St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20

County, BY accident and without any
evidence, so far as has been presented
to US. of negligence. either on his part
or that of the St. Paul d Duluth Rail-
road company.
We find as a fact that he was alive
when brought to ST. Paul, and that he
was turned over To DR.. J. II. Murphy
OH arrival at St. Paul, and by his orders
carried to st. Joseph's Hospital by the
patrol wagon Of the city. The said DR..
J. II. Murphy was at that time, aud is
now. the acting physician of the said
Railroad Company for. the purpose OF
treating injured employees.
We find that the same John Sullivan
died between the hours of 6 and 10
o'clock p. M, on the same day. May so,
1889, at st. ,Ioseph's Hospital, and, that
under the direction of DR.. j. II. Murphy
he was earriedt to William Dampier''s I'M
dertaking establishment at Bridge
Square, where his body remained for
eight or ten DAYS in the basement of
said establishment with the knowledge
and under the direction of DR.. j. III.
Murphy, no report having been made to
coroner.
James A. Quinn. Coroner of Ramsey
County, informs the jury chat, after
having made careful search of the re-
cords of st. JOseph's Hospital, with the
assistance of the Sister Superior and
other Sisters in charge of said hospital,
he found no record whatever of John
Sullivan having been an inmate of said
hospital at any time prior to, or since,
May 80, 1889.
The st. Paul &c Duluth Railroad Com
pany received reports of the accident
from its officers and agents, in writing,
according to their usual custom, giving
full particulars of the manner in which
the accident occurred, and the name
of the man injured, as John Sulli-
van. which report was placed on file III
the Office of the said railroad company
the day following the accident, and the
general superintendent of said railroad
directed their physician, Or. j. Ii. Muir
ply. to attend the patient, and take
such action as to treatment and inter
terment after death as one of the en-
pleyes of the company. as was their
usual custom in such cases;
A HOT ROAST.
That said DIR. J. II. Murphy caused
and permitted the remains of said John
Sullivan to lie i'll the basement of Will
lam Dampier's undertaking establish
ment for a period of eight or ten days
after his deceaSe, then caused. per-
mitted, and directed the said Dampier,
undertaken, to remove the remains to a
| barn Oh Robert street, near University
avenue, for the purpose of dissection by
Mark Hoyt, Bert Austin, George: 3.
Lynch aud other students. whose names
! are unknown to this jury. who applied
to said DIR. j.. II. Murphy for the re-
mains TO be used for said purpose; that
said William Dampier, undertaken, did
remove the remains of said John Sulli-
van from the basement of his establish
ment to the upper room of said barn on
Robert street, neat University avenue,
with the knowledge that the body was
to be used for diSSe Without the au-
thOrity required by law;
That DR.. Fl. T. Hoyt, health officer Of
the city of ST Paul, was informed in
the fore part of June that the body was
in said barn for dissection, and be
helped diSsect the same, and permitted
his photograph to be taken by the as
siStance of fash light while IN the act
of dissecting the body of said John Sui
iiyan.
We find that after DIT. Fl. F. Hoyt and
/ the students above mentioned were
through with the body for dissecting