The evening times., 1896-12-26
MORGUE FULL
While Wards Are Crowded With
Patients Who May Die.
EXTRA PHYSICIANS CALLED
For Forty-eight Hou RS the Hospital
Staff Has Had More Than 1t
Could DO-Three Are Dead and
Six Cases Are SeriOus-Many Mi
nor Complaints.

Dead bodies are LITERAL piled up in the
morgue at the Emergency Hospital, while
in the wards OF the Institution several
patients linser between life and death.
Louis Lepreux, the aged harness maker.
who fell from an Avenue car late last
Monday night, and sustained three broken
ribs, died at the hospital ut an early hour
this morning. Lcprcux was FrenchmaD
and sixty-eight years old, and his recov-
cry was scarcely hoped for. His son-in-law
has already intimated that he Will bring an
action through his attorney, Henry E.
Davis. against the railroad company.
John Busey. coIored man. twenty-onc
years old. was taken In dying condition
from his home. No. 23i L streetnorthwest.
to the Emergency Hospital IN the Third
precinct patrol. about 10 O'Clock last night
The physicians found thathe was suffering
from consumption. and an acute attack OF
asthma. AFTER receiving treatment he was
placed in a ward, and at 4 O'Clock this
morning called To the nurse on duty. Be
fore she returned he was dead.
William Hawkins, colored. died at the
hospital about o O'Clock this morning. He
has been In the institution since December
81. suffering from an injury which he re-
ceived In Philadelphia.
May Die or Live.
Bun" Beckett. the colorcd man who was
shot by his trotherin-law. William Hen
son, about O'Clock yesterday morning.
fingers upon the brink of death. The hos
pital physicians, Drs. Kerr, West, Turner
and Lawrence, worked four hours Ipon
the man last night, succeeding in extract
ing one bullet and sewing up sixteen
wounds in lis intestines. The bullet in his
groin was not taken out.
The man recovered consciousness this
morning, but was too weak, to give any
account OF the shooting. Upon the success
OF the operation performed upon Beckett,
which was most delicate one, depends
not only his life, but also the charge Of
murder against his assailant, William Hen
son.
The condition of James Williams, the
colored man, who attempted suicide last
Tuesday after having shot his wife, on
Washington street, remains practically I'M
changed, with the chances about even
whether he dies OF rec overs. The bullet
is still in his brain. His wife is improv
ing, and Will doubtless recover.
successful trephining operation was
performed upon william Robinson, who
was struck in the head with hatchet
night before last on c street northwest.
His condition is not necessarily serious.
Robinson, who is a cOlored man, gave the
attendants considerable trouble in hand
ling him, but was finally overpowercd.
He imagined that some one had stolen u
large sum Of m money from him.
Would Not Remain.
John Wheeler. colored. whose skull was
fractured yesterday with a beer glass
in the hands OF benjamin Frankline during
row in Hughes alley. between / and h
and Twenty y-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets,
refused to remain at the hospital after his
wounds had been bandagcd up, and while
other cases We're being treated he escaped.
Wheeler had been drinking, and left at his
own risk.
Nathan Gross. colored who was shot in
the leg by James Thomas during row in
'.Sawdust Hail. last night, is improving
and 1T is not likely that his limb will haveto
be amputated.
Mary Bundy, the colored woman who
was found lying ON the pavement at Thir-
teenth and b streets last night about l 80.
suffering from what was probably an over
dose OF poison, either taken accidentally
or with intent, is thought to be out OF
danger this afternoon. The stomach pump
and eTnetics were used successfully on
Marv and she was soon feeling better.
The poison in the cheap whisky and gin
which Mary drank was doubtless the cause
OF the woman's illness.
Numerous minor cases OF stab wounds
and broken jaws have occupied the atten-
ton of the surgeons at the hospital every
moment during the past forty-eight hours,
and it was necessary yesterday to call in
several extra physicians to assist in treat
ing the cases. None OF the smaller inju-
rips are lnMe yer. serinus.