The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-04

sufficiently unconscious and withdrew
the instrument. would Ike to say here
that the urethra is the most sensi-
tive portion of the human frame,
and that in all operations ON
it complete anesthesia is recommended
by the authorities. The eyes were
opened, and noticed that the pupils
were still sensitive to the light. Upon
that poured about dram and half
more of chlorOform upon the lint, and
held it again over his face. All the while
kept my fingers upon the pulse and
watched the pupil Of the eye. At NO.
time did hold the lint nearer than two
or three inches of the nOstrils. Sudden.
ly l 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. lie breathed hard
and loud. at once suspended the adj
ministration OF the chloroform, and seiz--
ing either the straight or curved scissors
Il forget now which, cut off the shirt.
and undcrshirt. 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 own
arms with q 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 bag
gard indrawing of his breath and sud-
den clutch ut the arms OF his chair. Mr.
Fauntleroy sprang into the breach.
"Bring out the shirt and undcrshirt,"
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
ut the cuts.
care those the shirts you cut of OF
Preller?"
eyes; believe they are"
care they are the ones taken from your
trunk at Auckland, arc they Preller'sf"
eyes"
On the bottom of the white shirt is q
dull rcd spot. The attention of Maxwell
was called to It and he was asked what it,
was. He drew himself up with q semi
professional air and inquired:
''Do you want my opinion as an ex-
pert?"
mo, Just your opinion"
"My opinion is that it is blood"
"Does the use of the catheter ever
draw bIood?"
ooh, yes. quite frequently"
"WOuld the drawing of blood be more
apt to occur IL the cathetcr was handled
By an inexperienced person?"
eyes"
"Do you mean one deficient in medical
book-knowledge or in practice?'
81 mean practice IN handling the in
strument."
"Well. 20 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, heat him over his naked
back and shoulders with wet towel and
dashed cold water upon him."
Maxwell paused. He turned again to-
ward his lawyers, and through strange
drawing away of his lips his teeth showed
in a CHASTITY fashion. This was more
than once noticeable in the examination,
but not so strongly as then.
"Wcll, what did you discover"
'eThat Prellcr was dead"
"Why did you not call for help be-
fore?"
az did not because all my efforts were
directed toward overcoming the evil ef-
fects of the cl!oroform. In such cases
the loss of few seconds sometimes
means the difference between life and
death. thought it best TO employ every
instant TO resuscilation, dashing coll
water, beatin. with wet cloths, working
the arms and all the usual methods, but,
/ was finally convinced that he was dead
He was beyond all hope. lie was past
mortal aid"
s'What did you then do?"
81 scarcely knew what to do. My first
impulse was to communicate with
the authorities. Then thought
here l am stranger in strange
city. knew no one. 1 was totally IL
norant OF the law that permitted q
defendant to testify in his own behalf,
but supposed that it was rs it is in En-
gland, that he can not go upon the stand.
I was alone. alone could explain it. 1
thought the best thing could do was to-
get lWay.S