The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-14

was at her home from March 1st vi
I'll after Mary Robb's death. I wa
In the house all day June 18th. Ell
zabeth Robb came to me and saif
~ is 2:S0 and | am going to Ii
doWn TO sleep and ] wish you woul
wake me at o'clock. My sister wa
sick too. | sat in the door and talk
ed to her some. At 4 o'clock I wen
into Mary Robb's room and she sal,
not to wake Elizabeth; that she need
ed rest. When Elizabeth got up sh,
came out where l was and said
Here is is a quarter past FIVE; VIII,
didn't you call me at 4 as Won sai1
you Would? l told her what Mar,
said and she replied, well, | wouli
rather have you obey her than me-
Aug. sth, 1929 a. m.
| r. w. West.
! live in Blackfoot. | write in
surance. ! have a boy who has
spasms at times, and since the 1st
OF January, 1908, | have kept a lit-
tie book to record each date he has
spasm so | can tell whether thew
are growing more frequent or less
! frequent On June 9th at 5 a. m
ne had one of these troubles and #
drew his arm out of position in the
| spllnts. His arm had been fractured
| ana was still in splints. We got IN
at O'Clock and as soon as we had
breakfast. | took the boy to DR.. Nit
chells office. It was about a. m.
| round the door locked. have a
Key to his office and | unlocked the
door and took the boy in and laid
MIN on the sofa. went down to the
drug store and asked Hal Evans
where DR.. Mitchell was and he said
ne was out in the country and ought
70 be back by IL. staid about the
Doctors office until about 9:3O and
went home. At five minutes after IT
started back to the office. II is
TWO blocks and half. I went direct
me door was still unlocked as | had
left 1t. | went down and asked q
y Evans about DR.. Mitchell, but he
SAID ne had not come back. / left the
ONCE at about 11;30. / went back
ABOUT p. m. and met DR.. Mitchell
coming out of the. Palace drug store.
lie went up and fixed the arm, and
we We're there until about 8. The bow
was despondent and DR.. Mitchell ioi- |
ned him up and told him what good
looking lad he was and got him to |
FEELING cheerful. The witness left |
the chair at 10:4O.
Mrs. J. X. France at 1880.
examination by Mr.. Hawley: DR..
Mitchell was at my house when Mary
RoDD came on June 9th about 5.3O |
p, m. We showed her to her room
and then the doctor left. Mary took
off her hat and jacket and sat down
and chatted a little She seemed
feeling cheerful and all right. She
soon lay down on the bed, about the
line the Mackay train came in, she
lndressed and went to bed. | pre-
pared some supper for her. She ate
'ome and slept well that night DR..
!. called for a few minutes on
ne morning of the 10th. She was in
'ed all day. He called in the eve-
ing Next morning she was not SO
ven. The doctor came and told me
N leaving that she was in a bad fix
ma ne did not know what to do. AT
,Dout 10 O'Clock DR.. Mitchell and DR.
)ayis made an examination of the
atlent. At about IL she had vom-
ting spell. had given her some
hysic. In the afternoon about 2
CLOCK Dr. Mitchell and Dr.. Hoover :
lade an examination and found the
On Friday forenoon Mary slept !
retty WE'LL In the afternoon she !
Id not sleep so we'll and was de-
rious some of the time. She talked q
II TO children in school Eliza Z
etn Robb lay down at $3.50 and vi
ept heavily until 5:15. | heard her q
Tx to Sylvia about waking her at +
;. She came right into Mary's room .
men she got up. 1t was 5:15. That =
vening after dark I was tanning q
ary, and Elizabeth said to me 'Mrs, 4
rance II you are nurse you can Il
something to relieve Mary's suf- !,
ring. She is suffering So" I hand v
the fan to Mrs. Robb and gave a i
tile tug at Elizabeth's arm and
ent out on the porch. She followed -
e out and | said Miss Robb. those y
Q death pains and nobody can re-
eve them but DOCTOR" She 4,
reamed and said, my God, You =.
mt mean to tell me that little =
ary Is going to die!" =.
Cross Examination by Holden. j.
| noticed a bad odor about Mary at
wednesday morning. 1t grew pl
,rse after that.
When Mary came and we were
atting, / said to her, "What is 81,
ur trouble? Appendicitis, sup fo
Sc, and laughed. She laughed a ne
tie and said, well, | don't know. cl
viii stay few days and see."
l don't know why thought of an :,
ndicitis. ] guess it is because we as th
We SO many of those cases. It Ia a IA ~
Id of joke with us. -
My understanding of sceptic .n
Or is that it is where there is poi y, ~
or decay setting in think It ~ ~
s such an odor in her case. ~
int say anything about it to the "
,tor. | had no instructions when
came as to what to do for her. wi
y to take care of her. The doctor nlt
not examine her or ask her many I "a
estions on Wednesday, except to iet
har IL.