The Washington times., 1904-07-07
j. J. Smith SuccumbS to
Assault From Cavalry
man Young.
END CAME PEACEFULLY
The Soldier Says He Shot
Only to Frighten the
WatChnan.

With his wife and six children. all
broken-hearted and inconsolabIe. gath
cred round his bed in the Georgetown
University Hospital, Policeman John
Jacob Smith. who was shot in the abdo-
men by Samuel X. Young. a member
OF the Fifteenth Cavalry. d!ed at 1:lJ
o'clock this morning.
The policeman was unconscious for
an hour before the end came and was
unable TO recognize the Ioven ones sum
moned to his bedside by the hospital
authorities who knew at o'clock that
he was beyond all human aid
At , o'clock this afternoon Deputy
Coroner Glazebrook performed an au-
topsy on Smiths body at the morgue.
No trace OF a buiet was counG. This
strengthens the belief that the fasal
wound was made by a parafin. wad
from a blank cartridge. with which
Young has all along claimed his pistol
was loaded.
While no trace of the wad was found.
the surgeons say IL may have been els
solved BY the heat OF the body or wash
ed out IA particles while the wound was
being drained.
No Trace of Bullet.
DR.. Vaughn. the Georgetown Hospital
physician who attended Smith from the
time he was brought to the institution
until the end came. said this morning
that the mans death was caused by
hemOrrhages from the stomach
Smith was operated upon on Monday
night The intesunes were found TO have
been pierced, but there was no wound
In the stomach Speaking OF the opera
ton. Dr. Vaughn said:
But one operation was performed
upon the patient. That was on the
night Of the assault. Tine intestines
were punctured and 1 was looking for
the foreign matter In them Dr. Wall.
a police surgeon. was also present AT
the operation. / noticed no wound Of
the stomach. II there was any it was
bruise or confusion, caused by the
bullet or wad OF parafhn which en-
tered with considerable force
Il was unable to find the bullet or
Wad. There was no discOlOraUiOn such
as would have been made had a piece
OF lead entered the intestines If the
wac was of paraffin ! think il would
have been melted by the warmth Of the
patients body. The DOst-mOrtem Will
snow whether or not there was Il bui-
let in the intestines."
Change Came Suddenly.
Until yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock nothing but Improvement was
noticed IN Smiths condition. At that
noun "a change came. and he began 10
grow weaker and sink faster every
moment. Heroic measures were resorted
10 and lie was prolonged through the
night This morning about . o'clock
the patient became restless and fever
lsh, and after tossing for ths.ee-guarters
ol an hour OF more lapsed into UucOn-
sCiOusness.
J. was believed Lc was dying and MS
relatives were summoned. They Il.-
rived shortly before the sufferer
h eathcd his last His wife underworld
10 rouse him from mis- stup1r so that hc
but all of her efforts proved futile At
S.l5 his head fel back upon his pillow
and his heart ceased 10 beat.
The remains were sent 10 the m0rgue
where DR.. GlIZcbrJDk Will perform the
autopsy. No arrangements have been
made for the funeral It Is understood
that Lieutenant Jordan. of the Seventh
precinct. 20 which Smith was assigned.
viii pr0vide d detail OF policemen VINO
will oi;iciate as paN5eare-s The i'm
Quest over the body TgIll be held in the
new morgue, IN Sevouth Street south
west
Young Breaks Down.
Young, who was taken 90 Jail vgster-
day after his preliminary hearing u
the Police Court. was told Of his vic
tlm's death this morning He broke
down completely and wept like "a child.
saying:
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