The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-20

Joseph N. Daniels, the eleven year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. DANES.
of Southport, died suddenly in this
city yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in the office of DR.. W. C. Galloway in
the Murchison National Bank build
ing. Efforts were being made to re
o a sandspur from the chila's
throat and to deaden the pain his
throat was being sprayed with cocaine
and this is supposed to have been
what caused his death.
The child got the sandspur in AIS
throat on Tuesday afternoon while
at play. He is said to have put it
between his lips, as a pers I'll
will do sometimes and before he knew
it the prickly object had been car
ried to mis- throat. All efforts to re-
move the %sandspur were futile. DR.. j.
Arthur Dosher was summoned, but
say the object could not be removed
without the necessary instruments and
suggested that the child be carried TO
Wilmington AMI allow DR.. w. C.. Gal
IOWdy ~ OLIOF Luo oduuSpuI.
The little fellow, accompanied by
his father, came up on the boat yes
terday and about the middle OF ire
afternoon ne was carried to DR.. Gal
loway's Office accompanied by MIR
Daniels and Dc. Dosher. In attempt
ing to emove the sandspur the oain
was necessarily very sever and &C.
caine was used to deaden the pain
The sandspur had logged upon the vo-
cal cord and the child could not speak
above a whisper. The cocaine was not
injected into the throat, but only
sprayed. A sufficient amount had not
been used TO beaded the throat thor
oughIy for each time an effort was
made to remove the object the chic.
would jump slightly. The throat mad
just been sprayed and DR.. Galloway
was at work with his instruments
when the child gave a twitching
movement. At first DR.. Galloway
thought the pain had caused it but
such a change came over the little fell
low that he saw something serious
was the matter with him. In less
than five minvtes after the twitch,ng
movement was noticed the child vas
dead. He was not on an operating ia
BILE but in a chair.
The father was Frustrated with grief
when he saw his little son lying be-
fore him cold in death. He had no
reason to fear any fatal consequences
from the sandspur lodging in the
child's throat and his sudden death
caused the parent to suffer the most
poignant grief. The body of the lite
fellow was removed to the undertak-
ing establishment of Mr.. Walter E.
Yopp, where the remains were pre-
pared for burial and last night the
body was carried to Southport on the
tug Blanche, accompanied by he
heart broken father. The playmates
of the little fellow will gather this
afternoon and pay their last tribute q.
love to his memory. The grief strick-
en- parents have our deepest sympa-
thy in their terrible bereavement.
It is believed that the immediate
cause of the child's death was the use
of cocaine, which in some cases is e.
tremely dangerous. It is learned that
DR.. Dosher stated that he had never
found the child to have a weak heart
for had such been the case cocaine
would not have been used. To us.
the physicians statement, it was proc
ably due to an 1diosyncrasy. The use
of cocaine is said to be very danger
Gus where the heart is afflicted, AM
in fact, any anesthetic is said to be
more or less dangerous when one has
a weak or diseased heart.
Mr.. J. N. Daniels is a mechanic, and
is employed on government work al
Fort Caswell.