The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
MEN OF INDOMITABLE GRIT.
CASES ~ THE EXPERIENCE or
DOCTORS AND OTHERS.
Serious Operation Performed on.
hand-One Who Had No Fear al
Death-FOrtitude Of a Murderrr-.\
Brave POiiceman--A sailors Nerve.

Brave Policemsn-A sailors Nerve.
| 4 patient walked into New York ply
sician's Office the o; her day placed hand
over the small Of his back and said
Doctor, I've severe pain here. whats
| the trouble?"
| strip to the waist and I'll tell you in
| shorr order" replied the practitioner.
After brief examination he added.
| You've an ugly tumor on your liver"
The man thought moment then. I
want it removed at once. he said, quietly.
Tut. tut, man, don't be so hasty." re-
| piled the physician
But the patient. moro doggedly than be-
fore, answered; Il mean il. doc. | want
| that iumor removed before | leave this
Office"
The physician looked the man ia the eyes
and saw that they wavered not He ielt
his pulse and examined his heart and found
| them normal.
| An right" he said, shortly
| Within fifteen minutes man was lying
on couch and the physician was making
a ten-inch incision in his back. Half an
hour later the tumor was removed and an
| hour after he had submitted To ha opera
| ton. during which he had refused ether.
| ne patient, with hia liver cleanaed, rode 10
| his home IN e cab. calmly undresscd. Went
| 10 bed and then told his wife what had
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an eyelid." declared the doctor. as he re-
| lated the incident, and he would have gone
| home alone had | rot forced myself into
the cab. He showed absolutely no fear Al
anything. and in appearance he looks like
| a man who has only an ordinary amount
| ~ grit. Yet his exhibition of nerve was
the mos, inspiring tina, | have ever seen"
| But your nerve. doctor in performing
such an operation offhand." interrupted
one Of the auditors
! The reply was laconic
| Lay II 10 the fondness for handling
| the knife.
| For three hours after the recital of the
| doct ors story the men who had listened
| 10 il recounted remarkable cases of nerve
| that they had heard or met with. and here
| are some Of the stories that they told:
| A physician prominent in New York State
was Interested in manufacturing While
| visiting his factory one day his coat was
caught in a shafting and he was hurled
around and around with terrific force.
and every time he went round his legs
struck an al accn, wall
When he was finally released he was
found 10 be still alive. and physicians were
| hurriedly sent for. A half dozen of them
| came. beheld their injured brothe and
| shook their heads
| Il knew it )" said the man. rive already
diagnosed the case You'd Just be wasting
your line il you tried to do anything. Bu
tell me. don't YOU agree with m. that III
| live abou, Ave hours before the shock takes
| effect''
The six men of medicine nodded
! Then send Tor a LAWYER
| The lawyer came, Nationally and calmly
the crushed man dictated his last will and
| testament and signed il with a hand a.
steady as that Of a man in fun health
| Now" he said. when the last witness
had affixed his signature, please send for
| my wife
| A little later on I've said, call NJ Mr.
Blank and Mr.. So-and-so on the phone
and say that | want 10 talk over some i'm
port ant business matters with them"
| For over an hour the three partners
| arranged for the conduct of the doctors
| business interests after his death The
conference ended, the injured man turned
| o his wife
| Now, dearest, he said. I've still an
| hour to live Give me a cigar. take hold Of
my hand and we'll wait patiently for the
! end
And so lie died. with smile on his lips
| and the blue smoke Of his cigar curling
| about his head.
Aman in SOU hern Illinois had committed
| a cold -blooded murder. He was a member
| OF secret society of criminals and had
| been selected to put on, of he way n traitor
10 the organization.
| He found his victim securing the country
| as a member of Sherif's posse Cor an
| escaped criminal The man asked his
| victim il he were so-and-So. received an
| Affirmative answer. then and there shot
| him dead. fought his way through the
posse and fed
Two DAYS later he was discovered hiding
| In house in neighboring small town.
| He was bored by dozen bullets. but he
| lived and was sentenced ia be hanged
| Then political influence began working
| To save him from the gallows 4 man
now prominent in New York city was as
signed to the task Of trying to prevent
| his execution.
| His attempts resulted in failure, and I've
dav before the date s"t for the execln ion
| he called on IN" murderer and informed
| him that nothing more could be done.
| AN right. =" said the man. "bu, they'll
| hang the wrong fellow to-rnorrow."
| To the polt ician's qucs, ion whether he
| could do anything for him, IN" prisoner
| answered NO
Blu, wha, about a PRIEST asked the
politician.
| "No," said tho condemned man, add
| ing moment later. Bu, there's a Metho-
, dist preacher IN town who's been kind 10
! mo I'd IKE 10 tell him goodhy
| Half an hour before the tim" SGT for The
| hanging the Sheriff went To the murderer
cell He had been model prisoner and
| the Sheriff wanted To show his apprcC iat ion
in some way, 30 he asked
We'll, Jim, i there anything can do for
you'-
| III thank you for good cigar, wes tho
reply,
| When the procession to the gallow-
started the prisoner was calmly smoking
cigar Arrived under the moose the
Sheriff spoke
I'm sorry to interrupt you. jim, brt
is time 90 quit smoking
| Il beg your pardon for delaying you,
| Sheriff. replied The man, without a tremor
| in his voice.
And then the murderer calmly removed
| his cigar from his mouth and placed it
on tho scafrold's rail. Then he crossed
| his hands behind his back.
The cigar and the mans life went out
together.
Fifteen years ago there was a police.
man in New York named sheridan He
had side partner as extraordinarily big A.,
he was little.
The big man one day interfered with