The evening world., 1891-06-27
WAS HIS DEATH HASTENED ?.
Charges Against Presbyterian Hospital
0TlCerS in Dr. NOrthrOpS Case.
They Arc Indignantly Denied by All
the Implicated Parties.

The funeral OF Dr. John I. Sorthrop, the
Columbia Professor, who died from burns
caused by an explosion OF alcohol. will take
place tomorrow. the second anniversary OF
his wedding. and will be conducted by the
clergyman who married him.
The young widow, prostrated with grief, is
at the home Of her aunt, Mrs. J.. c. lee, az
127 East Twenty-nrst street, from which
house the funeral will take place.
In connection with Or. Northrop's case,
statements made by the ambulance surgeon
who dressed the Doctors burns and took him
20 the Presbyterian Hospital convey the in
ference that n more promptness and dill
Cence had been exercised by the hospital au-
thorities It is possible that death would not
have resulted.
The ambulance surgeon is Dr. ]. 7. sprague
Of Bellevue Hospital. His statement IS, in
substance:
on responding to the ambulance call on
Thursday afternoon he found Dr. Northrop
severely burned, but after bathing him In oil
and bandaging his body from head to foot,
Dr.. Sprague did not think the injuries were
necessarily fatal.
At Or. NOrthrOp5 request, he was taken 20
the Presbyterian Hospital, Prof Yale, of the
college, writing a note to the hospital people
fully explaining the case DR.. Northrop's
family physician, DR.. Briddon, is connected
with the Presbyterian Hospital
DR.. sprague alleges that the orderly at the
Presbyterian Hospital remarked at the gate,
I'VE don't take burns here" Then after
conversation for fifteen minutes with an
other onicial the orderly demanded to know
II It was a charity case.
Losing patience, Or. Sprague says he de-
clared: "If you won't admit the man Will
take him to Bellevue" This, with the note
OF Prof Yale, startled the oiiicials, and the
| suffering man was admitted.
by this statement delay OF at least twenty
minutes occurred at the gate Of the Presbyte-
| rian Hospital. DR.. Sprague would express no
opinion as to the effect upon the patient OF
| this delaySlnd controversy.
These utterances OF DR.. Sprague are post
| lively denied at the hOspi al Supt. Wall
sharply questioned Bernard ROti, the orderly
| who was on duty when Dr. NOrthrOp was
| brought to the hospital ROti denied that
any delay In admittance Of the patient had
| occurred. " He was taken from the ambu-
lance vii hin three minutes after his arrival
said ROti
"Neither DR.. Rupp nor l asked II It was n
charity case" said Roti. :" II the ambulance
surgeon says there was delay at the gate he
| states an untruth."
Supt. Wall said that while the hospital did
not care for patients suffering from burns, an
| an emergency case was never refused The
| records showed that an accident case had
been admitted only few minutes before Dr.
NorthrOp's arrival. "No questions are ever
| asked as to the patients ability TO pay for
treatment" said the superintendent.
The superintendent took occasion TO say
| that he could not understand the animus OF
| Bellevue people behind the attacks on the
management OF the Presbyterian Hospital.
The physicians say that DR.. NOrthrops
death was caused by shock, although more
than Onc-thlrd OF his body was burned to a
| crisp