1881-10-06; Saline Observer

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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 6, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 11.
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Important Intelilgeaee from All Parts.
?    & Domestic.
A Red-Bank (N. J.) telegram of the 27th
says the legal authorities of Monmouth
County-had addressed the Attorney-General of the State and the Attorney-General
of the United States upon the propriety of
filing counts before the Grand Jury of Monmouth County against Guiteau for the mur-
dertof President Garfield. It was held that
the^waivjer of a Coroner's inquest by the
State does not deprive the Grand Jury of its
power to indict a criminal.
A great' sensation was caused in Washington on the 28th by rumors' of further assassination. Two men were overheard
planning for and prophesying President
Arthurls murder, but the police, on inves-
gatioifV*. 'concluded that the planning was
only^theffaporings of intoxicated men and
declared that there was not tlie slightest apprehension of trouble.
Bill Ryan, one of the gang who participated in the Glendale robbery of the Chicago & Alton train, was convicted of the
offense'onthe 2Sth, an'd sentenced to twenty-
five years imprisonment.
It .was. stated on the 29th ult. that the new
disease", known as "pink-eye,"' among
horses was becoming very general and serious in St. Loui3 and Chicago. The disease begins with a running at the eyes, and
its mosf slsrfp'us symptom is a swelling of
the lmibs?: "^Rest and careful treatment for
a Week'orten days generally bring the animal out of danger.
A Philadelphia telegram of a recent
date says gold memorial medals are to be
issued from the United States Mint. On one
sldej<y^il|-he the medallion of Garfield, and
on life other of Lincoln.
Captain* Henrt MgCormack, of the
steamer Caddo Belle, which plies between
Columbus, Ga., and Mobile, Ala., committed'suicide the other day by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol, because
he miscalculated the floating capacity of his
vessel and did not wish to be laughed at for
h is m iscalcul atlon.
At a reunion of Missouri ex-Confederate
soldlersfat Moberly a few evenings ago res-
olutiqiiS were adopted expressive of heartfelt gfcfef at the death of President Garfield,
accepting as final the issues of the Avar as.
decidM'pn-the field of battle, and "depre-
catlng:<he*growth of the seeds of assassination in the land."
Colonel Cokkiiill, United States Attorney 'for the District of Columbia, received a communication on the 29th ult.
from; At torney-General Stockton, of New
Jersey, in which the latter states no action
-will be taken In Guiteau's case by the authorities of that State.
A Boston (Mass.)  dispatch of the 29th
ult.   announces   the   loss   of   the   fishing
schooner  Guy Cunningham,  with   all  on
board.   The crew numbered fourteen men
and boys.
TKE members of the New Orleans Board
e>. - - y -      of Health have  asked the Grand Jury to
'■'& Js£    investigate the charge of imprdper influences
^ 4***^**      in granting; permits.
The perpetrators of the Arkansas train-
robbery have been lodged in jail at Hope,
and have been fully identified. One was
captured near Sulphur Bluff, Texas, and
the other two in the Indian Nation.
Frank Work's double trotting team,
Edward, and Dick Swiveller, trotted a mile
ou theTPleetwood Park on the 29th ult. -in
the unprecedented time of 2:19}^.
Tbe  Treasury   Department  states   thalr
there are still outstanding over §21,000,000
in bonds on which interest has ceased, some
of which should have been offered for  redemption eleven years ago.
Bkring August the value of the exports
frolri'the United States exceeded the value
of the imports by $5,S04,124. During the
year ended August 31 the excess of exports
was $167,079,544. The imports of gold
bullion during the year exceeded the exports by $79,459,431.
During the nine months ended Septem-
ber-,3*v.la.st, there were 3,890 business failures in: tills country, with aggregate liabili-
tles-qf $51,000,000. During the corresponding-months last year there were 3,476 failure^, with* $45,000,000 of liabilities.
John Magh-vFis, of Nicetown, Pa., went
to see his wife, who was stopping with her
mother, Mrs. Reed, at Philadelphia, on the
evening ofthe 30th ult. Maginnis scolded
his wife for not informing him of the death
of their child recently, and then shot her in
the breast. Mrs. Reed followed Maginnis,
who ran away after he shot his wife. He
turned, on his pursuer and fired two shots,
killing iter instantly. He was arrested after
a desperate struggle.
At Rochester, N. "Y., on tbe 30th ult, Miss
Jewett rode twenty miles in 45 minutes and
5 seconds—the best time on record.
Presley Cowan, of St. Clairsville, Ohio,
recently attempted a balloon voyage from
Washington. Ohio, but on his descent struck
a tree top? and fell fifty feet to the ground,
» dying in a few minutes.
The Ohio Central Coal Company has engaged 620 experienced Prussian miners to
work in its coal mines.
The Post-office Department, finding the
bonds given by Postmasters generally insufficient to protect the Government, recently ordered the concentration of deposits
at one hundred leading offices, to take effect October 1.
Up^'to the close of business on the 30th
ult. $7,248,950 of five per cent, coupon
bonds under the 103d call, and $19,078,250
of five per cent, registered bonds under the
104th call had been presented at'the Treasury Department for payment.
The total amount of United States currency outstanding on the 30th ult. was $862,-
•531,495- The outstanding National Bank
notes aggregated* $"157,770,490.
Astp.ii> of territory in the Cottonwood
Valley in Kansas, thirty miles long by four
miles wide, was devastated by a cyclone on
the evening of the 29th ult. Twelve persons were known to have lost their lives,
and* several were reported missing.
On the 30th ult., in the face of a stiff gale,
Little Brown Jug paced a mile onthe Louisville (Ky.) track in 2:12.
