The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-12-02

No little excitement was oc
casioned Tuesday last by the
arrest OF DR.. w. E. Robinson or
charge of committing a crimi-
nal operation on the person o1
Mary Bilsborow, the patient dy
ing under the operation. 1t ap
pears that the woman resided a,
Graceville, Mimi, and was q
friend and intimate acquaintance
Of Frank Mills, the G.. M. x st.
p railroad agent at this point,
and she had visited here several
time before. The sudden death OF
the woman, coming here ap-
parently in health, caused the
coroner, DR.. G.. E. Dauiels to in.
stitute a court of inquiry, and
Messrs. Emil Johnson, W. M.
Thomas and Levi Schnabel We're
sworn in as a jury on the inqeust
and a post mortem examination
of the body made by the coroner
and Dr. Fanset. 1t was after
this examination that the coro.
ner made the complaint for the
arrest Of DIR. Robinson, the re
mains having been prepared for
shipment to Graceville-the ship
ping certificate stating cause of
death as pneumonia and heart
trouble. The remains were TAX
en- to Graceville on Tuesday
nights train by a brother and
sister of the deceased woman,
who had been notified of the de-
plorable affair.
At the inquest number Of
witnesses were sworn, including
Dr. O'Ready, E. Brockman the
hotel clerk, Night Watchman
Merry, Mrs. Parker the nurse
in the case, Drs. Fanset and
Rose, O, j. Sommerville the
stableman, and Mayor Volkmar.
From the evidence secured from
these witnesses the condensed
story Of the case is about as fol
lows: The woman arrived here
from Graceville on the early
Sunday morning train. Going
direct to the ST. Hubert hotel,
she had the night clerk call Mr..
Mills, who accompanied her to
the doctors house, he returning
to the hotel. The operation was
performed Monday afternoon,
the patient dying at an early
hour the following morning. DR..
O'Ready was called in to ad-
minister the anasthetics, and
the nurse also being present
during the operation. The testi-
mony of both of these witnesses
was toward the theory that the
operation was a necessary one
in the hope of saving the life OF
the woman, while the testimony
of Drs. Fanset and Rose was op-
posed to this theory. The cor
oner's jury sat all day Wednes
day and brought in a verdict
which was not made public till
this morning, the substance OF
which was that the deceased
came to her death from mis-car
riage and the use of instruments
on the part Of DR.. Robinson
A charge Of manslaughter found
ed upon this verdict was the
result, and w. H. Robinson ano
F. H. Mills named as defendants
An additional and separate
charge being lodged against the
latter
Upon his arrest DR.. Robinson
Immediately gave bonds in tht
sum of $500 for his appearance
when wanted, Messrs. A. F
Lindquist, G. D. Fairchild, +
H. Benedict, E. P. Dore, q. {
Barney and N. Nelson going hi
security. The hearing before th'
Justice was set for the following
morning, but afterwards adjourn
| ed to this morning.
In Justice to the accused doc
tor be it said, he vigorously de
nies any criminality in the mat
ter, and his calling in of anothe
physician during the operation i
cited as strong evidence in sup
port of this assertion, and ais
the opposition of the woman
relatives to legal investigation
The whole affair is deplorabl
one in all it's aspects, and what
ever may be it's legal results, "
feel that the fewer the detail
we give to our readers the richie
they are for the omission.
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