Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11

I railway smashup and have two ribs
and leg broken for instance? II 50.
there you lie. 10 may be in scorChinG
sunshine CO.. drcuching rain. until the
nearest judge or official can Doe found
10 make am Investigation Of your case
and certify that you came into your
present condition by accident and not
by the attempt OF anybody 60 murder
you. and then he orders you 10 be- re-
moved 20 "A hospital or some other place
Of treatment. NOW suppose the judge or
officer cannot be found Immediately
10 pass on your case, on is otherwise
engaged. You can certainly. you viii
say. be az least removed To- some near
by house, on the shade Of neighbOIiug
tree whore your sufferngs may hC
eased little. You cannot. Again. you
may say. a doctor. Dr. Ohtainablc. caa
amputatc your limb if necessary, be-
fore the prouuuClamcntp of the Judge
or that of an officer can bee obtained
tlo cannot. There YOU De until the in-
tcrminable processes of this absurd
law are gone through with Why in
the name Of q mercIful heaven, was
such "a law ever put in force. Quicn
saho9
Now further. On case of such "a serious
accident, suppose you die, which would
probably be- the very best thing for sou
o. do Can YOU be then lcft at FEAST
You have 10 have the top of your skull
sawed open 10 see what sou died of
/ know this seems perfectly amazing
ANA incredible. but IL is nevertheless
strictly true.
/ win give two cases that came UNI
der my own personal observation. For
several years / was connected with the
large copper mines az El Cahro, where
several hundred men were employed.
almost tll Americans or Suauiards by
the way Cuban labor having boon
found utterly impracticablo. One day
a Spanish laborer ZEN down "a sh8ft
some 300 feet deep. and was killed DO
was brought up 10 the surface stone
dead. The judge of course FIRST pass nj
on his death and then after this cNam-
nation. m order to comply With IN.
law. cuban doctor. then Don the 0r-
plOy of the company and NOT haN.u-
proper surgical instruments of hIe
own. took am ordinary carpenter saw
and sawed the top NJ the man hDHa
OF to see what he died of n was H
gruesomc sound 90 hear this operation
thus being dchcatrly performed.
hear % yet
Again. al Puuts Sal where the CONF
Uauy had large smelling works. just
across the harbor from Santiago. "a
Spanish lah0rer returning from Sautl-
AGO ono night loaded uu Hith the Juice
NINMN |NNN N'.''N n" anu |NN'AI IfAH... 'lA '''"
dcaNcrns 30 land frouf the boat onto
tho Ions wharf, where the water was
very docp, ZOO the darkness of tho
night slipped. lnst DIS fnuuug ana
plunged headl1ng into the rising tide.
Numerous witnesses saw thD Oceur-
renee. he was too drunk to save hiu-
self and h's companions Ncr. not abb.
to locate him boz the darkness. and hr
naturally was drowned Early boz the
educated man. "a graduate nf Columbia
one would suppose here certainly there
was no use of any further medical in-
yostigltiou as to the cause of hIs death
But after thc judicial investigation 0n
the part of "a judge who came from
Santiago with al hls legal IifaIuDI-
uala Tine coWpluy's doctor. highly
educated man. graduate 0f colombia
medical school although cuban. In
order tu comply With tho Jaw bad tl
opon the mans skull r0 as to asrer-
attn what he died of D l1klugly asked
tht doctor if thIF Has not What Wight
Dr. called ruruusage as ID MDrr. liH
said 10 was the most HrItnI utter NONE
sen-r. bot me law bad A.. Boz complied
WItn before the poor dHfU could hove
his Wcn earned certificate of death
These laws are executed most 0rlIu-
auiy hy very Intelligent persons nuf
Frequently hy such people as natH
been describing ana 0uY American cam
dcN0ufly pray 4 Hm sur0 intt M InN
very serious accident d1cf happen no.
ham, requiring instant relief and mcdi-