Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-09
YOUNG DONALD ELLER DIES
Father Refuses to Gall Physician to Attend
His Son.
CORONER WILL INVESTIGATE THE CASE
Medical Assistance Denied the BOY
During His uIness of Three Weeks,
Reliance Being PIscsd In
Christian science.

Donald Eller, aged Is. died at 7:45 yes
terday morning at the home Of his father.
former County Judge ]. W. Eller. e2s South
Fortieth. after an illness Of three weeks,
during which time he had no medical at
tendance and waa ministered unto by only
his father and a reader Of the Christian
Science church. The funeral, II is planned,
will be at the home at 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon and the burial at Exeter, Neb.,
the following morning.
At 1880 yesterday afternoon Coroner Bral-
Icy saw County Attorney Shields and IT was
decided that an inquest shall be held al
such time as the coroner may elect. TO a
reporter the prosecutor afterward said:
'The inquest will be held that there may
be a full investigation Of the anair. Until
that investigation is made l have nothing
10 give out and no comment TO make"
Something Must BE Done.
The mayor said further: Something has
20 be done, for the body cannot be buried
without a permit from the Board OF Health
and the board will not wish to grant such
permit without a physicians certificate, or
until the matter is disposed Of In a post
mortem examination. Judge Eller promised
Dr. Ralph Yesterday afternoon when DR..
FaIph called at the house that he would
summon a doctor. but did not do so. This
morning Undertaken Burket telephoned
that the boy was dead"
city Physician ]. 3. Ralph said yester-
day that he believed the boy died of typhoid
fever. Mayor Moores said he felt tina
something should be done and Is willing to
do whatever devolves upon him, but consid'
ers the matter to be rather in the province
of the county attorney. Coroner Bradley
says he will be governed by the advice o.
that prosecutor.
Corroborating this Or. Ralph said: "WheI
I urged Judge Filler TO let me see the DO!
or to call some other practitioner yesterda!
afternoon he said he would II the boy grew
worse. 1 answered that l wished his as
surance with no qualifying If in 1t, and HI
answered: All right. then which l nat
hrally took as definite promise. This morn
ing or my way to the house l met him com
ing from a telephone ONCE and he told m
the child was dead"
A reporter saw Judge Filler yesterda
and was given this version Of the story:
Three weeks ago tonight my son was on
In a wagon with q crowd Of young peopl
and was showing them how far he coul
lean back over the rear end OF the wagon
While in this position, with his feet unde
the seat in front Of him and his back acros
the rear end OF the wagon box, someone !
the crowd playfully struck MIN IN TN
stomach. He complained Of pains the mex
day and told his sister Frances OF what ha
occurred. Very little attention was paid {
It and he played and ran around as usus
the next day. Saturday night Of that wee
he awakened at 1870 o'clock and called
me for assistance. saying that his stomac
was paining him / gave him Christia
Science treatment and the next day he WI
up, but did not seem to take as much II
terest in affairs as he usually did, thoul
hs seemed to be recovered. During Il
night he suffered pain for about an ho'
and a half. Sunday afternoon he again b
came sick and I called In c. w. Chadwic
first reader OF the church, who since tn
time had charge OF the case and admin
tered treatment. The neighbors were a
lowed to be with us at this time. TIL,
diagnosed the case as typhoid fever. viii
! called It gastric fever. He seemed co
outside and hot on the inside. At this tir
I talked with him about a physician and
asked me II he had a doctor would he ha
to take medicine, and when I told him y
he said he wanted me to treat him.
No Use for Doctors.