Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1881, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY: OCTOBER - 2, 1881I—TWENTY PAGS. ‘On both sides its lateral margins were adhereat REAL ESTATE, OPTICAL GOODS. - PIANOS. . ANNIVERSA REXT Saturday,| Oct. 8, 1881. In commemoration of the progress made by the citi- zens of Chicago, WILL BE SOLD: Our office will be open on Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, ‘Thursday, and _ Friday Nights OF THIS WEEK, UNTIL 10 o’clock p.m. FOR THE stribution of ution of Tickets, TICKETS Must be shown on the Two FREE EXCURSION TRAINS WELIS-ST. DEPOT | ON THE DAY OF SALE etolicr 8th, 1881, lo & ail | o'clock p. iu SATURDAY NEXT, ) Plats of the 400 lots now ready. See the picture of nd Printers, BlankBock Makers, the new city on street posters: HA GD I C4 184 LaSalle-st. . (plea, Hathematieal, and Surveying fnsts, | MORRIS BERNHARDT CETICLAN, 125 State atrect, Room 3. SPECTACLES EXCLUSIVELY. sus pruneriy adupted to every form of defective ey in accordance with the xclence and, phit- Olophy of ature, fleware of risking your sieht in the hands of self-stried opticians. Advice given ax to the proper selection of all required optical fustruments, Letters of revownendatlon testifyiug to lis supe- riur ability asan optician and the perfectness of bis mut M. Bernhardt’s office trom the rs of Hush Medical Collexe, Chicago @,JInhneimann College,Chiexgo Tomeu- lending divines. o near prominent Medien! Col patute Colles and Welle! known izes, S E ev. Robert linton Locke, tev. id. Cheney, Rev. We . Hey. Arthur Little, minnie: TION to every case of extreme LOUIS We SATTUES, ASSIstanE. ALD. B.Mitchelly MLD. Collyer, itey, U1. W, Thomas, 1 Eaward Sutlivan, 1, iho Chins rs We defective eye: ‘OUmice Hours. L. MANAESS, OPTICIAN, 88 Madison-st. (Tribune Building), IMPORTER AND DEALER IN COMPRISING Opera and Field ‘Telescopes, Micro scopes, Baron Phermometers,, ere Compaases. ce. Many persons, both young nnd old, have eyes s Smperiectis formed that they are constan:ly strain ‘a uni when tn ‘This strain will cause weak ey painful sietit, which may usually be reliew properly titted glasses, Having a lone experi this line enables me to secure, perfect result Finsses are ground with imnthematical, ne wich eommends them to all wearers, ‘Ther not only. and distinct vision.do not weary and faticue ines eye, but tend to strengthen and preserve the sight: iz Artieial Kaman Eyes Inserted without pain. OPENING. OPENING PALL AND WINTER MILLINERY TUESDAY, Oct. 4. The Largest and Finest Stock of FINE GOODS! Ever Shown in, Chicago. D. A. HEWES, 152 and 154 Wahash-av. TAILORING. FINE TAILORING. Jas. F. Butler, Formerly of DUNLOP & BUTLER, Room | Tribune Building, ‘Will open Oct. 3 with A FINE STOCK of French, English, and Scotch WOOLENS FOR MEN'S WEAR. GENBRAL NOTICE. “3 ohee to City Shyer, On Monday, Oct. 3, the P., Ft. W. & C. R. W. Co. will resume shipments of all classes of freight for Pitts- burgh, Pa. WM. BORNEY, Gen’! Western Fr’t ‘Agent. GFFICE OF F. M. ATKINSON & CO., 157 WASHINGTON. CHICAGO, Oct. 1, 1551. Wvebaredisnored of our Car ing’ Works and business to the Chicago T’ pring Works, who assume all uur assets and liabilities, We ask for the new onaniration the continuance of the favors and patronage heretofore so berally be- stowed upon ourselves. {Simed], F.M. ATKINSON & CO. The Chicago Tyre & Spring Works, MANUFACTURERS OF CAST STEEL CAR SPRINGS Of evers description, nnd Sollers of Jocomotive Tyres to eae jee, Works at Stelruse. into: SM. ATKIN! SON, Prositent. & HL PRICEY, "Crone TORENT. TO RENT IN TRIBUNE BUILDING, Large corner office on second floor and small office on third floor. WM. C. DOW, Room 8 Tribune Building, ROOMS TO RENT. Having taken the marble-frant house, No. 1335 ‘Michigan-av.. northeast corner of Fourteenth-st..and refurnished ‘it throughout, am now ready to rent Tooms in sultes and singic togentleman and wife or single gentlemen; the location one of the best on the boulevard. Lo STATIONER ONERY..