The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-17
Butte Department.

| insisted that one or MS relatives be
always at his side. DR.. Weyerhorst
| insisted on removing Morrow to Butte
| and promised that some member of the
family or a friend should be allowed to
| remain with him at the hospital and
that Thomas Morrow would meet them
with closed carriage at the depot to
convey him safely up town to the hos
| pital.
DR.. Fletcher and Mrs. Morrow
finally consented TO let the sick man
| accompany Weyerhorst and he was
brought TO Butte. There was no one
at the depot to meet them and Thomas
Morrow had not promised to meet
them, in fact he had no idea that his
brother would be brought over. In the
evening he called on DIR. Weyerhorst
TO learn the result of the consultation
and was surprised to find his brother
at the hospital. He offered to remain
with the sick man and a brother-in-
law who had accompanied him made
similar offer, but DR.. Weyerhorst
would not permit them to remain, and
said the man was I'm his charge and
that he would be responsible for him,
and that the hospital was sufficiently
supplied with nurses. The doctor told
Thomas Morrow that he had brought
THE sick man to Butte at the request of
DR.. Fletcher. DR.. Weyerhorst had put
big faxseed poultice about Morrow's
neck After the brother left the hospi-
tai the sick man was left alone and no
one was with him to nurse him or re-
spond in case he needed assistance
During the night he had a spasm, but
no one was with him and about 3
O'Clock In the morning, while delirious
or suffering from some alleged power
full drug or medicine, he got up out of
bed and subsequently was seen totter-
ing about the streets like a drunken
txrQC h.
snow at the corner of Galena and Mon
tana streets. There was no indications
or any struggle, but the evidence was
that he choked to death. The charge
is that the mans death was due to the
neglect, carelessness and incompetency
of DR.. Weyerhorst
DR.. f. j. Fletcher OF Boulder, was
the f1rst witness and told about attend
Ing Morrow at Basin from the time he
was first taken sick until he was taken
away py Weyerhorst. He said Morrow
suffered intensely from his head and
throat and a special nurse and two
men were ordered to remain with him.
the watchmen to remain with him con-
stantly night and day, and he was
never for moment left alone because
serious results were liable at any time
from his coughing spells. He had slept
none for three or four nights and all
the nourishment he could take was
milk or beef tea in very small uuanti-
ties. Several times the doctor tried TO
give him some liquor as a stimuIant.
but he could only take less than a tea
spoonful and that with great difficulty.
The doctor said the man could not
have taken sufficient liquor to have
affected him. He could scarcely swal-
low or breathe and could not speak
above whisper and was unable to
walk across the room without assist
ance.
The doctor concluded that an OPERA
ton was necessary and he asked the
brother. Thomas Morrow, to send a
frst-class doctor from Butte for con-
sultation. He sent DR.. Weyerhorst,
whom DR.. Fletcher had not known
until the former arrived in Basin. DR..
Fletcher testified that he fully described
Morrow's case to Weyerhorst and told
him that the patients temperature
was ITO to lis and his pulse 10 to 120,
while his normal temperature was rs
and his pulse eS. He told him of the
necessity of having a man to watch
him constantly and the danger of his /
choking to death If left alone After
describing the case he was told by
Wfyerhorst that he came to take the
sick man to Butte on the orders of
Thomas Morrow and that the latter I
had agreed to pay him $3.50.
DR.. Fletcher heard Weyerhorst tell I
Mrs. Morrow that he would send her
husband back in two weeks a well
man. He also said a close carriage
would meet them at the Butte depot
with plenty of blankets and robes to
keep the sick man comfortable and
that an operation would be performed
the next morning, the result of which ,
he would telegraph Mrs. Morrow. DR.. I
Fletcher consented to let the patient
go. The mans condition justified the
opinion that delirium might set in at .
any time.
Thomas Merrigan and Mrs. McCool
substantiated the testimony of DR.
Fletcher as to Morrow's condition and
Mrs. Morrow also testified generally to
the same effect She also said her
husband was in constant fear of chok-
ing to death and had great anxiety
lest he should be left alone. He had
twice suffered from pneumonia and
each time became very delirious. Mrs.
Morrow said she was induced TO let
her husband go by the promises of DIR.
Weyerhorst 10 send him back in two
weeks and his statement that Thomas
Morrow had ordered the removal. She
also testified that her husband had
been good business man. that he had
several wood contracts at the time of
his death. owned several teams and
eight or ten mining locations.
The trial will probably last several
days yet. 1t has been stated that the
o. L. w, was interested in the
case from the fact that Morrow had
been a member Of that society, but this
Is denied by officials of that order