, 1881-12-21
DEATH IN THE CHAIR.
eo+aI Results from the Use Of
chlorofor1 as an An.
esthetic. -
The Victim. E. Il. Taper, Pros
porous Merchant from Ham.
mond, Ind.
slo,Ies Of tho Dentist and tho Doeior-con.
" aaslion Of Tho Brain Tho Prob.
able Cause ol Death.

hsI
nIock Room No. i. On going thsec ho found
ms dead body of man, apparently about 40
xpor4 of age. lying upon lounge In tho o's'ee Of
u,,cnrcjup tlros.. dentists. Thcre were In tho
olaet b. Lewis Dodge, tho sovurcIHns, and acv-
sral pcrso,s rho had dropped In through ct,ri.
,s!ty, aud tho story, IN brief. waa that the mun
h.ad.oppcd in ~ have sttuo teeth drnwn. had
%In',,es 11sa aiterward. No onc knew him,
iut when he c1Inc TO- tho off1cr, Il was saf1. l,u
6ad pes accoled ~ Sst,sa fr.ng w 10
nd whD lelt row moments ln1pr nnd tn1 not
since lpen scrn.
''i Tno deceused wah neaty ciad. woro gold.b bowed
uro, anu bud tne appearances u u strtngtr
IL soon M tl,e txro'ier but! hecn tod Of tho
assnIuatlon to IDENTITY hln, Il possible. III his
oyerrUat pocket wers fon1sl si'ne icttera and
papers. aiming which wasn bl from Frankltn
F.. II. TAPER. of HAMMOND, 1Sn.,
and blank eapiae for s1cbt. IN nnothcr packet
Tae found the usttl'nc nr q Will In peuci. and
TN ~ at,othor i,oeketG9ox. tho ci,ntnnts 4 @ nf
her, and 10 satisfy. Tho CORONER thnt ho lived 1T
basfuess. and hua hesn IN The & city !nnk!nH pnr.
eeu1nteaetl sis in ID uid 80 bilts. ind in Ills Zip
posket WAS found @:aN rnure In mites OF vnria!,s
dcaoaiuntons.+ ~ q tno propertg found WIS
10 an uls.ertaknr for safekeepsu9 Until hla
ifen,ls ru.ia be henrd frot',.
Ill + @ 81 ss ef ts tne a atas sh
corner ii Clurk uili Washington sltputs. sal'l 10
wanted tu take chlorntorn, an1 t,nve hls upper
You'll s plyc H., D.. Sovereign replied that he
xbulh call II physlcfan. ur Mr.. Tappcr might tall
unc such heiHx bis custom In cAsps Ut this surf.
1lr IApper, tnlu tho IlUrfHr ~ Gull a physIutAn,
adding that he wunid Kt' out nn'l scu friend,
ahd hrldR tho httcr 10 thu nilIG1 with hIn1 WHICH
~ lid. NJ. Tapper and his trio,,tl reHehe.' The
clytcInn whom pr. SOVEREIGN Aad Summoned.
pr. Dodge exntltt,cil tho pnticnt. Rayo him tho
sn tho tooih. pulling. Tho latter .iHl TO- bnt
lid no n'aru than cxtrRctel the lover tecth
Nhen he 1losIcetl
A PECULIAR rALENEss
tbd,,t tho pntient's faeu md rptused to proceed
otherwise lid what hu could 10 rcstsre tho pil-
tent, but slth,'nt avail. In conclusion, Or. Siy-
tseRn snta iao *as xra,mn;e # the n.'SMi yn,,
pfaeticel tantlstFy N Ch!rago it,r q Number Of
Sears; aud thus I! WIZ rl'le with HIN laScrto
pbyr'elan nluIselr q lst mo pntiunt vet ono. III
otaer words, he hatl determined III tko no rc-
s,nnyltiItty himself in slt.h caacs, MFd hellco
Iclan or letting the pntIcnt catl onetlist rs tho
litter olccsed-to atiu,nlster tho nnlrstnetic.
Dr. Lowis MniRe, who administered tho rhIo-
dence. and ,snullo the following stuters,ont In
trfarnnce 10 the caae:
"At o'clook WIS called by tho ,Soverel9a
a.t a.1., ,ra ,ytt, MA r",,nd ~, h",.n so
s.ss1 nxfr"ctni viii stew tu havtnv faIso
tectn en iSssetatt. it'll exairud over lIs tear;'
snnsrt tmairmttn.' IT, nrovt X, '1S 1,xH M a'r
sfftt,rnr,rt,, ia VIM so,nnwhmt ,rrrI,,,s h,.u.
errr and It tn,k thirty 1nif,ntns IN Drsicr. an,
,shnsis rhIrI, IL ,u,tn roH+,irn,i IN snoh crana
When lin yt,r nf nx,rtrtina iiit tn,ti VIA 1ssn,.
nentcL, hpwcyer, md uftor three bud been re-
moved, observed TINT
THE PATIENT WAS FA1NrrS1.
v,,h symn,n,rs If ccr1..,r,,j .nnecs,ion. Tim
wnet * .strnnt,nn ,rna n,cc smaSmnci ,,,nn
~ n+t,e <, ...,s,r".I, @ I,.s r;,,ni.,istprH .nna ~
tt,2tm r,u,,tr~,,ct, 1 ,vn sI -, H. ins h,
iii. tor slS inns lit iic val, ,fouo1 TO anyn
."nor,.sl NM III s,;ir. inF,ra tSnro IL vnft, Wr
Thar uuctt In, iIv of fI,o 1nu,t i,nnn n to.,nvn
"a tScnt -, thn SHnrIIYa tttI ~ eu1,tnos, ~
taroncr tr t. teteubni,e. 15n eaino " hntr ~, n,r m
1ntor ma XII oh,r1t' ''i mnvnr s",,
tnS r,en tSror, nt,t, iii IKE hunv MIN h,,t IL
intrn.,.,i m" ;n - oanttnu,nn Win III, viz NJ
tsii syua lila iH,vrnr enh .yhnIn In hi i,,.M,iyht
wi,h bn r. xitI,1ss nnv l"tt,ni,, hc n,irhr t,,sS
on hnrSo .so ,s "a r% mn,. - "n aornht ~ ~"
md fiIrthur rf!Enrkctl TINT if la tlle hN w,Int.
el ihn lawynr with him 10 tnka churYG nf his
busIpcss,'
"Wlat tlo you think, Doctor, of tho propr,ety
md safely al tho Use uf such in an,tsihnttu "a
cblurI,fUc1n IL il, slIrh casesY" -"
II consider il vcneraliy safe. and hnye MT.
mnistorcd il tt,oro thuu d thousand ttts1us