Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

Totten came into the bar In the morning
after he began to drink and said he was
feeling very badly and wanted the bar
tender to fix him up something to relieve
his condition. Leimbach advised him not
to drink any more, but to eat something.
He finally gave him cocktail. After Tot
ten had taken the second drink he gag
ged" and became deathly sick His face
turned an ashy pallor. Three-quarters OF
an hour later Totten came back intoxicated
and was refused a drink. Totten remarked
after taking the second drink. that he was
afraid he was going to die. Leimbach said
he was frail-looking raw-boned man OF
medium height.
Capt Michael Byrnes in comma nd Of No.
6 precinct testified that he saw Policeman
Hanley take Totten out Of the patrol wagon
at No. station. Totten walked with Han
ley to the iron gate. then Hanley picked
him up in his arms and carried him INTO
the station and laid him upon the floor.
Witness attended the trial board that day
and was notified of Tottens death in the
afternoon. He did not suspect that the
man was sick. II he had such suspicion he
would have sent him to the Casualty Hos
pital
Capt. Byrnes testified that general order
No. 104 Is observed as near as possible
with the limited force of men at his COM
mand.
ut is impossible to follow it strictly In
the downtown station houses" said the
witness. Sometimes there are three
wagon calls at one time. The men on duty
at the station are the desk man. wagon
man and driver. and in the absence Of the
wagon man the desk sergeant has two
all the calls that come into the station"
Provisions Of Order 104.
Order No. 1Oi provides that the prisoners
in the cells shall be visited by some one
about the station houses every half hour
Capt Byrnes says this duty devolves upon
the wagon man and desk sergeant: that the
Mt iS 70 Y1arfOrm
such duties, but he does occasionally carry
water 10 a prisoner in case of emergency.
THE only way to carry out the provisi 1Es
of order No. 104,". sad Capt. Byrnes. is
to have a door man at each station house,
was the case once at No. l and sta
tons
Under the regulations it would have
been Pctter's duty to visit the cells iur-
ing the time of Totten's incarceration, but
1t was impossible. Mr.. Hanley was llso
supposed to have gone in. but he is in
charge of the wagon and goes out to the
several beats for the prisoners and con-
veyS them to the station house. where he
searches them and puts them in the cells.
The patrol wagon had two calls immedi-
ately after Totten had been brought in.
Capt. Byrnes said he believed that order
No. 10i was issued because of case of
death similar to that of TOttens He added
7 that he attempted to conform to general
order No. 1O4 nearly as possible with
the force at his command. He also said he
ter attending to their duties as nearly as
they could and he believed they were both
ffrst-claSs men.
1.-The course 1 am following" said At
prisoners can be looked after every half
hour while they are incarcerated'
ut cannot always be done. especially
when there are many wagon calls" replied
Capt Byrnes.
1t was shown that the wagon calls to the
sixth precinct averaged from twenty to
twenty-five a day. and that sometimes
there have been as many as thirty wagon
runs in one night.
Serg.. James Conlon of No testified
that between u o'clock noon Saturday, or
about that hour, up to 2 o'clock pm. the
cells were visited at short regular inter-
walls by Policemen Potter and Hanley.
He could not say as to the other part of
the day. as he was away from the station.
Tells Of the Investigation.
Detective Harry R. Warren of police head
quarters told of the investigation Of the
case of Contractor Totten. He learned that
he came from BlueHeid. with others, he
said. and soon after registering he went
into the bar Of the hotel and had some
drinks. -Totten did not display much money.
but it is understood he had at his-command
as much money as he might need The de-
tectve did not think Totten stopped at the
the Friday night preceding his death. He
could not find any drinking places about
town that Totten had visited. The witness
said there were at one time doormen at
No. and No. stations but now now.
Policeman Jos L. Potter, one Of the ac-
cused men. was called to the stand. and
pending his examination the trial board took
a recess
Proceedings Following Recess.
After recess DR.. Edgar Snowden was call
ed to the stand. DR.. Snowden was the
physician who had made an examination Of
the man who had died in the cell. In the
absence Of the deputy coroner he had been
asked to look after his work
Saturday. the 18th instant. he performed
an autopsy on Totten's body. The morgue
master did not assist him In the work. but
he was present.
1.-The man died of acute gastritis." the
doctor said.
The stomach was in very much con-
gested condition. and there was a conges-
ton of the kidneys and of one of the lungs.
The heart was in a good condition.
There was no reason to believe that the
man was confirmed drunkard," testified
the witness.
In answer to numerous queries no re-
Spouse was brought out indicating that
Totten had been a confirmed drunkard. On
the contrary, all the evidence tended to
show that Totter had been on a 'periodi-
cal' spree, and was in such a condition
that 1t was impossible for him to talk.
How would a layman diagnose such a
case?'
The doctor did not directly answer this
question.
as there any way whereby a layman
might have told whether or not the man
had acute gastritis? p"
THE signs Of suffering" was the an
swer.
Physicians Report Read.
The report Of the physician was then
read. There was no unusual discoloration
on the face. but the witness afterward
said that it looked as If the patient had
been lying on his face.
You state that the bladder was normal.
but very full?'
Yes"
THAT was not in any way connected with
the death?"
No"
1T is your opinion that the mans death
was due to acute gastritis-caused by
drinking?"
Yes" said the doctor.
at Is not unusual for man not to be
able to talk under such condition.
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