The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-09

Termination of the lungs showed tne
Mole of the right dark and about thret
fonptbs of the left. They were apouI
tbe color of liver. Pneumonia caused
The dark color. I'VE took part OIL tne
ripbt lung and dropped it into wafer
and it Immediately sunk, showing
it was hepatized and conta .4on
no air. We found mattel
serum and frOth in bronchial tuDes' a an
of which were caused by pneumonia. III.
Jones stated that with the lungs IN sucn
condition it was utterly lmposslDle iol
the child to live. He was OF the 9pilii:oli
that pneumonia caused its death. IT uieu
of natural causes and not from violence.
DIR. DENTON.
Dr. Denton testified that he assisted a'
the post norton and was satisfied pneu-
monia caused the death of the chlid.
There were no marks of violence on lts
body. nor was there any evidence of con-
cussion of the brain. He spoke of the
condition of the lungs and stated they
could not have become so in few hours.
Such a condition of the lungs may become
so in few days, but not in few hours,
was satisfied the child did not die of con-
custom of the brain. "A child, Or. Den,
ton said, thrown from car window ana
killed would certainly show some etects
of it"
DIR. BENNETT.
DR.. Bennett testified along the same
lines as Drs. Denton and Jones, adding
that if the whole of the right lung and
three-fourths of the left were solidified
no person could live, and that was the
condition of the baby's lungs.
A bottle of chlOrofOrm had been sent
over from San Antonio, together with
some letters, found in Mrs. Pearl Nogals
room, and it prompted the question:
Gould such condition be caused by the
use of chloroform?"
Eyes, chlorofOrm would longest the
lungs and make about such condition, but
it would affect the wind-pipe and leave
an odor for possibly four or five days.
The windpipe of this child, which we eX-
amined, was in normal condition.
DR.. Bennett, continuing, was positive
no poisons had been used and that death
was caused by pneumonia
CONDUCTOR BLUNT.
Conductor Blunt. who had charge of
the train Friday night. testified that the
woman and child got on at San Antonio.
She had 1 ticket for Temple He noticed
nothing about the child, except that it
was a very small one. He noticed moth
ing the matter with it. Not far from San
Marcos she changed her seat and took
one near the closet. Before getting to
Kyle, the next station, noticed the seat
was vacant. After leavino Buda the
brakeman informed me she YVES still in
the closet and | went and tried to get into
it, but she pushed the door to and bolted
it. From the time | noticed the seat va
cant until reached Austin was 90 min
utes. l noticed the baby once while 60
ing through the train. 1t was on her lap
with eyes about half closed, as if going
to sleep. AT the telegraph office | got
out to register, and then got on the rear
end of the train and rode to the depot.
next saw her in her original seat after
we reached the depot and she did not
have her baby and | notified the officers.
The conductor stated that the train
moved very slow crossing the bridge and
very slow where the baby was found.
BRAKESMAN CARTWAY.
Brakesman Cartway, who was on the
rain, testified that the woman entered
he closet with her baby some four or
i've miles this side of San Marcos. She
vas still there when they reached Kyle
md was there when Buda was reached.
lie notified Conductor Blunt of the I'M
Usual proceedings and he went to inyesti-
rate, but the woman shut and bolted
he closet door. After we crossed the
liver bridge at Austin | told the CON
luctor she was still in the closet and
he told me to see about it. | went and
ound the closet door open and window
p. l thought she had jumped out with
ne DaPy, put looking | saw her in her
rlglnal seat, the one she took when she
OF on at San Antonio. | went to her
no seeing she didn't have her baby. |
sked her where it was.
] asked her, where" and she said.
AT Union mills"
| said. there is no such station ON
le road" V"
When L went up to her she was but-
ming up her dress and underclothes rs
she mad been nursing the baby, He
Horned the conductor and he notiGed
le ,, offlcer of the missing child.
Inns concluded the evidence and
ounty Attorney Calhoun, stating that
ere was no evidence that the child
ID been killed, asked the court to dis.
large the prisoner.
justice johnson said: II am glad Won
INK the way | do. | had made nm,
y hilild there was no evidence TO hold
r. hope the sad experience this
Jung woman has had will be lesson
ner ana others. She has been very
and in Il very close place.
le is discharged"
There was some applause in the court
ON, which was crowded from 10
JOCK until after ., but it was quickly
oppressed p. by the officers and the re-
lrk by the court that if "order is not
~ IAN whole lot of other folks
III ma themselves in trouble"
p A BRIEF HISTORY.
earl VOCAL was married to Mr.. VOCAL
len she was about Is years old. He
'rked III Waco and the marriage was
runaway one. Subsequently, at the
stance of her parents. they moved to
'mple, where VOCAL secured position
a dry goods store. 1t failed some
ne ago and that night he took his
, e salary home and giving it to his
le lett, saying he was going down
Nh Tor awhile. She has not heard
him since.
a lew weeks ago, knowing her condi-
H. her mother, who runs large board
mouse, suggested that if she would
10 san Antonio to the residence of Il
emu TO be confined she would pay all
penses, as her illness in the boarding
use would seriously interfere with the
a lI and possibly might cause some
them TO leave. She did so and well
rltten letters in the hands of the Off
II, rs snow that her family knew where
IL was, her condition and that they
ere expecting her to return soon.
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