Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-15
Fall From Hospital Window
Fatal to Philip Bayard.
VIEW OF C0R0NER's JURY
Patient Was Suffering, However
From an Inourable Ailment.
TESTIMONY OF PHYSICIANS
Heart Action Had Been Irregular
General Condition Being Result
Of Bright's Disease.

of Bright's Disease.
That the immediate cause of the dealt
Of Philip Bayard was shock due to hi!
| falling from the window of his room OF
the third floor of Garfield Hospital, wher'
he was a patient, to the veranda on thu
| second floor Saturday afternoon was thu
verdict of the coroner's jury at the in
quest this morning at the Distric'
morgue. According to the verdict, peri
carditis (septic) was the primary cause
Of death, which occurred early Sunday
morning.
DR.. Taylor B. Dixon. who had attended
Mr.. Bayard since he was taken Ill last
Tuesday, testified the patient was slightly
irrational Saturday shortly before the &C.
cident, but DR.. j. w. Lindsay, resident
physician Of Garfield Hospital. and Miss
Teresa Mckinney and Miss Anne L.
Daniels the trained nurses who attended
him. testified they had noticed nothing alb
normal in his mental condition.
Testimony Of Dr.. Dixon.
DR.. Dixon said he was called to attend
Mr.. Bayard last Tuesday and found him
suffering from indigestion, due to his hav-
ing eaten cucumbers. Nausea ensued.
Mr.. Bayard was better Wednesday. he
said. but that evening he had consider
able pain in his left thigh. which grad
ually increased and extended from the hip
to the knee.
Thursday his condition had grown
worse. with some fever and high sweats
Friday the patient took a cold bath and
suffered commissions. His heart action
was irregular and he was given a hypo-
IN fynfD a.
the hospital. Saturday his heart was
weaker and his general condition worse.
The physician asserted he had just
LETT his patients room and reached the
entry Of the hospital when he heard a
disturbance outside and was informed
by Miss Daniels the nurse in charge of
the patient. that while she was absent
from the room Mr.. Bayard had gone out
the window" DIR. Dixon said Mr.. Bayard
was found on the veranda OF the second
floor, and that he believed he had at
tempted to climb down from the window
when he fell.
Conscious When Found.
DR.. Lindsay testified he had found Mr..
Bayard, conscious, on the veranda Of
the second floor, being attracted there
by the loud cries Of the patient. He was
removed on a stretcher to his room,
where he quieted down in q few minutes.
Both the nurses. Miss Mckinney
and Miss Daniels. testified there was
nothing in the actions or talk Of the
patient to lead them to believe he
the latter. who was on duty at the
time of the accident, said she had been
out of the patients room about three
minutes. leaving to obtain a hypoder-
mic injection for him, when the acct
dent occurred.
Report Of the Autopsy.
DR.. Charles S. White, deputy coroner,
who performed an autopsy on the body OF
Mr.. Bayard yesterday afternoon, testified
he found bruises on the right knee and
shoulder, in the small of the back and
on the left elbow. He said the abdomen
was much distended, the kidneys in q
state of acute Inflammation, due to
Bright's disease, and the sack surround
ing the heart full Of pus. The shock OF
the fall might have hastened death, he
testified, but the physical condition of
the patient was such that death would
have ensued anyhow.
Goes to Hospital.
Mr.. Bayard came to Washington last
week, after a visit to his sister, Countess
Lewenkaupt. of FOG McMechin street,
Baltimore. and he was staying at 435
I'd street southeast He was taken III
Tuesday evening with what was supposed
to be ptomaine poisoning and was under
the case of DR.. T. B. Dixon at his home
until Friday, when the physician ordered
that he be taken to Garfield Hospital for
further treatment Two nurses were as
signed to care for him, and one Of them
gave him a dose Of medicine about 6
O'Clock Saturday evening and then left
h. Gov <A~ry tvnay&
When she returned the patient was
missing, and he was found in q semi
conscious condition on the roof Of a Sec
ond floor veranda. He was carried back
to his room and physicians made Q care
full examination. but they could find no
evidences Of serious injuries, the only
marks of the accident being a few bruises
on Mr.. Bayard's feet. legs and arms.
Death Results Following Morning.
Whether the patient made his way
to the window and fell out. or whether,
in a momentary delirium. he jumped
to the veranda roof. could not be deter
mined. Although the physicians and
nurses worked over him increasingly,
Mr.. Bayard died early Sunday morning
Following an autopsy yesterday after
noon the body was sent to an under
taking establishment. Thomas Bayard
oI lImlnBtoIs AeI's = DIOtnoE VI tho
deceased and Countess Lewenkaupt
came to Washington yesterday, and
they were prepared to have the body
sent to Wilmington Immediately after
the inquest. Arrangements have been
made to hold the funeral Wednesday
in Wilmington. with services in Old
Swedes' Church.
dent Of Wilmington. He was q son
of the late Thomas F. Bayard. former
Secretary Of State and ambassador to
England. He was q graduate Of st.
Paurs School. Concord. N. H.. and for
several years held professorship in
that institution.
Appointed Vice Consul.
In 1907 he was appointed American
vice consul at Tangier. Morocco. but
he resigned In October Of that year