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

blood through the sac; it had not kept enlarginc
that it had become enlarged during the last two O.
three days. He did not think the rupture of the
sac could have been caused by the fluid injected
| by the embalmer; about pint OF blood flowed
from the sac and became clothed in the abdomen
"Who called you to attend this case?" asked Mr..
'.The Secretary Of War sent for me at the de-
pot"
sDid you find any physician there when you ar
rived at the depot'"
"Who?"
CDR. Townshend and DR.. Purvs"
"After the President was removed to the White
House, who then requested you to stay, OF to take
charge OF the case?"
"Yesn
'Nothing was said on that day.
swell on the next day."
'The President and MIS- Garfield" replied the
doctor.
The doctor thought the wound and the track OF
the ball would very clearly indicate the position OF
the pistol; tn the ball passed slightly downward At
PLANTATION OF the course of the ball.
"Did you ever" asked Mr.. scoville, 'pass
probe in beyond the 18th rib?'
"DO you mean in the track Of the ball, inquired
eyes 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 prs Agnew and Hamilton arrived
they had passed the same instrument in. The ex-
IRENE prostration noticed in the at first, it
was thought, might have been due to internal
hemorrhage-the course of the ball 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-
ment In without cutting away portion OF the
rib"
SHOW much morphine, asked Mr. Scovtlle, "was
administered to the PreSident?"
SHOW much altogether" inquired the doctor
'Yesn
"Well, we can give you that from the notes when
"How much generality" asked Mr.. scovine.
"We gave him generally from i to an y Of a
grain each night, and / think never more than
That; and from that we went down to the 1-16th OF
grain"
At this point 12 80 m the court took recess for
half an hour, the doctor tnen having been on the
stand f0f ali hOuf and 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
talk with DR.. Reyburn. Most of the spectators
remained indoors
THE COURT REASsEMBLED
at :05 p. m, and the prisoner was at once re-
turned to his seat with his counsel.
Mr.. COrkhtll said he had ascertained that the re-
cord in this case, instead of being kept by Dr.
III,
his handwriting DR.. Reyburn and the record
were In court.
DIR. 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 1t.
Twas there" asked MrScov1lle ''an entire agree
ment between you and the physicians first called
in the case7'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
with fountain syringe. He thought at first the
ball had passed in the same course as that indi-
Gated by the first examina ton; when there were
no evidences OF pertOntiS he had begun to have
his doubts about it: all Of the physicians, except
discharged after the Sd.
"By whose authority" inquired Mr.. scoville.
"By the authority Of the President"
e Mrs. Garfield and myself"
SHAVE you not somewhere, in published re-
port, admitted your making mistake in your
diagnosis of the caSe?"
eyes, SIR"
"What was that?"
DR.. Bliss here explained the error made in calcu-
lating the course OF the ball.
THE MEDICAL RECORD OF THE CASE.
Mr.. Robinson here took the witness DR.. 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. DR..
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 continuous story OF the
case, beginning from the time when DIR. Bliss ar
rived at the depot, and was very long.
The record went into the minutiR OF pulse,
temperature, &C., and sounded very much like the
bu1letin" literature with which the public became
so painfully familiar during last summer. At the
OF the first three days. Here Mr.. Robinson inter-
rupted, and asked the doctor il he could, to give
the symptoms, without the long statement So
after that the witness skipped large portions Of
the record.
During the reading the spectators became very
restless. The district attorney roamed around the
room, or that portion which was open to him. He
took the fragment of the late Presidents back
bone, and exhibited it to the judges the bench,
who made q careful examination OF 1t, and seemed
much interest IN the relic.
DISCUSSION AS TO THE READING OF THE RECORD.
At twenty minutes to O'Clock Mr.. Corkhill said
that the prosecution made no objection to the
most thorough examination OF the case; this re-
cord covered seventy-nine days. and he did not see
what would be gained by going on with it.
Mr.. Robinson stated again that he was after &C
curate information.
"What is your Object?" inquired Mr.. CorkhilL
81 wish to get the whole truth on this NATTER"
said there had been testimony as to the condition
OF the wound, changes, &C., and he wished to get
it accurately before the jury. II his questions
would be answered more sententiOusly and more
directly, he would have been satisfied.
Mr.. Davidge said it appeared to him that the
reading OF this vOluminOus record was not pertinent
either to the issue or to the examination in chief;
he could only infer that it the intention of the
defence 10 show that the death OF the President
was the result Of maltreatment- When they un-
dertOOk to Oner the evidence on that point In de-
fence it would be time to discuss it admissibility
1t would be novelty indeed when one human
being has put ball into another and murdered him
II he should be defended on the ground
tne case IN more efficient manner. He did not
believe the fact was true, but cOnceding that it
was for the sake OF argument, he wanted to know
what relevancy it had at the present time; IL
these surgeons killed the President, the prisoner
was an agent; as he understood the law, any evil
dence on maltreatment was wholly tnadmisSible.
They had not gone in the direct examination
beyond the character OF the wound, so II the EVIL
dence ever was admissible it was not admissible
now. He would make an offer to the defence: Ac-
cordfng to his estimate, five hours and twenty
minutes would be occupied In reading the record;
he proposed that the entries be handed over to the
defence, and that they may elicit from them
just what points they thought pertinent to the
case.
Mr. Robinson said he would accept this offer.
THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DIR. BLISS RESUMED