The New York herald., 1879-09-16
NEGLECT AND INCOMPETENCE"

CoRoNERs JURY SEVERELY CENsUREs
BROOKLYN POLICE sURGEoN-sR.roUs
CHARGES MADE by STATION HOUSE
LoDGER.
Coroner Simms, Of Brooklyn. has been called
upon investigate the circumstances attending the
supposed fatal injuries sustained by Abraham
Stoothofr, q sailor. twenty-five years OF age. who
fell from police station house window at ar carly
hour on Tuesday morning last According to his ante
mortem statement. made before the Coroner and .
jury, stoothoff went from this city to Brooklyn on
Monday night. September 8. and at about half-past
eleven o'clock entered the York street station house
where Sergeant Clancy was at the desk He asked
for lodgings for the night and WAS sent to the
dodgers room the second story. Shortly after
midnight, while sitting the sill of open win
dow lie lost his balance. Tho gutter of a shed
under the window gave way In his grasp and he was
precipitatod to the tagging in the yard beneath He
was picked up by lone or two policemen and was
placed in cell. There; he says 81 suffered great
said was badly injured The ambulance surgeon
examined and said there was nothing the matter.
with me. He told me to get up and walk out. was
unable to walk or to move my head of the tagging
of the cell. The surgeon went away and lett mo
there, although told him wanted TO be taken to
the hospital. The ambulance surgeon and his as
sistant fifteen minutes in examining me. was
left alone in the cell with no covering over my body
nor anything under me to protect me from
the cold tagging until between scvcn
and eight o'clock. My head rested on q
door mat Icould not even got drink OF water from
the time the surgeon lett until between seven and
eight o'clock in the morning. Once twice the
doorman an officer looked in to me through tho
cell door. which left locked. My mother came
to about half-past nine o'clock. At that time
the ambulance surgeon WAS there again me,
and was placed in the ambulance and brought to
No. 1sG Bergen street. 1 repeat again that said to
the ambulance surgeon that was seriously injured
and wanted to be taken TO the hospital. think it
was about midnight that fell from the window
sober when went TO the station house and
asked for nights lodging. The police officer and
doorman saw was suffering through the night and
nothing was done to relieve me, or oven to make my
position more comfortable"
The Coroner read the statement to tho jury and
Mt an early hour yesterday morning the following
verdict was rendered in the 1--WE fnd that
Abraham StoothoH came to his injuries by tall
from the window OF the Second precinct police sta
ton in the city of Brookyn; and we find that
the ambulance surgeon incompetent and guilty OF
the grossest negligence in the discharge OF his duty
and that his conduct and the conduct OF the pohco
officers In charge OF the station deserve our severess
censuro.
THE SURGEONS STATEMENT.
DR.. Henry Plympton, the surgeon in quesuons
says that when lie saw the man lac was told he hau
been drunk. Stoothors breath smelled OF LIQUOR
aud hts general appearance indicated IL He mauo
xaminaton OF the man, but found no symptoms
of paralysis. The doctor says he did not have his
assistant with him. the patients statement to the
contrary Notwithstanding. The next morn
ing, when the doctor again called TO 500
Stoothof, his lett leg was slightly paraiyzed,
aud Dr. shepard, who had him in the moan.
time. said the man was suffering from compression
OF the spine. DIR. Piympton, who is son of Pro-
fcssor q. W. Pymton, Is a graduate of the Poly
cchnc Institute. He Is studying at tho Long Island
COLLEGE Hospital, and is highly spoken OF by his
professional associates and by the sanitary Superin-
tcndcnt, Dr. Raymond.
Superintendent oil Police Campbell has instructed
Captain Crafts OF the Second precinct to make .
full report OF the case to him to-day.