The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-30
SURGEONS TRIED.
FOR THE AUTOPSY OK MlNR.aElDER
BISHOPS BODY.
his MOTHER CHARGES TnE noe.
TORS wITH THE MURDER
or HER soN.
or HER SON.

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accepted the invitation Of Sidney Drew
and Henry E. Dixey to accompany
them to the Lambs Club. They arriv-
ed about 10 o'clock and found merry
party o! actors and men-about-town
there. After exchanging pleasantries
the conversation turned on Bishops
wonderful gift, and at the request OF
the club members and guests he gave
an exhibition OF mind reading. He
was at his best. Some OF the tests
seemed to border on the supernatural.
When midnight came he was fatigued,
but still anxious TO continue his enter
tainment and to add to the mystery
Of his previous work by other tests.
The trio Of physicians Irwin, Fergu-
son and Hance-were there among the
interested witnesses of the feats of
mind reading.
just before daybreak. and while putt
ting forth final effort to astonish the
party, Bishop suddenly swooned. He
was carried to an upper room and
placed onSa bed. The doctors hurried
to his side. They felt the radial ar.
terry, but il did not pulsate. The heart
was stilled The lungs did not act.
The other signs Of dissolution were, to
the experienced eyes Of the physicians.
lquite apparent. But he was = strange
man, and they we're not satisfied. A
battery was secured, and life.giving
electricity was applied, but he did not
regain consciousness, and about noon
they pronounced him dead.
Four hours later the body Of the merry
maker Of the night beforelay on slal
in back room Of an undertaken es
tablishmeut at No Sixth avenue
The doctor, who had marvelled at til,
! mind readers exhibition, stood besid.
the body. A case Of dissecting instru
ments lay open on chair. The seal
pels and saws and chisels and mallet.
were used in turn until the three phys
|. icians, remembering their instructions
, under the anatomist in college, had
satisfied themselves that they had
, found the cause of Irvings DEATH.
Then came the investigation by Cor.
! oner Levy and the investigation by the
newspapers. The Coroner knew the
law in the case. He heard the evi-
dence and held the physicians for the
Grand jury. When that body took
the case up it found an indictment
against the doctors And Tuesday Dr..
John Irwin, one of the three, was
placed on trial in General Sessions.
New York.
4 The trial began Tuesday morning
before Judge Fitzgerald. and when
an adjournment was taken counsel for
for both sides had put in all their cyl
dence, reserving their addresses to the
| jury for the next day.
| Drs. Frank Ferguson and Irwin AL.
4 Hanes, who were jointly indicted With
| DR.. Irwin, were in court with their
lawyers and eagerly watched the pro-
ceedings, the result OF which will de-
| termine their action whether to plead
lguilty or stand trial.
| The defense setup by DR.. Irwin that
Bishop, while dying, had requestedth
physicians to make an autopsy on his
body, caused good deal Of comment,
and the opinion was expressed that the
jury would find verdict against DR..
Irwin in accordance with the evidence
Of the prosecution that the physicians
had received no permission from the
Coroner to perform an autopsy on the
body.
When court opened yesterday there
was big crowd Of spectators present
conspicuous among whom was Mrs.
Eleanor Fletcher Bishop, the mother
Of the dead mind-reader, who has
been largely instrument in bringing
about the trial Of the alleged "mur-
derers- Of her son.
Mrs. Bishop insists that the doctors
opened her sons head while he was in |
state Of trance, and she has written
book on the subject. \
Lawyer Pagelow, on behalf Of DR..
Irwin, addressed the jury. He declared
that Dr.. Irwin had become connected
with the case as principal as profess