The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-18
DR.. Bass Died Last Night
While Undergoing Operation
MESSAGE f s: TO HIS SON.
He Directed That No vengence Should
s Be Il aken-The Young Man a Stu
dent at the University Of Virginia.
Or. Baker}is Out on Bail.
.ifsnecIa, II to The Times. Dispatch,

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g8;TARBORO, N. CT. March 17.-Dr. II.
T. Bass, who was shot by DR.. ]. M.
Baker In Tarhoro yesterday morning.
died last night lat 1880 o'clock. He was
on tfe operating ia BILE, and as he began
5to show signs Of sinking, the operation
was mot completed. Early in the night
he becam a sau d eorsrinus and thereafter
sank rapidly. a h. I.
Tho remalnsl were Inferred in Calvary
Church yard this afternoon. DR.. j. w.
Gamble, the rector, oHlclating. the
funeral being attended by the largest
concourse Of people evere seen at a Tar
boro funeral. Al business houses closed
for the afternoon. fSs 55l3 3} sf5 "A .8g
years, arrived from the University OF
Virginia shortly after midnight. Tho
fathers dying request was that his son
seek no revenge, and, lit is stated that
his wish will be respected. The deceased
leaves a wife and FIVE childfen. The pre-.
liminary hearing of Dr. Baker for tho
killing is set for next Monday. Hc is obt
under $1,000 bail.
Dr.. Baker left hero yesterday after
noon for Richmond on professional bMsij
ness. Et 4 u
The coroner's jury went to the house
of the deceased and viewed the remains
this morning then adjourned until the
23d, when&the will hear testimony. IN.
Bass ante-mortem statement differs IN
no important particulars tcon the report
of the tragedy sent out Monday night
DR.. Henry Turner Bass was born in
Halifax county, N. c.. June 90. 1852, and
graduated In tho course Of medicine from
the University of Pennsylvania in March,
1874. He has for years been a leader In
his profession in Eastern North Carolina
and besides having continuously enjoyed
a large practice. has numbered among
his friends and colleagues In his own
profession some Of the best known ply
slcians and surgeons of the State. He
has for many years regularly attended
clinics in Ph;indelphia. and has specials
lied to some extent in gynecolosy and
eye and ear diseases. s 5a
After the unavallng attempts OF some
of the most noted surgeons of North
Carolina and Virginia to save his fast
ebbing life, DR., Bass succumbed to his
fata! injuries. Special trains brought
5Drs. Leigh and Payne, OF Norfolk; DR.,
Bulluck, OF Wilmington. and DR.. White
head, OF Rocky Mount. DR.. Taylor, OF
Washington. was also In attendance.
DR., Julian NJ Baker was born In Tar
horo, N, c., October IS, 1856, and received
E his diploma as a graduate IN medicine
from the Maryland University In 1881,
He is ono OF a loRg lineage OF true
Southern aristocruts, and. being easily
ono Of the first of MS profession IN
North Carolina, has done MS much as
any one for the higher elevation OF the
procession in tho eastern section Ile was
tho first to practice the modarn branches
{ Of electro Therapeutics and to use the
fRoentgen rays In surgery In this section.
and 1t is due to his persistent effort That
,k y, ,tc, MI m
was established. lie Is "a close student
of his cases and his theses on medical
matter have elicted mnchifavorablc COM
ment from the professions,