Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-10-17

doctor examine the back Of his head;
he went through his pockets and th.n
started up stree; saw him take pure
aud suppose he put IL back.
DR.. +. F. Fish: | reside in Miles
City; am a practising physician; have
been such for about II Year.; held
an autopsy on The body Of Jay Hall;
found the cause Of death TO be brain
con' us-i0n, together with acute con-
g s'ion and blood clots on the brain;
under the scalp and outside the skull,
from Que TO two inches above the right
eye, was a spreading out Of blood wi len
sxteuOed over toward the right ear;
the skull itself wss bruised consider
ably over the crown or forehead. The
back part of the skull showed bruises
and congestion: these bruises were
either the Result Of fall. ol blows. On
The upper and hack part If the skull
there were nruhes and blool extend
ing both ways, and on renewing the
skull We found a blood clol on the
brain extending from III. right eye
upward and backward toward the
middle Of the head; the cov,ring Of
the brain was very much congested rs
was the brain ITSELF there was also
clio. on the back part OF ths brain:
these clio =, together with the conges-
tion and conclusion was sufficient TO
cause death. and did cause death in
this instance; do net think the con-
gestion ut The back part Of the skull
! sufficient of itself to cause deatb:i il
might eventually hu' w"s not the i'm
mediate cause; the blow al he back of
the head was more aggravated than
any oi the Others but they were all
severe; the conclusion al the back o.
the head would produce an unbalanced
condition Of the mind 80 that the per-
son might do himself bodily injury;
the skull ives not fractured; fall If
heavy enough, would produce fracture;
The heavy drinking INDUCED in by
deceased would probsby have an
effect upon hs mind; additional
falls received al;er the first one might
he sufficient to hasten death; cannot
say whether proper medical atten +
snce after tbs fret fall would have
prolonged life; do not know what care
deceased bad; ice applied TO the head
would cool the brain.
G.. B. Lebcher: Reside in Miles
Citv; am physician; have been such
since 1874; / assisted in the autopsy on
the body Of Mr.. Hall; Dr.. Lebcher de-
seribed the finding the findingof blood
clots On the brrin and between the
scalp and skull; there were signs of
bruises on tho inside Of the scalp, show
ing that he had fallen a number OF
times; did not remove the brain, a.
there was sufficient signs Of death by
conclusion; / put my hand inside the
skull but could find no fracture; If
there had been fracture II would
have been on the lower portion of the
skull, and the evidence 1 saw in the
examination was sufficient 10 show
cause of death; He would not have
lived II the medulla oblongeta had
been Injured sufficient TO GAUGE death;
10 the autopsy was shown that the
brain was so full Of stagnsted blood
by repeated conclusions that desth
would ensue; the first fall wss not
sufficient to cause death; the right side
Of the head. back and fore. and lower
portion gave evidence Of having re-
ceived the severest blow; the brain
was all covered with blood; conclusion
on the back part of the head would
not cause blood clots Oh the front por-
tion; IL would cause clots on the back
portion; number Of blows or falls or
blows ou the front part would cause
blood clots on the ack part.
+. c, westervelt: wss In Red
ward'sfr<.n about 5 o'clock till II or
II on Saturday night; Mr. Hall was In
the back room on a sofa; was terribly
restless and uneasy; seemed 10 be try
ing to get up, and when he tried would
fall very heavily on the floor, from APP
pearances. head first. The last time
saw him, Tom McNanny was helping
him onto his feet and in some way he
got away from Tom and fell on his
face and right side, aud then rolled on
his back and held his hands behind
his head, crying, "My God, my God;
my head, my head" then Tom helped
him up again with boy and took h m
out of the back door aud I don't re-
member seeing him come back In; did
not pay much attention to him but
don't think he came back that time:
don't know that he had any medical
attendance; don't know anything
about the case except that Hall was
around drunk, but the fall he got in
the back room was terhfio; did not
hear Of him complaining Of his head
before these falls; had not seen him
drunk prior to Saturday; think both
Tom McNanny and the boy returned
afler taking Hall out door; don't
think they satd anything on their re-