The herald., 1897-01-25

parents and relatives gathered at his
bedside. Shortly after noon he COM
menced to sink, and the operation OF
trephining the skull to remove the pres
sure of the fractured bone from the
brain was resolved on as the only chance
Accordingly, at o'clock in the after
noon the patient was placed on the OPP
Grating table, and Drs. Hagan, Pragers
Hit and Jones laid bare the skull. ex-
posing the naked bone, in which the
terrible indentation made by the blud-
geon could be plainly seen, and, using
the trephine, removed a button of bone
an inch in diameter. Lying upon the
brain matter was huge clot Of blood,
which was removed carefully, the cavity
washed out and the incision dressed,
after which Bellew was again put to
bed and carefully watched. He SEEM
ingly rallied we'll from the operation. but
at o'clock began to fail. A priest was
called. who administered extreme unc-
tion to tine dying BOY, who lay uncon-
scious and gasping for breath on his
couch, In the presence of the grief
stricken mother, the priest and Hospital
Steward Freel the sufferer gasped his
last at the hour stated. The body was
removed to the undertaking rooms OF
Cussen & Cunningham and the coroner
notified. An inquest will be held upon
the remains today.
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY.
From the time Bellew was brought to
the hospital Semi-cOnsciouS and bleed~
ing he never regained his senses suffi-
GENTLY to give succinct account of how
he came to be injured, and in reply to all
questions as to who struck him he re-
turned the invariable answer that he
did not know. AT the time the fatal
blow was struck he was in company with
his uncle, Mat w. Howerton who was
also attacked by the murderous assail-
ants, but who made his escape by rum
ming, leaving i'm to his fate. Terrence
Bellew the father of deceased, was first
seen and told of the movements Of his
son as far as he knew, his information
having nearly all come from Howerton.
In company with Howerton, Jimmy
had started uptown from his home at568
Tulip street about 1880 Saturday even
ing, intending to go to the Orpheum
theater, where Mrs. Bellew, his mother,
and Mrs. Foster, his sister, had pre-
ceded them. After they got uptown
they changed their minds and attended
a Salvation Army meeting for awhile,
finally going over and stopping in front
of the theater to wait for Mrs. Bellew
and Mrs. Foster after the performance.
While standing there William Foster,
brotherin-law of deceased and William
Shaw, both of whom were employed by
the elder Bellew as teamsters, came
along, and it was agreed that they
should walt for the women folks, How
erton and Jimmy starting off together,
saying they were going home. This was
between 1915 and 10:30 at night.
Thecouple started off and Foster and
Shaw escorted the women home How
erton and Bellew turned down First
street but stopped in several poker
rooms and billiard parlors, where they
spent several hours looking at what was
going on. A bittle after o'clock they
fourI themselves on Alameda street
between First and Second on their way
home. Looking back at this time Bel
lew remarked to Howerton that couple
Of men were short distance behind
them and appeared to be following.
Howerton was Of the opinion that they
were casual pedestrians like theunse1veeS