&ce. Moet BS = Ss s > PEK Danae Uonore Bik. Lithographers, and Engravers. Banks, Public Offices, and Connting-Rooms sup- plied with every requisite for oftice use. Manufacturers of Graves’ Patent Order File. _PHOTOG TO: GRAPHY, 4 Quincs-st. fi smooth and comfort her declining: ‘years. . aa a : oun the: efaltenss Cabinet phioie Werk, sequal te to bert aie the city at aur Freee at an OOHE *STUPIOS,; TENTED ci C WER NG UPRIGHT Piano-Fortes, NICKEL ACTION. The new Patent Nickel Gpright Action is the greatest improvement in th ntury. This is the only Piuno Action that is insensible to at- mospherie changes. ‘Mines POMEROY & CROSS, AGENTS, (52 STATE-ST. ENGEL, GOOLD & SCHAFE, PIANO MANUFACTURERS, Factory, 51 & 53 West Lake-st The grandest productions in the art of painting by such masters as Staphael, ‘Titian, Murillo, Leonardo da Vinci wero made *+ without any outelde as- sistance, by the artiste themsctves.’” This is not the case in the manufacture of Pianos, where nine-tenths of the work is generally done ** by skilled tubor.”? We bave an experience of over a quarter of a century in tpe manufacture of Pianos, employ the best mechanics, uve the finest material, and it is conceded by the best judges that our Instru- ments are fully equal in every respect to the best Eastern makes. 2 WAREROOMS, 175 WABASH -AV. Steinway Necond-lane We have in stock a number of Second- Hand Steinway Uprights and Squares, some of them but little used, and equal to new, which we offer at low prices. LYON & HEALY, State & Monroe-sts. COAL COAL. By action of the Chicago Conl Exchange, the retail price of all sizes of Anthracite Coal has this day been advanced to $8.00 PER TON. GEO. G. POPE, See, pro tem, REAL ESTATE. City Real Estate for Sale. Proposals forthe parebase of t of property on Franklin and Adams-st., feeton the lirst and 10) feet on the latter, und upon which is located Engine Company No. 1, will be received at this office up to and tnelnd- ing the 3ist day of Getobor next; the city authorities reserving the right to reject ail propositions for such Pify order of the Citz.C y order of the City, i TABOHORE Y. GURNEY, Comptroller, South Evanston Property FOR SALE. ‘Two Lots in South Evanston (Lots 19 und 2v, Block 3. Kedzle & Keeney's Addition, known ns the Truesdell property). Address @ M, ‘Tribune office. GEN. GRANT’S TREASURE-30XES. PuILADELrura, Pa., Oct. 1.~The last ship- ment of cases containing Gen. Grant’s pres- ents was made today from this city, Mr. Mr. George W. Childs, the great soldier’s closest friend, having stored them away here until the General had perma- nently located himself, During - his five years of traveling the General has re- ceived valuable presents which filled eighty- two cases. ‘The corporation presents and public testimonials ure likely to-go to the Patent Ollice, where Washington’s farewell address and such documents furm a part of the ional Museum. “These include an exquisitly carved weoden. box, present- ed by the UCily of | Stratford-on-Avon, and made from a muloverry tree planted by Shakspeare; a gold box, presented by the Cities of Glaszow and Ayr, both containing parchment scrolls tendering the freedom of the city to the distinguished guest, and_a large silver box frum the City of Edinburg. ‘The boxes.and other pub- lic presents are on exhibition in Memoria! Mail, Fairmount Par Independent of the above, there are sixty-eight cases containinz presents that pertain to the house- hold, Most of. these goods have been in the, custody of Mr. Childs, to whom they weré le the General was: traveling. No mate estimate of the worth of these in be obtained, but it is understood that in the two-an alf-year trip around the world Gen. Grant received | presents equivalent in value to double - the ‘expenses of his journey. A ——————___ MRS. LINCOLN’S DISTRESS. Special by Telegraph to Cincinnati Times-Star. SprinGFIELD, IL, Sept. 30.—It is said that ever since the death ot President Gartield Mrs. Lincoln has been suffering the “most in- tense mental anguish. She-frantically de- clares that an assasin murdered. her husband, and they. will soon ‘kill her son Robert if he continues to remain in’ Wash- ington.- She.wants him:to resign and leave public life aitogether.~ He is her only child, and she hopes “he may live to dontinue to “GRAND RIZE “SOME OTHER “EVENING. / Say Francrsco, Oct. -1.—Grand » Prize ies an zasessment of 25 cents, 7% LYNCHED. Thé Peghié a Bloomington, ML, Turned into Howl- ing - “Madmen. fy ib Cold-Blooded ‘Murder of the Jailer’ by..a Horse- The Jail Immediately Attacked fpy a Crowd of Five Thou- ? sand People. ThesDoors Battored In by the Mob After an Hour's Deter- mined Effort. The Horse-Thief and Murderer Dragged’ Out and Strung Up. Hilarious Satisfaction. of Men, Women, and Children at the Spectacle, © .The Mob Evidently Overlook Patsey Devine, Shivering ‘in the Same Jail. Tho People Inflamed by the Re- versal of Devine’s Sen- tence Last Friday. People who Knew the Lynched Horse- thief Say He was Not in His Right Mind. A GREAT SENSATION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Broomincrox, H., Oct. 1.