The evening times., 1898-11-09
TREPBINING A SKULL.
Frank Collier. the Chicago Lawyer.
Submits ia the Ordeal
tFroU the Ihi

tFrom the Chicago Chr0uiCle.)
Frank Howard Golfers skull was tre- |
pinned at the County Hospital yesterday |
afternoon.
Two hours after the operation the &c |
centric lawyer came out from under the !
influence of the anesthetics. He recog-
nized the group about his bedside as
clearly as though he had just awakened
from short nap. He raised one hand
up to his bandaged head and said: 1T
is over. I feel all right, except for a
slight headache
He tried TO raise himself up. but, find
ing ii a difficult eXertion. he smiled and
said: Il feel tired" He then asked TO
be shown the piece OF bone taken from
his skull by the trephine. When told
that DR.. Davis, the operating surgeon
had taken it away. the patient with a
touch OF his impetuous nature declared
that the surgeons had promised 10 give
him the bone. a young woman sitting
by his side holding one of mis- hands in
hers, leaned over and kissed him and soft
ly asked him 10 be quiet. declaring that
| the physicians would live up TO their
| promise Collier smiled as he looked up
| into the face of the young woman. for
! whose future happiness ne had submitted
| to the operation, and became the most
| passive OF patients.
The operators have little hope of any
/
While the skull was found thickened at
| the place indicated by the radiograph on
| the right side of the temple where the
| bludgeon of years ago struck Collier and
caused an unmistakable pressure upon
| the brain, another condition of the brain
| was discovered that may necessitata a
second operation should Collier be able to
! stand it. The brain was found TO be
! puIseless. When the little disk of bone
outward into the orifice remained per-
fectly still. not even causing "A swelling
of the dura matter that incloses IL. The
operating physicians say there is cyst
or tumor somewhere in ii. II may be
under the dura mater or located beyond
the reach of the surgeons instruments.
There was brief consultation over going
deeper into the brain. The patient had
been too long under the surgeons hands.
and fearing that further search might
prove fatal, it was determined to stop
with the trephinng.
Collier went bravely to the operating ia
BILE Death had no fears for him. Insist
ing TO the last that his brain was not af-
| fected and that he had recovered from
| circular insanity. the one-time lawyer of
great practice said he wished the opera
ton for the effect it would have upon the
, public in restoring him to confidence and
, good practice if for no other reason. He
preferred death, he asserted, TO a con-
: tinuance of the life he had been leading.
He was accompanied TO the hospital by
Miss Lillian Rowland, a tall, slender
blond of Elgin. Ii was TO win her In
marriage that Collier submitted TO the
: operation as much as any other cause
She is the daughter of an old friend OF
i, Collier The three years spent in the FL
gin asylum were lightened by the weekly
visits of the young woman, who cheered
the lawyer to hope for recovery and re-
lease.
Through ell of his troubles since that
time she has been in touch with him
soothing and counseling him When Col
!, lier's wife turned against her husband
3 and had him time and again, it is alleged
sent to Dunning as pauper insane pa
I tient Miss Rowland's sympathy and ten
derness softened the blow OF aHllcuon
n When Collier recovered his rights In MS
! magnificent legal battle, he was INSPIRED
! and strengthened by the sweet face OF
Miss Rowland. 1t was TO win for wlft
a the young woman who had been so de,
voted TO him that he secured divorce
from his wife.
To Collier the recovery of his menta
D | faculties meant marriage with the young
: woman who has been so closely inter
twined with his life for the past ter
, years The world only learned of Franz
| Golfers romance when, as he lay dowI
upon the operating table, he turned hi:
: face toward the quietly dressed young
{ woman who stood by him and their lip'
: met in kiss.