Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-13
TRIAL OF PATRICK.
Two physician. rssiify az To tho chiore-
forming af Mr.. Rics.

forming of Mr. Hics.
New York. March l2.-Profcssor Ew'
Ing Of the medical department OF Cor
rel university. who testified Monday
for the defense in The trial Of Albert
T. Patrick who Is accused OF the muir
der OF william Marsh Rice. was on
the stand again Tuesday. Ills cross.
examination was continued by Assist
ant District Attorney Osborne, who
put a long hypothetical question that
Included all the history OF Mr.. Rico's
Illness as related by Jones and DIR
Walker Curry, and asked Dr. Ewing II
he could find anything between II
o'clock on the morning OF Sunday and
o'clock In the evening when Rice
died. which could have caused death.
Mr.. Moore objected on tho ground
thar the question did not contain 0
fair statement OF the testimony In the
case.
Recorder Gofr overruled tho objec'
ton
Or. Ewing said the question was 50
full OF contradictions that he could not
answer Il.
Asked 20 detail the contradictions
he said Mr.. Rice's lungs could not
have been normal when the autopsy
showed an area OF congestion that in
dicated pneumonia; that he could not
have been thoroughly examined by a
competent physician II the person
making the examination found no IN.
dication OF lung trouble. and attribut.
ed the difficulty in breathing 20 men
tai worry.
Mr. Osborne amended the question
and Dr Ewing said there was no need.
for anything 10 intervene % cause
death beyond the symptoms described.
and disregarded by DR. Curry
Dr. Ewing said that the taking Into
consideration the generation. or patch
IN Rice's lung. shown by the autopsy,
together with the congestion and con-
dItlons found he thought these would
be sufficient 10 account for the death
OF the patient. so years old. The pneu.
monia might have killed Rice In two
hours. or II might have taken longer.
On redirect examination DR.. Ewing
said he thought pneumonia eodma and
the congestion OF the lungs were pres
ent In Rice's case
Ne Taku narTuar mae The parf ulf.
ness He said he was the author OF a.
work on chloroform Mr.. Moore de-
scribed the administration OF chloro
form as Jones said he gave Il to Rice,
and asked DR.. Gardner II IL could be-
done that way
I'm my opinion" Dr Gardner re-
piled. 1T could not. The shock OF plac-
Ing the chloroform In cone. as de-
scribed. over the face OF the patient
chloroform. TO be effective. must be
administered slowly"
DR.. Gardner said a chloroform- satu-
rated rag would not burn. as Jones de.
scribed the burning OF the towel he
took from Mr.. Rlce's face. He said
he made a number OF experiments. and
based his reply upon the result OF
these experiments.
Recorder Con would not let him de-
scribe those experiments.
Mr. Moore put the same hypothetical
question as 10 the cause Of death that
he had put 10 DR.. Ewing and DR.. Gard.
ner replied:
i answer your question as a physl-
clan. not as a pathol0gist From the
picture you have drawn I form the
opinion that the patient died OF ocdma,
or dropsy OF the lungs, and that a re-
mote cause OF death was nephritis."
did the patient die % chloroform
poisoning"
There Is no evidence OF chi0roform
poisoning In anything you have said. ."
At this juncture court adjourned.