*** Forty-two National banks with an aggregate capital of $5,685,000 have been organized during the last six months.
A TORNADO on the 30th ult. demolished
most of the buildings in the towns of Madison and Stanton, Neb. In the former place
two persons lost their lives, and In the latter
twenty persons were more or less injured.
Thirty-seven business houses and ten
dwellings in the business portion of Eldred,
Pa., were destroyed by fire on? the 80th tilt.,
involving a loss of $125,000.
The.public-debt statement issued on the
lst"niakes the following exhibit: Total debt
, (including int eresfc Of $14,847,285), $2,049, -
* 542,472.   Cash  in Treasury,   $250,636,547,
Debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,798,-
S55,925. Decrease during September, $17,-
483,641. Decrease since June 30, 1881,. $41,-
742,SS6.
Thomas Hughes & Co., manufacturers
of hosiery at Philadelphia and Bristol, Pa.,
have failed. Their liabilities are over $100,-
000.-
Heney Metzgae, who was recently executed at Titusville, Fla., stated on the scaffold that he had killed seven men.
A merchant of New York, named Jackson, presented to the Police Board of that
city on the 1st a letter from Utica, which
he interpreted.as a threatto assassinate Roscoe Conkling. The Commissioners could not
agree with this view.
Ted Franks, the jailer at Bloomington,
111., was shot through the heart on the
evening of the 1st by a horse-thief named
Charles Pierce. Other prisoners seized the
murderer and took the revolver from him.
Within ninety minutes a crowd of five
thousand persons surrounded the jail, the
iron doors'were soon forced, and Pierce was
dragged out to a locust tree at the corner of
Market and venter streets, and Strung up.
The shrieks of the villain could be heard
above the cheers of the croAvd.
The Chiracahua Apaches, numbering
316, under the leadership of "Natchez, left
the sub-agency in Arizona on the 1st, going
in the direction of the settlements in Sulphur Springs Valley. They were joined by
Chiefs George and Bonito, of the White
Mountain tribe, the number of warriors
being 150.
Great destruction to property was caused
by the recent tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska. Several persons were injured,
some fatally.
Tns Faculty of Yale College has voted
unanimously to adopt the revised version of
the New Testament.
S. H. Burton, of Cincinnati, was cutting
coupons from $10,000 in four-per-cent. bonds
in a safety deposit vault in that city on the
1st, when three adroit rascals managed to
secure the valuables and escape.
At Gray's Mills, Miss., the other day Mr.
James Freeman's grandson, aged nine, being offended at a little daughter of Allen
Harris, aged two years, blindfolded the
child and threw her into a well, where she
was subsequently found dead.
A brawl in a saloon in Philadelphia,
kept by Deputy Sheriff Smith, which originated in the snatching of a cigar from a
vest pocket, ended by William Johnson
killing John Kisted by  a blow with his fist.
Personal and Political.
The State Convention of the Wisconsin
Democracy was held in Milwaukee on the
2Sth, and the following ticket was placed in
nomination: Governor, M. D. Fratt; Lieutenant-Governor, W. A. Anderson; Secretary of State, Michael Johnson; Treasurer,
Colonel W. H. Jacobs; Attorney-General,
M. J. Briggs; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Robert Graham, the Republican
nominee; Railroad Commissioner, Ambrose
Hoffman; Insurance Commissioner, Lewis
Koeffier.
The Minnesota Republican State Convention met in St. Paul on the 28th and nominated the following ticket: Governor, General L. F. Hubbard; Lieutenant-Governor,
Charles A. Gilman; Secretary of State, Fred
Von Baumbaeh; Treasurer, Charles Ket-
tleson; Auditor, W. W. Braden; Attorney-
General, W. J. Hahn; Railroad Commissioner. General J. II. Baker; Supreme
Court Judges, Charles Vandcrburg, William
Mitchell and D. A- Dickinson.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention met at Williamsport on the 2Sth and
nominated Orange Noble for State Treasurer. The platform declares in favor of
strict adherence to the Constitution; home-
rule; freedom of election: denounces
monopolies, and class legislation: opposes a third term, and misappropriation
of the public funds; also .denounces
the "arrogant, corrupt and personal
domination controlling the Republican party of the State;" demands the prosecution of the Star-route thieves, and a real
reform ofthe Civil Service; etc., etc. ;"
The Maine State Straight-Greenback
Convention met in Lewistbn, Me., on the
-Sth, and adopted resolutions declaring that
it was the only representative of the Green-
buck sentiment of Maiue, and that an affiliation with any other party would be asaeri-*
flee oiTpiinciple.
The Massachusetts State Prohibitory
Convention met in Boston on the 2Sth and
renominated last year's ticket.
King Kalakaua paid a visit of respect to
President Arthur in Washington on the
28th. A naval steamer was placed at his
disposal to visit Yorktown and Fortress
Monroe.
The announcement was made from Washington on the 2Sth that Mr. MacVeagh had
informed President Arthur of his wish to
retire°from the Cabinet.
The Prohibitionists of Wisconsin* met at
Madison*on the 29th ult. and nominated the
following State ticket; For Governor, T.
D. Kanouse; Lieutenant-Governor,' Harvey S. Clapp; Secretary of Stat*, Edmund
Bartlett; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Robert Graham; Railroad Commissioner, Captain John Nader; Insurance
Commissioner, Thomas Brocken; State
Treasurer, John Sutton; Attorney-General, E. G. Comstock.
It is said that Mrs. Garfield will spend
her summers at Mentor and her winters at
Cleveland, or AVilliamsfcown, Mass.
ON the 29th ult. the Emperor of Japan
sent a dispatch to the State Department,
expressing profound sorrow for the death
of President Garfield and sympathy with
the Nation and the afflicted family of the deceased.
The President and several of his Cabinet
left Washington for New York on the 29th
ult.