—About 6:50 this evtning three discharges of a revolver following each other In rapid succession were heard in the county jail. Then the people on the street began to ery: “ Police! police!” and run towards the jail building at. the corner of Centre and Market streets. Immediately rumor prevailed that the pris- oners had obtained pistols, had killed the Sheriff and Jailer, and were making their es- cape. The fact was a prisoner named Charles Tierce, a horse thief, HAD MURDERED TEDDY FRANKS, the County Jailer. Franks, while changing the prisoner, Pierce alias Howlett, from one cell to another, was inurdered in cold blood by Pierce, who seized the Jailer’s revolver from Franks’ hip pocket, shooting him three times and killing him instantly. The third shot, a large ball, went clear through the body. within a few moments after this tragedy had occurred, a large number of people had gathered in front of the north door of the jail within which the body of Teddy Franks was lying stark in’ death. Walking among the people, you gould hear men say: “Thisis too bad! ‘ THIS COMES FROM THE FAILURE OF oUR couRTS to punish crime. Ie ought to be hung.” “Don't stir up a mob!” a law-and-order man would say. “Let the law take its course.’ “The law be damned,” was the reply. “There is no law against murder and other erime in McLean County. He ought to be hanged. : Th outl? Cheers followed this, and other voices cried: ‘Take him out!” AFTER AN HOUR'S EXCITEMENT, arush was made, and the work of breaking into the jail was commenced. For two hours the mob worked at the jail with six sledge-haimmers and battering-rams some one cried: “Let us take him } made of great pieces of timber. Sheriff Alor and his deputies and the city police soon ascertained that they could do nothing to restrain the reckless men and boys who composed the assaulting crowd. Fully 5,000 persons. were in the howling, yelling multitude. The officers did what they could to delay the mol’s progress. SEVERAL PROMINENT CITIZENS, including Senator Fifer and others, attempted to get the ear of the excited men who were battering the jail wall down, but in vain. At Jast the mob gained admittance to the jail, secured the murderer of Franks, took him to atreeon Market street, near the northeast corner of Centre and Market, put a rope around his neck, threw one end across a branch, and PULLED THE CULPRIT UP. One of the mob climbed up the tree and out upon the branch to which the murderer was hanging, and, amid the cheers of the de- lighted people, pulled the hanging body up three or four feet and let it drop. “Pull him up higher!’ the crowd would’ ery. The man on the branch would comply with.the request and let the body drop with adull thud, while the savage crowd , ihe WOULD CHEER AND LAUG' ‘The knot had slipped behind the head of the corpse, and the head was thrown forward. ‘The eyes stared and the pale face turned from side to side, a spectacle which the mad- dened crowd seemed to enjoy. It cheered and yelled, and shouted: “There’s Jaw for you!” “Damn the eer vas cried here and there, At last the man on the branch caught the rope, slipped down | it, threw hig legs around the neck of the. corpse, ‘wf juinped to the ground. ‘Theerowd seemed to be delighted by this feat. IT CHEERED, AND ee AND SHOUTED. While the work of breaking the jail was gving on the greatest excitement prevailed. ‘The Sherif and his- Deputies and several of the. :police force stdéd ‘in ‘the deors and pleadeti for peace, and ordered and: fought the angry crowd, thirsting for: the blood of the than. who killed the man they all dearly Moved. TUM BANGING OF ‘THE BATTERING RAM, the ‘blows -of the heavy ax, the clamor of Hie -Sledgé-hammers, and the click of: the hail nlier-chiset on thé iron doors’ rang out withédoleful and excifing sound. The yells and ‘st¥eamis' of the’ excited mob ‘drowned down thé shouts of thé officers, and the thos ‘of, peopletin the rear of the assail- ants " einenen’ -costnvoustit. . “There iia ‘a grest matty women in this vast crowd, “who plodded with tbe rest through the tituddy Streets and joined in the “cheering, and56ccasionally handkerchiefs in women’s hands would flutter above the heads of the mob. After some time the dodr and window ‘opening oat of the office Were burst in, and, With clus; the crowd and oflicers fought fora considerable Iength:of time. ng and loud. HEAD SOUNDS.