The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-03
BULLET IN her BRAIN
MRS. GREEN. OF Duluth, Is SHOT
THROUGH HEAD AND
LIVES
MENTAL POWERS UNIMPAIRED
Was Shot by Her Husband on the
Same Day That President
Mckinley Was As
sassineted.
Special to The Globe.


DULUTH, Mimi. Nov. ITO be shot
through the brain and live is an expert
ence that perhaps not one person in
many millions can undergo YET Mrs.
Elizabeth Green, who lives with her
mother, Mrs. Marie Schipper, $40 East
Sixth street, is one of those few.
Her brain pierced with a 32-calibef bull
let, which ploughed its course through
the lower part of the cerebrum, about an
inch below the surface, she not only
lives but apparently retains her mental
and physical powers unimpaireds land
there is every indication that she viii
ultimately entirely recover. with one
possible exception. Her physician, DIR.
Robinson, says that there appears to be
a slight defect in the sight at times, and
he believes it is probable that the nerves
relating to that function were cut or in
jured, which may be of permanent eff
feet He does not expect it to prove seri-
Gus, however.
The circumstances surrounding the in
jury to Mrs. Green were exceptionally
tragic and will be recalled by many al
though overshadowed at the time by the
assassination of the late President Nc
Kinley, which occurred on the afternoon
of the same day--Sept. 6.
On the night of Sept Mrs. Green,
who was then living with her husband,
Charles Green, at 22312 East Fifth street,
retired as usual about TO O'Clock. NE
Green was down town. but as that was
not unusual she dropped to sleep, ex-
pecting him to come in later III the nlght
Sometime during the night or early
morning, he did return, gloomy and de-
spondent He had been out of position
for several months, and had finally
reached the conclusion that the struggle
was futile one and he would give 1T
up He went home determined to not
only end his own life, but that of his
wife as well. st.-s
She was asleep when he arrived and
did not awaken. He pulled off his shoes
and stealthily approaching the bed, plac-
ed the muzzle of his revolver close be-
hind her left ear and fired. He shot to
kill. and felt satisfied that his purpose
was accomplished, as ne used but~ene
cartridge on her; then pointing the
weapon at his own head, he pulled the
trigger again and fell to the floor dead.
The wife lay sweltering in her Blood
until about II o'clock in the morning,
when she regained partial consciousness.
She realized at once that something ter
rible had happened and managed to
crawl over the body of her husband to
the door and weakly call for help. A
neighbor heard her and the suffering
WOMAN WIS soon III the noSpuai, where
she again lost consciousness.
1t was ten days before her mind was
clear enough for her to comprehend what
had happened.
During this period of coma, DR. Robin
sen and other physicians had examined
the wound, and after removing several
particles of the skull that had been shat
tered and driven in, they came to the
conclusion that there was no probability
of the woman living, or if she did the
chances We're that she would be either a
mental or physical wreck. The billet
had entered the head about an inch and
one-half back of the center of the left
ear, and apparently sped through the
brain substance in an upward direction
to the other side of the skull. An eff
fort was made to locate the bullet but
after probing about awhile it was given
up In the opinion of DR.. Robinson.
however, the missile lodged in the space
between the right side of the skull and
the outer surface of the brain, ana may
possibly remain there for life. WIthou t,
causing any further trouble. The wound
at the point it entered the SKULL. how
ever, as an ugly one and is a Jagged
hole about the size of nickel.
How the woman survived is a mystery
to all the local medical men who have
given the case any attention. but how
she can retain unaffected all her mental
faculties and exercise the physical func-
tions with a considerable portion of the
brain torn and crushed, is almost
miracle and still more beyond their coTn-
prehenSion
Mrs. Green remained in st. MaryS hos
pital until about three weeks ago, when
she was removed to her mothers home.
She. of course, is very weak yet, but
has been able to sit up i'll a chair for
some time and also stand UP. She has
rot been out of bed long enough to ven
ture more than an occasional step on her
feet. but will soon be able to. Her mind
is bright and clear, and as her tempera-
ment is optimistic anG cheerful her
strides to recovery the past few weeks
have been rapid. She is tWentyeight
years of age.
DR. Robinson ascribes her escape as
due partially TO a vigorous constitution
and to the peculiar course the bullet
must have taken. III it had varied
fraction OF an inch the woman would
probably have been killed instantly" lie
said. Her case, however, is an impossi-
BILE one to explain and is one of those
that have to be taken on trust. So far
as I know its parallel has rot been re-
ported in tbs country for long time. -