The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-08
court left the matter In the hands of
counsel 10 decide.

Ousn IN his Cross cAnfU lDhtlOn Oh the IneO-
ical witnesses for the defence and most OF
them showed there were good many
points on which they were not positive.
The work of the third day OF the trial
began with the cross examination OF DIR.
Henriques by Attorney-Genersl Dubois.
The FIRST question asked of the witness
concerned the use OF the catheter on the
piacenta and the replies We're that there
would be but little blood as the result OF
puncturing the amniotic sac and IL was
possible the liquid might fiow through
the catheter and there be no blood until
the catheter was withdrawn.
The other points in the testimony OF
the medical witnesses were gone over
and DIR. Eenriques said that 1t would
have taken three or four hours for the
amniotic fluid on the skirt to dry.s The
result OF the autopsy showed that death
was almost instantaneous. by instan-
taneous death he meant where for
minute or two after the heart stopped
beating but continued fiuttering. The
puncturjng of the amniotic sac in this
case was not done by q knitting needle.
While Ii might have been done by
copper wire it would more probably have
been made by catheter or trocar.
The witness here said that he had never
known, nor could he find case In the
authorities where the neck of the uterus
was as long as the doctors at the autopsy
said IL was, but in answer to question
by the Attorney General he refused to
say that the doctors who made the ex-
animation had falsely reported their dnd-
inge.
Mr.. West then asked the witness II the
case on which the Acknowledgement bad
questioned was not different one from
the one DR.. Palmer and DIR. Terry had
spoken about, and the reply was in the
affirmative.
Dr. Charles S. Smith was introduced as
"A nv ri WI nd faat fad
that the autopsy Was not a complete one,
as there was no report OF an examin iaton
OF some importan. organs, such as the
intestines and thorax. He thought the
air in the heart should have been meas
ured and tests made as to whether there
was any gas in the heart or not. He did
not think chemical analysis of the air
would amount to much but the same
treatment with the blood would show
whether death was instantaneous or not.
Witness said 1t would be impossible to
puncture the amriotic sac by a caiheter
without some blood entering the catheter
as that instrument could not reach the
sac IL the placenia was lacerated without
getting blood into the eye or IL any more
than II would be possible TO open your
vein and find no blood in il. Witness
thought that from the condition of the
amriotic sac and the rupture of the
placenta IL was Nprobable that the abor-
tion was performed by the deceased her.
self by almost any kind of an instrument
or round article.
lie thought there was nothing as ap-
peared by the testimony to prove that the
Feeney woman did not perform the abor-
tion herself and then walked to the Office
OF DIR. Hale and he also saw nothing to
sustain the theory OF the state that death
resulted from the introduction of air by
an operation performed in DIR. Haie's
Office. he said fluid extract of ergot was
used TO procure abortions. In his opinion
Miss Feeney did not die of the sudden
entrance OF air into her heart thorough q
vein.
The first question asked OF this witness
by the attorney general was what did Cath
crime Feeney die OF, and the answer was
the entrance of air into the circulation.
Witness admitted be wasn't an expert on
gas producing baccilli which was sur
ject the counsel for the defendant bad
laid great deal OF stress on. The At
torney General wanted to know il the
witness agreed with Or. Henriques that
the catheter could have been introduced
and no blood flow and the reply was
decided negative.
This led Attorney General Dubois to
remark, "Now we have "A disagreement
between the doctors for the defence" 10
which Mr.. West promptly replied that
the doctors for the State had also dis
agreed.
DIR. Smith having in his main examinu-
tion stated saat he disagreed with the re-
port CT the autopsy made by Drs. Palmer
and Wilcox point bypoint this report was
taken up by the Attorney General and
the opinion OF the doctor on them and
after the latter had criticised the manner
OF reaching conclusions the witness dio
not leave any important points without
giving them the sanction of his approval.
He did not believe death was instantane-
Gus nor that skilled hand performed
the operation.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
DR.. Frank Winthorp Draper was called
as an expert witness in behalf of the State
and said he was a graduate of Brown
University. He also stated that he was
member OF several medical societies. He
has been for 10 years aud had examined
4432 cases OF death unoer suspicion of
violence and "A were cases of abortion.
lie had held about 1000 autopsies and in
five cases death bad resulted from air In
the heart. He has also been for many
years medical legal professor at Harvard,
and had published articles on air In the
heart, one being published in the Bo5-
ton Medical Journal in 1888.
DIR. Draper read the report of tho
autopsy and said it contained all that 1t
was important TO record. lie believed
that death had resulted from tho entrance
OF air into the heart by vein laterated
by sharp instrument. Death could have
been produced by catheter and it was
his opinion the operation that caused
Catherine Feeney's death was performed
whero her dead body was found. In his
belief II would have bsen impossible for
her TO have had the operation performed
IN any other place and then. 20 have walk
cd to the defendants office.
Cross examined by Mr. West witness
could not recall any book in which his
nano was used as an authority ana it was
not USED in the book of Dr.. Warren,
fellow professor of Harvard University.
lie was connected with nine societies.
lie did not know what his fee would be,
he would take what was given him.
s.Judge Wilbur here remarked TO Mr..
West that the fee would be what sthe
court thought proper. DIR. Draper said q
small quantity OF air might enter the
heart and the person be able TO walk a
short distance.
Tho results OF the excessive bowing IL
that Paris hatters do a larger business
than those OF any other city. Nothing
ruins hat 70 quickly as constant bows
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