‘ “were ag heard on thé masalve ron door When the leaders kained an entrance to the. that Ied to the, jail proper, and, finally, that. strong heavy obstacle fell as if pine, and the shouts and cries were indiscribable. The mob being inside, an officer designated the murderér who was in a cell PRAYING FOR MERCY. Ile was instantly seized, a large rope piaced around his neck, and-he was jerked and dragged out of tne jail through the mud to the. niaple-tree, where, in the presence of 5,000 people, he was hanged. About that time rain. began to fall, though the great crowd lingered about, wading in the mud, and by streaming gaslight viewing : THE DANGIING MURDERER. When the murderer was raised the first time Officer Balley, of the police force, imperiled his life by running in, cutting the rope, and Jetting Pierce fall to the ground: In at- tempting to repeat it he came near being killed. Alarge number of people. climbed on top of a shed to .witness the execution. when .-the building -went crashing. to the ~ ground. Strangely, none were seriously | hurt. -After -thirty - minutes the murderer was ¢ut down, ‘and. the Coroner took charge of the body. ‘The officers called out the Fire Department to quell the riotby throwing water.on the crowd. When the steamer was on the ground theecries “Cutthe hose” convinced them that it would not do, and. they went back. The ringingjof.- fire bells called hundreds more, and made things more exciting. When the lynching was imminent THE FOLLOWING DISPATCHES: were exchanged. To Gov. Cullom, Springfcld—Our Jailer was murdered by a prisoner in juil tonight. An im- mense mub is now tearing down the jail to kilt the murderer and probably Patay Devi ine. Tho Sherlff is powerless. Hasu.ton, Licutenant-Governor. REP! SPRINGFIELD, Oct. 1—To the Hon. John M. Hamilton—Tell tho Sheriff to call on the milita- ry company there, if necessary to protect life and: .perty. S. M. CoLLom, Governor. AGAIN. SPRINGFIELD, Oct 1.—To the Hon, J. AM. Hamil- ton: Lhope the Sheriff and the law abiding cit- {zens will prevent any mob violence. Telegraph the situation. 8. 31. Cuntom, Governor. FULL ACCOUNT FOR CULLOM. BLoomineTon, Oct. 1—To Gov. S. M. Cwtiom.— The mob broke into the jaif and got the mur- derer of the Jailer aud husg hin to a tree near the jail. ‘the mob did not attempt to lynch Devine. The mop is now dispersing, and quict is being restored. No other persons burt. The murder was dastardly and the cxeftement fe in- tense. The militia cannot be assembieu, * Jony Hamittoy, Licuteaunt-Governor, SENATOR FIFER, formerly State’s-Attorpey, It." B. Porter, State’s-Attorney, and Ivory IL. Pike were at the jail, and did all they could to quiet the mob, promising thatthe murderer should be tried and punished, but their pleadings and promises were hooted at. “JUSTICE AND THE COURTS ARE A FARCE!” “We have seen too much of court-quib- bling!” and the like were thrust at the of- ficers. Only yesterday the decision revers- ing the caso against Patsy Devine for mur- dering Aaron Goodfellow was received here, and no doubt it was partially responsible for this mob violence. Veople know Devine is guilty, and think he had a fair trial, and the ease having been reversed after he was sen- tenced to hang exasperated them. Mr. Goodfellow, father of Aaron Goodtel- low, the murdered man, was one of the first to cry a mob, and tried to exeite them to lynch both Pierce and Devine. A LUCKY MURDERER, For a time it was apprehended that the crowd would lynch both Divine and Pierce, but Divine curiously escaped untduched. Jailer Franks was a single man, had lived here over twenty years, and his death is universally lamented. He was an efficient oflicer and a highly ‘esteemed man. Pierce was 20 years-old, medium size, smooth face, brown hair, and a ard looking person. He bore the reputation of a very bad man: Only yesterday, while Jailer Franks was in the jail, Pierce remarked to him how easily he could take his revolver and kill him Frae.s had great confidence in all his prisoners, and little did ~ he anticipate that he meant what he was say- ing. People at Jacksonville, where Pierce lived for a long time, say he was subject to epileptic fits, and thought that WIS MIND WAS NOT EXACTLY RIGUT, though they held him responsible. for his