New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
LIVING WITH A BULLET IN HIS BRAIN
Su.r n. r. rsrrs's FRIENDS SAY ABOUT HIS At


TEMPT upoS MS LIRE.
The bullet that benjamin Franklin Estes, W
t,anL Tstcs a. no was called. sent into his own
seat, nj Tho Grand Central Hotel on SaturuaN
,ight travelled IN n forward course from ms tleht
aat aud lodged near his temple No ciiott mas poeh
nadc 70 remove Il tel tho man wac st,l sfS ,omg
SUNDAY and till noon Yesterday, WIN nlh lh,o
swollen beyond all recognition, his rNcs huiRine
f,om thoir soe kets, The membrane Irhtlully us
tended and aYing In folds over the hhll, tho pupH
elongated and Transformed, once brown now tlai'
the wounded man was 80 WlShhH hp'rih'lH W "
Nineenta Hospital, IA leo can covered MS ho'n
and every few minutes "A teahn0uuIul ol dhulll,H
Iun was poured between his swollen ms Whl'e
anodVue MA, administered 10 quiet lin, lie f'coR
nzed his father aud sister, who have been GUSTAV
watchers at his side, and once or twice no pl4ihN
answered yes and mo- to questions rom 'nrln n
When Dr. William T. Jones, of No. $50 Last Tuo n
hundred -and-twenty eighth->t,, called To SOC III"
he could ouly identify his old friend 10y ms 'i",m
ing and ms watch. Estes did not roou tI|V me- "
Wncn asked lac said III tones almost III" uo"''''' :
Don't you know Jones :"
eyes"
AT 1870 East Ono-nundred-and-twenty-"
WHY d,d you shoot yours elf ~
a. didn't do it, go
Who shot YOU =
\ubOdy.' IT, II
DR.. Jones has known him for q long time and
treated him for epilepsy Tor SIX weG%S during
which time the two used to go 70 lfy tns W
strong the sun gave HIM a healthy color, ana he
went to Vermont some two mouths ago
in good spirits. Ii one night IN
ApriI that he went to WalIack's Theatre, and
after the performa nee to tn Grand Union liolel,
where he remained short time. When about to
90 a waiter assisted INN with his coat. ana as ne
threw his arms into IT he fell to the floor his entire
left side paralyzed, with the exception OF inc
nerves abont the eve. DIR. Gaspar Griswod being
sem for attended HIM and said afterward to Or
Jones: would have walked five miles To see ihis
case | never saw anything like 1t III my lie.
What is your dIagnoSlsf'
Cant make any"
And it is said that no satisfactory diagnosis ever
was made of the mans condition.
Dr. Jones said to "a TRIBUNE reporter:
Twas as intimate with Estes as with a brother, and |
can assign no reason this rash act. lie was me
young fellow. with friends everywhere, plenty OF prop
crty aud was to marry most estjmalle young lduy'
was never surprised than when heard OF ths at
tempt his own life.
Dr. c. NJ Hammond, of No. 80 West Forty fifth
st. said:
Estes came 10 see me on Saturday in low spirits am
sorry he leaves the impression that gave him no en-
coufagemcnt for cheered him no little and ne ieit
me Laughing aud IN excellent hupOE told MA tndt MS
recovery was only question OF few DAYS ana maze
an app0utmcut with him for to-day. Yesterday WAS III
thp conn nv and did know of his shooting hfnseu W
this morning suffering from depression o spirits
aud meanchoa and imagined that he had brain a'e Sc
At the hospital Dr. Keene said that he would live
probably twenty-fOur hours.