A Washington dispatch of the 29th ult.
says President Arthur had-informed Attorney-General MacVeagh and Postmaster-
General James that it was his earnest desire that the Star-route thieves and all other
public plunderers should be promptly and
vigorously prosecuted, and expressed a
wish that both gentlemen should remain in
the Cabinet at least until the prosecutions
were ended.
- The resignation of First Lieutenant F, D.
Grant, of the Fourth Cavalry, has been accepted by the President.
It was announced on the 29th ult. that
George Scoville, of Chicago, would go to
Washington and undertake the defense of
Guiteau, his brother-in-law. He states
that Guiteau's uncle and two other relatives
died in insane asylums, while another was
in the Michigan retreat.
On the 30th ult. the District-Attorney of
the District of Columbia, assisted by Colonel
Bliss and Mr. Brewster, counsel /or the
United States Government, appeared before
Judge Cox at the Washington Criminal
Court and "filed an information against
Thomas J.  Brady,   ex-Second Assistaut-
Postmaster-General; Jolm L. French, lately Brady's chief clerk; AV. H. Turner, ex-
clerk of the Post-office Department; George
L. McDonough, a Star-route contractor; and
Samuel P. Brown, an agent of the Star-
route ring. This course was taken because
it was feared that the District Grand Jury
could not be relied on.
The former war chief Victoria died recently at the San Carlos reservation, and his
father applied for permission to kill a squaw
charged with bewitching him.
J. Stanley Brown has been appointed
the financial agent of Mrs. Garfield,.and
has been instructed to sell the Washington
residence.
A Washington dispatch of the 30th ult.
says that Secretary Windom had insisted
that his resignation be accepted, and that he
would seek a re-election as United States
Senator.
Up to the evening of the 30th ult. the fund
for the benefit of Mrs. Garfield had reached
a total of $333,796.
MayorMeans, of Cincinnati, has forbidden the members of the police force of
that city to take any active part in politics
during his Administration, and has directed such members of the force as beloug to
political associations to resign forthwith.
It is said that Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has
suffered the keenest anguish since the
shooting of President Garfield, and insists
that her son Robert abandon public life.
Ex-Congressman Voorhis, of Nev/
Jersey, has been acquitted on all the indictments found against him.
Warrants were served at Washington on
the 1st upon Brady, Turner and French, for
their alleged complicity in the star-route
frauds.
Timothy K. Earle, the Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, died a few days ago at ~\\ orcester.
Forelgrn.
Keene's celebrated! horse Foxhall won
the Grand Duke Michael stakes on the Newmarket course, in England, on the 29th ult.
A Dublin dispatch) of the 29th ult. says
the Irish Land League would appoint two
tenants in each neighborhood to assess fair
rents, which amount was to be registered
by the branch Leagues, and no greater sum
paid.
An excursion train and a freight train
collided near Ayltner, Ont., on the 29th ult.
Five persons were killed and twenty wounded, some fatally.    Cause, carelessness.
The Lancet, the leading medical journal
of Great Britain, severely censures President Garfield's physiciaus for not having
stated iu the bulletinsjthe true condition of
the patient. The Lancet says that a bulletin
should be the truth, and nothing but the
truth.
The announcement is made thatthe Marquis of Lome will resign the Governor-
Generalship of Canada at the close of the
next session of the Dominion Parliament,
and accept a seat in the House of Lords.
The steamboat Elizabeth J. Irving was
recently burned at Port Hope,!*1 British
Columbia. Out of eighty persons on board,
it is believed that several Indians perished.
The vessel was valued at $50,000.
The French Govcf nnient has given notice
that the Porte will be held responsible for
any disturbances arising from the continued
di-patch of Turkish reinforcements to
Tripoli.
AN earthquake at Changeria, Anatolia, in
Asiatic Turkey, on the 30th. ult. killed eleven
persons. The Grand Mosque and many
buildings were greatly damaged.
A number of incendiary fires are reported in the villages of Southern Russia. They
are said to be the outcome of the discontent
of the peasantry, owing to bad pay and poverty.
The greater part of the town of Nyon,
Switzerland, was recently destroyed by aa
incendiary fire. Several suspected persons
have been arrested.
Marshal Serrano, the foremost Republican of Spain, has declared his satisfaction
with the Government and his confidence iv
its stability.
LATER  *NT_WS.
The Grand Jury of the Washington Criminal Court on the 3d exanviled witnesses in
the Guiteau case. Among those examined
were Surgeon-General Barnes, Dr. Lamb,
Policcmau Kearney, who arrested Guiteau,
Mrs. White, who saw the shooting and who
held the victim's head, and several others.
UP to the evening of the 3d the fund for
the benefit of Mrs. Garfield and family
amounted to $334,679.
Town elections were held in Connecticut
imtheSd. Hartford and New Htven divided the offices about equally between the
partic.-;;-Norwich and !New "Britain went
Republican, and Watcrbury chose a Democratic Mayor.
The National Tempei-ai.cc Society's Board
of Managers have appealed to President Arthur to use his influence to discourage the
national drinking customs, and to lessen the
great and threatening evil of intemperance.
A member of the English Royal family
is forming a company with a capital of £3,-
000,000 to purchase waste lands in Ireland,
and reclaim and let or sell them to tenants
on easy terms.
The price of Confederate bonds in the
London market has recently advanced, sales
being made at three and four per cent.
The advance is said to be owing to the fact
that a committee had called upon holders to
resistor the bonds, thi-s being taken to be a
preliminary step to an appeal to some of the
Legislatures of the Southern States for the
redemption of part of_the bonds, at least.