acts. Yesterday, while being taken to the court-house to plead guilty to horse stealing, he had a fit which lasted two hours, though some placed little credence in its genuineness. The onty other mob in MeLean County erying for blood was in 1865. Marshal Bull shot one Patrick Coyle during a police trial. Several hundred of Coyle’s friends surround- ed the jail and threatened violence, but dis- persed without doing any personal injury. By reasow of “THIS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY the saloons were closed at 10 this evening, that further trouble might be averted. By midnight the great crowd whieh a few hour previous was craving for the life-blood of the assasin had dispersed, going to their re- spective homes, and quiet was agam completely restored. This was the first hanging that ever occurred in this county. AS PIERCE WAS TAI OUT OF IIs CELL he said to the Sheriff, “I want to say some- thing.” “I have nothing to do with. this,” replied the Suerte and the mob hurried the murderer out of the. jail. As he was being led along he cried: ‘Give me five minutes to pray.” “This is not.a good time for praying,” ried someone. ss Gentlemen,” he shouted, “I have a mother.” “So had the man you murdered !” was the reply. FRANKS, TIE MURDERED MAN, a as in his 41st year. I¢ went into the army it the breaking out of tne War, and s¢rved four years, Upon returning he became a member of the fire department, as driver of a steamer, in which, capacity he served six years, He had acted as turnkey for three years, He was married twice. Llis first wife died about sixteen years ago, leaving a girl baby, who has now almost reached womanhood. is second wife is a Jady well known and esteenied. Lis father and mother are both living, and are known by nearly every one in Bloomington. The prisoners deeply regret Franks’ death, one of them remarking to a reporter this even- ing, “We'll never get another man in Ted- dy’s ;Place who will be as good to us as he was.” a CHICAGO FIRES SIN SEPTEMBER. Total number of alarms, 76; second alarms, 4; third alarms, 1; stills, 7. The chief causes for same are as follows: Explosion of kerusene oil lanips, 7; spontaneous com- bushon, 6; sparks from locomotives and chimneys, 15; supposed incendiarism, 6; un- Known, 11; false, 23; communicated, 10; de- fective chimneys, 4; ‘chimney fires, 45 sparks falling among rubbish, 3; boys sindkin 33 cigar stubs, 3; grease on embers, 25 ting fire to’ Tubbi: sh, 23 overheated dry-ki jTekindling, 2; coals falling from’ boiler Furnace, 2 2; Not ashes deposited in wooden box and vagalnst frame structure,2; defective foundations under- boilers, 2; children with matches, 2 Of the buildings 1 was stone, 2 brick, and 52 frame. ‘They were occupied as follows: Dwellings, 25; barns, 7; sheds, 5; ‘Saloons, 4; groceries, 3; ‘restaurants, furniture man- ufactories, 3; .freight-cars, 4; . boarding- houses, 2; eltow manufactories, 2; stove: works, 2;" smoke-houses, 2; tenements, round- -houses, 2; furdoats, 23 dry-l Kilns, 2 2 artists’ materials, 2. Total insurance. involved, 225; total loss, $86,233. ‘Total loss of fasrane as near as can be ascertained up to date, $77,018. ‘There'was an additional insurance at the Union Stock-Yards, beyond the city limits, of $145,500, with a loss of about $44,700. A NEW GOLCONDA. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. .—The Herald's Colo- rado special says: A new lode uncovered 4in Judge Bowen’s Golconda Mine, in-the Summit District, reveals a vein of the richest 3 Fola ever. discovered in the San Juan coun- ctry. There. is universal: rejoic! coves the development. ~ poucne: THE AUTOPSY. Surgical Statement of What “Was Seen at the Post Mortem, The “Healed Parotid” Was “An Oval, Ulcerated: Open- ing of Half an Inch.” An Oval, Excavated’ Ulcer ‘of ‘an Inch Was “ Found ” on the Back. Four Bedsores Werp “Found” on the Body Half an Inch in Diameter. Bad Hemorrhoids and Any Quantity of Confluent Pustules Were Also “ Discoverei.” The Catheter Was Run into the Supposed Channel of the Wound. — Once Inside the Body, the Catheter Was Found Doubled, and Another Rib Broken. For an Inch Back of the Ball All Was Healed—Then There Was Blood. An Artery Going to the Spleen Had Burst Three Days Before Death. The Rending of Some Tissues by the En- larging Blood-Clot Caused the Fatal Paroxysms, 1 Oct. cf The October issue of the imerican Journal of Medical Sciences contains the following offici port of the