Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-24

tributed to the gunshot wound, but,
fundamentally, he said, it was due TO
the changes back of the stomach in
the pancreas. caused by the breaking
down of the material of the pancreas
as a result of the passage of the bull
let.
DIR. Herman Mynter Was the Next
witness. District Attorney Penney
questioned him closely regarding the
operation performed on President Nc
Kinley at the exposition hospital inn
mediately after the shooting. DR..
Mynter said the surgeons found the
bullet wound in the left upper side of
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. Ii was done to
get at the wound in the back of the
stomach The stomach was turned
the back of that organ. They could
not follow the further course OF the
bullet and as the Presidents tempera-
ture was rising 1t was agreed by the
physicians present that no further
search for 1t was advisable at that
time. The stomach was replaced and
the opening closed with sutures. On
the advice of the physician the Presi-
dent 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 we're associated
with him in the case and described
the result of the autopsy saying that
it proved, first. that there was no in
flamation of the bowels. second, that
there was no Injury TO the heart;
third, that there was a gunshot wound
in the stomach and that there was a
gangrenous spot back Of the stomach
as large as a silver dollar.
What was the cause of dcath?'
asked Mr.. Penney.
THE cause was blood poisoning
from the absorption of poisonous mat
ter caused by the gangrene. Primarily
it was the gunsh6t wound
Cross-examination of MIR 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 intestines
of the President"
ooh yes" was the reply, you have
them and so have /"
WAS the pancreas broken" asked
Judge Titus.
mo"
How could the
Fluid Escaped From the Organ
IL it was not punctured?"
"By deterioration of the tissues sur
rounding it"
What caused the infection Of the
wound?"
81 wish you could tell me-" replied
the doctor.
Mr.. Titus explained that he was not
criticising the witness but was ques-
tioning him as an expert. DIR. Mynter
explained that this was a question that
could not be determined until the 70
suits of the meteorological examination
now in progress were made known.
How far, as you traced the lines OF
this bullet did this gangrenous sub
stance exist?" was asked by Mr.. ii
tus.
"It existed along the whole track, as
well as l could find 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 were cor-
suited"
Eyes. DR.. Gaylord performed 1t.
They tried for four hours to locate the
bullet.
"Why did they stop then?'
"The family of the President would
not allow them TO continue any longer
or to injure the corpse any more. They
would not permit anything to be re-
moved from the body for bacteriologi-
cal examination.
'SWould tho Y-ray have
shown You the Injuries
of the path of the wound?'
Not at ALL 1t would simply have
shown where the bullet was. 1t would
not have shown the position of the in
jured tissues in the slightest"
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"
District Attorney Penney asked in
| redirect examination:
''The X-Ray would have disclosed
| the location of the bullet if 1t had been
near the surface
Eyes, or deeper for that matter the