The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-02
But the Physicians Give No Hope Of
Her Recovery.
SON.IN.LAW PRAWDA AGAIN TELLS
HIS STORY.

The aged woman who, in the lonely
farmhouse in Yarmouth, is waiting for
what seems to be certain death, is still
making good fight, and up to last night
was still alive. Her remarkable vitality
astonishes all who have watched the
case. Thursday night she was worse, and
in the morning it was believed that the
end was close at hand. She rallied
somewhat later on, and chill that some
what FRUSTRATED her in the late afternoon
was not followed by SO high degree of
fever as had been the case the previous
day. Her general condition was I'M
changed, and DR.. Hanson, who is giving
her constant attention, was unable to see
the slightest ray of hope for her. She
was in stupor the greater part of the
day. Her mouth is almost filled up, it
being only possible to insert the edge Of
thin case knife. Her tongue is injured,
and gives evidence of modification, and
DR.. Hanson believes that an operation
may be found necessary. In short, her
condition is as bad as it we'll can be, and
life remain DIR. Hanson does not look
for great change before noon today, and
it is possible that she may live through
the day. He is fighting blood poisoning
at present, but life has been prolonged
by the best of care, assisted by her won
derful vitality. 1t is now simply ques-
ton of how long the fight can be kept
up.
Yesterday, in view of the statements
made by George Carter, Mr.. Gerow and
others regarding what passed when he
went for them after the shooting, Mr.
Prawda was asked to relate second
time, and how many times more no one
knows, the story Of what followed after
the shooting. He was first asked to fix
as well as he could the exact time when
the shot was fired. He was unable to do
so with any considerable degree of ex-
actness, but was inclined to think that it
was about S o'clock. He said, II went
first for Mr. Gerow, and asked him to go
for the doctor and Mr.. Meyer. I then
went back to the house. and went up
stairs and asked for the lamp (meaning
the lamp he was told had exploded),
found that the lamp had not exploded.
I found the lamp on the floor covered
with blood. The chimney was not brok-
en-. When went for Mr.. Gerow, I sup
posed it was a lamp explosion. The old
lady said, The lamp has exploded /
thought myself that she might have
been shot I heard the report. I did
say to Mr.. Gerow that she might have
been shot, or the lamp might have ex-
ploded."
He was then asked "Did you leave
the house for Mr.. Gerow as soon as you
found that she was wounded?''
s'Idid. went at once.''
ibid you walk or run?''
II tumbled first over a pail Of water
my wife had left, and hurt my wrist.
Then tumbled over broken bridge
and went into the mud again. ran all
the way
''Was it raining that night?''
s'No."
"Was it cloudy?"
"It was an awful black night. There
were no stars OUT
How long was it after you got back
from Mr.. Gerow's before you went for
George Carter?"
Il returned, rushed up stairs and
found the lamp as told you Then
saw the bullet hole in the wall. Then
said, This is no explosion, it is shot,
Then thinking wanted to send for Mr..
Meyer, got on horseback and started
for Carter.u
"Then you knew before you went for
George Garter that she had been shot?"
Eyes"
"How was the curtain in the kitchen,
up or down that night?"
st was up"
"Where were the lamps?n
"One was here, pointing to shelf
near the sink) where my wife was at
work, and the other was on the dining
room table,"
"Were they both lighted"
"Yes.n
"Mr. Prawda, did you see anyone about
the house that night"
II did not"
AT this point he seemed unable to con-
troll his feeliingssand said with tears run
ming down his face, II am willing to pay
$500 reward to have the one who did it
arrested. I have no money but l am
willing to give security on my property. :"
1t is admittedly allawho saw him that
night that Mr.. Prawda was greatly ex-
| cited. There were a number of in.
teresting points touched on in the talk
the reporters had with him yesterday.
He found it a very dark night when he
started to go to Mr.. Gerow's house, but
I'D to the time when he went in to have
a smoke he had been splitting wood back
of his she'd He sent Mr.. Gerow for DR..
Hanson, and John j. Meyer, and then
asked George Carter to go Tor the doctor
and for MIR. Meyer. He objected to going
for the doctor himself, because he was
not willing to leave Mrs. Prawda alone in
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