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anything about it, and wanted to come off; he was very anxious to come off of the steamer, but they would not let him. At the first time the steam pipe was so hot that I could not bear it. At the second time it was cleverly warm; this time he raised up, and Bell said he must lay down or he would have spasms. He appeared much exhausted, raised up and set on the plank. Bell made him lay down, and he administered some gruel; do not know what Burke gave him at my first visit. Bell remarked that if he had come an hour later his case would have been desperate. Bell said that Hazelip was in a very fine way, and that he was doing well. Left there between 12 and 1 o'clock, and when I returned Hazelip was dead. The blankets were rolled around him when I saw him on the steam cot, anl he was very restless, moving about backwards and forwards. this time, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the pipe of the steamer was cleverly warm. Hazelip complained very much that he was burning up in his insides, and said he could not go through it.

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Amos West. Went to Bell's house about the middle of September, in consequence of hearing from my children that Mr. Bell had taken cholera; had a great curiosity to see the cholera, so went down to his house. Met Bell in his dye house, and was very much surprised, as I had heard he had the cholera. He said he had a patient undergoing the steam operation who had it, but that he was not sick himself. Went upstairs, and saw Mr. Hazelip lying on the box, Mr. Burke being at this time in the room. Bell mentioned he had nothing to do with it, that it was Burke's case, that he had consented to Burke's using the apparatus. Hazelip had some clothing wound round him, and appeared in a great deal of agony from the complaints he made, and from his appearance. He complained very much of the heat, and observed that the operation was a severe one. Felt some curiosity in the case, and examined him and felt his pulse; it was very rapid. Requested him to put out his tongue; he did so; it was very red and very warm; was induced to examine it from hav

long space of time, to-wit, for the space of three hours; and did then and there, and whilst the said Benjamin M. Hazelip was under the application and action of the hot vapor aforesaid called steam, feloniously and wilfully administer unto, and then and there did feloniously and wilfully cause to be swallowed by him, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, a certain noxious and injurious drug, to-wit, lobelia; and that they, the said Francis Burke and William Bell, by administering the clyster aforesaid, as aforesaid, the hot vapor aforesaid called steam, as aforesaid, and the injurious drugs aforesaid, to-wit, lobelia, as aforesaid, did then and there feloniously and wilfully cause and procure a certain mortal engorgement of the blood vessels and veins of the lungs, brain and liver of him, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, and certain mortal spots of inflammation of the length of one inch, and of the depth of one inch,

ing understood that in the cholera the tongue was always very cold. His eyes were very red, and appeared to be inflamed. Had also heard that in cases of cholera the feet were shriveled; examined his feet only by feeling; the toes did not feel as if they were shriveled; did not see them. He had no spasms when I saw him. He said he had no purgings or evacuations. Put my hand under the clothes; it felt warm, but I could bear my hand there without inconvenience; did not touch the steam pipe. Was there from fifteen to twenty minutes, and Burke was there all the time I was. Bell was there most of the time; he went out, and was up and down frequently, and Mr. Moffit I saw there, I think. Hazelip was under the application of the steam all the time. Bell said he could ease the steam off, and went out to stop some part of the pipe for that purpose, which I understood was done by means of a cock. There was something given him by Burke while I was there, and he leaned over the cot and was very sick, and made several attempts to vomit, but I believe did not throw up any

thing. Burke gave him some medicine. but did not know what it was. Knew Hazelip by sight. The medicine was poured out of a phial into a cup, and given to him out of the cup.

Cross-examined. When I went into the room my object was curiosity. as I was anxious to see a case of cholera. Do not recollect of making any remark to any one in the room. Bell had shown me the steam ap. paratus some time before. The heat when I was in the room was not very severe. At the time I left the house did not think him so near his end. Thought steaming a very severe operation, and had very differ. ent impressions of the treatment from what I had before I saw it. Wanted to satisfy myself about the cholera was my reason for going in. The man complained much of the treatment; had my doubts whether he had the cholera. He repeated that he could not stand the operation, and begged them to desist. Did not see him afterwards until after his death; heard that he had died about 3 o'clock, and I did not see him until the coroner's inquest was held. The jury