On the 2d the Laud League made a great
demonstration in Dublin. The procession
was two mile"; long. At the mass-meeting
the speakers, Messrs. Parnell, Redpath and
Sheehy, made reference to the sympa>hy
and interest which they believed was felt
for the cause of Ireland's independence by
Americans.
During the week ended October 1 there
were 656,493 standard silver dollars distributed. During the corresponding week
in 1880 there were 781,495 put into circulation.
Orson Pratt, the noted Mormon Apostle, died at Salt Lake City on the 3d, aged
seventy years.
Among the callers" at President Arthur's
residence in New York City on the 3d was
a demented person named Wil kins, who
bore a long document with many signatures
and asked for a Consulship.
The United States mints turned out a
total of $7,847,800 in coined money during
September, of which $2,600,000 was silver
dollars.
Tins season's base-ball contest between
the eight League clubs has closed, leaving
the Chicago Club the champions. The same
club were the champions last year.
Republican and Democratic Senatorial
caucuses have been called to meet in Washington on the 8th. *
This Directors of tbe Chicago Board of
Trade met on the 3d and decided that 62
cents was about the fair price for margins
on October corn contracts.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
Statement by the Surgeons of the Results of Hie Post-Mortem Examination of the Body of President Garfield.
Philadelphia, October 1.
The October issue of the American
Journal of Medical Sciences contains the
following official report of the autopsy
of President Garfield, prepared by the
surgeons iu charge:
Official Record of the Post-mortem Examination of the bocly of President J. A.
Garfield,  made  September 20,  1851,   commencing* at 4:3J p. m., eighteen hours after
death, at Francklyn Cottage, Elberon, N. J.,
present and assisting. Dr. D. W. Bliss, Surgeon-General J. K. Barnes, TJ. S. A., Surgeon
J. J. Woodward, U. S. A., Dr. Robert Reyburn, Dr. Erank H. Hamilton, Dr. D. Hayes
Agnew, Dr. Andrew* H. Smith, of Elberon
and New York, and Acting Assistant-Surgeon D. S. Lamb, of the Army Medical Museum of Washington, D. C.:
Before commencing the examination a consultation was held by these physicians in a
"room adjoining that in wfcich the body lay,
and it was unanimously agreed that the dissection should be made by Dr. Lamb, and that
Surgeon Woodward should record the observations  made.    It was  further   unanimously
agreed that the cranium should notbe opened.
Surgeon Woodward then proposed that the
examination should be conducted as follows:
That the body should be viewed externally,
and any morbid   appearances  existing recorded.
That the catheter should then be passed into the wound, as was done during life, to wash
it out for the purpose of assisting to find the
position of the bullet.
That a long incision should next be made
from the superior extremity of the sternum
to the pubis, and this crossed by a transverse
one just below the umbilicus.        *
Thatthe abdominal flap thus made should
then be turned back and the-abdominal viscera examined.
That, after tho abdominal cavity was opened,
the position of the bullet should be ascertained, if possible, before making any further
incision, and that, finally, the thoracic viscera
should be examined.
This order of procedure was unanimously
agreed to.
(The examination was then procee led with,
and the following external appearances were
observed:
Tho body was considerably emaciated, but
the face was much less wasted than the limbs.
A preservative liuid had been injected by the
embalmer a few hours before into the left
femo al artery. The pipes used for this purpose were still in position. The interior surface of the body presented no abnormal appearances, and there was no ecchymosis, or
other discoloration of any part of the abdomen. Just below the right ear, and a little he-
hind it, there was an oval ulcerated opening,
about half an inch in diameter, from which
some sanious pus was escaping, but no tumefaction could be observed in the parotid region. A considerable number of purpura-like
spots were scattered thickly over the left
scapula, and thence forward as far as the
axilla. They ranged from one-eighth to
one-founh of an inch in diameter, were
slightly elevated and purpnraceous on
the surface, and many of them were
confluent in groups of two to four or more. A
similar but much less abundant eruptiou was
observed sparsely scattered over the corresponding region on the right side. An oval,
excavated ulcer, about an inch long, the result of a small carbuncle, was scstted over the
spinous process ofthe tenth dorsal vertebra.
Over the sacu:n there were four small bedsores, the largest about half an inch in diameter. A few acne pustules and a number of
irregular spots of pest-morlera hypostatic congestion were scattered over the shoulders,
back, and buttocks. The interior part of the
scrotum was much discolored by hypostatic
congestion. A group of hemorrhoidal tu-
morj, rather larger than a walnut, protruded
from the anus. The depressed cicatrix of the wound made by the
pistol bullet was recognized over the tenth
interc-*stal space, three nnd a half inches to
right of the vertebral spine. A deep linear
incision (made in part by the operation of July
24, and extended by that ol" August 8) occupied a position closely corresponding to the
upper border of the right twelfth rib. It commenced posteriorly about two inches from the
i-ertel)ial spine and extended forward a lutlo
more than three inehev At tho interior extremity of this incision there was a deep,
nearly square, abraded surface, about au inch
across. A well-oiled, flexible catheter, fourteen inches long, was then passed into this
wound, as had been done to wash it out during life. More resistance was at first encountered than had usually been the case, but
after several trials the catheter entered without any violence to tho full length. It was
Ihcn left in position, and tho body disposed
supinely for the examination ofthe viscera.
The cranium was not opened. A long incision was made from the superior extremity of
the sternum to the pubis, followed by a transverse incision crossing the abdomen just below the umbilicus. The four Haps thus formed
were turned back and the abdomin 1 viscera
exposed. The subcutaneous adipose tissue
divided by the incisions was a little more than
one eighth of. an inch thick oyer the thorax,
but was thicker over the abdomen, being
about a quarter of an inch along the linea
alba and as much as half an inch thick toward
the outer extremity of the transverse incision.
