New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

es'ent." replied Eie Mynter 1--WE hlsS11>s greed
! not TO talk about that at present.
4 DR.. Mynter reaffrmed the declaration that
nothing could have been done to save the Pres-
2dent's lfe He added that cultures had been
taken from different spots along the track of
the bullet. and that an examination OF these
&would be made TO ascertain the nature of the
poisonous germs
POISONED, DR. WASDIN THINKS.
a DR.. Wasdin has no hesitation in expressing the
Eopinion that the gangrene in the Presidents
abody was caused by poisoned bullet.
MY impression was he said to-night, "tha t
Z the entire appearance of the Presidents body
I was due to some influence that had never seen.
gThe areas of necrosis limited to the tissues
Immediately about the wound made by the ball
and the length of time which had been re-
1quired, days, produced results entirely diff
6ferent from the general aspect of such tissues
invaded by gangrene producing bacteria on
the third day the skin wound had gangrene. but
1--WE thought could arrest it, and did But
to-day, when the body opened, found
death had come from slow rotting. That -
the direct. plain way of stating it. Now. then.
Slet say that ordinary gangrene pro-
aducng bacteria would have destroyed the
entire cavity OF the badomen in forty-eight
4hours, whereas this process had re-
/ 8quired many days Had it been ordinary
case of gangrene the President would not have
9is no reason why death should have followed
agangrene merely followed the track of the bull
let slow process. and it is from that fact that
believe that 1t was poisoned bullet that did
the work. There was no peritonitis abscess,
= only this malign malignant influence, which
none of us really understood. The result, how
ever, will soon be known. An analysis of the
tissues of the Presidents abdomen is being
made by the State chemist. and when that is
finished, in about week. we will know very
sclosely whether it was ordinary gangrene or the
result of malignant poison carried into the
body by the aSSaSSin'S bullet
VIEWS OF DIR. MANN
Dr. Matthew D. Mann. the surgeon on whom
fell the responsibility of operating the Pres
dent Immediately after he shot, in the
I course of cursory talk, said:
First of all, there was never any contention or!
unseemly discussion among the physicians as to
the method of treatment of a case similar to the
apresent one in Importance. In case was there
ever better understanding to what should
\ be done. We worked together as one man.
There were honest differences Of opinion some
times among us as to which was the better
mode of procedure under certain conditions. but
1 the minority were always convinced"
About the criticisms that were made as to
1.-THE insuffciency of the original examination
and the failure to locate the bullet at the time
Of operation. were they 1ustifed?"
THE BULLET NOT FOUND.
Il think the report made to-day" DR.. Manns
Ireplled, is a sufficient answer to your Ques-
tion. 1t shows very plainly that the location
|of the bullet had nothing to do with the final
outcome of the case That resulted from gan
grene. which appeared in the path Of the bullet
Even efforts to-day to locate it, as stated
lin the report, were unsuccessful I believe 1t
went into the muscle at the small Of the back i
We followed the hole made by the bullet until
lit went into the muscle. We searched one and
la half hours for the missile of death. The
lX-ray instrument not used, as the appli- !
ances were not handy. This serious damage was
Edone to the organs through which 1t passed-not
Ito the locality where it now rests" !
Your report says the first bullet, striking
in the breast, did no harm"
Yes, that is correct That bullet evidently
|struck button. and then SHE'D off without
|doing any damage. Had it not met some OBJ
|struction it surely would have killed the Presi-
|dent Immediately. Below the locality where II 7
lstruck. the flesh quite habby and confused I
|To-day's investigation developed the fact that
THE first bullet struck the President on the
fright side of the breast bone. near the edge and
between the second and third ribs In our origi-
nal examination we said ii to the left of
1.-THE breast bone The mistake in the first an
|nouncement due to the very hasty exam
|ination we made at the time of the shooting
when the question not much as to the
(exact locality of the wounds to that of get +
|tinr ta work to save the Presidents life" 4