The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-16

TvouEsr AT TIE HosPTTAL-A young
,ro rNS Who gave her name as sallie
Tones died at the Wheeling Hospital on
Monday evening under circuTstia:n an. &C !
which led to an inquest. Justice hoil .;aa
held the inquest, with the i9ii1 W;'.I
inrors: Samuel Lewis, Peter Z. Mnni
fobn Stamp, Jacob Wise, Andrew King
4 r. Garden, W. 4. Wilson, Geo. w
Eckhart, j, B. Merge, VIM. HArtensteini
;John Elliott and James Allen: Inc tes-
timony before the jury was substantially
Us Mrs. Mccall testified that deceased
came TO her residence, 1911 Eoff street, q
week before she was sent to the Hospital
and stated that Mother Stanley had sent
Lor there The following Saturday even
inc she was we'll. About u o'clock Sun
day morning she awoke witness, saying
she was sick. DR.. Hupp came
about O o'clock on Sunday morning
She got along we'll until the following
Saturday, when she asked to get up and
have her bed made, but the doctor did
not think 1t best. She got up a short
time afterwards and had her bed made,
when the doctor thinks she took cold
DR.. Hupp attended her till Tuesd9y,whenl
he sent Tor DR.. Bates, who said she needed
constant nursing and more care than the
witness could give her. DR.. Bates ad'
yised witness 10 send her to the Hospital
Deceased told witness that John Smith,
Of Cincinnati, was. the cause Of her trouble
He right name was Devleger, but she
gave her name to witness as Sallie Jones.
Sister Xavier testified that deceased
was brought to the Hospital on Thursday
evening last, in q very poor condition.
knew nothing about her until she came
heard she had had a miscarriage; she con.
tinued to get worse, and died about Z
o'clock Monday. evening; was present al
the time she died, but she said nothing to
me: heard her say she had taken some
medicine from the father Of the child, who
was CAPT. Moore's son; did not hear her say
who furnished the medicine; did not say
what kind Of medicine it was.
DR.. Hupp testified: The girl was con.
fined when he arrived on Sunday morn
ing; the child, membranes and after birth
ali expelled, membranes unruptured
opened them and found female child
child, he thought, had quickened; saw her
every day until aud including February
Sd; got along we'll up 10 that time; saw
her again on the 9th and 9th; on the
evening OF the 9th found she had been ur
an hour or SO in the forenoon and went
to bed feeling badly; saw her on the 9TH
and Sth, when she was doing well; she
said the father OF the child had gone to
Cincinnati. $685..
DR.. Bates testified: Saw the woman
on Wednesday afternoon Of last week,
and found her in serious condition.; saw
her again on Friday, when she was in o
very dangerous condition; all the symp.
toms were much worse; she was rational
except at night, when she was somewhat
delirious; DR.. Hoge saw her for me on
Monday; she had puerperal fever, and
died from that disease, as the post NOR.
tenn proves; vomitingis frequent symp-
tom Of that disease, and is considered a
dangerous one.
Dr.. Jepson testified: Examined the
body Of the deceased, and was OF the
opinion that the disease was one form OF
child.bed fever, which has many forms,
and was sufficiently extensive to cause
DEATH. and no doubt in this case did
cause death; saw no evidence that any
violence had been employed.
Tie Jury, after few moments OF con-
sultation, agreed that the woman's death
was caused by child.bed fever. ~