On inspection of the abdominal viscera
oitua, the'transverse colon was observed to lie
a little above the line of the umbilicus. It
was firmly adherent to the anterior edge cf
the liver. The greater omentum covered the
intestines pretty thoroughly, from the transverse colon almost to the pelvis, It was still
quite fat and very much blackened by venous
congestion. On both sides Its lateral m argins
were adherent to the abdominal par'ieties,
opposite the eleventh and twelfth ribs, on the
left side, the adhesions were numerous, firm,
well-organized and, prohably, o d.
[A foot-note here says: "These adhesions
and the firm ones on tbe right side, as well as
those of the spleen, possible date back to an
attack of chronic d3'sentery, from which the
patient is said to have suffered during the
Civil War. On the'right side there were a few
similar adhesions and a number of more
delicate and probably recent ones."]
A mass of black, coagulated blood covered
and concealed the spleen and the left margin
of the greater omentum. On ra'.sing tnis
omentum it was found that this blood mass
extended through the left lumbar and ilaic
regions, and dropped down into the pelvis, in
which there was some clotted blood and
rather more than a pint of bloody fluid.
[A foot-note here says: "A large part of this
fluid had probably transuded from tho injection material of tho cmbalmers."]
The blood coagula, having been turned out
and collected, measured very nearly a pint.
It was now evident that secondary hemorrhage had been the immediate cause of death,
but the point from which the blood had escaped was not at once apparent.
The omentum was not adherentto the intestines, which were moderately distended with
gas. No intestinal adhesions were foi.ud other than those between the transverse colon
and the liver already mentioned. The abdominal cavity being now washed out as thoroughly us possible, a fruitless attempt was
made to obtain some Indication of the position of the bullet before making any further
incisions. By pushing the intestines aside
the extremity of the catheter, which had
passed into the wound, could be felt between
the peritoneum and the right iliac fascia, but
it had evidently doubled upon itself, and, although a prolonged search was made, nothing-
' could be seen or felt to indicate the pres
ence of the bullet, either in that region or
elsewhere.
The abdominal viscera were then carefully
removed from the body, placed in suitable
vessels, and examined seriatim, with the following result:
The adhesions between the liver and transverse colon proved to bound an abscess cavity
between the under surface of the liver and
the transverse meso-colon, which involved the
gall-bladder and extended to about the same
distance on each side of it, measuring six
inches transversely and four inches from before, backward. This cavity was lined by a
thick pyogenic membrane, which completely
replaced the capsule of that part ofthe under
sui-facc of the liver occupied by the abscess.
It contained about two ounces of greenish-
yellow fluid—a mixture of pus and biliary
matt er. This abscess did not involve any portion of the substance of the liver except the
surface with which it was in contact, and no
communication could be detected between it
and any part cf the wound.
Some recent peritoneal adhesions existed
between the upper surface of the right lobe
of the liver aud the diaphragm. The liver
was larger than normal, weighing eighty-
four ounces. Its substance was Arm, but of a
pale, yellowish color on its surface and
throughout the interior of the organ, from
fatty degeneration. No evidence that it had
been penetrated by the bullet could be found,-
nor were there there any abscesses orinfurc-
tions in any part of the tissue.
The spleen was connected by diaphragm adhesions. Xliere were several rather deep
congenial fissures in its margins, giving it a
lobulated uppca ranee. It was abnormally
large, weighing eighteen ounces, of a very
dark Jake red color, both on the surface and
on section. Its parenchyma was soft and flabby, but contained no abscesses or inf urctions.
There were some recent peritoneal adhesions betwe n the posterior wall of the stomach and the posterior abdominal parieties.
With this exception no abnormalties were discovered in the stomach or intestines, nor were
any other evidences of general or local peritonitis found besides those already specified.
The right kidney weighed six ounces; the
left kidney seven. Just beneath the capsule
of the left kidney, at about the middle of its
convex border, there was a little abscess one-
^J-u'rd of an inch in diameter. There were three
small serous cysts on the convex border of the
right kidney, just beneath its capsule. In
other respects the tissue of both kidneys was
normal in appearance and in texture.
The urinary bladder was empty.
Behind the right kidney, after the removal
of that organ from the body, the dilated track
of the bullet was dissected into. It was found
that from the point at whica it had fractured
the right eleventh rib (three inches and a half
to the right ofthe vertebral spine) the missile
had gone to the left obliquely forward, passing through the body of the first lumbar vertebra and lodging in the adipose connective
tissue.immediately below the lower border of
the pancreas, about two inches and a half to
the left of the spinal column, and behind the
peritoneum. It had become completely encysted. The track of the bullet between the
point at which it had fractured the eleventh
rib and that at which it entered the first lumbar vertebra was considerably dilated
and the pus had burrowed downwards
through the adipose tissue behind
the light kidney, and thence had
f uund its way between the peritoneum and
the right iliac fascia, making a descending
channel, which extended almost to the groin.
The adipose tissue behind the kidney, in the
vicinity of this descending channel, was much
thickened and condensed by inflammation. In
the channel, which was found almost free
from pus, lay the flexible catheter, introduced
into the wound at the commencement of the
autopsy. Its extremity was found doubled
upon itself, immediately beneaih the peritoneum, reposing upon the iliac fascia, where
the channel was dilated into a pouch of considerable size. This long-descending channel,
now clearly seen to have been caused by the
burrowing of pus from the wound, was supposed during life to have been the track of the
bullet.
