New-York tribune., 1901-02-19
MINNOCK CONTRADICTED.
DEFENCE OF ACCUSED BELLEVUE
NURSE BEGUN.
DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED AUTOPSY ON
HILLIARD SAYS HE DIED FROM
STRANGULATION

IhOndS j.
told In court last week regarding the alleged brutal
abuse Of Louis II. EIilliard by Bellevue Hospital
nurses was contradicted several important
points yesterday by witnesses for defence when
the trial of Jesse r. Davis. OF the accused
nurses. for mansIaughter was resumed in Part III
Of General Sessions before Judge Cowing Assist
ant District Attorney Pierce examined the last
witness for the prosecution in the morning. and
Francis l.. Wellrnan began the defence without
making any formal opening. His first witr was
DIR. Henry r. OConnor. who testified that he treat
ed Hilliard two years ago. when he suffering
from alcoholic maria and acute gastritis. and
amined him with a stethoscope.
Q-What was the condition of his heart? A
There was murmur, indicating that the man was
off a man suffering from valvular disease Of
the heart should overexert himself. what would be
Q.-Did you discover that he was a hard drinker?
.Q.-Did you give him sedative medicine? Al
Odd you modify the dose? Al did. because
Of aortic murmurs.
GA murmIr indicates a lesion from some de-
Q--How many LESSONS did you think there were?
BY Mr. Pierce-Have you known Of a with
yaly1lar disease of the heart showing great endur
tragtd BY Mr. 1--WE wslmanvwas billiard violent when
ed about, getting up and sitting down. ''''N
BY Mr. Pterce-Woud the heart be dilated II
man was strangled? A.-Yes
Herbert g. Baker. of the nurses in The In
sane Pavilion the first night Hilliard there.
was next called He said Hilliard had trouble In
swallowing when he gave him water.
Q.what was the trouble like? Att was Ike
Q-Did you notice him at breakfast? Ale
drank little coffee and ate two or three spoonfus
OF oatmeal 1t had milk with IT. and went down
BY Mr.: Pierce-You said his voice was husky.
d, Bid you hear him speak in a loud voice? A-Yes,
Q..How far away did you hear him? A.-Thirty
Q-Did he speak very loud? Ayes.
Q-Was he violent at any time you saw him?
=, By Mr. Wellman-He was strapped down? A
BY Mr. Pisree-ae was up for three hours before
you went Off duty? Ayes
He quiet.
John Fleishman and Herman AmmeUsen. attend
ants at Bellevue. who carried Hilliard's body TO
the Morgue were called TO contradict of the
witnesses from Wards Island. who said that the
body covered with black cloth. They said
1t was covered with a dark green box. Dr. John
W. Moore put the stand and contra
dicted Minnocks testimony that he Dr. Moore) had
said 70 Davis You know what to do with him.
when Davis told him that they had violent pa
tient. Dr. Moore described what he saw when he
was called 20 the Insane Pavilion on December Z
and found Marshall giving HiIIiard artificial res
piration
Odd you any marks his throat? A
Q-Was his face swollen or flushed. as though he
had been choked? A-No.
o-What was the color OF his face? A--About
o,-Did You make diagnosis Of the cause Of
BY Judge Cowing- Have you changed your opin-
Q-What was your opinion? A-That death was
caused by acute dilation OF the heart -.
BY Mr. WeIlman-Acute dilation Of the heart
BY Mr.. Pierce-According TO the records Of the
wsre normal when he was admitted? Ayes
saw him? AGYes. except when saw him dying.
Q.-You saw Marshall trying 20 give EIilliard
would have done in a case of a man who was
!uHgs? Yes he needed air IN his lungs. or help
QNThe heart was not beating when you applied
| the stethoscoPe; HON DID you then conclude that
me history ~ the case. from which made the
| Q.-WouId not strangulation cause acute dIation
Of the heart? Al have never seen case Of
Q-Woud not strangulation cause hemorrhages
OF the brain? A.-Yes-
Just the thing for man who had collapsed rom
do when there Is no respiration.
By Mr. PieEceuYou case as & the cause 9f .,, death m
Mr., Pierce producing paper-Dd you make this
statement 10 the Coroner?
| made to the Coroner's ofice from BelIevue-It is
not my diagnosis.
John Jackson. assistant morgue keeper. was
called 70 refute Niinnock's testimony that Davis
had called up the Morgue by telephone on the day
after Huliard's death. and inquired about the
topsy denied that the MOrgue had any tele-
phone connection with the insane pavilion the
ward being connected only with the telephone office
in the main hospital building Court then adjourned
| until 1870 this morning
The first witness at yesterday mornings session
was Patrick J. Donnelly a nurse who was on duty
in the pavilion when HiIliard admitted
BY Mr. Pierce-Dd you ask the cause of Hilliard's
| death In the presence OF Davis the morning
after his killing? Al was told it OF
Ia,ectir. So-cearts Tobr rv,,es y-fut,r, . 1roLt
| diigeut search 10 find Ann McDermott. material
witness for the state. and had failed 20 find her.
Dr. F. j. DonIin. Coroner's physician. testified
that he had no knowledge Of what caused HiIard'
death when he made the autopsy on his body at
the Morgue on December H. He described the con-
dition in which he found the body noting the con-
tUsiOns and abrasions. Il found the third. fourth
and fifth ribs the left side fractured" said he
/ "the lungs congested. the heart dilated- hem
orrhages of the brain. the blood dark and fluid.
the hyo!d bone fractured. hemorrhages around the
trachea and glottis. and asphyxiation."
| By Mr.. Pierce-was strangulation the cause OF
/ death? Ayes.
a model Of the throat. showing the hyoId bone.
/ trachea etc. was shown and explained 70 the
| jury by DR.. Donlin
/ Q.-Are ribs easily fractured when the lungs are
/ expanded? A.-They not. but when the air is
/ forced out and the lungs collapse the ribs break
oTTwhat is shown BY blood being dark and fluid?
/ O.-What caused the dilatiOn Of the heart? A
trScbea indicate? A.%vioience. ''''' '"o
/ Q-Can you state what that injury would indi-
/ Q-What would the hemorrhage. and LESSONS Of
the brain indicate nttSnT AS5TanEun5on nFr St
/ supply to the brain and damming back the venous
0"What Would il indicate? A~Stra angulation.
! BY Judge Cowing- -Strangqlation. in your judg-
/ Q-Were there any contusions the back OF