Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-08

A hospital record of the operation
on the broken right arm Of Homer
w. Kraft, Great Northern negro por-
ter who died April %, 1921, after be-
ing shot on the night of March % by
Ray Charnock, special agent for the
road, was found to be missing Thurs
day at the district court trial in which
the widow is seeking $4,000 alleged
damages.
The record which DIR. ID. X. Woods
earlier in the case testified to having
field ont and placed on the Column
bus hospital chart, is said by the plain
tiff to show that the shot that broke
krafft's arm entered from the rear
and above the elbow, coming out be-
low. Charnock testified that he shot at
Kraft when he saw the negro facing
him with his right arm appraised, and
he believed. aiming a gun toward him.
Miss Annette Volkenand, Columbus
hospital nurse who attended Kraft
from the time he entered the hospital
the night of March % until April IL.
said the record of the operation was
made out and placed on the chart, and
that she saw it there the next day. DIR.
Woods said he saw the record on the
chart several days later.
Saw Chart in Office
The witness, under cross examina-
ton by e. l.. Norris, told of having
seen the chart recently at the law Of
flee of Veazey, Cliff 4 Glover, defense
attorneys. Among others she named
rs being present were DR.. A. L.
Longeway, Great Northern physician:
Sister Germ:.ne, keeper Of the record
department at the Columbus hospital,
Sister EmmeliN also of the hospital,
..I Wy TI;ft nc Iafanaa council in
fhe present case. She explained her
presence there by saying w. j. Burton
Great Northern claim agent, had re-
g~lested her BY telephone to call at Mr..
Veazey's office.
The only persons to whom the chart
Of eases are available are Sister Ger
maine. her assistant, and the physician
in charge of the case, the nurse testi-
fled in answer to a question OF Mr..
Norris. She replied yes to n ques-
ton put by Mr.. Gift if it were not
true that the records had been brought
10 the office by Sister Gerlnaine and
Sister Eminelia.
During the time Kraft was under
the care of Miss Volkenand she said
he told her that he had been short in
his remittances but had made them up.
but that they shot he down like 4
dog
Miss Alice Mitchell, senior night
nurse on the surgical floor at the time
of krafft's confinement, testified to
having seen the operation by Or.
Woods on the night of March %. She
said she examined the chart kept of
Krafft's case daily but could not re-
call ever seeing a record Of the oper-
alton and could not say if one was ever
made. The record of n second opera
tiou on April u is part Of the chart,
which is an exhibit in the case.
Nurses Called to Testify
Both muses. testified regarding
krafft's cough. Miss Volkenand said
it was harsh, deep and frequent and
that be coughed often throughout the
time he was under her care. Miss
Mitchell said Kraft complained of a
cough the first night, saving he had
had a cold for several weeks. She said
she did not hear Kraft complain Of
any pain except in his arm for about
five days after the operation, when he
spoke of a pain in his side. Both said
they did not know what kind of a
cough Kraft had.
Mrs. G. NJ. Jennie, formerly ticket
agent at Havre, said Kraft told her
while he was confined at the Column
bus hospital, "he got me before | got