The last dorsal, together with the first and
second lumbar vertebras and the twelfth rib,
were then removed from the body for more
thorough examination. When this examination was made it was found
that the bullet had penetrated the first
lumbar vertebra iu the upper pact of
the right side of its body. The aperture by
which it entered involved the intervertebral
carti'age next above, and was situated just
below and anterior to the intervertebral
foramen, from which its upper margins were
about one-quarter of an inch distant. Passing
obliquely to the left and forward through the
upper part of the body of the first lumbar
vertebra, the bullet emerged by an aperture,
the centre of which was about half an inch
to the left of the median line, and which also
involved the intervertebral cartilage next
above the cancellated tissue. The body of the
lirst lumbar vertebra was very much comminuted, and the fragments somewhat displaced. Several deep fissures extended from
tbe track of the bullet into the lower part of
the body of the twelfth dorsal vertebra. Others extended through the first lumbar vertebra into the intervertebral cartilage between
it and the second lumbar vertebra. Both this
cartilage and that next above were partly destroyed by ulceration. A number .of minute
fragments from the fractured lumbar vertebra had been driven Into the adjacent soft
p-tits. It was further found that the right
twelfth rib also was fractured at a point one
inch and a quarter to the right of the transverse process ofthe twelfth dorsal vertebra.
This injury had not been recognized during
life.
On sawing through the vertebra a little to
the right of the median line, it was found
that the spinal column was not involved by
the track of the bullet. The spinal cord and
otber contents of this portion of the spinal
canal presented no abnormal appearances.
The rest of the spinal cord was not examined.
Beypnd the first lumbar vertebra the bullei;
continued to go to the left, passing behind the
pancreas to the point where it was found.
Here it was enveloped in a firm cyst of connective tissue, which contained, besides the
ball, a minute quantity of inspissated, som->
what cheesy pus, which formed a thin layer
over a portion of the surface of the lead.
There was also a black shred adhering to a
part of the cyst wall, which proved, on microscopic examination, to be the remains of a
blood Clot. Eor about an inch from this cyst,
the track of the ball behind the
pancreas was completely obliterated by
the healing process. Thence, as far backward as the body of the first lumbar
vertebra, the track was fillel with coagulated
blood, which extended on the left into a regular space rent in the adjoining adiposo tissu.o.
Behind the peritoneum and above the pancreas the blood had worked its way to the left,
burrowing finally through the peritoneum behind the spleen into tho abdominnl cavity.
Tho rending of the tissues by the extravasation of this blood was undoubtedly the cause
Of the paroxysms of pain which occurred a
shorttimc before death. This mass of coagulated blood was of Irregular form, and nearly
as large as a man's fist, lt could be distinctly
seen from in front, through the peritoneum,
after its site behind the greater curvature of
the stomach had been exposed by the dissection of the greater omentum from the stomach, and especially after some delicate ad^
hesions between the stomach and part of the
po.itoneum covering the blood-mass had been
broken down by the fingers.
Erom the relations Of tho mass, as thus seen,
it was believed that tho hemorrhage had
proceeded from one of the mesenteric arteries, but, as it was clear that a minute dissection would bo required to de' ermine the particular branch involved, it was agreed that
the infili rated tissues aud adjoining soft parts
should be preserved for subsequent study.
On examination and dissection made in accordance with this agreement, it was found
that the fatal hemorrhage proceeded from a
rent nearly four-tenths of an inch long in the
main trunk of the spienie artery, two inches,
and a half to the left of the coeliae axis. The
rentmust have occurred at least several days
before death, since the everted edges In the
slit in the vessel were united by firm adhesion
to the surrounding connective tissue, thus
forming an almost continuous wall, bounding
the adjoining portion of the blood clot. Moreover, the peripheral portion of the clot in this
vic'n'.ty was disposed in pretty firm concentric
layers.
It* was further found thatthe cyst below the
lower margin of the pancreas, in which the
bullet was found, was situated three inches
and a half to the left ofthe cccliac axis.
Besides the mass of coagulated blood just
described, another about the size of a walnut
was found in the greater omentum, near the
splenic extremity of the stomach. The communication, if any, between this and the |»
larger hemorrhagic mass could not be made
out.
The examination of the thoracic viscera
resulted as follows:
The heart weighed eleven ounces. Ail the
cavities were entirely empty except the right
ventricle, in which a few shreds of soft reddish coagulated blood adhered to the internal
surface. On the surface of the mitral valve
there were several spots of fatty degeneration. With this exception the
cardiac valves were normal. The muscular tissue Of the heart was soft, and
to e easily. A few spots of fatty degeneration existed in the lining membranes of the
aorta, just above the semilunar valves, and a
sle.:der clot of fibrin was found in the aorta,
where it was divided about two inches from
these valves for the removal of the heart.
Onthe light side slight i>leurltic adhesions
existed between the convex surface of the
lower lobe of the lung and the costal pleura,
and firm adhesions between the anterior edge
ofthe lower lobe, the pericardium, and the
diaphragm. The right lung weighed thirty,
two ounces. The posterior part of the fissure
between its upper and lower lobes was con-
genitally incomplete. The lower lobe of the
right lung was hypostatically congested, and
considerable portions, especially toward its
base, were the scat of the broncho-pneumonia.
The bronchial tubes contained a considerable quantity of stringy mueo-pus. Their
mucous surface was reddened by catarrhal
bronchitis.
The lung tissue was cede matous.
[Afoot-note here says: "A part at least of
this condition was doubtless due to the extravasation of the injection fluid used by the
embalmer."]
The lung tissue contained no abscesses or
inf urcations. On the left side, the lower lobe
ofthe lung was bound, behind to the costal
pleura, above to the upper lobe, and below
to the diaphragm, by pretty firm pleuritic adhesions.
The left lung weighed twenty-seven ounces.
The condition ot its bronchial tubes, and of
the lung tissue, was very nearly the same as
on the right side, the chief difference being
that the area of broncho-pneumonia in the
lower lobe was much less extensive in the left
luug than in the right, "in the lateral part of
the lower lobe of the left lung, and about an
inch from its pleural surface, there was a
group of four minute areas of gray hepatization, each about one-eighth of an inch in diameter.
