Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-02
Smashed with an Axe.

The city was thrown In commotion
on Sunday last at report that muir
der had been committed near town, one
prospector having in a drunken row
Drained his partner with an axe. A
small body of men bearing the pros
trate form of the injured man came
hurrying to the surgeons. The body
was carried into the office of Dr. c. w.
Shaft, and an examination showed that
the top of the head had been mashed in
and the broken parts pressing in on the
brain rendered his condition dangerous
and critical.
With the aid of the bystanders the
man was placed in the operating chair
and DIR. Shaft began the operation of
trepanning the skull to remove the
pressure from the brain. The torn and
lecerated scalp was dissected from off
the injured part and the skull penetra-
ted by means of the trepanning instru-
ment, and from this point of opening
other instruments were introduced to
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of bone. After an hour and a half of
careful, delicate work the whole of the
crushed particles were removed, laying
bare an opening one inch wide by two
and one-half in length, similar in shape
and size to the poll of the axe. The tough
membrane covering the BRAIN was In.
jured only in one point. There spic-
} ule of bone had penetrated into the
J brain matter beneath. One delicate
: point of the operation was the remov'
: ing of a fragment of bone from over the
frontal sinus. A slight puncture o.
: that cavity would have caused instant
l death. The skin was closed over thu
: opening and stretched in place. Al
e soon as the pressure was removed th'
r injured man began to be relieved ant
J. at the end of the operation came ou
f from under the anesthetic entirely con
e scious. He was removed to the count.
+ hospital and is reported in fair condl
:, ton for one so seriously injured. Th
s critical point will come when the feve
# arises. Should inflammation set in the
e at the injured point Of the brair
d chances are against his recovery.
It The man who dealt the deadly bio,
!. now rests in Jail. He accompanied til
70 ,niured man to town and was CHI
le among those who helped in ca
J. ing for him. OF the cause and natul
st Of the quarrel but little can be Learned
Both men were drunk and they wel
r. entirely alone. The injured man
a. name Is George Nash and that Of IL
ia other Andrew Gilbert. They are pro
u pectors from British Columbia and ha,
er been prospecting along the divide fro
- the British lines southwark to th
~ point. They expected to winter In Il
lie Potlatch country and came In here
Ia . new stock Of supplies, and amol
"a other articles loaded up with whiske
"a They pitched camp ON Saturday mig
9" about four miles from the city. The
TO on Sunday q drunken quarrel was e
les Qaged In with the above result. Gilb<
,st says that he struck Nash with an q
49,, to avoid being himself killed with
i0 pick. Nash having cOrnered him
lily tween the fence and the camp v
us, rushine down upon him with Z pi
,r- uplifted. He, seeing no escape, seiz
the axe and struck Nash ON the hes
ut- The Axe and the pick were both fou
ers on the field of the struggle. Glib
ne appears to regret deeply the result
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