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

pressed before the examination du
. ing watch we discovered the pun
ture.
Re-cr0ss Examination.
The adhesions spoken of were ne
necessarily the result of the opers
ton.
DR.. Mitchell took the stand at 3:4
p. m.
4 DIR. Mitchell.
| Graduate of Barnes Medical col
lege, and a practicing physician an,
surgeon.
4 / first met Mary Robb on June 9tl
between A and p. m. / had
phone message ON June Sth from B
J. Humphhies. He said that Their,
would be couple Of parties dow
tonight. ! said all right, to call M,
up from the hotel when they go
here. ] had been treating his wife
and he said she was getting along al
right. That was all the talk we had
On June 9th / left Blackfoot a,
about 8 O'Clock and visited Jensen's
and Howards and got back about /
o'clock.
treated r. w. Vests son for a
fractured arm and for epileptic fits.
| dressed his arm at about 2 o'clock,
after having had dinner at home.
Miss Robb came to my Office be-
tween four and five o'clock. She sat
down in rocker and told me she
had q miscarriage and it had not all
passed away. She said her name
was May Brown and that she lived
at st. Anthony. l told her to rest
and wait a few days and we would
see II 1t would not come right She
said she was staying at the Cottage
hotel and asked If there was anoth-
er place where she could go. told
her about the hospital at Mrs.
Frances and she decided to 60 there.
! went there just before she
reached the place, and / introduced
her to Mrs. Frances and told her to
take as much rest as she could and
left.
The next morning went in and
asked her how she felt and she said
she felt very well. did not pre-
scribe anything for her then.
The next morning when | went in
and she said she had not rested well |
and had had chill. turned down
me covers and detected septic
odor. ! have very defective sense
u smell and did not detect the
,dor until the cover was turned
Town. decided that blood poison
ng was setting in, and told Mrs.
france that she was in bad fix and
nat ! would not do anything until
had another physician. | got Dr..
Davis to help me and we did a curet-
dent with very unsatisfactory re-
ults. thought / found puncture
ut was not sure. Later in the day
had DR.. Hoover make an examina-
lon and we found a puncture. I
ont know which of us found 1t.
! did not know this girl and I
lought We ought to find out who
le was and If possible consult with
er folks. After consulting with
her physicians we decided to go !
4 with the operation which, we did.
On Friday morning she was more !
less delirious and continued SO up !,
the time of her death. / was about
ok myself on Friday and was not
ere long. !
Elizabeth Robb asked me in Mrs. s
'ance's dining room not to tell her n
other the real cause of Mary's o
,kness as 1t might kill her father a
ID mother. After death she beg a.
q me to have the shipping certi- IL
ate show appendicitis as the cause
death to save her people from
owing the real cause.
! did SO, but told her would have M
give the true cause of death when W
reported the, death to the county q,
orney to be recorded which / did. CO
Here the record was introduced al
.rked Defendants exhibit A." ye
ID June 80, 1908, giving cause Of al
18th "ruptured uteris," duration Of
less, three days. Dr.. Mitchell n,
ltlnuing, when questioned: Eliza
n Robb came to my office to set
her sisters bill and made a part
'ment by check and agreed to pay
rest as soon as she could. Our I,
citing and parting were friendly. =
did not tell Douglas Xix when he
led on me, that Mary Robb came TO,
mo IN T,,DaIoxx | ~