St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-05
sawho did YOU see theref"

who was in the rear OF the stofe, Caheu
out: 'All right, doctor, I'll give IL 70
YOU in a moment I told him When re
came out what wanted, and he SAID tnas
two ounces was all he could let me nave,
as he was very short of it just then.
took that and went out"
"Werc you at that time excitede"
"Not at all. 1 was in hurry-ehas
was all.'
"Did you leave Preller in that I'M
dressed condition."
eyes; he was still lying upon my
bed'
"Do you remember Mr.. Fernow's testi-
mony, that you objected to the label being
placed upon the bottle?"
eyes; what l recollect about that Is
that told him it was not necessary TO
place label upon the bottle, as l in
tended to empty the chloroform into the
bottle Ialready had"
"What did you do on your return?"
az again saturated the lat with chloro-
form and held it to his nostrils until L
thought that sufficient degree of un-
consciousness had been reached. /
then took the catheter which had pre-
yiously warmed and creased and pro-
ceeded to insert it. Upon that Mr.. Prel-
Ter made peculiar noise as though the
operation caused him pain. l at once
came to the conclusion that he was not
sufficiently unconscious and withdrew
the instrument. would like to say here
that the urethra is the most sensi-
tive portion of the human frame,
and that in all operations on
it a complete anasthesia is recommended
by the authorities. The eyes were
opened, and l noticed that the pupils
we're still sensitive to the light. Upon
that poured about dram and half
more of chloroform upon the lint, and
held 1t again over his face. All the while
kept my fingers upon the pulse and
watched the pupil of the eye. At no
time did l hold the lint nearer than two
or three inches of the nostrils. Sudden
ty noticed that he began to breathe in
sterterous manner"
"Hold on" interrupted Mr.. Fauntle-
roy, "explain that word to the jury"
81 should say hard. He breathed hard
and loud. at once suspended the ad-
ministration of the chloroform, and seiz-
ing either the straight or curved scissors
Il forget now which, cut off the shirt
and undershirt. Then took his arms by
the elbows and raised and lowered them
rapidly. That was to produce artificial
respiration"
AS he spoke, the witness raised his OWL
arms with quick, jerking motion. This
was one of the points where the cold
calm of desperation, that had thus far
sustained him, broke for the instant, and
he ceased in the middle of the illustra-
ton and turned from the jury with hag-
gard indrawing of his breath and sud-
den clutch at the arms of his chair. Mr..
into tho hrnarh
"Bring out the shirt and undershirt,"
he said.
THE GARMENTS PRODUCED AGAIN.
The torn and tumbled garments were
brought from the circuit attorneys room
and handed to the prisoner. BY
this time he was composed again and
took them without hesitation, handling
them over and over and looking closely
at the cuts.
care those the shirts you cut off Of
Preller?"
eyes; believe they are"
"Are they are the ones taken from your
trunk at Auckland, are they Preller's?"
eyes"
On the bottom of the white shirt is .
dull red spot. The attention of Maxwell
was called to it and he was asked what it
was. He drew himself up with a semi
professional air and inquired:
500 you want my opinion as an ex-
pert?"
"No, just your opinion"
s'My opinion is that it is blood"
"Does the use of the catheter ever
draw blood?"
ooh, yes, quite frequently"
"Would the drawing of blood be more
apt to occur if the catheter was handled
by an inexperienced person"
eyes"
ssDo you mean one deficient in medical
book-knowledge or in practice?"
81 mean practice IN handling the in
strument"
"Well, go on and tell what happened in
the room from the time you began to
work the arms"
81 continued my efforts to revive my
friend for upwards of half an hour. Very
shortly after began the hearts action
ceased, the pulse stopped, and the mirror
held over the lips bore no stain. Still
could not bring myself to believe the
worst, and in addition to the artificial
respiration, beat him over his naked
back and shoulders with wet towel and
dashed cold water upon him."
Maxwell paused. He turned again to-
ward MS lawyers, anu through stTahSe
drawing away of his lips his teeth showed
in CHASTITY fashion. This was more
than once noticeable in the examination,
but not 80 strongly as then.
"Well, what did you discover"
ssThat Preller was dead"
"Why did you not call for help be-
fore?''
81 did not because all my efforts were
directed toward overcoming the evil eff
fects of the chloroform. In such cases
the loss of few seconds sometimes
means the difference between life and
death thought it best to employ every