent Dr. Clements to Oiiccr Wolf. Dr.
Clements rcportcd that the officer was suffering
fro m shock and Internal injuries hut that bis
Injuries were not serious. The officer and his
wife seem to have been dissatisfied with Dr.
Clements's treatment and they sent for Dr.
Mott. and he reported that the officers injuries
were more serious than DIR. Clements had stated.
william L. Dodge OF the Hippodrome Commit
Tee who. with Mr.. moody and the other mem
bers Of the con mittee, had taken considerable
Interest In Oficer VOLTS case, sent Dr.
OF the Police Hoard Gen. smith consulted with
The chief surgeon, Dr.. Henry. and he VISITED
Ofncer Wolf. examined him, removed the band
Ages and found that Dr. Cements's report OF
lhe Injuries was correct. The next day Dr.
Henry 10 sec Officer Wolf. and he made n similar
report. Hearing ot these visits bv police sur
On the ease, and that Mr.. wolf on that account.
objected TO having Dr. Clements attend her hus,-
band. Both surgeons. however. have continued
10 call on Officer Wolf ever since.
The chief surgeon says that Oficer Wolf Is an
Imppstor and "A drone, and his been so ever
since his connection with the force. lie re-
CARDS his sickness a pretended. hoping to draw
fun pay while doing nothing. The chief sur
geon also saws that Dr. Mott and the officer are
trying to create sympathy for the latter, and
get up fight with the Police Department. DR..
Mott. he says, has overwhelmed him with letters
seeking for a position as pOhcc surgeon. and be-
pause that has not been given him. he (Dr.
when DR.. Mott called 10 ask permission to at
rhy he wapted 10 attend tho oficer, and Dr.
Mott replied because the nicer wished him to.
Are YOU hls family physcianf' = asked the chief
surgeon, No" was tner reply " am employed
youY "ihe committee" "well. have no
Dbiections TO yogr attending Officer Wolf and
In tho same conversation the chief surgeon
tnvs that Dr. Mott stated that there was a diff
Terence Of opinion between himself and Dr.
Clement IN regard 20 the nature Of the officers
lDJL ries. when .-hcd what Ne thought tho In
juri.s were. DR.. Mott rculied that two or three
OF the lower or noatine" rihs were fractured.
The CHIEF surgeon reminded bin that Dr.
elements had reported no broken rios, where;
fractures" " How old Is the mani" asked the
chief surgeon. About thirt,-nve years"
Then don't know what YOU mean hy par.
tial fracture. There may he a partial fracture oi
hyoune childs bones, but wi'h grown man
the fracture IS either complete or nothing, as
:be cnief surgeon says tina; there was no frac-
ture. lie found only a piece Of linen bound
loosely around the patient and no strips of ad-
hosive plaster, or other appliances, used In case
OF broken ribs. Besides he saws, the floating
nrmly Fixed. are never broken. Il would be ex-
tremely dinicult to break one Of them. The rihs
that are sometimes urokcn by accident are not
moval ~ Fixed in the centre Of the trunk.
Dr. Mott. who l. a grandson II Valentine Mott.
GENE, mat he told the cntei surgeon that two
or three Of the officers ri0s were broken. At his
rrst examination, he saws, he did not feel sure
but AZ erwari be satisfied himself that such was
not the case. What ho reported, he says. was
that the noating rins were injured from the
spine to their eNtremlties. and that one Of them
was torn from its attachments. aud the end OF II
had been driven into the pleura. 1t was moie
than week, no says, from the time the officer
Vas injured that be received proper medical
pr. Clements had only been giving the officer a
little physic, and had not treated him properly.
pr, Mott PY, tgs paDdase on a'm' ana no saws
tore the bandaso o. Dr. Mott also saws that hs
twice asked Dr. Clements TO hold a consultation
with him, and DR.. Clements refused, once ex-
pllcitly ana once by making no reply.
Dr. Clements declines to say ANYTHING about
the case On the ground that the rules OF the do
phrtment forbid, but In reference 10 Dr. Motifs
requests TO have a consultation with Dr. Glenn
ents, the chef surgeon sANs that the requests
did not Tx any date for the proposed consuta-
ton. The chief surgeon ulso SAYS that II Is alb
burd to talk Of one VI the officer. floating ribs
having cen driven into the pleura. The tear
tna OF the pieura, which l. a membrane cover
ing tho lungs, would have caused dangerous
inhammation 81 the lungs, and IL would prob
ably have resulted IN death.
Onicer Wolf said on Friday that he did not
know what his injuries We're. Both Dr. Mott
and Dr., Clements attended him, he said. Point
Ing to his lean, b0ny wrists, the Off er's wife
said, That don't look as II there had been any
pretending about his sickness"
Mr.. Moody has sent the officer some books,
and otherwise showed interest In him. aud
members Of the lHppodrOme Committee, It IL
said, have called on him. On the part Of the
police surgeons, It il asserted that the
PihceI Is being prompted by religious
Trends. Wolf Ia sad 20 be deeply rel.
Rlous man. DR.. Mott, when told that
L was suspected that the officer partially
Eeigned his sickness, replied, " lie wouldn't do
u, he is good Chrl.tian man" Dr. Mott was
elso told that there had been talk Of breaking"
Onicer Wolf, and he replied Significantly
!. Break New York cltl They can't break him
There's too much back Of him for that" All
Psrues concerned say that they desire no pub
hcliy IN regard TO the case, and that they are
bot lighting each other.