There were no bifurcations, and no abscesses in any part of the lung tissue.
The Surgeons assisting at the autopsy were
unanimously ofthe opinion that, on reviewing
the history of the case, in connection with the
autopsy, it is quite evident that the different
suppurating surfaces, and especially the fractured spongy tissue of the vertebra, furnish a
sufficient explanation of the septic conditions
which existed during life.
About an hour after the post-mortem examination was completed, the physicians named
at the commencement of this report assembled for further consultation in an adjoining
cottage. A brief outline of the results of the
post-mortem examination was drawn up,
signed by all tbe physicians and handed to
Private-Secretary J. Stanley Brown, who was
requested to furnish copies to the newspaper
press.
D. W. Bliss,
J. K. Barnes,
J. J. Woodwaud,
KOBliRD Keyburn,
D. S. Lamb.
As the above report contains paragraphs
detailing observations made at Washington
onthe pathological specimens preserved for
that purpose, the names of Drs. E. H. Hamilton, D. Hayes Agnew and A. H. Smith are not
appended to it. It has. however, been submitted to them, and they have given their
assent to the other portions of the report.
Lynch Law in Illinois.
BLOOsnKGTON, 111., October 1.
The most bloody and exciting tragedy in the
history of this (McLean) County occurred here
this evening. About half-past six o'clock Ted
Eranks, the jailer, was shot and killed by a
prisoner, named Charles Pierce, alias Howlett,
incarcerated for horse-stealing. The jailer
went into the jail to change the prisoner from
one cell-to another. The j ailer had a revolver,
32-caliber, in his hip-pocket, and no coat on.
He went to unlock the cell-door, when the
prisoner seized the revolver and shot the jailer
in the back. The jailer then turned around,
and was shot in the shoulder. The prisoner
fired a third shot, and the ball pierced Erank's
heart, going clear through the body, killing
him instantly. The other prisoners seized
the murderer and prevented him from escaping, and wrested the revolver from him.
News of the murder spread like wild-fire,
and cries of vengeance were soon heard
from the knots of men about the streets.
By eight the jail was entirely surrounded
by at lgast five thousand men, women and
boys, every one demanding the blood ofthe
murderer. The Sheriff and police summoned
a strong force to guard the jail, and did
all in their power; but at nine o'clock a mob
of howling men gained entrance, after nearly i
tearing down the jail. Eor over an hour the'
mob worked enthusiastically and madly, amid
the yells, screams and cheers of the lookers-
on. When they had forced the inner iron
doors in they put a rope around the murderer's neck, and dragged him out through the
Aviid crowd to a locust tree near by, at the
corner of Market and Center streats. In
a few minutes he was dangling in the air, a
lifeless corpse. The shrieks and groans of the
-victim of mob violence could be heard while
he Avas being dragged remorselessly to the
tree; but his cries were drowned in loud
cheers and yells of "Hang himl" "Lynch
him!" Tie wildest excitement prevailed.
Some of the best citizens were in the front.
Business men cheered and encouraged the
lynchers, and women cheered and waved
handkerchiefs whea the hope was strongest
that Patsey Devine. charged with the murder
of Aaron Goodfellow in 1879, now a prisoner
iu jail, would be lynched, too; but the mob
dispersed without touching him, though the
feeling was very strong.
AVhen the murderer waS raised the first time
Officer Bailey, of the police force, imperiled
his life by running in and tutting the rope,
letting the body fall. Attempting to repeat
this act of bravery he came near being killed.
Jailer Eranks was a noble man and a good
cirizen, lilted by all. He had lived here over
t venty years, and his death is universally lamented thou a hout the city. Pierce stole a
n.nte and buggy here a few weeks ago, and
was captured at Jacksonville, where he is
known as a bad man. He was only twenty
years old, of medium size, smooth face and
"brown hair, with a bad countenance. After
hanging on tho tree thirty minutes, and having been seen by thousands of people, the
body ofthe murderer was cut down and taken
possession of by the Coroner.
The decision of the Supreme Court giving
Patsey Devine anew trial was received here
yesterday, and exasperated the people, they
believing he had a l:-ir trial, This certainly
caused intense excitement this evening. Cries
of "Justics and courts a farce!" were frequently he ird during the excitement, and it is generally believed that the decision was partially
the cause of the people taking this matter into their own bands.
MICHIGAN STATE ItiEWS.
The record of births and deaths in Wayne
County in 18S0 snows 5,M5 births and 2,435
deaths, an Increase of 1,015 births and 494
deaths over the preceding year, and showing a natural increase of 3,020 in the population.
Adjutant-General "Robertson lias issued
general order No. 16, announcing a special
meeting in Jackson, October 12 and 13, in
which the militia rifle teams will compete
for the Roehm. & Wright badge and tlie Bag-
ley medal. *Saeh team will be composed of
five men with one alternate. It is expected
that companies will present their teams
well prepared in every respect lor the competition, which will take place under the
' 'rules of rifle practice" as prescribed In instructions from the Inspector-General, who
will have charge ofthe practice, and to
wliom Captains of teams will report on their
arrival at Jackson. Captains of companies,
desiring to send their teams, are directed
to report the fact to the Inspector-General
at Lansing and make application to the
Quartermaster-General for transportation.
The cost of transportation and seventy-five
cents per day for rations, in lieu of all other
pay, will be allowed and paid by the Quartermaster-General.
W. P. Tallman, of Grand Eapids, "was
probably fatally" injured the other morning
by a saw-horse, Avhich fell off the turret of
ar church on his head, fracturing the skull.
