St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-30

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AS you came down the street did
you see any of the neighbers carrying
Ihls' woman who was injured ?'' 81 did
drove up"
Did You notice any clothing on the
PoIcn or any substance burning as
you Went up?" ST did not 1 was busy
with my line, and the smoke was so
oenSe had to crawl into the house."
NOW, when you throw that chemical
stfeam On the heated walls of burn
ing room the plastering drops off at
cree and where the stream does not
s 81 Re me plastering. generally remains
You don't know how long it was
you We're playing on that fire before
canionly estimate
PldTyo7l know when Barrett went
IN .. Ihe Window mo, sir
i1ii STAKE y, when he says he played only
mating time. I may have myself been
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REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
What was the condition of the I'D.
per part of the house?" az couldn't
saw . Did you know Barrett was
IN the bed room when he says he wasp
remember Of seeing him in there
MT: Hall-Did you notice any of tho
cloth Or bedding on or about this mat
treSs? No, sir; 1 don't recollect that
I'D. The witness was allowed to
step down with this, and Mr.. Nye
called for Henry E. Anderson, and
present, and DR.. J. w. Bell was called
and examined by Mr.. Nye.
DIR. BELL.
You are a practicing physician and
surgeon of this city?' ayes, Sir" I'm
what what part of the city do you live?"
700 chicago avenue was where I
lived at the time of this accident"
lazy burned at this fire on Aug. s?a
'Yes, SIR What time did you re.
ceive the call?'' "Well, at about ten
minutes past 6, as near as 1 can rec
olrect" What did you find, doctor?"
house at 1906. . state What condition
Mrs Hawkins, was it not?'' "She
was wa sen generally very severely burned
was wa G the co 5nd entire RE b b9dy What
!! remember, scorched; badly burned
in back. :" What portions Of her body
were most severely burned?" Par
tlcqlarly over the chest and abdomen
any. converse ton with her when you
first arriVed?" 81 administered an
opiate While I waited for a messengers
to bring me some OIL Some one asked
her how it occurred. She was suffer-
ing very great pain, intense pain. She
answered and said she was not Ger.
tan whether the lamp exploded or not.
She said the first knowledge she had
was when she awoke to find her
any medIc;ne i i i ysq gave awe her her
one-third of a grain of morphine and
later, in about three-QuarterS of an
hour, another. dose; That was all of
the medicine" About how long was
you with her?" perhaps an hou>
1 should imagine We're ! You in il that that
room all the time while you were IN
the house?" Yes, sir. 1 may have
gone gone into an adjoining room for
You We're in position to know
whatever. she said, were you not?"
Yes, sir"
CROSS EXAMINED.
DO you know the hour you re
any more than 1 have stated" "You
dress L.. as !; quickly as you could?"
was a case of burning?" "Yes, SIR
Who did you see first when you came
to to, the Axtell house. ser Mrs Perkins
liver no speech did she?'' she said
hurry - Who was in the room?''
Mrs. Axtell and Mrs. Cloutier We're
the H onHHge and we're hag at haa her on
comfortable as possible, awaiting your
coming?' ''On the bed. They were do
ing all they possibly could You
used all possible haste to apply
inquiring into how it happened. The
burn concerned you and not a history
of the case?'' Eyes, sir" you
found it necessary to give an opiate?"
Yes sir r.. And nd y you did that while
you notice indications of conscious
ness?' Yes, sir. Later, not at first
:. Any indications or signs to you of
other than would be
she IN To suisrng SYsh p sh
as to how, the thing had oc-
member her having made was what I
have quoted" Had there been dis
cussion as TO the origin Of the fire by
the ladies, in the presence of Mrs.
Hawkins lying. there?" Not to my
Two or three small articles" WAS
there anything on her person to indl-
cate how the clothing had been?''
undergarment or nightdress she haG
on?'' No rs it not true that the
feet and lower limbs below the ankles
Were less burned than the upper per-
son?' Yes, sir. That's true Are
you familiar with burned bodies In
which night clothing has been burned
off ~ No, SIR Assuming that this
woman had on an underveSt of knit
silk and a nightdress reaching to her
feet, would not the burning of this
clothing, would it not in your juds-
ment produce the burns you saw" 1T
might" But you never have seen
cases of that kind?" No, sir" amy
odor about the person. Nothing
more than charred -fesh.'' Are you
connected with any insurance COM
panies as medical examiner" with
the National Mutual "a number OF
insurance companies accept your eX>
Yes, sir" That's
ALL"
WALTER C. KELLEY,
another fireman, was next called and
examined by Mr.. Nye, his testimony
corroborating that of the other two
that he located a commode in one cor
ner Of the bedroom. Otherwise his
testimony was unimportant- He had
aided in cleaning up the room and
throwing the bedsprings and mattress
out He had been connected with the
department fourteen years, and saw
nothing suspicious about the fire, it
appearing like any ordinary fire.
FIRE MARSHAL PIERCE
was next called and examined by Mr..
Nye, as follows:
How long have you been fire mar
shall? Since June, 1892
What are your duties?" ITO inves-
tgate all fires; keep a record of them,
with loss, insurance, etc.
have you investigated the fire of
2e1l?" Il did,
Have you examined the room to de-
termine where the fire was the hottest
in this room?" Yes, sir"
When were you there?' cat the
time of the fire and afterwards.
Now, tell the court, what did you
see' The fire had been all over the
bedroom and the north side of the
house, The south rooms had not much
Of any fire; just heat. The west wall
was the most charred; that is, about
the middle Of the wall
, Did you notice anything with refer
encea to the condition of the carpet?"
yes, sir. I saw where the commode
sat 1t sat in the southwest corner,
against the partition"
did you find the remains of any
other furniture in the room or indica-
ton of where it had stood?" 81 did
not You couldn't tell
Did you notice whether the fire had
burned through the ceiling?" 1T had
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