Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-09
Witness did rot think The joints had

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been sufficiently injured TO prevent
walking and he knew nothing of the
timo of any rupture. He did not sus-
| pect that there was rupture and made
no examination for ono The doctor
thought he saw Mrs. Donahoe the day
after the accident
DR.. John Palmer said on the morning
after the accident he attended Mrs.
Donahoe. He found her in bed, suffer-
ing from shock. She was able to speak
and witness thought from what she
said there was some disturbance of the
bones, but discosered an old bruise,
which she told him resulted from fall
three or four days before that time.
She appeared to be suffering from
nervous shock, but not boing the at
tending physician did not make a
Thorough examination.
On ross-examination by MIR. Biggs,
witness said he vas called by tho family
and did not go there as the railroad
company's physician.
At IL. so o'clock court adjourned until
2. l5 O'Clock.
In the afternoon, much time was con.
sumed Immediately after the opening
OF the session by counsel on both sides
Mr.. Donahoe told him he had pulled
his wife off the train Or told her TO
arguing the point as to whether coun-
sol for the defence had laid the proper
ground for the contradiction of the
plaintiff, tho point having developed at
the morning session. when MI. Bird of
counsel for the defence asked Samuel
Chambers, witness. II Michael Dona-
hoe, the plaintiff, had not said to him
after the accident Of October 10th, 1898,
that the train ran so quickly from the
w. & N. Junction to Delaware avenue
station he did not know when he
reached the station. As reported at
the time, Mr.. Biggs objected to Mr..
GhamberS replying If he could not
swear to tho exact language, and as
Mr.. Chambers said he could not recall
, the exact words, asked that his answer
be stricken from the record. After the
argument Judge Bradford decided that
it would not be necessary to give the
exact language The continuation of
the examination of Mr. Chambers was
, postponed, Mr.. bird deciding TO con-
, tinue the examination of medical wit
neSSeS.
! DIR. Swithin Chandler, the first wit
ness called, said he attended Mrs.
i Honora Donahoe, the night of the acci-
, dent. When he arrived at the house
she was in bed. He found she had
, soreness in the muscles of the left
shoulder and ON the third and fourth
| ribs. He saw an old bruise on the left
) hip and Mrs. Donahoe told him that
, was the result of fall downstairs a
} few days before the accident. He also
{ found congestion of the lungs, the
j resultof valvular disease of the heart,
I none Of which had been caused by the
, accident at Delaware avenue station.
L. L.. 20 1, -
4 tended her occasionally about two and
, half years before that time, and had
warned her to be careful about lifting,
/ as violent actions might carry her off
0 at any time. There was no evidence OF
i injury on Mrs. Donahoe's body the
9 night Of the accident, except the bruise
which she said had been caused by a
fall down stnirs. Witness said he at
/ tended Mrs. Donahoe regularly from
1 the time of the accident, October 10th.
q until November 18th, little over a
n month He gave as his Judgment that
4 Mrs. Donahoe could not have lived
/ more than year after the date of the
Q accident, had there been no accident.
] He drew this conclusion from Mrs.
Donahoe's condition prior to the acci-
!. dent.
DIR. Chandler said Mr.. Donahoe told
o him the night of the accident that his
n wife called his attention to the fact
that the train had reached Delaware
s avenue station before he knew it, and
f when they were leaving the car he
d called 10 his wife to jump off and she
n did so.
q Being oross-e examined by Mr.. Biggs,
o witness said he saw Mrs. Donahoe al
o her house about 10 times during the
u two and hnlf years prior to the acci
o dent, but did not attend her that many
o times. He considered she had ar
!, ailiction that was incurable. Wher
g he called upon her tho night of the
n accident there was no external evidence
n of injury from the fall, except that she
was badly frightened. Witness visited
J. tho patient each day during Cctobei
q and every third oil fourth day from tht
q first to the 18th of November, when HI
. was notified that DIR. White had beer
d engaged and he censed his visits.
% Mr.. Biggs asked whether Mr.. Donahot
u had not suggested that DIR. Fahey Et
"a called in consultation and he (witness
N objected and Or. Pyle was called. Wit
It moss said such was not the case; tina
he would have been very glad to hav,
ia had Dr. Fahey. Mr. Donahoe ma,
70 have suggested the name Of DIR. Fahe.
as well as Dir. Pyls's.
{, When Mr. Biggs asked the witness
N whether his statement that Mrs. Dona
d hoe could not have lived year afte
|. October 10th, 1893, had there been NJ
IN accident, was not guess Witness
le replied "That is my Judgment "
70 "Why didn't you say she could no
m have lived six months?" Mr.. Bigg
,r asked.
r. "Beoause my judgment said on
I. year. witness, replied.
IS ''Could 1t not have been 13 month
% instead Of 1922, Mr.. Biggs asked
/. "My Judgment was y months,' tn
le witness again replied. He said b.
knew of Mrs Donahoe's condition tw'
% and half years before tho acciden
ID and it was growing worse all the time
nj Witness said he, DIR. Palmer and DIR
ID Ellegood ale the Baltimore N Ohi'
m Railroad Go. Is physicians here.
I. William RAMSEY said he was passen
30 ger on the train at time of tho accident
1e He was on his way from Granogue t
PHILADELPHIA He heard the conducto
So and brakeman call out the name of tn
/. station before the train stopped a
1e Delaware avenue station. The trail
he was stopped SO long that he could hav
- walked from one end of it to the other
at In reply to Mr.. Biggs, witness SAT-
m tho train was stopped longer than
40 minute and half.
yo William H.. Forbes. also of Granogue
bo who was also on the train the night @
as the accident, corroborated the testimon
r. of Ramsey relative to the conducto
at and brakeman calling out the name