The Washington times., 1901-09-24

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who apprehended the defendant and who
disarned him at the time. and have no
doubt that when the evidence Is pre-
sented TO you you will not find much dif-
| ficulty in arriving at verdict in ac-
| cordance with the evidence"
The First Witnesses.
Samuel ]. Fields, civil engineer, who
made map of the scene in the Temple
of Music. described the premises
Harry a Bliss who made the photo
1 graphs of the Temple for the people
case testified to taking five photographs.
which were offered in evidence
Dr. Harvey e. Gaylord. who performed
the autopsy, after describing the wound,
said that on examination of the kidney,
il was found that portion OF the kluhey
and tract showed changes which mol
| Gated that it had been injured during
| life. He continued:
I'VE made careful search for missile
bullet; but at the time did not ma any
| and later, as the cause of death was eS-
| tabished. the search for the bullet was
discontinued"
Q. Wat was the cause of death? A
| The cause Of death was gunshot wound
leading to changes in the important Nis-
| cera.
| O. What was the condition of the or
| gans, aside from this wouEd2 A. The
! condition of the other organs which were
! not included in this area of the wound
was that which man of the President
| age should have had. They were not es-
| pecially robust organs, SO to speak, but
| they were perfectly satisfactory and In
sufficient condition to support life.
Q. That is, they were normal for man
of his condition and age. A. They were
certainly that
Judge Titus crcss-examined the witness.
| Q. You say that the kidney seemed to
have been injured? A. The kidney showed
changes, injury which could have only
been produced during life.
Q. Had the ball passed through any
part of the kidney? A. No, sir; / can't
gfat 1,as A hal prrnZ
and caused injury. but there was no loss
of continuity which would enable me to
say it had been perforated.
.. What WAS tn color of the Kidneys?
A The kidneys were of q reddish color.
They presented the appearance which a
kidney of man of that age usually pre-
sentS There was some fatty change.
Q. You have entertained the. opinion and
do still that the wound through the
! stomach was the cause of the death OF
! Mckinley? A Not the wound through
| the stomach in itself. / consider the
changes back of the stomach. which in
volved the parcreas, were the funda-
| mental factors.
| O. Let me understand you: What organ
was injured by the bullet coming in con-
tact with it. that caused the death of the
President.
A. / don't think that 1 could state spe-
officially that, the death of the President
| was due to injury in any organ made di
rectly by the bullet. That is; l could not
make that statement The changes
caused by the bullet. which resulted from
| the passage of the bullet through the
space back of the stomach. was what
caused his death. and that was largely be-
cause of the fact that the pancreas was
involved. 1t was caused by the absorp-
| ton or breaking UP of this material back
of the peritoneal cavity.
| Q. AT the present time in cases of these
operations or wounds you use antiseptics?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And could that have been applied to
the pancreas? A No, sir. That could not
1lx- ara,sa aHfroa oad fl.aCa han n IL
creas
.. Could it have been applied to that or
gan and would it have tendency to pre-
vent gangr, ne? A. No: / do not believe
that. / do not believe that antiseptic
in itself could have prevented this de-
struction of the tissue.
=. What could? What is there known
to medical science that would have prob
ably arrested the progress of the wound? ?
"A, don't know of ANYTHING.
Q. You say you found the body indicat-
ing general condition of health? A Yes,
sir
@. With the exception of these parts
involved? A. With the exception of these
injuries; yes, sir.
DIR. Mynter Called.
DIR. Herman Mynter who assisted in
the operation on the President, proved a
lively and entertaining witness. He is
Dane and speaks with a strong accent.
In answer to questions he said:
part and left part of the abdominal cav
der the influence oY Yes opafes. is sfhl2 fol2 TIE
President that an operation was indi-
Gated at once to save his life and he ac-
quiesced. / made preparations immedi-
ately for neutrality-suspicious. of open
ing the abdominal cavity. We agreed to
wait for DR.. Mann when We were told
that he was on his way, / being the only
surgeon present at that time. When DR..
Mann arrived l told him that an opera
a a
turned around and asked the physicians
whether they wanted him to operate. DR..
Van Peyma answered that they wanted
DIR. Mann and me to do the operation. /
acquiesced at once; told DR.. Mann that l
would take half the responsibility.
He examined the President and we pro-
ceeded at once with the opera tion. The
abdomen was opened in the line of the
incison. As soon as ii was opened air
escaped, showing that there was a per-
foration of one OF the hollow viscus or
organs. With some difficulty we pulled
that out and found bullet hole in the
anterior end of the stomach, which was
sewed together with two rows of silk su-
I lures. On account of the stoutness of the
posterior w0und-in the stomach. which we
judged to be present We therefore loos-
I ened what is called the omentum, that
| covers the anterior part of the intestines,
for four inches, threw the stomach up
ward. and with great difficulty found the
posterior wound in the stomach. That
blood We sItured that in the same way.
After we had done this DIR. Mann intro
duced his whole hand and tried to locate
| the forward course of the bullet. 1t was
impossible; the Presidents condition
| showed at that time severe shock, his
pulse was getting higher, and it was time
| to finish the operation
'.For the first two days it was time
| of great anxiety for US all, as we i'm
agined and feared that Inflammation of
the bowels might occur from the gunshot
| wound. Two days passed and the Presi-
dent, instead of getting worse, held his
own and was improving. For the next
two days il was period of great hope
for US; We thought that the peritonits
Inflammation Of the bowels. was not apt
TO occur; as two days already had passed
and no complications occurred We had
strong hopes at that time that the Presi-
| dent might recover.
''lfor the next two days again our hopes
change 1 might say, 10 eXUltation and
Joy The President was evidently getting
better. He was eating some food; his
pulse, although 1t kept high. was of good
volume; he had absolutely no symptoms
of peritonitis or any other serious trou-
ble.''
The Cause of Death.
The witness said the physicians at
tending the President Jointly consulted
as to the treatment and agreed perfect
Iy. The cause OF death was toxemia, a
kind of blood poisoning from absorption
OF poisonous products from the gangr.ne,
produced b. tho bullet wound.
The doctor said that had any further at
tempt been made to locate the bullet at
the time the President @as operated on
he would have died on the operating table
from shock. Had the bullet been Iocat. d
ard removed it would have made no diff