The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-12
SAID At THE INQUEST
How Little Angelina Brunnell Met
Her Death.
SHE CLIMBED ONTOAW WAGON
The Family Misunderstood the In
structions of the Doctor-Had
They Not She Might
Have Lived.

The inquest on the remains of Ange.
line Brunnell, which was to have been
held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
was adjourned till $50 o'clock last
evening in order to allow the principal
witnesses to witness the funeral of
their late schoolmate.
Coroner Richards at the appointed
time began the examination of Witness
es and had only taken the evidence of
Jerry Sheehan, the driver of the ore
team, and DIR. Bryant, when a messen-
ger notified him that a man had just
been killed in the shaft of the Poulin
mine The accident was one which de-
manded the coroner's immediate pres
ence and therefore he adjourned the
inquest until 10 o'clock this morning,
when 1t will be resumed at the North
Walkerville school house.
Jerry Sheehan testified that he was
driving the team at the time the little
girl was injured. He said there was
quite a number of boys and girls in
the wagon with the Brunnell girl just
before he heard her halloo out and
that. the children of this school and of
the other schools were in the habit of
climbing into his wagon, and in fact
any wagon which might pass the
school house. Sheehan said IL was inn
possible to keep them out of the
wagons; that he never stopped his
team for them to get in or get out;
that very often they would climb up on
a load of ore and ride. When he heard
the little girl scream his team was at
the summit near the school house and
were walking as slow as they could
walk. He stopped them at once, looked
back over the end of the wagon and
saw the child in the road. steve Hen
messy, he said, who was riding with
him saw the little girl first and called
out stop" Sheehan and Hennessy
jumped down and ran to the child.
Sheehan picked her up and said he
would take her home but she wanted
70 go to the school house. He put her
in his wagon and when he got to the !
school building handed the child to |
Mr.. knowlton, the teacher. She want |
ed TO go TO her seat, but he advised |
Mr.. Knowlton to send her home and |
call a doctor. He called at her home |
and saw her the same evening and |
was told there was no danger of her |
dying.
DR.. Bryant testified as to the little
girls injuries. He said he found a
couple of bruises near the left side of |
the spine and discovered the abdominal |
muscles were very tense, as were also |
the muscles near the spine. She was |
suffering such intense agony he found |
II difficult TO make a thorough exami- |
nation and gave her a quarter grain of
Ahoh PhAihcs his aIteTWafQS
revealed that one of the vertebrate had
been Jared slightly out of place. He
thought there was internal injury, but
could not determine the extent at the
time. He then bandaged the body
firmly and left orders that he
should ibe called again and Immediately
II any change took place. At noon, the
day following, he telephoned to Walk
erville and learned that the father and
mother had not thoroughly understood
him, as their knowledge of the En-
ghsh language was very limited, and
they had sent for DR.. Tremblay, who
spoke French. DR.. Bryant said he was
told that the parents afterwards sent
for DIR. Wells and when he arrived re-
FUSED to follow his advice or allow
him to treat the child as he thought
proper and the result was DIR. Wells
also left without having accomplished
anything. DR.. Bryant thought the 4
chiids life might have been saved had
she received the proper care at the
proper time.