The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-29
KILLED N A HOSPITAL
CCRONER'S JURY VERDICT ON
DEATH OF LOUIS HILLIARD
IN NEW YORK
CHARGE NURSES WITH CRIME
Male Attendants at Bellevue Held to
the Grand Jury for Beat-
ing u Patient to
Death.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The jury in the
inquest into the cause of the death OF
Louis HiIliard tonight rendered a verdict
declaring that he had come to his death
from asphyXiation and fractured ribs,
caused by Jerry r. Davis, Edward o.
Dean and Clinton I. Marshall, male
nurses at Bellevue hospital. The coroner
the grand jury. The jury also censured
the Bellevue hospital authorities for lax
ity of methods.
Despite the protests of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Mcintyre, Davis, Dean and
Marshall were released in $1,000 bail
each.
The first witness today Mrs. Hilliard,
said that she noticed bruises on her hus-
bands head when she saw him at the
had been beaten. She asked the doctor
(Fitch) how he got the bruises, and he
said he did not know, and did not want
to know. Thomas D. Boyle, policeman,
testified that he had arrested Minnock
the man who gave sensational evidence
yesterday, on December, and in the course
of conversation on a street, Minnock
stated that he had been thrown down on
his story, but had a story, at any rate,
that he could sell; that they had killed q
man in the pavilion on Tuesday,
DR.. John w. Moore Jr, of the Belle
vue hospital staff, testified that he first
/ saw Hilliard on Tuesday in the shower
bath, and paid no more attention to him
'"The nurses were in charge of Hilliard
for an entire day?" asked a juryman.
Yes; but I looked into each room al
each patient in bed that night
Continuing, the witness said his i'm
preston was that he saw Hilliard be-
tween II and 12 on Wednesday, Dec. H.
and had a short conversation with him.
He had his clothes on, and the witness
said he had an indStinct recollection of
seeing slight bruise over HilIiard's eye
He next saw him between and O'clock
when he was summoned in a hurry and
found one of the nurses kneeIing over
Hilliard, producing artificial respiration.
He did not want to stop the artificial
respiration so he did not put his ear
to the mans heart for several moments.
He then found that Hilliard was dead
sTRANGLED TO DEATH.
A dispute arose before the coroner as
to the time when a sheet was twisted
about billiards. throat, the defense hold
ing that it was on Tuesday Minnock
was recalled and testified that the sheet
was twisted around Hilliard's throat on
Wednesday by Davis. He was ques-
toned as to details of his story, and re-
ported the incidents related by him on
the stand yesterday and declared the
twisting of the sheet about Hilliard's
neck by Davis was after the fashion
known among sailors as the Spanish
windlass
''If this witness's'' testimony is true,
this takes the case out of the category
of manslaughter and makes it one of
murder" said Assistant District At
torney Mcintyre. ut establishes pre-
meditation. To take a sheet and twist
it about mans neck until he is suf-
focated is murder
The attorneys on both sides summer up
and the case was turned over to the
jury. Bail for the nurses was fixed at
5000 in each case and the bonds were
Immediately signed by Ogden Mills, of
the training school, and the nurses were
released.