IRVING BISHOP'S DEATH.
The following telegrams In San Francisco papers give additional details regarding the strange death of Mr Irving Bishop, the mind-reader:—
Nbw Yob k, May lflth—Mrs E. T. Bishop, mother of the dead mind-reader, has written this letter to the President of the Board of Coroners :—" I am of the belief, from my knowledge of the previous attacks my son has suffered, that the autopsy performed by Drs. Irwin and Ferguson was unwarranted. I therefore demand that a further examination be made." The funeral, which'was-to.have taken place .to-morrow, has been postponed, aud an autopsy will be held.tomorrow. New Yoa_, May 17th.—The Coroner today held an inquiry in the matter of the death of Washington Irving Bishop, the mind-reader. Dr Ferguson, who made the autopsy, said he did so at Dr Irwin's request. He made a speciality of autopsies. He made the autopsy on Bishop's body at 3.45 p.m. Dr Irwin said he thought that death occurred at noon. Lawyer Atchison, representing the family, and the District Attorney , declared that a crime had been committed. It was a misdemeanor to have performed the autopsy without the Coroner's consent, and it was manslaughter if the man was not dead when the autopsy was made. He. thought that bail should be fixed, binding all who were present at the the autopsy. D. Hance and Dr. Ferguson were bound in 2500d0l each to await the Inquest, which will be held next week. Nbw Yobk, May 18th.—A special autopsy Oh the body of Washington Irving Bishop, the mind-reader, was made to-day. Dr.. Ferguson, who made the original autopsy which the man's wife and mother, assert caused his death was present. The examination, as far as it was possible to be made to-day, did not reveal the cause of death. Dr. Judkins, however, removed various particles of the vital organs for microscopical examination, which is expected to settle the matter whether or not the mind-reader died under the post-mortem knife. Doctors Hamilton, Janeway and Spitza, who were expected to be present, did not attend the autopsy. Last night a physician Is said to have made the declaration that it is impossible to solve the mystery at this late time. New Yob:k, May 23th.—In the Bishop inquest this morning Deputy Coroner Jenkins testified to having examined the body of the mind reader, and reopened the incisions previously made. He found the body well preserved. In the chest cavity he found many vital organs, including the brain. All seemed healthy, and in appearance presented no cause for death. Portions of the brain and other Organs were missing.
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7345, 25 June 1889, Page 5
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