The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-27

the tip of my finger. It was filed with
a dark fluid matter"
The search for the bullet was not COD
tinued after the cause Of death had
been a~scertained. The pancreas was
seriously involved. The Of death
was a gunshot wound. The organs of
the body other than those affected by
the wounds were in a normal condition.
On cross examination by Judge Lewis
he said the autopsy was performed nine
days after the wound had been caused.
The process of healing of the wounds
in the stomach had begun. The tissues
beyond the stomach had been affected
by gangrene. The wounds in the stom-
ach were not necessarily the cause of
death. The fundamental cause was the
changes back Of the stomach. The ac-
tual cause was absorption of the broken
was nothing known to medical science
which would have arrested the prog
ress OF the changes caused by h pas
sage of the bullet through the AN
creaS.
On redirect examination DR.. Gaylord
explained that the cause Of the break
ing down of the pancreas in the first
place was the injuries produced and,
secondly, the escape Of the secretion in
the pancreas.
THE FIRST OPERATION.
LII 11SI IdA ayllSI HdS Tue HGAL
witness. District Attorney Penny
questioned him closely regarding the
operation performed on President Nc
Kinley at the exposition hospital i'm
mediately after the shooting. DR.. Myn-
ter said the found the bullet
wound in the left upper side Of the
domino cavity. The president
agreed to an operation at once which
was absolutely necessary to save his
life. Dr.. Mann was selected, with DR..
Mynter, to perform the operation.
The abdomen was opened. It was diff
cult to get at the wound in the back
of the stomach. The stomach was
turned over and a bullet hole was
found in the back of that organ. They
could not follow the further course Of
the bullet and as the presidents tenn
p%erature was rising it was agreed by
the physicians present that no further
search for it was advisable at that
time. The stomach was replaced and
the opening closed with sutures. On
the advice of the physicians the pres
lent was removed to Mr.. Milburn's
house.
DR.. Mynter then described the period
of favorable symptoms shown by the
patient, his relapse and death.
DR.. Mynter gave the names Of all the
doctors who were associated with him
in the case and described the result of
the autopsy, saying it proved: first,
that there was no Inflammation of the
bowels, second. hat there was no in
jury to the heart; third, that there was
a gunshot wound in the stomach, n
that there was a g~angrenouS spot back
of the stomach as large as a silver dol
lar.
"What was the cause OF death?"
asked Mr.. Penny
The cause was blood poisoning from
the absorption Of poisonous matter
caused by the gangrene. Primarily it
vas the gunshot wound"
Cross examination by Mr.. Titus was
directed to the possible presence of mi
crobes in the intestines.
Have you any idea that there may
have been microbes in the intentines Of
h president"
"Oh yes,' was the reply, you have
them and SO have l."
"Was the pancreas broken?" asked
Judge Titus.
NO"
How could the fluid escape from the
organ if it was not punctured?"
by deterioration Of the tissues sur
rounding it."
How far as you traced the line OF
this bullet, did this gangrenous sub
stance exist?" was asked by Mr.. Titus
1T existed along the whole track, as
1 we'll as L could ind OUT"
why did you not continue and To-
| cate the bullet when you made the
autopsy"
81 did not make the autopsy"
you were present and consulted?"
Yes DIR. Gaylord performed it. They
tried for foul hours to locate the bull
let"
why did they stop them"
1.-The family of h president would
II not oIIoT fhana 70 nnntinI1n anU LONGER
| or to injure the corps any more. They
| would not permit anything to be re-
moved from the body for archaeological
examination"
What was the cause Of death?" .
The bullet wound that passed
! through both walls of the stomach and
lodged in the muscles of the back"
DIR. MANN'S TESTIMONY.
DR.. Matthew D. Mann, another of the
physicians who attended President Nc
Kinley was the next witness. He went
over the ground covered by DR.. Myn-
ter and described the operation per-
formed at the exposition hospital.
ITO find the track of the bullet, back
of the stomach" DR.. Mann explained
lit would nave been necessary to re-
move the bowels from the abdominal
cavity. The performance Of that ope-
ration would probably have resulted
fatally, as the president naO dlreduy
ready grown very weak as a result OF
the first operation"
Were you present at the autopsy"
Asked District Attorney Penny.
yes"
Tell us what you found"
Raising the stomach we found a
large cavity, the walls of which showed
evidence of gangrene. In the cavity
was a quantity of pancreatic fluid.
The tissue surrounding it covering a
space as large as a silver dollar was
affected"
DIR. Mann's testimony was not con-
cluded at the our set for adjournment.
Contempt Proceedings Against the
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