The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01

the catheter and proceeded 10 H.
sert il. Mr.. Preller made a
morse, wincing as if he felt pain. came
to the conclusion that / had not admin
istered sufficient amount Of chloroform. !"
The witness here described the forma-
don OF the genital organs and their sensi-
tiveness, and explained that in performing
any operation upon them il was Necessary
that the patient should be rendered wholly
unconscious OF the resulting pain.
1T was evident TO me that Mr.. Preller
was still conscious OF pain, and l poured
out a gramme or a gramme and half more
of the chloroform upon the lint, which i
again placed before his face. Almost be-
fore ] knew it Mr.. Preller's breathing be-
came very lsbored and at once suspended
the administration of chloroform, for /
knew that his condition was serious.
| seized pair of NV surgical scissors and
at once cut his shirt and undershirt from
his BODY. and tried all means Of resuscita-
ton with which | was familiar. / slapped
him with wet towels on the chest and neck,
dashed cold water on his chest and at
tempted to restore respiration by moving
his arms up and down..
The witness proceeded with voice i'm
pressively husky: 81 continued these Ell
forts to revive nv friend for over half an
hour, but ii was useless, entirely useless.
Shortly after my friend ceas-d to breathe
and his heart stopped beating. There was
no breath On a mirror when held it 10
his lips. Even after / was satisfied he
was dead ] continued my efforts with
him. / did not leave and cali assistance
All my efforts were to restore him, because
when chloroform takes hold of a man and
he sinks, in few seconds the man is dead.
The time thought had better be occupied
in efforts TO restore him. was convinced
he was dead, but ] continued to dash cold
water on his chest. / finally decided he
was dead and past all hopes. Then i
hardly knew what to do. My first impulse
was TO notify the authorities. / did not
know what to do. / was in a strange land,
a stranger. did not know a man could
make a statement in his own behalf. l
thought the same rule was maintained
here as in England, and that would not
be called to make my statement and
thought would get away. had that large
trunk, the only one had up 10 that time.
/ emptied it out. 1t would be impossible,
gentlemen, to describe to you my feelings,
my horror, when ! knew my friend was
dead"
he prisoner paused and brushed away
the tears from his eyes and proceeded: /
took the empty trunk up to the side OF the
bed and after drawing my drawers,
tie first that came TO my
hand, upon the body for common decen-
cy's sake, put Mr. Preller in il. There
was some difficulty in forcing the body
IL s~,,.ly hat II ctraaaoIad o.al after
covering it up went down 10 the b j
was in a dreadful state of mind and tried
to drown nv thoughts by drinking. |
wa ndered about the streets OF the city I'M
til about or 10 o'clock. | visited some
shooting gallery and came back TO the
hotel. | went up to the dining room. l
can't very well give an account OF what
took place in the dining room.
| waited for morning. / then thought the
only thing to be done was TO get away. i
took Mr.. Preller's pants and looked through
them. | found quantity OF money m
bills. | can't say how much. There was
probably $500 or 5000. / took it and went
to the ticket office and bought ticket for
San Francisco. On the same morning
made several other purchases, flute and a
diamond ring at pawn-brokers, pair OF
field glasses and pair of spectacles al
Aloe's, the optician, two trunks and a
valise. The trunks / ordered carried
| to NV room and placed in one of them
the clothing and loose things lying around
the room which had been removed from
the trunk in which / had placed my
friends dead body"
"What do you know about the piece OF
paper, so Perish all Traitors to the Great
Cause p"
81 wrote it. NY idea was that the au.
thorities would find it and that il would
puzzle them until an autopsy should be
held"
"Was it your idea to delay them while
you were getting away"
Yes"
"Did you do anything else with the same
object in yiey"
Eyes. | shaved off the mustsche."
''Can you tell how that cut came upor
his breast ?"
"Yes. did it with scalpel but cal
assign no reason for il"
"You did this all on Monday morning.
"Yes, on Monday morning"
What else did you do"
ain the course of the morning went e
the Union depot with the canvas covereC
trunk which / checked to San Francisco
/ remember goin to the dining room Sun
day morning but don't remember ordering
the wine. | don't remember asking abou
killing man nor exhibiting
a revolver. What / did on the Sunda,
evening and Monday morning are SO con
fused that would not like to say wheI
anything occurred.
"Had you when you administered thai
chloroform any intention OF killing Mr.
Preller"
81 had not, sir" The witness spoke can
didly and emmphatically.
Had you any intention Of iniurin,
him ?"
81 had not, sir"
"Of doing him bodily harm ?"
81 had not, sir"
The rest Of the testimony was taken uI
with his trip to San Francisco, some OF tn