The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-15
THE MURDER OF CARRUTH.
TIE DEFENCE URGTN0 That THE
SURGEONS kILLED MN.
Fatal Results Of Probing Brnin wounds
The Vinclnnd Editor not Properly Treated
"A Aoldier who Nnrriea Icnh In hia Ilend.

bHlDuEIONi Jhn' h.-CharleS X. Lands |
,o,,, 49, , "'.'s uai"1eeu , "''u o"e"o,n "s ue
''oA us se"' oes'ue MS couhsei III tho court |
room this morning, but otherwise his coun- |
tenanoe wore ita ustiess look of indi1erencc |
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since his imprisonment he has aged rapidly. |
His hair, which prior to the shooting of Cafruth
VIVA dark and plnssv ia ncvv iron er,v ond his |
""7 ""'N "hu Fi"SSf' 10 ho" IRON GI"S' hnu MS
lace mas wholy lost the ola look OF enterprise
and energy that characterized 1t In former days
In VIneland
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Dr. - W. bross OF lhllauelphia was called 10y
the defence, and ties fled that he was an expert
at gunsh OF wounds and brain injuries. on the
morning OF March 10 ho attended Mr. Carruth In
the connosin, room ~ tho Vt,oi,nd t,,,i.,,,,
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otht'
At this point tho real battle between the
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rrVs.' ,,. u''o" "'lu uol'nVc ueR"i' hA-'naicehor
Williamson proposed to show that Carruth had
not died from the effects OF the wound inflicted
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~ '"i""''' ""t nun '""s"s uuo sViob W I'M
Attorney General vanna,ta vigorously on.
noscd tho intr,du,,ior ot ,,, tss,i,,,,, ,,,,h
i"Nou 'no 'n'I"uuvt'oh oi any leS''inohf win
that view, Arguing that even had the victim died
fium the effects Of trobin. or other sur,ical
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oletWiun, u. couu not eNunttate Ltndis. whose
"v, ,,,ut9u u9u ishue'Hd sucn 'p"latio necessary.
W llllIln ~ hitM1'ri' l"I u"lti'c, th-eu tne
P"lut 'nht ihNnls was HNtuseu IN Ihe nulct-
moht, ut lnllctns mortal Wound. nnd he pro
pVscu 70 SLOW thht 'airuihs INJURY was not
morth III hseli ana rcNN I Il H. death Only IN
Nuus,evueh'e s 81 the treatment uelhR cohspiou-
O.slS uHu. -,
NJ ahnatta ccinplfned that the defence was
cnuehV9rng 70 reduce inquiry to the trial VI the
reg ec,iNe I'VE, SKIN oi SURGEONS; ., ~ o..
rue testimony was al uinitteu, ana Dr GROSS
went on 20 say that ne ENLARGED the wound ny a
crucial: incisi0n on the nack OF the head. lie
ph-eu ms llitle nnger lltO the ounce ana re-
moved nine fragments or hone. lie could not
asoertaIn & ~ we eNaSt oiresllan We ba had taken,
ana warned the nhysicihns IN attendance against
,giilamlnatlon ot the brain; Ihe witness went to
mat he vas to have charge Of the case, 1ut he
ru'.1u T,uv. p"'s'9'""9 W 0o"Su'a''o"' anu no
WIS "'SNV'""'u
CARRUTHs SUBSEQUENT CONDITION.
Carrth c"pyetsd ana bna nS in
dications OF brain injury Except a slight Opii-
cal weaknrss his condition was excellent He
thanked tho surgeon and said ne wished he had
been retained in the case The dcfcn, g fought
hard To- get hefore tho iury The witnoss's tes-
um"nv Win rorG a., iio o, csrSnfb'. re-
, m ~ a'' ,,,ion , .nst naJ ,
,vnich in Dr crnss'a ntininn was unncr.ssnrv
and dnng.r1i,s
The Attorney-Ceneral opposed it M less ylgor-
ana npder nun,erc,,s ,ret.,vta ,hn defence t,ied
to avoid this trouSlesome ruling but question
mis.,b,e testimouv Wa oti.cted to by the
Attorney-uenernI And ruled ont by the Court
The defenco taking excentions
Tho witness ADDED mat he made arrangements
to visit Caftuth again should inflammation Of
wound he told the physici ,n In attendance that
he did not regard the case as hop,less by anv
means: ans " pntie1ts fpeoI"ntiy resoyrrsd from a
nrain wounds such as Carruth had received
lie probed the wound about nm inch and "A quar-
ier nith an elastic instrument, but dId not nnd
the ball He thougnt "A silver probe was A very
improper Instrument To use IN searching for a
oal Ia the or. IN. lie 7n"ke Of numerous re,
wears with balls m tue heart, brain or lungs
iuese were called iuccstod tails aud soon after
their entry tncj were GOV red with nembrane.
