The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-13

me he expected To go to Salt r.,
and have the operation performed 49,
as he said the military surgeon f.
said it would be necessary to- ana,
him to live.
''The reputation Of Captain Mills
peace and quietneSs was extrsr,-
good. During my intimate associa--
with him / never knew him to evbH.
anger; 1 never heard him use Iangn.-
in the least degree violent. and 1 No.
heard him speak discourte0usIv b, -
officer enlisted man or citizen p
fore the battalion was mustered ems
have heard Lieutenant Mills sprter
repeatedly by officers and citizens --s
particularly Of his peaceabla and or5
habits, and always i'm the highes. tsr--
Of commentator.
on CTOss-eXaminatiOn the vyitra..
said.
The defendants condition. raf-L.-
physically, nor mentally. was iB --
Judgment improved when / last -
him, compared with yhat it had bs--
at the time of his voyage TO the Unit
States
Hospital Nurse Testifes.
The deposition of Jennie NJ. limo
formerly of Salt Lake, was as farr1r-ss,
Il am % years of age. I am am d.
cutionist, and now reside in san Fran
cisco. Cal.
4 knew the defendant. Frederic
Mills. in Honolulu. I had day char.
of him as nurse while he was al tE
hospital, from Nov. 2S or %. 1895. u--T
a few days after Mrs. Mills arrived
which was the day before New Years
I was nurse in the hospital al tr..
time ia the service Of the United Star.
government
when I took charge Mr. Mills ra,
very i'll. 1 was not positive at .ha-
time. but / supposed he was suferfrg
from typhoid fever. He was c0ufra5
to his bed and was Obliged 10 be- moved
He was conscious at times only. Tina
fact that he had not paid his life fr-
surance seemed to weigh very heavily
on his mind. He talked about f. "a
peatedly, and finally / got permission
To write the letter FOR him. ana ae g..-
tated the letter, gave me the none.
and I enclosed it and sent il down fn
the bank. as he told me 90.
He was as many other patients only
very much worse. until Dec. e. ais
went 20 administer medicine, Just ss
he tasted IL, it went against him. and
he went of into a terrible spaSm Z
sent Immediately for the physician The
doctor arrived and administered me5.-
cines hypOdermically. An instrument
had to be clasDed through his t5Hsu4
to keep him from swallowing &c. and
wedges placed between his jaws 10
keep his mouth open. There Were many
spasms following each other in guear
succession. during which his entire
body became perfectly stifG, and artf-
/ fetal respiration had to be res0rled 90
F u Of
remained with him until 2 that after
noon, until he was out of danger.
Both in his delirium and his sane
moments he constantly worried ana
talked of his duties in camp. He hoy
cred between life and death for weeks
and I spOnged him with alcohol three
or four times a day for a week OF two.
It was after his attack Of Dec. that
I returned. after a moments absence.
and saw him in his delirium, which
I had been continuous. debating a letter
to his wife which I took down Ir 10
he made arrangements for his funeral
gave his good byes and advice concern
/ ing his property to his wife and chill
/ dren.
After the artificial respiration lyr
Mills breast was black and blue as the
result thereof. After Mrs Mills ar-
D
/ hospital to a private room in the S1iId-
/ ing, and was under the care of Mrs
Mills. 1t was a matter of general ra-
/ port in the hospital that he suffered
| one relapse. and that some side opera
/ ton was performed, but Of these facts
| I have no direct personal knowledge.
When / bade him goodbye at the
( ship the day I left he seemed very
weak. and I wondered then if he ever
woIid regain strength and mental con-
ditiOn. I always noticed that peculiar
/ look in Mr.. Mills eyes. It was a fixed.
/ far-away sort of a vacant expression.
Deposition Of Rickon.
Deposition Of Fred J. H. Reckon was
as follows:
: Il am 43 years old; by occupation
/ civil engineer. in the quartermaster.
department, United States army. ]
reside in San Francisco, Cal I frs
knsw Fred J. Mills about the middle
of July, 1898, when ne Joined the thir.
! battalion Of the Second United State-
: volunteer engineers. as a first Ieutan.
/ ant, in command Of company x. from
/ Salt Lake City. At that time I wal
/ captain of company L of the sam.
/ battalion I knew him very intimately
/ from that time up to May Is, 1899. This
battalion was stationed at Honolulu
from Aug. II. 1898 to April D. 1899
Typhoid fever was prevalent and
3 Lieutenant Mills was appointed Office
( in charge of the sanitary engingsIiu.
I of the camp. in addition to these duu=
he was obliged to perform the reEUla
+ duties of a company officer. He work
} ed early ard late very hard. Ii va.
a matter of common knowledge tha
! he was the hardest worked man in th
/ battalion.
"A few days before ThankzgiviHg
/ 1898. his condition became such that Do
was obliged TO be sent to the hos
/ Dital where he developed a very s=u
Gus case of typhoid fever, and rename
at the hospital until our departure iron
/ Honolulu, and was a physical Wre.
from that time until I bade him good
by on May 16, 1893.
SO i'll was he that on two or thre
/ occasions / did not think he W0u.
live more than that many hours, an
/ on one occasion it was reported that
had died, but his life was saved d.
/ artificial respiration His condition Oh
mind continued morbid from the tim
he left Honolulu until he reached Sa
Francisco.
lie SUI EcbAL lDlQ lie llLdL Lieu -----
[ Mills condition was such that In Dbl
opinion he doubted extremely whetEa
be would ever be fit for anything agar
and that it might be necessary To per
form an operation upon him. DUrIH
my acquaintance with Mills [ h.
and still have the highest opinion
him. He is a perfect gentleman D
every conception of the word. As
his mental condition, when he rss
Joined, he was as bright as auylHa
could be. but after his illness. be va
/ mOrOse. morbid and continually dive
upon his physical condition, and
he expressed it, his utter uselezsr-.S=.
On discrimination the witn5-
said: His mental condition Whe'-
last saw him was such that in U
opinion he would require the most car.
full nursing and cheerful surrOundln-
before he would regain his normal con