in and upon the internal surface of the stomach and bowels of him, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, and a certain mortal effusion of the length of one inch, and of the depth of one inch, of a bloody fluid upon the brain of him, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, of which said mortal engorgement of the blood vessels and veins of the lungs, brain and liver, mortal spots of inflammation upon the internal surface of the stomach and bowels, and mortal effusion of a bloody fluid upon the brain of him, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, he, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, then and there died; and so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say and present, that the said Francis Burke and the said William Bell, in manner and form, and by the means aforesaid, him, the said Benjamin M. Hazelip, did then and there feloniously and wilfully kill, contrary to the form of the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided, and against the peace, government and dignity of the state.

of inquest met about dark. Think it was spoken of as a case of cholera, and whatever doubts I had did not express them.

Anthony Moffit. Am brotherin-law of Mr. Hazelip. Saw him about 8 o'clock; he came to my store and borrowed a couple of blankets; as he was going through he laughed, and appeared well and in good spirits. Next saw him at Bell's between 10 and 12 o'clock. Mr. Bell, Burke, and a small girl, were present. Mr. Hazelip was on the steamer; he was very warm, the perspiration flowed very free in large drops. and his face was flushed. He appeared very restless. Mr. Bell told me that he came to go through a steam, but that he would not let him without the assistance of Mr. Burke. Did not understand which went after Mr. Burke, whether it was Hazelip himself or Bell. He said when he was on the steamer that he could not stand it any longer, and appeared very restless. Burke and Bell talked among themselves; said to them that if either of us were in the same situation we would be as uneasy as he was. Burke said he did not think so; that he (Hazelip) was quite childish. Burke showed me the syringe that they gave the injection with. He said that they (Burke and Bell) did not wait for medicine to operate. He said the injection was composed of lobelia, cayenne pepper, and number six. They gave him medicine while I was there. Burke once, and I think Bell once, and Bell gave him gruel also. Remained near an hour; he was in the steam cot all the time I stayed; did not stay in the room all the

time, it was very warm and very uncomfortable. Found him on the cot when I went, and left him on it when I came away. The steam pipe was so hot I could not bear my hand on it, and they would sometimes blow the steam off by turning it. If the steam in blowing off made any noise, did not hear it. I do not think it did. Under the cot was very warm; could not say but that at all its parts it was of the same temperature. There was in the room a table and a chair or two, and some lumber, but there was no bed in the room. Left him on the steam cot, an was going, when Bell seeing I was going, and that I was very uneasy, said he would forfeit fifty dollars if he would not be well in two hours. Felt his feet, but felt no cramps in them. Bell and Hazelip were intimate. He was about twentyeight or thirty years old, enjoyed tolerable good health, was an active and muscular man, quite as strong as I am. He was a temperate man, I considered. Saw him on the railroad the Sunday previous, and was at Gwynn's tavern with him. He showed then that he had taken a glass, but a stranger would not have noticed it. He was perfectly sober when he got the blankets. On my second visit, saw him close by the steam bath on a bed between 12 and 3 o'clock; about 3 he was in a state of insensibility, and could not speak. Bell was with him; he said that he had sent for a physician. I offered to go for one, and went for Dr. Hintze; and as he was not in, I met Dr. Knapp in Market street, and told him I wanted him to go and

see a man who was undergoing the Thomsonian practice; he said he would not go; urged him to go; he then said that if it was a friend of mine he would, and did accompany me. No phy sician had been there when I left him. He did not know me at this time, and was insensible. There were about two hours intervened between my first and second visit. Dr. Cole was there when I returned with Dr. Knapp. Bell was in the room. Burke had gone to attend another patient patient before Knapp came; believe it was a lady named Jenkins. Hazelip's apprentice boy brought me word.