which isolated thcm from the surrounding
structures aud rendered them comparatively
harmless.
KILLED ~ TuR pHYsICI ANs.
II, s,,,, ,t,,.i..I I., rr,,n vr C,rr,,h,s
hr'tn nt ne nn-r' norton rN,,pln' non MD n
~ ~ '''' 90. t,t,.t..'. f,.,, 1,. 80, -.
/ ,io,. ia vt,ncss .n,y "a, r'ason wbv Cnrr,th
snloSul snoul ~. Lew M }e r un
/ .h0uld have neeu opened one u then, was
! r,int,ir dtre.ttv ~ ma anef,tno IN theskuIi
/ Ind inc rnetest puucttlre " luld have been sui
n.ient Ia have a ora, Immediate IL relief and An
/ fha nj ,-ee.s s,s w,,ild n yo emitted tnen.,eiy
withln fort, .oight nouns. a pronc passed iuto
! inc oriCce on May l. one men forward and "A
/ n1,,rf.r ~ an Inca fn,ynrd tue rignt rte vouId
not have follow ed the track Of the bail.
I,udrr rr rrI.s..xaluination by the Attorney
| General Dr. Gross taid he had not seen Mr.
! Carruth before March 10. when he visited nun
| al the request Of r. Brew -ter. of counsel for
ruth, ON June Il, he did ~ m consequence Of n
! Commitment n from Mr. William 4. House,
! Llso OF couns / ( defence, WHO desired MIN to
! give Il professional opinion h- to the safety of
Cuiruih king journey to New York lie
suuscqnenlly said there y, uid be no danger in
! The tourney II ordinary PRECAUTIONS were OBJ
rcd
! tcsi,nnnv that had the upper absccss been
| oi,enrl ths other. mus. have empu d tnetn-
| srlye. within tweuty-laur hotus, admitted that
! tho matter wouli have Teen aiseharued not
! ON Nn,dlv l,ut ON the hruin
TIE LEAST DANGLNOts or DnAlN WOUNDS.
ON his Redirect examination ne said the uoai-
| tion IN whlch tho bullet wns found was the
| lrast DANCE lous p,sitlpn It could have occupied
| In te brain. Tho post morten examination
nioWed the urain to be inilamcd, hut otherwise
healthy, aud in lis position the ball could not
have eau ed the auecessss.
Dr. Nm. Elmor of Br ldceton attended tho
| post morlem examination. Ihe lndic ttlons
| ponteu to conn resrion ~ the brain caused by
| the absccsses. these hDscehses should have
| been opened.
Here the Attorney General asked whether the
attending phvsicians were ON triil for IN malprac.
tice. ihe Hue oi examination was allowed, and
| Dr. Eimor suI that opening the auscesscs must
have relieved tho pressure On the lr IN.
EX-Goy. DR.. lain a. New II SAID that tho
| bullet IN Garruth braln cuuld not haVe been IN
| position more iaNprable llr recovery tlah IN
the place whtre mo bullet was lound. lie ~.
ssted that IL could not oi ll-cli nave caused
ue IN, or even gwen inconvenience lhe pros,
ence of an "n9reHs was Lar more dahecrvuS, ana
tue one preseu'cd AT tho uilhce shouIu nave
bveh opened.
,ears, said he had never personally known a
ll,al nan 10 istUNVi WIN MN ""t ~ ~ n'1 ,ra,, ~ 40 40
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