Evening journal., 1889-05-16

The Doctors Positively Assert That Death
Had Occurred Hours Before the Au-
topsy-Probability OF Coroner's Tn
quest-The Funeral.
NEW YoRK, May 16-The mother and
widow of Washington Irving Bishop declars
their belief that he was not dead when the
autopsy was made They assert that he was
murdered in the name of science, and both
are laboring under great excitement, border
ing on hysteria. As yet no arrangements
have been made for the funeral beyond de-
Gliding that It win take place at the Church
Of the TRANSPORTATION, in Twenty-ninth
stseet
Looks Natural and Lifelike.
In view Of the assertions Of the widow and
mother 1t is understood that a coroner will be
called upon to investigate the case Under
taker Hawks has embamed the body because
there Is so much delay in arranging for tho
funeral. The dead man looks very natural
and lifelike, a circumstance which gives the
two Mrs. Bishops assurance that he did not
die in the cataleptc fit Several members OF
the Elks saw the body and there was am
abundance Of floral tributes lying upon the
casSet
Firmly Relieves lie Was Murdered.
"shat my poor boy has been murdered I
firmly believe, said Mime Eleanor Fletcher
Bishop lie died under the knife Of the
surgeon. When it was known that he had
frequently been in frances why did they
show such haste in cutting up his poor bodyi
My darling boy once had trance in Scot
land which lasted for thrae weeks 1t was
i,,of ffar tho Tat disac4a, tarha... no awartaH
himself so heroically. His body was all Of
that time as rigid as bar Of iron, yet hs
lived and came out of the long trance with
his health and strength unimpaired / my
self have been in frances that lasted for
weeks, and my son was just like He was
cruelty murdered, and il there is justice ON
earth will have it.
Had Been shamefuliy Abused.
"Ihave been shamefully abused in this mat
ter They telegraphed to me and my daugh-
ter-in-law at o'clock Monday afternoon
that Irving was III, and we did not arrive in
this city until s. Three hours before our ar
rival the surgeons knife had already done its
work | asked when / reached the city where
my boy was, supposing him TO be still alive,
as he would have been had they not killed
him. We We're told that he with the
physicians, who were watching over him, and
it was said that he was all right demand
cd to be taken to his side, and his wife asked
the same right They put us Ia a carriage
and took us from place 70 place, finally
bringing us back To the Hoffman house.
Can any one explain why there wns so much
/ deceit praciiced upon usl And all this time
I my boys body was lying in a munlated con-
dition.
"a The widow Utterly Prostrate.
10 The elder Mrs Bishop is much exhausted
by her grief but she bears her loss better
" than the wife, who is utterly PROSTATE II
II seems that there has been an error in assum-
a. ing that the widow IS the first wife Of Bishop
q and the mother Of his daughter. Her maiden
l. name was Mabel Tabor, and she comes from
New Bedford and is Bishops third wife The
p daughter, about whom so much has been
y said is now l2 years old.
DIR. Irwin IL Mortified.
DR.. Irwin Is evidently mortified at the
charges made against him by the relatives of
~ Mr. Bishop.
"The fact Of the matter is - said DR.. Irwin,
T "Mr Bishops case was purely cataleptic.
=, When ! found him he was as rigid as a beam
u of oak and there was none of that slavering
at the mouth, which accompanies epilepsy.
7e Catalepsy is very rare and very few physi
A. clans have met with it, but though l have
81 never seen it before, the symptoms were so
clear / could not be mistaken After he re
vved from the first attack / said to the
gentlemen present that it was catalepsy-
N Bishop overheard me, and at once requested
Il me TO give more detailed description Of the
s. case, which / proceeded to do, he being the
o, most interested of all who listened 10 me.
y Bunce Certain He Had Been Dead.
y "Dr Bunce, who was present, took the
y =, notes as they were dictated by DR.. Ferguson
= and all three Of us were quite certain that
s death had occurred There is one thing mors
= may say, and that is, the present condition
y Of the body viii show whether the autopsy
was made on live or a dead man. If Mr.
N. Bishop was in trance the ineisions made
4. would leave a different appearance than
~ those made on a corpse. | court the fullest
~ inquiry The man had been dead for several
n hours before | saw the body. OF that there
i, is no question
i. Among physicians the fact that DR. Fergu-
i, son had performed the autopsy seemed suff
il cient evidence that Bishop had died long be-
IA fore.
The funeral will be at the Little Church
Around the Corner
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