The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-20
Life Sustained Only By the Most
Careful Attention.
UNCONSCIOUS SINCE 7 p. M.
TUESDAY, INJURED MAN BE-
GAN SINKING RAPIDLY EARLY
LAST NIGHT-JAs. WHITE REST.
ING EASILY AND WILL PRoBA-
BLY, RECOVER.

At 2 o'clock this morning all hope
for the recovery of Edward Dansby,
who is lying unconscious at the hos
pital, was abandoned His Death was
expected at almost any minute and he
was being kept alive only with the aid
OF the most powerful drugs.
A reporter for The Journal was at
the hospital this morning, and it was
then expected that the young man,
who received one of the bullets from
the revolver of w. F. Williams would
not survive until daylight. though it
is possible that he may live several
hours after that time. He has been
unconscious since o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, two hours after he was
shot, and at times his fever has gone
as high as los. Since o'clock last
evening he had not moved a muscle,
remaining perfectly quiet, and about
II O'Clock It was thought that he was
dead, as his heart stopped for few
seconds. He rallied. however, and
with the aid of stimulants began to
breathe regularly again. This, how
ever, was not expected to continue
for many hours, as the patient had
been sinking since early in the even
ing and growing weaker with each
hour.
The bullet which entered the right
side of the neck caused the limbs ID
be come paralyzed. 1t ranged upward
and lodged somewhere in the neck,
c. using an injury to the spinal cord
in the neck, which produced paralysis.
In such cases it is rarely the case that
person RECEIVERS, and as the wound
&c man continued to grow weaker,
there was no hope entertained for him.
A physician, in addition to trainel
nurses is constantly in attendance,
and watched closely every change
that occurred. At frequent intervals
hypodermic injections of strychnine
and other powerful stimulants were
made.
Jas. White Resting Easy
Jas. White, who was also shot by
Williams, was resting easy this morn
ing. His temperature was normal and
pulse good, and unless complications
arise within the next forty-eight hours
it is believed that he will have a good
chance of recovering. He has been
conscious since being taken to the
hospital and has frequently asked re-
garding the condition of his father.
For fear that it might cause his own
death the fact that his father is dead
is being kept from him, and he is not
aware of the fact Mr.. White was kill
ed instantly.
The bullet which Williams fired
passed through both lungs of young
White, and although the wound is a
serious one he has retained mis-
strength wonderfully. Early last night
he coughed up some blood from his
lungs, but with this exception there
were no bad symptoms. He rested
well during yesterday and last night
appeared quiet and seemed to be
sleeping soundly.
Many Anxious Inquiries.
Many inquiries were made during
yesterday and last night by anxious
friends, who wished to know the con-
ditions of the two young men, and had
visitors been allowed to see them, the
hospital would have been crowded
throughout the night and day by thosa
who wished to know of their condi-
tion. No one, however. except the i'm
mediate relatives, were allowed TO So
either, and then they were not al
lowed to talk with the patients.