Allen Hall & Co.'s sash, door and blind
factory at Lansing was recently struck by
lightning and destroyed. Tlie wheat elevator of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Eailroad was also burned. Total loss
"F40.000.
The books of the' "Muskegon National
Bank show the disbursement this season,
by Chicago parties, of !}33,33S for strawberries.
When the postmaster at the village of
Evart, Osceola County, reached his office at
seven o'clock the other morning, he discovered evidence of a disturbance. Subsequent
investigation revealed the fact that access to
the ofliee had been gained by cutting out a
panel, turning the key in the locks, and removing braces. An attack on the safe, calculated to be. sound in every particular, was
made by drilling two holes through the
steel shell of the door. The first attempt
at drilling was foiled by the lock on the inside. The second attempt was made some
eigM or ten inches below. Through this
orifice tbe burglars poured a quantity of
powder, and succeeded in blowing the door
in pieces. The parties, or party, turned almost everything out of the safe, even cutting out the Iron chest and taking it with
them. The contents consisted chiefly of office material, which was all valuable, being
"cash or its equivalent. The stolen property
consisted of 5895.39 in cash and stamps;
$173.16 in money orders, making a total of
$1,068.40.*
William Delane, a Canadian, and Joseph
Repper,, of Bay City, were recently instantly
killed at Seallon*s camp, Clare County, by a
falling tree during a severe hurricane,
which is reported to have prostrated two
million feet of pine in that section.
A eo"mpany has been formed wish ij-ls.'oon,,
000 capital, to pack frozen fish at Detroit.
In addition to the home trade, it is prop sed
to ship frozen fish in large refrigerators on
European steamers, and to introduce the
fine fish of the great lakes to the capitals of
the old world.
The Detroit Central Eelief Committee,
composed of "Mayor William G. Thompson,.
James McMillan, George McMillan, Martin
Butzel and E. W. King, "have forwarded
their resignation as such committee to Governor Jerome. They base their action on
the ground that, owing to the refusal ofthe
Port Huron Committee to co-operate with
other Committees, no comprehensive plan
can be successfully inaugurated. The Committed also request the Governor to appoint a quasi-State Cominls.sion to administer the entire relief fund, and say that upon
notification of such a Commission having
been appointed they will at once cheerfully
turn over to it the funds now In their keeping, which aggregate $82,714.52, andthe
clothing and supplies on hand.
The managers of the State Fair reportthat
the total gate receipts this year ^were $19,-
695.50, against $21,4*27.40 last year, butthey
claim that the current expenses were considerably less.
. It was a Grand Eapids jury which decided
that the Fourth of July is not a legal holiday, and the first case -brought Into court In
that city under the law forbidding billiard
tables to be kept where liquors are sold resulted in the acquittal"of the man who
owned the tables and the bar-i'Oom. The
acquittal was on the ground that the law
was not constititutional, inasmuch as it deprives parties of rights given them by the
Common Council, which body had been
given the power by its charter from the
State to regulate the using of billiard tables,
and that the respondents.had complied with
such charter regulations. A Lansing jury
had great respect for liastily-constructed
partitions four feet apart, whicli overcame
the difficulty of "an adjoining room.-"
Stephen A. Graham, living near "F&rwell
Clare County, was recently arrested and
taken to East Saginaw charged with having
obtainett $2,150 of E. G. Goddard, of that.
city, under false pretenses. The trouble
grew out of a pine transaction, in which
Goddard was induced to purchase a tract of
land on which there was represented to be
two million feet of standing pine, when in
reality there was only about forty thousand
feet.
The following are the Detroit wheat quotations: No. 1 White, $1.43^@1.43M; No.
2 White,$1.40K@l--tO^;Nb.2Eed, nominal.
Wesleyan Conference.
At the recent session of theMichigan Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America at South Locke, the following appointments were announced:
Ada, E. T. Gray, Barry, O. H. Johnson; Ba-
tavia and Noble, J. B. Sellick: Bedford. J.
Burke; Beaver Lake Mission, L. M. Wright;
Campbell, T. N. Euller; Cadillac, A. W. House:
Coldwater, H. A. Day: CoopersviUe and Six
Corners, C. G. Eero; Clayton, J. M. Hewitt;
Dunningville and Little Allegan, W. A. Ea>i;
Eiint, supplied from "New Haven; Ganges and
Laketown, A.S. Bunnel"; Grand Hapids, Wm.
Wing; Gun Plain*" and Springb-.o.ok, O. Tap-
ley; Gre uwood Mission, J. Embree; Howard
andEnslcy, H. C. Hurlbut; Hart,P. W. Hill;
Hartwick, Hu&h Bracelin; Hopkins, W. H.
lto?s; Huron and llomulus. H. D. Cheney; Htliand and Olive, V.. M. Thompson; Hinton, to be suppi"ed; Ingham,
E. W. Bruce; Kensmgtpn and Brighton, Joel
Martin and W. P. Martin; Leoni and Spring
Arbor, Isaiah Martin: Meridian, L. J. Eymer;
Millbrook, J. f?. Mowery; JCewaygo mission,
Wm. Eelley: New Haven and Ha^.leton, E. A.
AVilson: Ottawa, Harvey Johnson; Pipestone,
J. H. Canfield; Plttsford, H. H Bement;
Sebewa, A. N. Hudson; Shiawassee, L. O.
Bonne/; TittabaAvassee, H. H. Gane; Tompkins and Sandstone, Geovg'e Smith; Wheatland, M. Cuthbert; Whitehall, J. L. Bush;
White Biver, SUa-s Bowker and Catherine
Bowkei*; Woodland and Irving, N* Slawsoij.;
Wright. L. E. Jesseph; Walton Mission, to *b?
.supplied.
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