Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-19
A Singular Case.

In September last a number of negro me
were engaged at work for DR.. Lopez nea
Waverly. On a certain Saturday evenIn
they got their supper and afterward starte
for town. David Ewing, Lewis Brown an
Alex. Rollins walked nearly together, Geo
Bradley was some thirty steps in advance O
this party. Hal Hall about one hundred yard
ahead Of Bradley, and one Ward still in ad
vance of him. or the three first mentione,
Rollins and Ewing were walking and talk
ing together, Brown being somewhat in tn
rear OF them. 1t seems that Brown hat
Rollins pipe, and Brown, accelersting hi,
speed, was about to pass the two men, wher
Rollins asked HIM to return the pipe
Brown said nothing but passed on at
swinging gait, and Rollins said to his com
panion, ''Catch him, Dave !" Ewing testi
fes that seeing q pistol in the hands Of
Brown be refused to catch him.. Rollins
then ran up close 10 Brown sand stopped
and laughed" when Brown raised his pistol
and fired, the shot taking effect on the per.
sou of Rollins, striking him In the left
breast, penetrating for some distance, and il
not entering the lung interfering materially
with its functions.
The case was placed under the charge of
Doctor Geo. o. Feagans, of Waverly, who
called to bis assistance Doctors Wood and
Yancey, also of WaverIy. 1t became, very
soon, IN a surgical point of view, une cuuse
cele6re, the cavity about the left lung filling
up with pus and other e%xtraneous matter
to such All extent that 1t became necessary
to remove 1t by mechanical means-remark-
able quantities OF blood and offensive matter
being drawnf from the parts by means of the
insertion of a metallic tube. The singular
feature in the case was that the processes of
disintegration going on in the lung caused
such a swelling and enhancement as to force
the heart entirely out OF its normal position,
and over 10 the right Side OF the mans body,
He was subsequently emoved to Sedalia,
his home, and DIR. Willis A. King, who at
tended him. spoke in the highest terms of
praise Of the skiIlful manner with which DIR.
Feagans had treated him, and we take
pleasure in saying that the progress of the
case has developed in the modest practition.
er In the quiet village of Waverly, a gentle.
man who while young In years is possessed
OF = fund OF Information only obtainable by
ardent love and study of his profession, and
rare skill as a surgeon. After his removal
to Sedalia the negroes case was chrontcled in
the newspapers as a wonderful Instance In
which u man was known to live with one of
his vital organs entirely out of its natural
place. All that science could do to save
his life was done, and as all testified 1t was
greatly prolonged by DR.. Fsagans' ability
and Jealous attention, but finally. on July
LIST, the man died.
Oh last Monday Brown was arraigned be-
fore Esquire Beck, In this city charged with
murder In the first degree. HIS defense was
that the shooting was accidental, las he didn't
know at the time that The pistol was loaded,
We do not know how well collateral facts
sustain this theory, and only relate here the
bare outlines OF the act and its
The magistrate committed him to Jail, on
Tuesday evening. to await the action of the
criminal court at its October term.