Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-19

)VEMBER 10, 1881.
blood through the sac; it had not kept enlarging,
he thought, but from the symptoms he judged
that t nad become ne enaIgen curing sne last TWO or
sac could have been caused by the nuid injected
by the embalmer; about q pint OF blood flowed
scoyille;
r"D1d you t,nd any physician there when you ar
rived at the depot'"
~ "Who;n Hno
"Dr. Townshend and DR.. Purvisn
"After the President was removed to the White
House, who then requested you to stay, or to take
charge of the case?n
"Do you mean the same daya" inquired the
dce59rs :sSss,
.Nothing was said on that day."
"Well on the next day."
"The President and Mrs Garfield" replied the
doctor.
the ball would very clearly indicate the position OF
the pistol the ball passed slightly downward. AT
MI. Scoville's request he again went over the ex-
| "Did you ever" asked MIR. Scovflle, s1paSS a
probe in beyond the 18th rtb?"
"Do you mean in the track Of the ball" inquired
eyes SIR"
| mo SIR"
"Did you ever pass probe in any other part Of
| the body beyond the eleventh rib?"
"Yes, sir. 1 passed probe through the pus
''The doctor explained that they had used gum
| tube, which had sunk into this cavity by its own
| weight; when Drs- Agnew and Hamilton arrived
| they had passed the same instrument in. The eX-
treme prOStratiOn noticed in the case at first, 1T
was thought, might have been due to internal
| hemorrhage-the course of the bail through the
soft parts; that to have traced the ball beyond
the rib it would have been necessary to cut and he
doubted whether they could have got an instru-
rib" b' 'H "'''''D' 'D'''''s away " p'' '''' 'l''
"How much morphine" asked Mr.. scoville, twas
administered to the President"
| "HoW much altogether" inquired the DOCTOR
''Well, we can give you that from the notes when
| we get them"
:.How much generality" asked Mr. scoville.
"We gave him generally from 4 to an q of
| grain each night, and / think never more than
that; and from that we went down to the 1-I6th OF
grain"
| half an hour, the doctor then having been on the
| stand for an hour and a half.
SCENES DURING THE RECESS.
| There were the usual scenes about the court
house during the recess. The prisoner was taken
out through the crowd to his room up stairs The
jurymen were taken out for an airing. DR.. Bliss
went over to the district attorneys office and had
a talk with DR.. Reyburn. Most of the spectators
remained indoors.
THE COURT REAssEMBLED
| at 1 :05 p m, and the prisoner was at once re-
turned to his seat with his counsel
Mr. Corkhill said he had ascertained that the re-
| cord in this case, instead Of being kept by DR..
| Woodward, was kept by DR.. Reyburn, and was in
his handwriting. DR.. Reyburn and the record
| were In court.
DR. BLISS WAS THEN. RECALLED
and further examined by Mr.. Scoville He first
explained the position and the nature Of the artery
that was cut The clot of blood that had been
formed closed the track of the wound. he thought
and prevented the blood from flowing through it,
| ment between you and the physi clans first called
| in the case?'s
| 81 think there was, SIR"
The doctor, continuing, said that instruments
were passed into the wound every day, to keep the
track open; the wound was cleared every day
ball had passed in the course as that indi-
Gated by the first examna ton; when there were
about m All Of e the 20
| Drs. Reyburn, Barnes and Woodward, had been
| discharged after the Sd.
BY whose authOrity?" inquired Mr.. ScOvlle.
"By the authority of the President"
"Who was present when he gave that author
"Mrs Garfield and myself"
Have you not somewhere, in published re-
port, admitted your making mistake in your
eyes, sir"
"What was that?"
DR.. Bliss here explained the error made In calcu-
latng the course of the ball.
THE MEDICAL RECORD OF THE CASE.
Mr.. Robinson here took the witness DIR. Bliss
was given the record OF the case which DR.. Rey-
burn had kept Mr.. Robinson then pursued his
questions as to the symptoms noted each day. DIR.
Bliss took the record, which had been kept in an
ordinary blank or "pass" book. The Doctor stum-
bled through the first few lines with some diff
Guilty. Then the district attorney suggested that
| DR.. Reyburn, who had written the notes, could
help him. DR.. Reyburn was then sworn and stood
in the box with DR.. Bliss, helping him out here and
| there. The record was a continuous story OF the
| case, beginning from the time when DR.. Bliss
| rived at the depot, and was very long.
THE CRANK WHO WANTED TO SHOOT GUITEAU.
Bethard, the crank who wanted to kill Guiteau
was in his cell yesterday after the Police Court
| had sentenced him to 1O5 days in the workhouse
| for drunkenness when STAR reporter called upon
| him. Bethard said that If his friends would not
give bonds for him he would have to give up the
| idea of killing Guteau. He said he had the good
| fortune to secure the loan OF good Six-Shooter
yesterday morning, but took little too much
whisky before he got down to the court house, and
plenty OF good chances to shoot Guiteau without
and from the van, and described how it could be
done. He also said that there is half million in
It for FOR any man who shoots Guiteau, and his state
tton, he said that he was playing for this stake.
He said 1T will be some gratif1cation to be near
him when he is hung;' but he would rather have
been sent to Jail than the wOrkhouse, SO that he
| could see the execution.
| DISPOSITION THE BAILIFFs.
|
room entails much labor on the marshal and dep
uty, and the bailins and messengers, well as the
special bailirs. The regular bailiffs detailed
as follows; Capt. ]. II. Tall in special charge of
| the prisoner, with two officers seated always
just behind him; DR.. P. G. Dorsey in charge OF the
entrance to the marshars office; Mr.. Searles with
two specials in charge OF the jury; Fred Douglass
| jr, in the witness room; Mr.. Carlin Especially at
| the main door OF the court room on the east side
and others are stationed in various portions OF the
| room and about the building.
Mr.. Scoville has received a letter dated New
port. Pa, November nth, and signed by Jefferson
catV II obang ury for tSe Tas ndae Of sPGe GSas
Gwtataw, charged with shooting James A Gar
| field, as have never been member Of any jury
| & don't know anything about this case until I
would hear the evidences Produced from the Pros
ecution and defence before could decide on the
| affair, would not show any Pafchality In any
| way In the case. So If you want my services let
me know will be on hand as Soon as Possible,
Very Respectfully &C."
| TRIAL NOTES.
Judge Advocate General Sw aim and Col. Rock