autopsy of President Gs prepared by the surgeons in charge: OrriciAL RECORD OF THE Post-M AMINATION of the body of President J. commencing Et mn,, elebteen hours after death, at Franck- n Cottage, ciberon N.J., present and assist ing, Dr. D. W. Bliss, Surgeon. Barnes. U.S. a su oodward, U S$. A., Dr. Robert Reyburo, Dr. Frank H. Himn- ilton, Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, Dr. Andrew I. Smith, of Elberon ani New York, and Acting Assistant Surgeon D.S. Lamb, of the Army Medical Museum of Washington, D. Before commencing the examination a con- sultation was beld by these physicians in a room adjoining that in which the body lay, and it was unanimously agreed that the dissection should be made by Dr. Lamb, and that Surecon Wood- ward sboula record the observations made. It was further unanimously agreed that the cranium should not be opened. Surgeon Woodward then proposed that the examination should be con- ducted as follows: ‘That the body should be viewed externally. and any morbid pocarances existing recorded. -That thd catheter should then be- passed into the wound, as was done during life, to wash ‘it out for the purpose of ting to find tbe position af the bullet. That a long incisiou 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. That the abdominal flaps thus made should then be turned back and the abdomina! viscera examined. That, after the abdontinal cavity was opened. the position of the bullet should. be asvertuined, if possible, before making any further inelsion, and that, finally, the thorovic viscera should be examined, ‘This order of procedure was. unanimously agreed to. The examination was then proceeded with, and the following external appearances were observed: The body was considerably emaciated, but the fuce wus much less wasted than the limbs. A preservative fluid had been injected by the embalmer.a few bours before into the left femorai 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 ec- chymosis, or other. discoloration of any part of the abdomen. Just below the rizht car, and a little behind It, there was an oval ulcerated 6pening, about half an inch in diameter, from whieh some sunious pus was escaping, but no tumefaction could be observed in the parotid region. Aconsiderable number of purpura-like spots were sexttered thickly over the left scapula, ahd thence forward as far as the axilla. They ranged from one-eighth toone-fourth of an inch in diameter, were slightly elevated and purpu- raccous on the surface, and many of them were contluent in groups of two to tour or more. A similar but much less abundant eruption was obsorved sparsely scattered over the correspond- ing region on the right side. «An oval, excavated ulcer, about an inch long, the resuitof a small carbuncle, was seated over the spinous process of the tenth dorsal vertebra Over the'sacrum there were four smail bed- sores, the largest about hulf an inch in diameter. ‘A few acne pustules and a number of irregu- lar spots of post-mortem hypostatic congestion were ‘scattered uver the shoulders, back, and buttocks. ‘The interior part of the scrotum was much discolored by hypostatic congestion. ‘A group of hemorrhoidal tumors, rather larger than a walnut, protruded trom the anus. The depressed cicatrix of the wound mate by the pistol-bullet was recognized over the tenth intercostal space, three and a balf inches to right of the vertebral spines. Adeep linear incision (nade in part -by the operation of July 24. and extended by that of Aug. 8) occupied a posiuon closely correspond- ing to the upper border of the rigat twelfth rib. it commenced posterior about two inches from the vertebral spine and extended forwarid a little more than three inches. At the interior extremity of this incision there wasa decp, nearly square, apraded surface, about an inch across. A well oiled, tlexible catheter fourteen inches long, was then passed into this wound, as had been done to wash it out during life. More re- sistance was at first cacounfered than bad usual- ly been the case, but after several trials the catheter entered without any violence to the fullleogth. It was then left in position, and tho body disposed supinely for the examination of the 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 flaps thus formed: were turned back and the abdominal viscera. ex- posed. The subcutancous adipose tissue divid- ed by tho fncisions was a little more than one- eighth of an inch