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Show COTET PEOCEEniSGS. Thud Di-triet Court, McKtin, C. J., ; presiding. j Wednesday, April 16. In Jccne vs. Anderson ; Roundy, I witness for the prosecution, again took the stand, and made some correction of his testimony given on Tuesday. He said: "This is no put op job of mine; I I came here to tell the truth." Wit-1 Wit-1 ness said Mr. Heck, and not he, came i to Salt Lake after the doctor the second ' time. i 1 Cross-examined by the defence Be- : , fore the second ampu'ation witness, pretending to dig potatoes, followed Drs. Anderson and Tait into the garden, gar-den, and overheard them eoafultine. Andersen desired to wait ti.ll morning before cutting off the leg;but Tait sail that uniesi the limb was taken off that night, the mortiheation would be so great that it would be impossible to cure the patienr. Dr. Anderson had made five visits to the plaintiff", and Dr. Tait had made two. The witness was re-called by plaintiff, plain-tiff, but nothing further was elicited. William Peck was next calied for the plaintiff. Was a brother-in-law of plaintiff; lived at Wanship in 1567; saw plaintiff soon after he was thrown from the horse; the injury was on the left foot, from the ankle down; the foot was turned' in, and a bone projecting from the side about three-lburths three-lburths of an inch, through the skin;, witness thought the bone was from the foot, and not a leg bone; it appeared to run cross-wise of the foot; he thought the iDjury only extended to the foot and ankle; the foot was swelled next morning; he did not see the amputation; amputa-tion; blood affected him; waited on plaintiff. Some purgative medicine was given the patient; plaintiff had fever when Mrs. Richards arrived; the wound kept getting worse, and the side of the leg was turning black; witness wit-ness came atoncc for doctor.The witness wa9 not present at the second amputation, amputa-tion, but left tho houso before the chloroform was administered, and did not return for one hour and a half; when he returned the limb was dressed. Mrs. Richards was the principal attendant, but witness assisted all the time. The health of the plaintiff was good before tho accident. Ho worked on the farm of witness; his age, at tho time, was about IS years, had all the nurses and watchers that were necessary, neces-sary, while be was sick. Beck's testimony was very lengthy and corroborated, throughout, th at given by Roundy on Tuesday. Cross-examined by major Hempstead. Hemp-stead. Witness bad not talked with anyone, except his wife, on his knowledge know-ledge of the case; had not compared notes with anyone; had not conversed with Mr. Royle. Witness did not see Dr. Anderson dissect the foot after it had been cut off; was not positive as to how long it took the doctor to cut off the leg. Alfred Childs was tho nest witness for the plaintiff. Ho was at Wanship at the time of tho accident; thought the bone stuck out of the foot one and one-fourth of an inch; tho leg did not appear to be iojurcd. Was at both amputations; at the first something was put around tho leg below the knee; thought it was taken off beforo the flaps were sewed up; at tho second, the same thing was put around the thigh; was positive it was taken off be'ore tho sewiug was done. Plaintiff suffered greatly when ho awoke; was very low for throe or four days, and then commenced to improve; sometimes some-times had cold chills, at other times was levensu. Cross-examined by defendant's counsel; Was not positive when the instrument was put arouud plaintiff's leg; did not see the doctor dissect the foot. Examination - in - chief continued: Witness had not conversed with Dr. Anderson, or Major Hempstead, about tho case. So far as the witness testified, it went to corroborate the statements of former witnesses. Mrs. Jano Richards was next sworn. Sho is tho aunt of the plaintiff; was requested by the friends of plaintiff, and by Dr. Anderson, to go to Wan-ship Wan-ship and attend to the patient Got her instructions from Dr. Anderson; followed them throughout; had tho entire control of tho patient; never left him more than a half hour at one time; wrote to the doctor almost every day, tclli-ir him the exact state of plaintiff; didn't recollect that ho had any chills. Sho told the dootor if the leg had ti be taken off again, she de-sirod de-sirod that it should bo dono beforo the knee was affected; dootor said it was not necessary; told her to continue tho oharooal poultice, and to apply oloths wet in ice water; was afraid that plaintiff plain-tiff would bleed to death before the doctor could got there; tho dootor said ho would send somo Dowdcrs that would stop (ho blood, should it commence; com-mence; did not get the powders; blood startod to run twice, but Bho stopped it. Tho examination closed here, and will be resumed to-day, Tho following foreigners were admitted admit-ted to citiueoship : James Millard, William Watson, Francis Clark, Wm. Rcevo, Wm. Lindsay, Walter Lindsay, Morgan Davis, John Reeve, A. J. Gray, Noils Peterson and R. S. Pult. Court adjourned to Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m. |