Cross-examined. Was in the room when Dr. Knapp bled him; Burke was not there when I went for a physician, nor when I came back; do not think I saw him the whole day. Might have reproved Mrs. Hazelip for her anxiety, but do not think I did, do not recollect telling her that I thought Mr. Hazelip was doing very well, and that it was a very fine apparatus; told Mrs. Hazelip that they told me that he was doing very well, but do not recollect exactly what I did tell her at that time; did say the machinery and apparatus was a very fine apparatus, for that kind; meant the machinery looked very well. When I told Mrs. Hazelip my impression was he was doing well, and would get well, I did so to quiet her uneasiness, as she was very uneasy; went by their opinions, and gave their opinions as mine to her; knew nothing but what they told me; was alarmed, but Bell and Burke relieved it by saying he was doing well.

M. B. Townsend. Saw Mr.

Hazelip the day of his death, about a quarter before 10 o'clock, and stopped to talk to him. He appeared well, and I did not see anything wrong about him. Never saw him afterwards; heard, that at 3 o'clock he was dead. He was active, and apparently in good health. He lived in my neighborhood for two or three years. He would sometimes take too much to drink, and on the Saturday evening previous to his death he drank too much.

Cross-examined. Saw him in my store; he came to pay me some money he owed me; he certainly had been drinking; only saw him on Saturday, at about 5 o'clock.

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Dr. Isaac Cole. Was called to Mr. Hazelip between 2 and 3 o'clock. When I arrived, Mr. Bell and Mr. Burke and the patient were all in the room. was lying on a small trundle bed near the box which they used for steaming. Considered the man laboring under an engorgement of the blood vessels of the head; he was entirely insensible; his face was flushed, his eyes were red. These symptoms and the very great difficulty of breathing led me to this conclusion. Mr. Bell asked me to take charge or administer some relief, if possible, and said they had been steaming him. They did not tell me further than to say they had been steaming him. Mr. Burke appeared very anxious I should afford him some relief; told him that if I could abstract blood, it was his only chance; told Burke, that if I bled him and he died, he would say the doctors had bled him to death. Burke was then feeling

his temples. He said he would give the case up to me. I told him that I would not consent to that, but that if I could afford him any relief from the situation in which he was placed, I would do so. Saw the injecting instrument; they said they had given him an emetic. Bell said I should bleed him, when I said it was the only course, and seemed anxious I should do it. Found his situation would not admit of general bleeding, as he was rapidly sinking. Made an incision over the temporal artery, but did not succeed in drawing blood. Then told them they might apply mustard plasters to his arms and legs. Saw then that he would die, and that further treatment was useless. Left the house a few minutes and saw Dr. Knapp and called him; he entered the room and saw that I had attempted to divide the artery. Dr. Knapp said he would try if he could do it; he made the attempt and succeeded in getting as much blood as filled his ear two or three times; for it ran down into his ear. He expired in about half an hour after I first saw him; thought, when I first saw him, he would die. The engorgement of blood was very great. Mr. Bell insisted upon my endeavoring to relieve him, and was very anxious that I should bleed him. He was then holding the man's head; observed to Mr. Burke that my treatment different from his. He said I was called in to take charge. Told him it was not my case and I did not so consider it. It would have been impossible for him to have recovered if he had not been bled. Met his wife on the steps, and it was as much

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to satisfy her, as she appeared much distressed, that I attempted it.

Cross-examined. Burke left the room for a few minutes after Dr. Knapp came. Met Mrs. Hazelip on the stairs. There was in the room a table, some medicines on it, and a small trundle bed. Had to unwrap the arm to get at the pulse. We found on the examination after death, the brain, the lungs and liver engorged with blood, the lungs more than the brain, which corroborates my opinion. There was an effusion of bloody fluid through the brain. The brain and lungs in other respects appeared healthy. The heart we found in a healthy condition. The liver, as I observed before, was engorged with blood. The stomach and bowels were carefully examined, and here and there we found patches of inflammation. The other organs appeared in a healthy state. The circulation is stopped by an engorgement of blood; think this engorgement was produced by the treatment administered, taking everything into consideration, the means used, the appearance after death, and looking at the causes to produce that appearance. If he had been subject to intoxication, such treatment would have still more aggravated it, the tendency of steam being always to produce a great excitement of the system; this and the vomiting had a tendency to force the blood to the head. The effect of stimulants at any time is to occasion the same result. This disgorgement of blood on the brain must have been recent, as it could not have continued, and the man have

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