The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-24

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There will Be an Investigation IN the case
a, Wilfred Aim sblad. the sailor who fell into
th. hold OF a ship at Pier 16 East River. last
Thursday night. and whom Ambulance Bur
oeon Fitzpatrick Of the Chambers Street Hos
n;tsl refused to take to the hospital. saying 1t
vas simple case OF drunk. although. ~ Il
.urned out. Almshlsd had n fractured skull. .
.nr.ined knee and other injuries. Almsblad
~as sent to Bellevue Hospital from the Tombs
c,prt BY order OF Justice Smith. He was .
siaht to behold when brought into court
roth eyes wore hlaoksned. his face was cut
and bleeding. and he could not walk. His face
and different parts OF his body were fearfully
swollen. lie could hardly speak. and he
rroaued with pain when he attempted to
move In the chair In which The policemen had
placed him. Justice Smith said: 1T 10 an
outrage that . man In the condition OF that
man soud not DO admitted to hospital"
when Almsblad reached Bellevue he was al
,,ost unconscious He died at 3 o'clock on
Friday night The Bellevue doctors had found
A. once that tho mans skull was fractured.
and In the fsw hours he was at that hospital
he Vas carefully treated. but It was too late.
DEPUTY Coroner jenkins, who performed an
autopsy yesterday. found tho entire frontal
bone In fragments. Tho fractures extended to
The orbital plates and tho ethmoid. sphenoid.
and temporal bones. and there was a fracture
through the left middle and anterior !ossa-
gns
half dozen hospital doctors who assisted at
ths sutops1 c9DogSTrsd IN TIKI opinion ex.
Been difficult to discover these fractures Of tho
al while tho man was drunk and living tho
SS 9od Sts that ss1Ss,. s ,sss ;I o
Vi va. Sss st tie Soronsrs oes that an IL:
t xSn% II 3 s aa tue e. AND
noned as witnesses, and It would he found out
exactly boy much a,S e the rcsPSnsi6ili,y for
III the Coroners' oflice the subject OF the inhu-
manly diepsySd By younG doctors Who are
dis was the worst Of all the cases that had
come to official notice.. and that some move
ontrases What can Be done more than TIC to
eithe hospital l. NO: clear. but TIE matter win
torney. and he has promised TO aid the Coroner.
Young Dr. Htzpatrick could not be seen BY
spG # s G Ss
interview him He Ia still an am bulanco sur.
ssnd jS S1 such another s case @ %
The house surgeon himself discussed the
he Soua mot r S9n ophoR
II am In the house all the time" he said,
S s,ss
here ae trembling drunk. or lighting drunk.
or whatever you may call It. and that the man
na sp snSss tSa
the Doctor believed lust exactly what no re-
ported , Fractured skulls: you know. arr yeTy
discover simple fracture at the base. though
Of course n compound fracture Is easy"
andng him descr ips q r.:
could be discovered BY an ordinarily careful
would make In police station p
, The Doctor read i: and answered: You
Work q any nhyslSian Under mo Il woald not not
be fair for me TO do So"
II am merely asking for Dr.. Fitzpatriek's
cant express any opinion. answered tho
DISPOSITION s to JUMP or the hospIssl author.
time pr, Fitzpatrick went to the station and
hs az sD saa
the Doctor made his second visit to the station
The Doctor even went so far as to pull OF the
fellows trousers to Dee II any bones were
broken. Mono were.sbut he found sprained
knee; and when he, came back to the hospital
he added that to the diagnosis Of the case on
file here"
The house surgeon did not explain how add
Ing Ing sprained knee to the diagnosis helped
PECULIARLY connected with the hospital. he Is
here as substitute for an am bulanco surgeon
who is taking vacation. He Is competent
man. though and man Of wide experience.
this city" "
Other doctors whom the reporter saw ex-
pressed the opinion that an ordina rily careful
Examination OF man with the fractured skull
described by Pr. jenkins would disclose the
fracture; provided the, doctor who made II
Knew his business, and even II 1t didn't the
t Sthsr q. Wounds described were enough to en-.
aafrsesd WITH Dr. Jenkins however; that even 4
mad received good treatment, the chances wore
against his getting over his hurts
, whether or not the authorities of the New
d1ork Hospital. Of which the Cham bers Street
hospita! is branch. will take the matter I'm
before Coroner Levy calls thier attention to It Is