The San Francisco call., 1898-12-14
HE TREATED BESSIE
 BAILEY ON THE TRAIN

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 COLFAX, Dec. 13-Dr. Ware has made an affidavit relative to his care and treatment of Bessie Bailey on the train between this city and Truckee. It is understood that this affidavit is to be used in an investigation to be held by the trustees of the Agnews Asylum or by the State Lunacy Commission.
 The affidavit co~tains certain infor- nation not suitable for publication which indicates that Miss Bailey did not have that moral protection that Is expected to surround charges of the State The remainder of the affidavit follows:
 On November r, 1898. I received a tele- gram requesting me to meet the east bound overland train No. 1 to prescribe for, sick passenger. On the arrival of said train. shortly after 3 p. m., boarded the tourist car and was taken to young woman, who was moaning and apparently in great pain. She at once begged for hypodermic of morphine, which l declined to give her.
 After relieving her from pain by other means, I gave her small dose of nor phine, not to exceed twenty drops of tine ture of hyoSeyamus. This was followed by sleep of from an hour and a quarter to an hour and half in duration, from which she awoke much refreshed and ate well of a lunch she had with her.
 About 8 D. m. she was restless, moan ing, hysterical and making, some noise; and at this time I counted her pulse and found 1t 7S the temperature was normal. She still asked for hypooerm1c or mor- phia occasionally.
 party consulted me about the advisability of Miss Baileys continuing the trip. After considering all the circumstances, I concluded that it was best for her to
 Before leaving the train I procured half an ounce of bromide of potassium and told the manager to dissolve II in a teacup S ounces) of water, and If Miss Bailey con- tinued nervous to give her teaspoonful every hour, or in case of necessity; tea spoonful every half hour but If she was not soon relieved or did not do we'll not To rely on the medicine, but to call phy-
 When I left the train at Truckee Miss Bailey was quiet and appeared comfort
 In physical examination of the chest made under very adverse circumstances I found evidences of bronchlai catarrh, but no evidence of heart trouble could ' During in the trip to Truckee she was hy- sterical, cried and langhed pg o .uans, TITS less After her sleep she was much more quiet performed upon her at the hospital for the inc relief of a bladder difficulty, but that if was not entirely successful. She. re- ferred distinctly to this operation as nay, nay ing been for the renel ol piduuci uOupiS, and made no reference to any other ope- ration. ,o,,o offair between herself and young man, put dated the affair several years back and had nothing to say about any @ unoue o rafar lftr- macy with any one. There was no reler- ence to any recent love affair.
 She told me where she was traVellng, said that she did not want to i've ana spoke of suicide several times, put dld not seem very earnest about it and 1 was not strongly impressed with the belief that she would destroy herself, though warned the manager to look out for her. She was sad and gay by turns, quickly changeable.
 some glycerine, anti-kamnia tablets and laxative pills The pills she said con- tained strychnine, and I took them away from her and placed them in charge of one of. the passengers.
 any of her own medicine. She showed no evidence of being under the influence of morphine or any other narcotic or seda- tive.
 her condition dangerous, though it might become so from recurrence of her blad- der trouble.
 If her death was from natural causes 1t is my belief from what saw of her that it was probably due either to uremic poi soning or acute pulmonary congestion.
 The young woman gave me her name a Miss Bessie Waight but I ascertained from the passengers and the manager that she was Miss Bessie Bailey.
 Following the affidavit is this state ment in pr. Wares own handwriting:
 COLFAX, Cal, Dec. 12.-She gave me ten-dollar gold piece in payment for my a great deal of money, but could spare s5 I had no change and presented the ten