The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-24
Surgical Operations Always Done Hudy and Carelessy
when done Cnmnally; Carefully When Done For Proper
Reasons---Dr. Hyde.

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was in her presence. She seemed joI
ly and healthy. He was not a ply
sician but believed she was in goo
health and had nothing serious all
ing her while at the Brooks hotel.
DIR. Hyde Testifies.
DR.. George Hyde of Rexburg wa
then called. He stated that he is
graduate of the University of Cali
fornia, is the county physician o
Fremont county, and president of tn
State Board of Medical examiners O
Idaho. He is registered physician
and surgeon. He stated that he wa
present and assisted in an autops,
made upon the body of Mary Robb OF
! Sunday morning, June 10Th, at thu
cemetery at Wilford, Idaho.
Objection was made to introducing
this evidence as it had not beer
shown that Mary Robb was dead, bu
the prosecution explained that it was
| imperative that DR.. Hyde's testimony
| be given in time for him to return tc
Rexburg on the evening train tc
| look after patient, and on this ac.
count his evidence was offered out OF
| its logical order.
A rather tedious examination
showed that the autopsy showed a
| healthy condition of all the organs
except such as were affected by the
surgical operations which appeared
to have been performed to cause
abortion and later, to try to remedy
the harm done on account of a wound
inflicted in the first or criminal oper-
alton The doctor gave it as his
opinion that Mary Robb died as the
result of the shock from surgical op-
erations and from hemorhage.
The court adjourned at $3.50 to
convene at p. m.
At the evening session of the court,
DR.. Hyde was cross examined at
length concerning the incisions and
wounds that caused the death of Miss
Robb. The main points brought out
were that no operation had been per-
formed for appendicitis. That the
appendix had not been removed, that
it was intact and in healthy condition
at the time of her death and burial,
that it was still so at the time of the
holding of the autopsy, that the in
cision in the front wall of the abdo-
men was not made in the proper
place for reaching the appendix, and
that a certain wound or puncture of
the womb had been made some "a or
36 hours before the abdominal Incl
sion. That an attempt at curetting
(scraping) the womb had resulted
in puncturing it and scraping the out
er, instead of the inner surface. That
hemorhage had followed, that piece
of placenta had passed through the
puncture into the abdominal cavity
and that the last operation, opening
the abdominal cavity was to remove
clots of blood and pieces of placenta
that could not otherwise be reached
or removed. That the puncture had
been sewed up and then. the organs
replaced and the incision in the front
Asked if the first operation could
not have done by her own hand, he
said it was impossible. That no wom-
an would have the fortitude to fin
ish such puncture.
Asked if it had been done by an
incompetent physician, he replied
that such an operation might have
been done by an incompetent physi-
clan, and that in all probability some
physician had done it.
Asked why any physician would
make such blunder, he replied:
Operations of this kind are al
ways done carelessly and hurriedly
when done criminally. If there is
proper reason for the operation, it
is done carefully"
When asked what constitutes
proper reason for operations of this
character, he said, ITO save the
mothers life."
When asked whether it would be
possible for woman to move about
much or to travel and keep up a
cheerful appearance after an opera
tion such as the first one in this case
with its resultant blunder, he said 1t
would not. That she could not go
about much, and that it would be out
of the question for her to conceal the
evidence of pain, and to be cheerful
and chatty.
At $3.50 p. m. the court adjourned
until 1890 a. m. Wednesday.
Chris Miller Testifies.
Chris Miller was called and sworn
and stated that he is the night clerk
at the Cottage hotel at Blackfoot,
Idaho, and was acting in that capa-
city on the 9Th of June, 1908. He
stated that the midnight passenger
train was late that night and reach
ed Blackfoot at about $3.50 a. m. on
June 9Th. That four passengers who
got on of the train went to the Cot |
tage with him, two ladies and two