The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-04

On retiring, and tomorrow your OIL
gestive organs viii be regulated and
you VIII be bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; It
VIII be yours. HOODS PILLS are
sold by ali medicine dealers. 25 cts
we would have bad time with It for a
day or two. There was q big abscess
there IN his hip and it was only few
days ago that had removed the silver
tubes used in draining that abscess. He
would have been able TO be moved in
about two weeks, but would never give
my consent before that length OF time.
He could not walk and any movement
VIII tend to infane the wound and great
" increase the puss gathering and il may
be necessary TO perform another opera
ton. He took his life in his own hands
ia order TO make his escape. He tried
TO buy me of so I would give my con-
sent TO have him taken from the hos
pital, but I take too much pride in my
work to do such a thing as that.
Now, look here there was this man
with q bullet in his abdomen and an aw-
ful wound in his hip I did not believe
that I could save his life when he came
here and ] tried a method that very few
doctors have tried in order TO drain the
wound. I drilled two holes as large as
your thumb through the hip bone and
put IN two silver tubes TO drain the
wound. The man was getting along as
well as could be desired and last week
I took the tubes out to allow the wound
To heal
"The man could not have walked out
Of that room. He could not move that
leg TO any great exten without causing
great bodily pain and he was a fellow
posted wei enough to know that he was
taking great chances in moving. I did
not want him taken 20 the county jail be-
cause he would not have the care he
would receive here and could not treat
him as well in jail as I could here. This
morning ] had everything arranged TO
make an K-ray examination of the man
and see if ! could not locate the bullet
You see took long chances when 1 did
not go into the abdominal cavity in the
operation. No one knew the extent Of
the wound in the intestines and we did
not know the location of the bullet"
On March 22d Governor Stanley
asked DR.. Bowers 10 make a statement
OF the condition Of Dunn. as he had
been asked 10 withdraw the reQuisition.
DR.. Bowers made the affidavit and the
hearing Of the case was ser by the gov
ernor for last Friday, but because the Ar
kansas people did not show I'D on that
date the hearing was postponed until
April 1st. On the solicitation of Gov
ernor Davis Of Arkansas the hearing was
again postponed until today Sheriff
King Of Arkansas was to be in Topeka
today to give the governor the facts IN
the case. The affidavit Of DR.. Bowers /
is as follows:
State Of Kansas. Sedgwick County, IS: /
&C. z. Bowers, of lawful age. being T
first duly sworn on oath, deposes and /
says that he is a physician and surgeon (
and is one of the regular physicians and {
of the St Francis hospital of I
Wichita, Kansas.
THAT he knows John p. Dunn, and (
that the said Dunn is now and has been
for some thirty days past. a patient Of
this afiant. at said ST. Francis hospital,
ana that the said Dunn is afflicted with
a dangerous wound. and that by reason
II the said wound afant was compelled .
about fifteen days ago to perform an op-
2ration for the evacuation of an intra-
abdominal pus collection and abscess.
That the bullet IS still some place in
he abdomen. and affiant is unable TO
state whether or not another operation
VIII be necessary. That if the puss con
-inues to gather and form and is not
properly drained that it win be neces-
7ary TO perform another operation. and
hat as soon as the patient is IN such
4 condition as 70 permit it. an X-ray
EXAMINATION VIII be had, in which event
lffiant win be able to state the condi-
ion of the patient and whether or not
he win ever recover.
"But sfiant staes that the said opera
ion on the said Dunn was very. serious
me and that the very best nursing pos
sible IS required IN order that the said
Dunn shall recover. and that at the pres
mt time he is in a very dangerous con
iition and Is liable 20 die That II the
iaid Dunn is removed from the said hos
,ital and taken 70 Clarksville. Arkansas.
md there confined in the county jail.
hat the probabilities are that he viii
rot survive twenty days. That his con-
Iiuon SIS weakened. and that in the judg-
nent of the afhant, under the most fav-
,rable auspices he will be in no condition
ar thirty days. and that If he is removed
'y the officers at this time. it would re-
ult in his death
"Afant further states that 1T IS nee
ssary that the said wound be treated
vice daily by experienced nurses and
physicians and that the said wound IS
low being treated twice daily by such
physicians and nurses. Afant further
tates chat on several occasions within
be past s'rht DAYS the officers Of the
ity ~ Wichita ana If Arkansas have
een To the hospital and have annoyed
he said Dunn and have threatened 70
orc'hlv take him away from the said
'spitai and to remove him therefrom.
nd that The said threats ard annoyances
re preventing the said Dunu from his
ecovery and aEgravate his condition.
ms further afiant saveth not.
ISigncd "CHAS r. BOWERS.
Subscribed and sworn n before me
his @1d 5ay OF March. 1870
ISigne3l IS. r. JOCELTN.
"Notary Public" :
Continued on sixth Fage.