Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-19
WLI4LIMAN'TIC

and those of the plaintiff, claimed to result from his injuries.
 cenductor's Testimony
 John s. Darley, the conductor in charge of the train at the time Of the collision, was the first witness called and related the facts of the accident, and the taking of Mir St. Martin to the hospital He was followed by Napo- leon Lambert of Stone Row, who was a witness of the collision.
 Dr. IT. R. Parker, the physician who was called to the scene by telephone just after the accident, told of making a. hastty examination of St. Martin al that time, and finding him suffering from two fractured ribs on the right side.
 He was followed by Dr. Owen O'Nein chief surgeon at St. Joseph's hospital, the institution 52 days, his injuries con- sisttng of two broken ribs, the ninth and tenth at the back of the right side. Blood was elected from the stomach and kidneys, beginning about ten days after his admission, which the wit ness stated was due to other causes than the accident.
 Plaintiff on the Stand
 The plaintiff was the next witness, testifying to the facts of the accident and giving as his expense so far $645o to Dr. O'Neill, S5S to the hospital, and between $25 and $500 for medicine.
 There were several exceptions taken by counsel for the road in regard to the line of testimony introduced by the plaintiff at this point. tending to show mental suffering, both on account of his injuries and because he was kept hy them from being at the bed side of his wife, who died while he was in the hospital. He stated that he had been unable to do any heavy worl, efy TIN 1p% ment of his right arm above his shoul- der or out to one side resulted in Se- were pain in his side.
 The cross-examination brought out the fact that he had been injured the April previous to the injuries com planted of, when he was thrown out of a buggy hs was driving, and taken to the hospital with two injured ribs. and a hurt wrist. The balance of the examination was an endeavor to find out where and for whom he had work ed both before and after the accident.
 Plaintiffs Mother Testifies
 Mrs. Eliza St, Martin, mother of the plaintiff. took the stand to tes- tify briefly, through an interpreter, that her son was in good health pre- vious to the accident, and had been suffering as he stated since, with the splitting of blood of a bright red color. This color was insisted upon, as 1t was stated that in cirrhosis of the liver the color of the blood elected is dark.
 Dr. Louis I. Mason of this city was the next witness. He made exan1ina- lions of St. Martins condition on April 51, 1913, November H. 1913. and November ,, 1914. He went at length into tie symptoms as given him by the patient and as corroborated by his ex- animation, and stated that in his opiu- ion the conditions found were caused by 9 splinter of bone from the fractured ribs projecting into the lung In time tne patient Enight recover, although he would make no definite prediction as to that.
 In answer to a question oS cross ex- animation as to whether thesp linter would be shown by an X-ray, the doc tor said no, not unless the mans head was cut off and the exposure taken from above. or the same procedure gone through with by cutting<off his trunk and taking the picture upward.
 pr. RoeFs Testimony
 Dr.. ". D. Root Of Hartford was the only other witness heard Wednesday. Het, too, went into a, description of symptoms and the detail of examina- tions, stating that in his mind there is no doubt but that there is irritation at the point where the symptoms con centrate. some splinter sticking out from the fracture which causes the troubled It may continue, or it may get well, but too. many things enter into that for definite statement. An ab- scess or other dangerous result may follow.
 At the conclusion of his testimony, court adjourned until this morning
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