Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

Nv hen the autopsy was being held
on the body and when the wound in
| fundus of the womb WAS discovered l
remarked, in the presence of Drs. En-
dicOtt and Gall, that that looked like
one of my punctures.
In my opinion, the cause of death
of the deceased was ruptured blood
vessel. -
On cross-examination the witness
stated that there were over thousand
blood vessels in the human body, and
he could not state which blood vessel
had been ruptured. His opinion that
there was a ruptured blood vessel was
based upon the fact that there was a
break in the cireulatory system, which
he discovered while endea voring to
embalm the body arterially.
Mrs. Emma Roberts was sworn and
testified as follows: CDR. Giles and
Mr.. Darling took tea at my house soon
after the death of Mrs. Darling. They
were friendly as far as l know l in
vited them to take cup of tea. | do
not know what they were talking about
while they were at the table. 1t was
about an hour after the death of Mrs.
Darling"
DR.. G: II. Gibbons was sworn and
OCOplICu dS lOlOWS. HdG Ills pro-
fession was that of a physician and
surgeon, and in answer to hypothet-
ical question asked by the defense, he
stated that in his opinion and judg-
ment death was caused by rupture of
an important blood vessel, but that he
could not tell what particular blood
vessel had been ruptured. He also
testified that the wound in the fundus
no In
have been produced by the instrument
called sound, but might have been pro-
duced by the trocar and cannula, which
the undertaken used in EN- balming the
body.
DR.. George L. Hopkins was sworn
and testified as follows: That he is a
physician and surgeon, and had been
such for nearly forty-six years. In
answer to Hypothetical question
asked by the defense. he stated that in
his opinion the death of Jennie A.
Darling was caused by ruptured blood
vessel or embolus. He also testified
that the wound in the fundus of the
womb could not have been made by
the instrument called the sound, but
might have been made by the trocar
and cannula used by the undertaken in
embalming the body. On cross-exam-
ination he testified that in his opinion
death was caused by ruptured blood
vessel, was based on the testimony of
Mr.. Roberts, the undertaken.
DR.. B. Fl. Schacht was sworn and
testified, and his testimony was sub
stantially the same as that of Drs.
Gibbons and Hopkins.
DR.. E. Tiffany was sworn and testi-
fed inrelation to the use of the differ
ent instruments, and also of the effect
of certain operations in certain cases.
He testified that in his opinion the in
strument called the sound could not
have produced the wound in the fun
dus of the womb.
Joseph H. Giles was sworn and testi-
fed as follows: 81 reside in Sutter
Greek in this county; am a physician
and surgeon and have been such for
over forty years; have lived in Sutter
Creek for nearly twenty years contin-
uously.- am man of family, nv
family consisting of .one son, three
daughters and five grandchildren. l
am Justice of the Peace and Notary
Public at Sutter Creek. l have been
Justice of the Peace for seven years;
was reelected at the last election.
'Prior to the second day of Novem-
Der of last year l did not know An
drew Darling to my recollection. I
never had any business relations with
him prior to that time that l am
aware of. Prior to the fourth day of
Novem ber last 1 did not know the de-
ceased, Jennie A. Darling. On the
second day of Novem Der, 1899, Andrew
Darling called at my office in the even
fling, between and 8o'clock, and stated
that he wished to see me about his
wife and wished me to treat her.
advised him to discourage her in the
matter, as it was fraught with more or
less danger, and he said he would not
like to have his wife injured in any
| way. | tried to explain to him why he
should not do such a thing, and that it
was not necessary and might injure his
wife. He told me that when she came,
that if she insisted, to get out of it the
best l could under the circumstances.
l did not make any arrangements or
agree to make any arrangements to
see his wife. He asked me if l was go
ing to be busy on that evening, and
told him that would and he then left.
l did not make any charge against him
for l did not do anything to make
a charge for. He told me that
he was a poor man and had but little
| money.
81 think that it was on the fourth
day of November that Mrs. Darling
came in. She introduced herself and
said that her husband had sent her to
see me. She had her hands up to her
face and looked somewhat flushed, and
then she turned very pale. l asked
L ~
she had been walking too fast. My
front Office has quite large quantity
of drugs in it, and l thought perhaps
the smell of the drugs Overcame her.
had quite fire and it was very warm,
and 1 asked her if the heat affected
her, and she said, No. | am accus-
toned to feel this way sometimes when
[ walk too fast. Then she seated her.
self on the lounge, and pretty soon she
fell over with her head on the pillow.
| got some ammonia so she could in
hale it for the purpose of reviving her.
she revived and sat up and told me
what her business was. ] told her
then that her husband had already
seen me about the case, and we had
concluded that the case was not one
to do anything of the kind, and that
she had better let the matter go and
let nature take its course. She still
seemed desirous to have something
done, and kept asking me for some
kind of an examination, and she de-
scribed throbbing pain that she was
suffering from. l made an examina-
tion and applied some soothing oint-
ment, and that was all that was done.
L.