Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-14

What the Inquest and Post MOI

What the Inquest and Post Nor.
tenn Examination Revealed.
An inquest was held yesterday upon the
body of George Oglesby, Of whose death
In Eureka Tuesday the SENTINEL gave the
particulars yesterday morning, James M.
Smith, Coroner, presiding, and Asa
Green, J. W. Jones, Antonio Ferraris,
John Nicholson, Edward Krauss, A. Du-
mas, N. Mccartney and J.. W. Hunt act
ing as jurors. Their verdict was that the
deceased was named George Oglesby, a
native Of Utah, rs years OF age, and that
he came to his death from congestion of
the lungs.
Several witnesses were examined by the
jury, but their testimony would be but u
reproduction of the statement of the case
already published. The evidence of DIR.
Williams, the attending physician, how
ever, is interesting and important. 1t
runs as follows:
DR.. James Williams being sworn said:
l am a practicing physician and surgeon
IN the town and county of Eureka, State
OF Nevada. l attended deceased during his
last illness. Was not acquainted with him
prior to that time. Pete Knight came for
me to go to the Parker House yesterday,
etween II and IL o'clock. He said there
was a man over there sick, and thought he
was dying. l went with knight to the
mans room. Found it locked on the in
side. The man said he wasn't able to get
up and unlock it.. Knight went on the
roof and got into the window and let me
in. We found the man in a state OF great
az nIfpmanf aynantipu danth OF NV mn
ment. He was having hard spasms, it
seemed to me about every five minutes.
Said he had been drinking very hard for
the last four or five days. He looked
haggard and anxious and was covered
with perspiration. He imagined hat he
had been poisoned or doped and expressed
a desire to be pumped out. Knight and
myself went to a drug store and got medi-
cine to quiet the spasms, and gave it to
him.. During the intervals between the
spasms he seemed to be rational enough
and did not complain Of any particular
pain except in the right side. If a person
touched him with the hand it would set
him into spasms. Shortly after l gave
him medicine; he threw it up and l gave
him a second dose. The medicine
seemed to have no effect. I then bled him
to relax him. He was a large and power
full man. No one seemed to know de-
ceased. He said he knew Kemp, and
Knight sent for Mr.. Kemp about 2 or 8
o'clock P. NJ. Mr.. Kemp came and staid
awhile. Deceased grew worse, the spasms
increased in ~frequence and severity. 1
sent Mr.. Kemp to get some chloroform,
which I gave him. 1 kept him under the
influence of chloroform for awhile for the
purpose of breaking up the spasms. When
he CANA 0ut from, tho ipAuoDna nf chloro-
form he went into another conyulsion. l
administered chloroform again, aud when
he came out from under the influence OF it
I remained with him half an hour or so,
and the spasms seemed to have stopped,
and he expressed himself as feeling much
better. 1t was then about 4 O'Clock. Mr..
Kemp then got a man by the name of
Humphrey to stay with him. Kemp and
myself then left and l did not see him
again until this morning. OF his condi-
ton after that time l only know by hear
say. l attributed The commissions to ex-
cessive drinking and exposure, but could
not, of course, be certain as to the cause.
1 made q post mortem examination of the
body Of deceased this forenoon. I found
that the man died from congestion of the
lungs, probably brought on by drinking
and exposure. The right lung was wholly
congested and The upper portion of the
left lung. There was nothing unnatural
about the heart. I examined the stomach
and found nothing out of the way with it.
There was a little undigested food in the
stomach, and a little water, probably given
with the medicine. Thu liver and bowels
were in a healthy condition. The bowels
were empty and appeared as though he
had not eaten for several days. Deceased
undoubtedly died of congestion of the
lungs. There was nothing to indicate that
he died from any other thar natural
causes. JAMES WILLIAMS, M, d.