The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-07

The The filing was lightly put in and ,,a he
In the gum. hut nothing alarming threatening.
II looked like tooth that was in stage preceding
liberation He applied little creosote as an anti
septic and put little in not packing it at all
He did not examine into all the minute canals OF the
so at that time The patient was not in condition
for such an examination to have been useful and 1t
would have been INJECTING needless pain.
THE SECOND DENTIST DOUBTS THE POISONING.
He had seen no evidence OF arsenical poisoning or
il there had been any poisoning at that time he
would have detected it, The gum properly in
as with any other tooth in his mouth. He had dis
missed his patient. telling him that II he suffered
further he could come back or 80 to the Boston den
| had seen of Mr.. Gardiner. He had not used any
arsenic and he said before. had detected and
believed he would have detected 1T il 1t had been
there. DR.. Guy had come To him afterward and con-
suited him ABOUT extracting the tooth. but it de-
cided to be unwse. He had discussed the with
DIR. Guy, but of his own knowledge knew nothing
more than he had learned during Mr. GARDENERS
Dr. Wyckotf, of the Board of Health. said that il
anything had been said on the certificate. il DR..
Guy had communicated anything to him in regard
arsenical poisoning In the he would assuredly
have turned the to the Coroner instead of
granting the usual burial permit An Investigation
Is to be made OF the case by the Board of Health,
and If the necessary atidavits made supporting
tho statements OF fact that made, the body will
be exhumed and an inquest will be held.
All the physicians mentioned and several others
who were consulted by the reporter, agree saying
that the use OF arsenic to destroy the pulp of
tooth is common among dentists in cases where
such destruction Is desired. ALI agree that the sub
stance itself is dangerous one. and that il improp-
erly used such result that which is said to have
ensued in Mr.. Gardeners is not an improbable
All. however. say in addition, that this is the
first case s:iey know of or heard Of In which
such result has actually occurred.
CAPTAIN KIDD's STRANGE DEATH-THE CON-
MANDER OF CANAL BOAT LOSES HIS LIFE
FROM BLEEDING AT THE CIrMs--Hrs III ,Rcr
AGAINST A DENTIST.
Captain William R. Kidd. Of the canal boat De-
fance. lying in the basin at the foot Of Fifteenth
street. Jersey City. died Sunday. and the attend
ing physician in granting the usual certificate. de-
clared that death was due to exhaustion. A HERALD
reporter was appraised that there peculiar cir
cumstanccs surrounding the mans death, and pro-
ceeded to investigate the case. At the foot
of Fifteenth street he learned that the
boat Defiance reached tho basin ON Thurs
day. September 25. from Port johnson.
few days previous Captain Kidd had had
fall. and striking his face, bleeding of the gums
ensued. Ho was unable to stop the bleeding, and
Thursday morning left his boat in this city and
went to the Office Of DR.. Downcs. dental surgeon.
at No. IA Barclay street. to obtain remedy stop
the bleeding. Tho next heard from him was through
telegraphic message to Cox's towboat Office. in
No. IA Barclay street and asking for assistance.
young man named Edward Monks. who happened
to be in the Office was sent to the place. and found
Captain Kidd so weak AS to be unable to walk. He
assisted him to his boat at Jersey City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow. who in charge Of the
floating bethel lying ut the Of Fifteenth street,
found and when questioned by the reporter
said that the first they knew Of Captain Kidd's
sickness was on Sunday. "a week ago. when
to ask il some OF the religious members would
not 90. to see him. Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow
the story Of his bleeding. Ho said that
ho went to DR.. Downes' Office to get something to
stop the bleeding of his gums; but tho dentist
his intention had applied a forceps to his tooth
and jerked it out. Then the blood flowed in tor
rent and he remained in the place from eleven until
five o'clock i'll the afternoon, when another gentle
man who came in stuffed something into the cavity
which caused tho bleeding to stop tor time and ho
was taken home. Ho said tho man who pulled the
tooth was drunk.
GRADUALLY SINKING
After his removal to the boat the filing fell out
and the bleeding began anew. A ply stefan sent
for. but could afford relief. and the bleeding
tinued up till Sunday, when the Captain died. In tho
meanwhile he was attended by DR.. Tuskow, OF Ho-
boken; DR.. Elton, OF Brooklyn, and physician from
removed from the boat to the Erie depot whence it
was shipped to Otisviie. Orange county, N. Y, for
Captain Kidd was thirty-nine years of age and a
resident of this State. He devout Christian,
and for twelve years was class leader in the Meth
| odist Church ut Kingston, N. Y. He also very
we'll TO do and leaves large family.
The reporter subscqu ently found Mr. Edward
Monks who escorted Captain Kidd from the dentists
Office to his barge He said that when no went into
DIR. Downes place he did not notice whether any one
was intoxicated. There were three present
After his removal to his boat Captain Kidd retained
his to Thursday last when he failed tc SEQ
or hear although breathing perceptiby.
DR. DowNEs' STATEMENT
Dr. Downes was found ut his residence, No. 40 West
Thirty-seventh street. last night, and said 1.-The
man suppose you refer to named Potts, not
Kidd. During the latter part Of September
| he came into the office while l was at
man. DR.. Salmon Skinner stepped forward and
asked him what ho wanted. He said he had a root
| OF a tooth that was bleeding aud had troubled him
during the night. DIR. Skinner invited HIM to take
his operating chair, and soon after the out
The man felt little surprised that ho had taken 1t
out, but, feeling relieved, said, 81 am glad of it,
| Then it commenced bleeding and he in another
| operating room thirty or forty minutes. l went
| Skinner why he did not stop the bleeding. The
doctor said he had. 1 said, ''No, you have not
Dr.. skinner. who was pretty full at the time,
said If you can do it any better you had better do
plug Of cotton saturated with fannie acid. took
| it on chisel. a stiff instrument that would not
bend, and plugged the hole up. / put in three
| plugs. Tho blood was oozing around the sides
| OF the plugs and ! covered them with
| punk that was saturated with varnish and dried it
with the air syringe. Within about thirty minutes
| the bleeding stopped entirely. Tho man was very
| grateful He sat in my Office for some time and on
| going away said he would call again..
Dr. Skinner. the dentist referred to, is tho same
| one who suod the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for
| bill for treating Mr. Lyman Beechers teeth. Tho
Doctor lives at No. IL Barclay street. but could not
| be found last night.
THE NORWICH SENSATION.