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Show Death of Casey. As our readers will see by pursuing the death notes in another column, Peter P. Casey departed this life on the night of Friday last. On Saturday an inquest was commenced, which after a session of several hours, was adjourned until yesterday, when it was conclude. A copy of the verdict appears in another column. The testimony ? showed that our former account of the incident was slightly incorrect. The engine was not making a ? switch when Casey was hurt; and he, instead of being run over, was caught between the car and a corner of the freight platform. It appears that Supt. Thatcher and others of the railway company did all that they could for him. Doctor Ormsby, assisted by Doctor W? did all that surgical knowledge could suggest. At the Logan House everything possible was furnished for his comfort. According to our interpretation of the evidence ? inquest, Casey's original injuries though serious, were not alone the immediate cause of death. Had he received careful treatment from the physician, who was given a pass by Superintendent Thatcher, during the journey from the Terminus to the ?, his chance of life would have been very much greater. Instead of the mutilated limb being kept cool, it was covered with blankets; and as a result when Logan was reached, mortification had already commenced. In view of this fact, it is not surprising that the efforts of the surgeons here were unavailing. |