Arizona republican., 1915-11-18
DEFECTIVE TOT DIES WITH NJ HAND ID AID
Bollinger Baby Pa s e $ Away in Chicago Hospital After Doctors and Nurses Agree Life Holds Moth ing in Store but Misery
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

l bapuSed with the name Ot John l shortly before it's death Mrs. Bol- finger was not informed of the death
 of the baby. Dr. Haiselden deeming | it advisable to keep the news from 1 the mother until morning. The baby, a defective mite, whose ] mother on professional advice, de- cided it should not undergo an op- i eration which probably would have saved it's life, hovered between life and death at the hospital through out today. Death. it was admitted, 1 was a question only of hours. 1 Meanwhile tine subject Of the pro- l priety of sacrificing the life of the ! infant, that it might not grow up | burden to itself and a possible menace to society, was the subject of i widespread discussion. pr. II. J. l i4aiselden, on whose advice the mother acted was visited by many
 medical men today, and telephone calls alternately accused and praised him. He remained unalterated in his conviction tat death was the great
 est blessing which could be hoped for the infant
 The principal physical deformities of the baby were the closure of the IlltSlIfiell lIdNl, isli olN 9l9 pl tl.S nerves of the right side of the face
 the absence of the right ear, blind
 ness Of one eye. and malformation
 of it's shoulders. Dr. Haiselden. who
 officiated at the birth, noted the ab-
 sence of neck. The brain, he
 found to be only slightly subnormal
 but the cranial nerves were absent or undeveloped.
 Ia ha ho a hopeless cripple and would suffer from fits" said the doctor today
 Would his mind be clear? would his soul be normally alive?' one of the visitors asked.
 That I do not know. but the chances are against it.
 pr. John B. Murphy. former presi dent of the American Medical asso- 1 citation, and physicians and profes sional men and women, including a number of clergymen, generally took ! sides with pr. Haiselden. But his i critics were just as numerous.
 Mrs Anna Bollinger the mother. 1 remained in a room nearby. Many 1 times she asked;
 Is it dead?"
 She remained steadfast in her be- i lief that death was best for the little | one She has three healthy children | and the plight of the condemned one is believed to have been due to an attack of typhoid fever which the mother suffered recently.
 The authorities took TO action fur ther than to determine that no death certificate should be issued until after an investigation by the coroner
 Tn discussing his stand in the case today. pr Haiselden cited the case of Roswell Smith, supposedly harmless defective who after reach ing the adult stage, killed little Hazel Weinstock, for which he was hanged A visitor however. remarked that FyGdor Dostoevsky, born a defective. a gambler and an epileptic, developed into a great novelist, and one of the greatest psychologists in Europe.
 Most of the visitors today treated the baby which lay in private room. as if it were uncanny. Dr. Haiseldcn, who had condemned it to- death. alone treated it like a human being. He caressed it's little twisted cheeks and said tenderly:
 He will be dead before the night is over
 'It would be a moral wrong. he continued ito allow this baby to live. It seems to me that a city which allows a blackhand outrage every week. thousand abortions day. and an automobile accident every round of the clock, is hardly in a position to criticise a man who holds that death is preferable to life in a defective.
 The telephone rang. pr. Haiseiden answered it and talked five minutes with a woman She pleaded with him to save the baby's life. When he returned from the phone he smiled sadly:
 she called me names,'' ne said. Tt is strange what a fuss people are making over this case when all these lbortions go unnotlced
 The little bundle, which was the center of all eyes, stirred and eeble cry was heard.
 Not much longer to wait, little me-" said the doctor, gently, adding O those near him: He is dying
 Dr. Murphy said today:
 ''The baby's life is in the hands of
 higher power. Nature will provide he best remedy
 pr. Rosalie M. Lavoda commented, a life is life and I wish DT. Iaiselden would step aside and let omecne else operate.''
 Clarence Darrow, the lawyer, known lso as humanitarian, remarked:
 "Chlcroform unfit children Show hem the same mercy that is shown casts no longer fit to live
 Doctor Is Commended.
 NEW YORK, Nov 1.-The Medico .egal society tonight adopted a reso Ition commenting pr. Haiselden for to prolong the life of the effective Bollinger baby in Chicago. scar ]. Smith, who. offering the said the refusal of pr. Iaiselden to perform an operation aS not only saving the child misery, Ut saving society the responsibility IF caring for it. Numerous other idresSes were made commenting le Chicago surgeon.