El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-18
HOLD INQUEST ON
DEFECTIVE BABE
Surgeon Defends Course in
Not Operating to Save
Life of Infant.
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ton to draw the affection OF the Keep
er. the guard, the nurse or whoever
takes care Of 1t. Those who take care
Of them. many OF them, grow unfeel-
ing. unkind and Indifferent.
And yet ] was asked TO allow that
child 10 live, knowing what I knew.
feel toward some Of my critics as
would toward one who would willing
y allow hydrophObic dog to run in
q flock OF sheep and do as impulse di-
rected. because this one sh-ank from
hurting or crossing the dog
Must Be Brought Home.
IF children Of some Of my critics
were killed OF injured by defective
they would see a good reason for
checking the supply Of the latter in
the world It is only when an argu-
ment is brought straight home. into
the very core Of the home, that the
reason fs clear Too freuueufIr II is
true, unfortunately
81 have talked TO too many mothers
OF the detectives to say otherwise. I
have talked to too many mothers Of
detectives to be swayed in my Judg-
ment in this present case Many Of
the tales are pitiable-
Death Would Be a blessing.
"One woman I know has a son who
is quite subnormal. He is an excel
lent swimmer and delights in the eN-
ercise- Once 1 said to her, But sup
pose sometime he should drown and
the mother, with pitiful prOmptness,
answered: wouldn't that be a bless
The Raby's Deformities.
The principal physical defOrmities Of
the BoIlinger baby are the closure OF the
intestinal tract paralysis Of the nerves
of the right side of the face, the alb
sence Of the right ear. blindness Of one
eve and malformation of its shoulders
DR.. Haiselden, who Officiated at the
birth, noted the absence Of neck
The brain he found to be only slightly
subnormal but the cranlal nerves were
absent or undeVelOped-
IF he grew up he would be nope
less cripple and would suffer from
fits" said the doctor
Would his mind be clear would
his soul be normally aliveE one OF
the visitors asked
That 1 do not know, but the
chances are against it"
Dr.. John B. Murphy, former presl-
dent Of the American Medical asso-
citation, and physicians and proIes-
sionaI men and women, including a
number OF clergymen generally took
sides with Dr. Haiselden- But his
critics were just as numerous
One Defective Murderer.
In discussing his stand in the case
Dr. Haiseldon cited the case OF RosWei
smith, a supposedly harmless detec-
tive who after reaching the adult
stage killed little Hazel Weinstock,
for which he was hanged A VISITOR
however, remarked that F'yodOr Dos
toevsky, born a defective, a gambler
and an spileptic, developed into great
novelist and one Of the greatest
physocolOgists in Europe
Most of the visitors wednesday
treated the baby, which lay in private
room. as If he were uncanny- Dr..
4aiselden. who had condemned him te
death. alone treated him like a human
being. He caressed the little twisted
cheeks and said tenderly:
He viii be dead before the night IS
over"
1T would pc moral wrong he
continued. TO allow this baby TO live
It seems to me that a city which alloES
a blackhand outrage every week a
thousand abOrtiOns a cay, and an au-
tOmObile accident every round OF the
clock is hardly in position TO crlucise
q man who holds that death is prefer
able TO the life in a defective"
Is Called Names.
The telephone rang DR.. Haiselden
answered ii, and talked five minutes
with a woman She pleaded with him
10 save the baby's life When he re-
turned from the phone he smiled sadly:
she called me names" he said !
Tt is strange what a fuss people are /
making over this case when all these {
abortions 90 unnoticed-"
The little bundle, which was the |
center Of all eyes, stirred and a feeble (
cry was heard
Not much longer to wait, little one" (
said the doctor, gently adding to those |
near him, he is dying"