The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-17

tigate the Cause OF Pswell'
!: Desth-Full Report of the Test
mony up to the Time Of Adjourn
men..
Immediately after the death, yesterda
afternoon, Of Robert II. Fewell, the mn
Who vas murderously assaulted and robbie
few evenings ago, At the corner Of Mint
and Ohio streets. Justice Logan Clark, i
the temporary absence OF Coroner Jone.
summoned jury, Who, after hearing cor
siderable testimony, returned the following
verdict:
''Found that the deceased came to hi
death from mortal wound, at the po-teriO
base Of the skull, made by some blunt in
s;rument in the hands Of person uukLowu
10 the jury"
This morning Coroner Jones deemed i
his duty to summon . new jury consi.,in,
oi the following gentleman: J. 4. Fisher
J. X. CIop,cn, Il. ]. LEISURE, B. F. Abbott
r. II. Pollard and ]. West Goodwin. befor,
whom the evidence given below wss adj
duced:
DR.. Wills p King. amorn-I am . prac
ticing physician in Sedslis- WAS called
On the night ii tuesday, December 81, q
little after ii o'clock, 60 see Deceased.
found him at home and in bed, and on ex.
animation found n scalp wound ON the
pOsterior right side vi the head. There was
+ shaped lAceration IL the scalp, and the
scalp VAS knocked Loose from the skull over
a space about the size Of silver half dollar.
Alter careful examination, and finding nj
fracture, I closed the wound. The severity
Of the symptoms were entirely out Of pro-
portion To the wound. lie Was very stupid
and suffered a great deal. attended min,
from day to day. and until Friday night he
seemed to be improving. At three o'clock
on Saturday morning he was taken with
severe pains in both ears and in the head,
and ai 3 .. ID. he Was delirious. Until
that time he Vas comparatively rational.
After consultation with the Drs. Evans,
~e trephined the skull near the injury in
the scalp. We fouud no fracture IN the
skull, hut let out about two ounces or more
ri bloody serum. lie became rational dur
ing Saturday night, ,nd has been rational
at intervals since. though suffering greatly
all the time. lie died yesterday At o'clock
y. m. The post mortrm examination de
velOped large collection Of bloody serum
between the dura mater and the skull, and
also between the dura mater and the brain.
We found the basil~r portion Of the occipi.
tai bone literally shivered; there Was one
fracture on the right, beginning internal to
and below the scalp wound about an inch
and hall. fravering the basilar portion of
the occipitxl hone TO the temporal bone,
and ure1king into the latter. There war a
similar fracture on the left side, though
not quite 50 great in length. There MAS
alan another one running disgonally across
the middle portion Of the bone. II was tins
fracture and the Consequences of il that
killed Mr.. Fewell. My opinion il that the
wound vas made With q round, blunt in
.,rnment. probably . slung shot.
! took M other surgical procedure until
the doctors Evans we're called. Before he
was trephined he wa rational bu, stupid.
II took long time for him
tn answer questions, hut when he did an.
-wer. he generally answered correctly. His
Wind acted slusgishly. After he Was tre-
pinned he wa delirious ct times. He
msde no statements to me 1T how he was
injured. Wills 2. MING.
Dr. ". H. Erans, sworn.-l am prsctic-
ing physician in SedaIia; the first I sav Of
the deceased vas in consultation With DR..
ki.ig on Saturday morning. After consul
lstion re trephined the scull We let out
.everal ounces OF bloody serum. That was
The last SAW OF the deceased until came
here yesterday evening TO assist in the post
norton. We found, ON the post mortem
large COLLECTION Of bloody
,erum between the skull and ibe covering
IL the brain, and also beneath the covering.
We found the base OF the sknll badly frac-
lured, the fractures running in several d.
reciions. am satisfied that no medical
Dr surgical treatment could have reached
The case. Fswelps death from these frac-
lures and their consequences was ipevita.
bic. think from the character Of the
fractures. and the wound, the blow was
iealt With blunt instrument, and proba-
BY slung shot. The deceased was delir.
ou. when ,reph,ned. and left him ~, and
lid not see him alive afterwards.
W. II. EVANS.
u. p keTnod.e. Srorn On the evening OF
he I'd of DECEMBER, while ! wa coming
rome from the Yost murder trial. I came
Up with Mr.. Isaac Wright, Jr. I walked
nth him = short distance, and We parted (,
Il Newton's butcher shop. Icame directly !
~ Ohio street until came to Mr. New !
,irk's corner, and about thirty feet from |
he stepping stones on the east side OF OHIO !
ireet, 1.-THE crossing At Ninth.) heard .
naI groaning. ] vent up TO him and asked !
THAT the matter was; he groaned and sand |
,e vss nearly killed. thought he vas
Trunk, and shook him and asked him to |
.rt up. He replied: 'Oh, God. I am
,early killed. Some one hit me With . ]
ock." ] accused him Of be ne drunk, bot |
N STOPPING down I felt that blood Was on |
,is face and head. tried to lift him up, |
,ut he could not stand. msde the second |
,ttemps, and told him to put his arm
,round my neck after raised him to his
&c. he had something like spasm. raising
,is arms eonvu!sively. and vas inclined to
all forward, and said, "L%t me down."
The wound in his head seemed to b. az the |
,a.e Of the skull, little to the right aide. |
laid him down, put his arm under his
read, and blew = police whistle. was in
he act of going for assistance, when / saw |
! man GINNING from the south on Ohio |
treet. He askei what was the matter.
old him man was hurt, and ask. d him to |
'elp me carry him to the sidewalk. As we
sere laying him down, or little after, Dr.. |
colgrove came along. He suggested that |
MEDICAL assistance he cent for and all his
smily notified. The man told me his |
ZANE when I first found him-he sald il |
sas Robert Fewell. and he vas q fireman |
n the NJ X. 4 T. I sent after DR.. King |!
md the police. ] met Charles Barnett and |
, printer Of the Eaye Barnett and
ssrted to csrry Fe~eil home. We had got |
u far NJ the alley bat Tenth and EIev
nth streets, when Mr.. Kruse and Mr.. K.hr-
.sme mp. and they assisted u with him to |
his mouse. washed his face AMI head,
md shortly afterwsrd DR.. King arrived. /
He prohed the wound, and told me to feel
Il II and see that the skull vas not frsc-
ured. Istayed there until after DR.. King |
.ame and dressed the wound. and then
sent home. can't say What time il was
shen ] FIRST reached Fevell, but should |