The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-20
T. ON TIN U E II
Decision Reached
By C0roner's Jury
Following Inquest


that Miss Ferderer wasn't feeling well
and would not be home.
About 3 o'clock IN the morning Mrs.
Thompson, Johnson, F1lbach and Miss
Ferderer still were in the apartment.
Mrs. Thompson decided to retire and,
since Miss Ferderer was lying on the
davenport in the room where Mrs.
Thompson usually slept, Mrs. Thomp.
son decided to 60 to the basement 70
sleep in Johnson's room.
Two Left In Room
johnson remained In Mrs. Thomp-
sons apartment and slept in Q large
chair. Flbach remained to talk to
Miss Ferderer long enough Ito smoke
two cigarettes" then went to his room
and retired.
johnson awakened between and
8 o'clock" in the morning and talked
to Miss Ferderer but received only
groans in response. He then called
Filbach from the latter's room. FL.
bach testified that he secured . hot
water bottle for her because she ap-
parently had cramps in her stomach.
Neither Filbach nor johnson, how
ever, tried to revive Miss Terderer In
any other way than shaking her.
Paynter also was In the room for .
time before she was taken to the hos
pital but Mrs. Thompson was not In
the room until the doctor arrived.
About 10 o'clock Miss Ferderer had
= coughing spell and bloody froth"
appeared on her lips. Filbach then
decided to call doctor. Since there
was no telephone in the house, he
went to q grocery store q short dis
lance away and called DR.. Stackhouse,
who was not in his office. Filbach
then tried to locate the doctor at both
the Bismarck and st. Alexius hospi-
tails but was unsuccessful. He then
called DR.. Stackhouse's office and left
word for him to come Immediately to
100 Avenue b.
Dr.. stackhouse did not arrive at his
office until about 1880 o'clock. when
he went immediately to Mrs. Thomp-
sons apartment.
Not much examination was neces-
sary, he said. since she was about
dead" when he arrived. He called an
ambulance Immediately and Miss
Ferderer was taken to st. Alexius hos
pital, reaching there at 1915 p. m. He
had left instructions at the hospital
that q blood count and stomach test
be made upon her arrival.
At the apartment, he said, Miss
Ferderer was In a deep coma, with
respiration shallow, pupils dilated and
pulse very weak.
At l p. m, when Miss Ferderer was
visited by DR.. r. w. Henderson, DR..
stackhouse's partner, the young wom-
an was In deep coma, her chest
filled with rales.
Her blood count and temperature Of
l04h degrees at Ills, when he arrived
at the hospital, indicated infection,
DR.. Stackhouse testified. She expired
at l:40 o'clock.
DR.. Larson described the poet-mor-
tenn, declaring that the only condi-
lions found other than normal were
an enormous increase In white COR
puscles In the blood and . few. germs
in the spinal fluid. These germs were
either meningococcus or pneumono-
coccus, which could not be determine
ed because the germs failed to grow.
The alcohol she consumed, he said.
might have masked" the symptoms
Of meningitis. Though victims OF
meningitis do not die as q rule with
in IL or Is hours after symptoms are
first noted, he said. death is possible
so early In Illuminating cases.
Roberts, who examined stomach
contents and parts Of the young wom-
ans organs, said the only evidence
he found Of anything which might
have caused death was ethyl alcohol.
johnson, examined at length, said
|he was reasonably sure that all the
liquor consumed at the party came
out Of the brown pint bottle which he
had filled.
A bottle Of ammonia was found in
the apartment but DR.. Larson testi-
fled he found no indication that Miss
Ferderer had consumed any Of it.
This was among several bottles which
Deputy Sheriff Helgeson testified he
took from the apartment the, day Of
Miss Ferderer's death.