Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-23
GAS DROVE HER CRAZY.
Then She Fought Like . Tigress and
Wrecked the Dentists PariOry.

Then She Fought Like . Tigress and
wrecked the Dentists Pariory-
Mrs. Catherine Smith of 166 Hope
street, williamsburg. went to the
Brooklyn dental parlors, at 10 Grand
street the other day and when she
left the place was wreck, says the
New York Recorder. Mira smith is
ordinarily u quiet orderly person,
and has husband and three chill
dren. During the last two weeks she
has not been amiab,e, owing tn three
teeth on her lower jaw. which kept
up constant humping night and
day until she was worn out with pain
and exhaustion. She tried all the
remedies and blistercd her face and
gums to get better, to no avail.
The dental parlors are kept by Drs.
NJ. Lewkowicz and p. Schoenemann.
Mrs Smith presented herself to them
with her head tied up in handages
and both hands pressed against her
face.
"Oh, doctor! I'm dying with the
pain" she cried.
She vailed upand down the rooms
and Dr.. Lewkowicz told her that he
would try and arrange it that she
could take the place of some of the
other Patients. who were all suffer-
ing from aches She told DR.. Lewko-
wicz that she could not stand the
pain of having the teeth pulled with
out laughing gas.
''Did you ever take gas before?" he
asked
''Oh, yc.; Pm all right" she re.
piled.
Then the doctor took her into a
small hall room where the teeth pull
ing is done and she jumped into the
heavy chair. The bandage was taken
off her head and Dr. Lewkowicz pat
rubber cork in her mouth. She
took firm grip on it while the doctor
located the three teeth.
''Be sure and give me enough gas"
said Mrs. Smith, IL can't stand any
more pain"
DE- ShOenemann gave the gas. and
Mrs Smith did not have to take as
much as is ordinarilygiven before she
picked up the forceps, got a good
grip on one of the back teeth. and
yanked it out. DIR. Schoenemann
stood at the back of the chair ready
TO seize the woman ii she should show
signs of violence. The first mani
testation made by an unruly patient
usually is to throw the arms upward
and backward, but Mrs Smith did
not follow the rules She slid feet
first out of the chair to the floor, and
before any one could get near her she
began turning handsprines, alter
nately standing on her head and feet.
Both the doctors, who are much
larger than Mrs Smith, got hold of
her, but she knocked them both down
with well-planted blows In the eyes
and abdomen. Her eyes were open
and kept moving from side to side.
She ran up and down the parlors, up
setting everything that she touched.
and scattering wreck and ruin every
where.
The doctors were REINFORCED bv
two lusty assistants and the four men
caught Mrs Smith, but they might
as well have seized cannon bail.
She rolled over the flour carrying all
hands with her for several minutes.
and then the gas seemed to have lost
Its power and she became quiet
The men were exhausted, but she
stood up and had a hearty laugh as she
looked around the room.
The woman broke loose again in
moment, and with a wild whoop
started again with the work of de-
struction. She seized large water
pitcher and hurled it with terrific
force at one OF the doctors. He
lodged and the pitcher broke against
the wall. Then she kept the men
dancing lively to keep out of the way
OF nylng goblets and a wash bowl.
ohe kicked viciously at DR.. Lewkowicz
and landed on the pewter gas tank.
Inc gas escaped with a loud kissing
and added to the confusion.
Most of the time she kent m n
quiet schoolgirl giggle, but there was
nothlng glrlish about her right arm.
When there was nothing more in
tne room to upset, Mrs. Smith flew IN
the window and ripped down the cur
tains. She raised the window. and
before anyone could get near her She
gave Wild whoop and jumped out.
she landed on top of a piazza and
rolled OH into the yard The whole
distance is twenty-seyen feet. Unr
ieft arm struck railing and WAS
broken in two places She Law ON
the ground. apparently unconscious
when Charles Dellery, who keeps a
store on the ground floor. rushed ont.
Mrs Smith still had the use OF her
right arm, and she sent Dellery snin.
ming across the yard with an INNER
cut On the jaw. Dellery was re.en-
forced by his two clerks, the two
doctors, and TWO assistants, but Mrs
smith was more than match for the
seven men until the gas died out
ihen she fell in heap from exhaus.
lion She was carried to the dental
parlOr.
~ aon't blame anybody, DOCTOR
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