Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-20
SUFFERING CHILD
 DIES IN CARE IF SCIENTISTS
No Doctor Called In a Case of Lock Jaw and Now the Pa rents Are Frantic With Grief Over Neglect.


 nal training in the public schools. died Monday night of tetanus. The father IS Christian Scientist, and the little sufferer was treated by Christian Sci ence practitioners. A physician was not called until the afternoon of the day on which death came.
 Coroner Lanterman stopped the f,t neral yesterday afternoon. and an in. Festigation of the circumsances sur. rounding the death will be made to. day.
 F'renzied with grief, the father has been prostrated since his son died lie blamed himself yesterday for not calling physician in time. Like a crazed man he paced his room. sob. blng In despair. Too late he realized mat his sons life might perhaps have been spared had the proper remedies been applied.
 Ten days ago Erhard. with compan- ions. was playing near his home. No. lO5l South Flower street. The lad stepped on an upturned rusty nail. which entered the middle of his foot. The father saw the wound in the eYen- ing. He did not call a physician, but tried to treat the child according to Christian Science methods.
 For days the father attended his child. No surgeon or physician was called in spite of the fact that the boy suffered pain in his neck. The wound healed over On Sunday even ing Prof. Kunou took Erhard to the Chutes. The boy complained of his foot, and did not take any interest in the animals or other sights. He wanted to go home. and they returned early and the child went to bed. He slept with his father. In the night he com plained of pains in his neck and in his back. Toward morning his limbs be. came cold.
 Then Prof. Kunou called ]. H. Cole, a Christian Science practitioner, who has offices in the H. W. WeIIman building. Cole arrived at c o'clock Monday morning He examined the boy, but according to his own admis- sion could not diagnosis the case. The father told Ccle. he says. that the boy was suffering from Iockjaw. Cole did not order that a physician be called. An hour later the child was seized with convulsions.
 Realizing that his son was at the point of death, and that Christian Sci ence counld do nothing for him, Prof. kunou finally asked that a physician be called. Dr. James T. Fisher re- sponded, and after examining the boy pronounced the case to be tetanus. He applied known remedies, but the pa ient continued to sink, and the con- yulsions became more frequent. Dr. M. l.. Moore was called into consulta. tion later in the day, and a serum treatment was advised, but the boy died about 10 o'clock, after enduring agony. He was conscious until the end.
 When his boy died Prof. Kunou be came frantic with grief. He threw himself in an agony of weeping upon the bed beside the corpse, and fears were entertained that he would lose his mind because of his great sorrow At the undertakers' the body was prepared for burial, and D. F. orr, oi the firm of Orr & Edwards, called al the Health Office to secure a buria 1 permit. The death certificate had been signed by Dr. Fisher. Clerk Nc Gill of the health department says he 1 asked MT. Orr if the Coroner had beer notified. The clerk says he thought the CoTOner's office should know the circumstances. McGiiI says Orr as sured him the Coroner had given his consent to the burial McGill, on the strength of this statement, he says, is sued the permit.
 The time for the funeral was fixed and yesterday friends assembled al the chapel to pay their last respects to the remains of little Erhard
 The services was conducted by Mrs K. S. Greppin, Christian Science reader, who assisted by G. NJ. Giffen, also Christian Scientist. No refer ence was made to the tragic death oi the boy. Everything was formal
 There was a dramatic scene when the reading was finished. Carriages had arrived for the funeral. and many expected to follow the remains to Rosedale cemetery. Instead, an at tendent announced that the burial would not be held. No other explana. ton was made to the little company which expressed it's surprise by awed whispers.
 The mother sat at the opposite side of the chapel from her husband. She wore heavy vein which concealed her features. She arose hastily and went to an ante room as soon as the service was concluded. Mrs. Hunter made this statement:
 T was not told of the accident to my son. and did not know he was sick until I was notified of his death I blame the Christian Scientists for all of this. The boy need not have died He was healthy and strong, and phy. sician should have been called the moment he was hurt I am not a Christian Scientist and do not believe in their doctrines. It was a shame to refuse the child the care of a physi. clan"
 The broken-hearted mother sobbed as if her heart would break Time and again she would look toward the white casket, over which a snow-white dove lowered, and give way to sobs. she could not be comforted and bemoaned the fact that she had not been allowed te nurse her boy while he was suffering.
 Prof Kunou and his wife were sep arated two years ago. and year after the separation Mrs, Kunou married J. C. Hunter, with whom she is now living
 Agirated by the events of the day the father was almost frantic He blamed himself for the tragic death of his child, and admitted that he should have called a physician. His love showed itself in an agony oi sobs-
 ''Why did not call a physician? 2 he sobSed. Why did not do every