The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-23
Tracing the Bullet He Received iu tht
Ruthven Riot.
IT PROMISES TO BE SUCCESSFUL
The Test Was Made Upon Him at the
Lackawanna Hospital Last Night.
The RadiOgraphs Will he Developed
This Morning by Photographer Fred
Hummler..WOnderfui Illustrations
Made with the X.Rays.

who carries near his heart a bullet re-
| ceived in the Ruthven riot at Dun
| more on March "a last
There Is every reason to believe that
the Roentgen discovery will enable the
doctors to see jus: where the lead Is
located in Mr.. Mink, and with such
knowledge they can readily extract 1t
ana relieve him Of the continuous suf-
fering that he has experienced since
the shot was fired.
Fred Allyn, Of New York, Is the gem
tleman who made the test, and he was
assisted by DR.. Blanchard, Photograph
er Fred Hummler and August Humm-
Ter, Of the Illuminating Heat and Pow
er company. On Tuesday evening the
frst test was made but the plates did
not develop satisfactorily yesterday,
and last night second trial was made
Mr. Allyn Is confident that from 1t a
good radiograph may be obtained. To-
eating the bullet In Mr.. Minks body.
| The A-rays were generated from an
induction coil. which heightened out in
linear measure would be- six and one
half miles. The current was taken
from the wire that supplies the incan-
descent lights in the hospital. How
ever, the same strength Of current was
not used. There was a subtraction of
current necessary to light twenty -four
ordinary incandesrent lamps, five of
which We're one and one-half times
more candle power than the others.
CURRENT WAS DIVIDED.
| After passing through the coil the
current was divided and let out on two
fine coils which entered at opposite
ends into Crooks tube, glass tube,
about as large as an ordinary tea cup.
| The current forming a contact in the
tube produced the X-rays.
| Mr.. Mink was seated on the operat-
ing table and plate which is used in
these tests was applied close to his
chest and held In place by bandages
around his body. The rays We're placed
about six inches from his back. and in
that position he sat for forty minutes.
Later he was subjected to another test
CT shorter duration on more sensitive
plate. Both plates will be developed
this morning by Mr.. Allyn and Photo
grapher HUMMER.
| While Mr.. Mink sat and the X.rays
We're directed upon him. Mr.. Allyn gave
some very interesting Illustrations to
those present. He had Horoscope.
through which one could see the bones
of his hand by placing the hand be-
tween the light and the Horoscope,
looking through the latter. The fluoro-
scope Is shaped like u milk pitcher. 1t
has a bottom composed Of aluminium.
BY looking into It in a manner similar
to the way opera glasses are used. one
can see any foreign substance placed
before the rays.
| The question is. What are foreign
substances? Boards and leather are
not. neither Is the human flesh and
muscle. and glass is only the very least
inclined to come under the head of for
eign in Y ray Technology. Mr.. Allyn
placed the Horoscope before the eyes,
and between it and the Y ray lamp he
heald q leather pocketbook containing
a key. Nothing but the key could be
seen.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
Then he took large book and put
the key somewhere about the middle
page. The book was closed and held
up before the light. Only the key could
be seen. After that he placed three
boards, taken from soap box. and one
over the other placed them between
the Horoscope and the book The Key
iside could be seen just the same.
These were only few of the illustra-
tions, but they were sufficient to dispel
the doubts Of the most skeptical. Mr..
Mink was between the rays and plate
that receives impressions. The rays
will throw upon the plate dark outlines
of the foreign substances within their
focus. On that plate the only foreign
substances which could be impressed
are the bones OF the trunk of his body
and the bullet. wherever 1t is. His
muscular tissues and his lungs and
heart will not show on the plate. The
rays penetrate them and leave no i'm
preston, but the rays do not penetrate
bones nor metal. and that Is how the
bullet can be discovered.
While the test was going on Mr.. Mink
sat without saying word, although 1t
was extremely tiresome and painful in
the position he was placed. though he
was as comfortable as he could be made
The scar where the bullet entered Is in
the center of his back few inches be-
low the shoulder blades and Is an inch
to the left of the spinal column. 1t
went in slanting direction toward his
left side, and is lodged around the heart
in the pleural cavity.
| SORE HAS NOT HEALED.
An operation had to be performed on
him to remove the pus which formed In