thick over the thorax, but was thicker over the abdomen, being about a quar- ter of an inch thick along the lmea alba and, as much as balf an inch thick toward the outer extremity of tho transverse incision. ‘On inspection of the abdominal viscera situa, the transverse colon was observed to lie a little above the line of the umbilicus. It was firmly adherent to the unterior édge of the liver. The greater omentum covered the intestines pretty thoroughly, from the: transverse colon almost to the pelvis. “It was still quite fat, and was very much blackened.by venous congestion, té the abdominal parieties. Opposit the eleventh und twelfth ribs, on thy left side, the adhesions were numerous, fim wett-organized, and, probably, old. {A foot-note here says: “These adhesiogg and the firm oneson the riuzbt side, as well ay those of the spleen, possibly date back to an at tack of chronic dysentery, from which the pa, tient Issaid to have suffered during the Ciyq-1/+ War, On the risht side there were a few similar adhesions anda number of more delicate ang { probably receat on J A mugs of black, coagulated blood coverey and Concealed tho spleen and the left margin at. ie the greater omentum. On raising this omentum it was found that this bidad mass extended thr@igh the lef: tumbar, and iliac regions, and dropped down. into the peivis. in which there was some clotted blogg und rather more thun a pint of bloody tluid, ~ ¢ (A foot-note here says: “A large part of this § uid bad probably trunsuded from the Injection ; material of the embulmers.”"} ‘The blood coagula, having teen turned ait | and collected, mexeure? very nearly a pint, it was now evident that seconary hemorrhage ; had been the immediate cause of deuth, by the point from which tho blood had escaped was not at once apparent. ‘The-oimeutum was not adberent to the intes: tines, Which were moderately distended wish gas. No intestinal adhesions were found othef than those between the transverse colon and” the Hver alrendy mentioned. ‘The, abdominal cavity being now washed ont as thorougaly as possible, a fruitless attempt wus made to obtala some indication of the pose - tion of the bullet before making any further in- cisions. By pushing the intestines aside, the oxtremity of tho catheter, which bad p: a into the wound, could be felt between the peritoneum end tho right Hlac fascia, but it had evidently ‘s doubled upon itself, and, although a prolonged , search was made, nothing could be seen or felb . to indicate the presence of the bullet, either in that region or elsewhere. ‘ The abdominal viscera were then carefully removed from the body, placed In sultable ves- sels, and examined seriatim, with the following result: F ‘The adhesions between the liver and trans. verse colon proved to bound an abscess cavity - between the under surface of tne liver and the transverse meso-colon, which involved the gall- bludder and extended to about the same distance on each side of it, measuring six inches trans- versely and four inches from before backward. © This cavity was lined by a thick pyogenic mem- brane, which completely replaced the capsule % of that part of the under surfuce of the Iiveroc cupied by the abscess. It contained about two © ounces of greenish-yellow tluid—a mixture of 4 pusand biliary matter. ‘This abscess did not i” involye any portion of the substance of the liver except che surfuce with which it was in & contact, und no communication eould be detect- > ed between it und any part of the wound. | Some revens peritoneal adbesions existed. he tween the upper surface of the right lobe of the liver und the diaphragm. | The Iver was larger | than nortual, weighing cixhty-four ounces. Its substance was iirm, but of a pale yetlow!sh color on its surface and throughout the interior of the organ, frum fatty degeneration. No eri- dence that it had been penetrated by the. bullet : could be found, nor wore there any abscesses of »! infurctions itt any part of its tissue. ‘The spleen was connected by diaphragm ad- hesiuns. < There were sevcral rather deep congeniul fissures in its margizs, giving it a lobulated ap- pearance. It wus abnormally large, weighing eixhteen ounces, of a very dark lake red color, both on the surface und on section. [ts ! parenchyma was soft and abby, but contained = There were some recent peritoneal adhesions © between thg posterior wall of the stomach and /. the posterior abdominal purieties. s With this