Arizona citizen., 1879-06-13
From Thursdays Daily. CAUSE OF R0DDicKS DEATH.
Leading Points Of the Testimony Before
 the coroner's Jury.
TESTIMONY OF DIR. WATSON.

My name is Dr. c. P. V. Watson; am practicing physician; have been in Tue son about six months; think this is the fourth day since I was called upon to at- tend upon deceased, Thomas Roddick. I received a note from. l think, George Eos ter, brought by Spaniard, on the 3d day Of June, about 10 o'clock A. NJ; accom- panied him 10 the house Of Mfr. Roddick and found him suffering from gsstritas, a slight hemorrhage of the stomsch; he was at this time wretching and vomiting, and had been for some time previous, as was informed; he was complaining Of burn ing pain in the region Of the stomach, and also stated that he had been suffering from cramps; found upon pressure over the region Of the stomach that the pain was intensified; gave hlm. to control the pain, opiates and gelseminum; 1 put twenty drops in halfcup Of water, to take O tesspoonful every one, two or three hours.
 The next time saw him applied Jack cts Of warm mush or cornmesl on the ab- domen; he seemed relieved from the ap- plIcations and the medicine.
 On the second day toward evening way sent for, and found deceased suffering from as great or greater pain as when first saw him; this was the third or fourth visit that day; I gave him opiates to control the pain, the sane as before.
 Yesterday morning, which was the third day, found him restless. yet compara lively free from pain, with occasional vomiting; I found him perspiring freely, with an accelerated pulse; during his sickness the secretion Of urine was very scanty; during the day his condition con- tinued about the same, though deceased grew weaker, and during the evening the exhaustion increased, the pulse became weaker and still more accelerated; about half-past 10 or II o'clock left him in the condition have just described; I pre- scribed morphIne-I think a powder oi opium.
 I visited him again this morning and found him weaker than when I last saw him; remained about fifteen minutes, and about two hours later was informed that that the patient was dead.
 THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH WAS WEAKNESS, CAUSED FROM ISFLAA- NATION OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS. THE TREATMENT WAS BY oPIATEs FROM THE BEGINNING.
 TESTIMONY OF DR. HANDY.
 ]. 0. Handy being duly sworn, said My name is J. c. Handy, am practlc- ing physician, have practiced about fl years, nine years in this place.
 Cues. When did you first hear of the death of Thomas Roddick:
 Ans. This morning.
 Dues. Did you not openly charge on the street that it was a case Of malprac- tice.
 Ans. After learning the facts did and went at once to the Coroner and suggest ed the propriety Of an examination.
 Ques. How did you learn the facts.
 Ans. Atthe bedside Of deceased; from the deceased and his attendants. was called there professionally by Roddick's partner.
 Cues. State what you learned at the bedside.
 Doctor Handy made a lengthy reply Ia which be sad: "I saw morphine laying around the house in powders. After form ing my own opinions abou: the disease I informed the attendants that l did not think the patient could live an hour I SAW THAT IT WAS A PLAIN CASE OF WHAT IS CALLED URAEMIc POISONING and that the morphine that the attending physician had given him had aggravated the case and really caused the mans death. His entire treatment was the oP' posite Of what it ought to have been.
 TEsTIMoSY or nR- sAMASIEGo-
 Dr. Samsulego was sworu. aud testItied as follows:
 ouestiou. What do you consider caused the death Of deceasedF