The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03
Passed Away Yesterday Morn
ing at 8 O'clock.
is IDENTIFIED AS RAFFERTY,.
X" Ray Rev~aied the Location Of
the Buiiets--Dr. kibhe Explains
How ii Was none-fhe Dead Des-
perado Was Tough Man From
TexaS-The Man Suspected of Conn
phcify Says His Name Is Hnnerty.

a.46 al , y CLOCK Al the Se&+@4s 1S-lSII!
hospital.
The dead robber has been identified by
three persons as q man who represented
himself as --- rafferty,. a friend OF the
Noted Texas gambler. Luke Short.
The four hobos who were arrested in
Ballard after the shooting are confined
! in the county Jail. Deputy Sheriff A.
q. Lane. after working On The case for
thirty-sx hours. gave out the statement
last night that be was satisfied Elmer
Hemple aud slim Mcdonald. alias
Sim" Murray alias Rafferty,, were
mixed Up ii the case. Their statements
ara not satisfactory. ana they have not
been able 10 account for their where
abouts definitely at the time OF the
shooting. They deny. however, any
/ knowledge Of the actual occurrences.
II Nas learned yesterday that the bull
let which entered Ross left shoulder did
not pass through, but detected and lodged
AT the oQtcr point of the shoulder
BY the aid of the X-ray. Dr. \. B.
KIbbe has taken pictures showing where
the bullets in the brain and shoulder
were located
Saturday night the attending physicians
decided that, while Mr.. Ross condition
was practically hopeless. there was one
chance. That lay in the extraction Of
the bullet from his brain. Il was simply
impossible 10 decide the exact point at
which the Ieaden pellet lay from an ex-
animation of the skull. The only hope
then lay in the use OF the X-ray. DR..
\. b. kibbe Was invited TO locate the
bullet by means of the apparatus thai
has caused such n sensation and revolu-
ton in difficult surgical cases. The bull
let was successfully located through the
dense skull and brain matter, but Mr..
Ross was so weak that the physicians
did not think it advisable TO complete the
operation.
AS was told In the Post-intellgencer
yesterday morning, Mr.. Ross commenced
sinking percepti0ly at a little after mid
night. He did not rally from that time
on and died az O'Clock in the morning
without having Tegaiued consciousness.
His remains were removed 10 Bonney s.
Stewards chapel, where last evening DR..
kibbe, at the request of Or. j. b. Eagle
son, took X-ray pictures OF the bullet in
the brain and also in the left shoulder.
1t WAS gwen out Saturday that the bullet
in the left shoulder passed through, bat
it appears that. this was not true. The
bullet struck the shoulder blade and was
detected outward, lodging at the end of
the shoulder blade.
Locating a bullet by means of the X-ray
is very interesting operation. and was
described as follows by DR. kihbe to
Post-Inteligencer reporter last night:
photograph II Is necessary that one have
at mis- command an induction coil capable
OF giving at least an eight-inch spark in
the air. lie must also have what is COM
monty known as a Crooks tube. This
tube must In addition TO other qualities
possess an exceedingly high vacuum when
photographs are 10 be taken through
structures composed of dense bone. such
as the skull or having a large amount OF
muscular tissue. This is particularly the
case when foreign bodies Of a metallic ma
ture are sought for. In the case of Ross
there was every evidence that a bullet
had lodged in the brain but Jus: where Il
was impossible to say from a mere insnec-
ton Of the wound. Unlike other structures
the brain. as one can readily imagine, will
not tolerate iudiscriminate probing It
was. therefore, necessary to determine. II
possible. the exact location Of the bali be-
fore operative procedure would be justif-
able. ON this account l was asked by the
attending surgeons 10 made a Photograph.
or. as 1t is commonly known. an x-ray
photograph Of the injured mans skull.
The apparatus having been set Up In
the operating room OF the Seattle General
hospital the patient was placed upon the
operating table. the dressings stu remain
ing on his head The Crooks tube having
been connected the induction coil was
placed about ten inches from the right
side OF his head The room being thor
oughly darkened the current was turned
on, and placing the Horoscope firmly
against the opposite Of the head a dark
spot showed on the brilliantly Illuminated
screen. which forms the essential part ~
the Instrument
This screen Is simply a piece OF card
board, the surface turned toward the eye
being coated with crystals Of t,ingstats ~
calClum whien possess the peculiar quality
OF huorescing or giving off light when act
ed upon ny the X-ravs. ANY substance W.
ING between the tube and the aforesaid
screen which. like most metals. Ia opaaue
20 the rays will cast 4 shadow by yIrf.a
or the simple fact that SIS presence cuts
OF the rays from portion OF the screen
This IN few words. is the principle m
on whic1 o1r ability 70 see through n rar-
son depends The flesh being less ressstent
than are the bones. the latter cas-. "a
stronger shadow ana In that wav become
perceptihle 70 the eye.
he dark spot above mentioned 7 nae
certain was the bullet in the Dattsy+,~
brain. re POSITION was apparently ahn,,t
oHe-haf a. inch In trent q: the -e@in,,+
ana ahent che and one~nalf inches beleyy
ne ieFei o fhe vertex. Viewed IN this
way the ar}let could be located with r.
erence 10 Sc Gfs-a nce iron, ths faa1, IF 80
skull and IS de0th from she ve~fex b,,t
whether = l2y 10 the right or !eft of "a
nF7;an lire could not be determined. Nv
turning the patents face toward the fuha
ana again looking VITA ,he f1uorozcaua q
spot ~aS mad oUt a lt-l@ - the - - fRa
media ijne In this Nsv having viewed
inc oefE8t from TWO positions a. right
angles ~ one another as location could he
Getern.{ret Ur 2 with great a-.7l~7sv
tn" patients condition was pra.-raalIv
ao1't less HHt fne attending uh,-s .rla,,s
were n heres that be g-iTht stand an or