exceotion, n0 abnormalities were : tumuch or rniestines, nor were any other evidences of general or local peritonitis found besides those already specitied. The right kidney weighed six ounces; the left kidne; ven. cath the capsttle of the left kidney, ataboutthe middle of its conves border, there. © was 2 little abscess one-third of an iuch in dian eter. « _Thereé were three small serous cysts on the coitvex border of the rizht kidney, just bencath its capsule. sr In other respects tho tissue of both kidners was normal in appearance and in texture. Tho urmary bladder sas empty. Behind the right kiduey, after the removal of that organ frum the body, the dilated track of the bullet was dissected int. . It was found that from the point at which it bad fractured the « right dfeventh rid (three inches and a baifto { the right of the vertebral spine) the mitsile ~ 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 anda balf to the left of the spinal column, and behind the peritoneum. 4 Jtbad become completely encysted. The track of the builet between the point at > whicb it bad fractured the eleventh rib and that at which it entered the first lumbar verte- bra was considerably dilated. and the pus had - burrowed downwards through the adipose tis: | sue behind the right kidney, and thence bad found its way between the peritoneum ‘and the right iliac fascia, making a descending channel which extended alinost to the groin. b The adipose tissue bebind the Kidney, in the : vicinity of this aescending channel, was much 7 thickened and condensed by inflammation. In the channel, which was found al.nost free from pus, Iny the flexible catheter. introduced into the wound at-the commencement of the autupsy. Its extremity was found doubled upon itself, immediately beneath the perit neum, re posing upon the iliac fascia, wher2 the channel was dilated intoa pouch of consid>rable size. ‘This long-descendiny chaunel, now clearly sen to have been caused by the burrowing of pu from the wound, was supposed during life to nave been the truck of the bullet. ‘The last dorsal, together with the first and sec- ond lumbar vertebrie. 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 in the upper part of the right side of its body. The aperture by whieh ft entered ia- volved the intervertebra cartilage next above, ; wad was situated just below and anterior to the } intervertebral foramen, from which ite upper margins wero about one-quarter of aninch dis- tant. e Passing obliquely to the left and forward ; through the upper part of the body of the first lumbar vertebra, the bullet emorged by a0 aperture, the centre of which was ubout baif aa inch to the left of the median line, and which also invowved the fater-vertebral cartilage next above the cancellated tissue. The body ot the first lumbar vertebra was very much com- minuted, and the fragments somewhat displaced. Several deep fissures extended from the track ot tne bullet into the lower part of the body of the twelfth dorsal vertebra. Others extended through the first lumbsr verteba into the inter-vertebral cartilage betwen 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 bad been ariven into the adjacent soft parts. “Te wus further found that tho riht twelfth rib also was fractured atu point one inch ands quarter to the right of the transverse process F the twelfth dorsul vertebra. This injury had not been recognized during fe. On sawing through the vertebra a littic to to right of the median line, it was found that tho spinal coluain was not fnvolved by the track of , the bullet. The spinal cord and other contents of this portion of the spinal canal presented. nO abnormal appearances. The rest of the spinel cord was not examined. Beyond the first lumbar vertebra the builet continued to go to tho left, passing beind the Pancreas to the point where it was found. Here it was enveloped In a firm cryst of con nective tissue, which contained, besides the ball, a minute quantity of inspis:ated. somewhat cheesy pus. which formed a thin layer over 8. Portion of the surface of the lead. There was also 2 black shred udbering to 8 part of the cyst wall, which proved, on microscopic examing- tion, to be the rema:ns ot a blood clot. Eor about an inch from this cyst, the track of the ball bebind the pancreas was completely obliterated by the healing process. Theuce, 38 far backward as the body of the first lumbar vertebra, the track was filled with coagulated.