TRIAL OF A DOCTOR.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 68, 22 March 1910, Page 7

TRIAL OF A DOCTOR.

charge of manslaughter. evidenceTreveksed. By Telegraph.— Prcta Asioclatlon.-Copyrighb SYDNEY, 21st March. The trial of Dr. Carlo Fiaschi and Nurse Young on the charge of manslaughter of tho girl Julia Ann Nightingale at Lithgow on 10th January, has opened. A doctor, who had previously stated that there was no indication of an operation for hemorrhoids, and that ah impoitant organ wns miosing, gave evidencfe that the supposed missing organ was to-dHy found, in the presence of a number of medical experts, attached to another organ. There wert> also indications of an operation for hemorrhoids. Under the circumstances Ke therefore re vensed hi« previous evidence, which aroie through tho abnormal condition of the organs. At the indues!, Dr. Machattie, of Bathurst, said that at Jumper's Flat Cemetery, on 20th January, he, together with Dr. Fritchard Basset*, made a postmortem examination of the body of Miss Nightingale. Certain organs Were found to be missing. Whoever removed them must have been a veiy clever man, with an intimate knowledge of surgical anatomy. Th« operation must Lave been Serformed somewhere about the time of le patient'n death, there were certain things in connection with the condition of affairs which would lead him to believe that the removal took place after death. In his opinion the cause of death waft hemorrhage and shock. • Superintendent Johnson stated that when the wairant was read over to Fianchi at the polire station, he said: — "I won't Fay I murdered the woman. I did what I could for her. I deny murdering the woman totally. I hay no hint*. ' Then he added,:— "On who«e information i.« this nbout, sir. I was in Sydney at the time. If Mr. Nightingale waR dissatisfied, he should have «aid so at the time J gava him the certificate." Witness, continuing, said that when he read the warrant over to Nurse Young, She said, "Oh, sir, I did not murder her." He told her that certain organs of deceased's body were missing, and asked her if she knew where they were. She replied that she did not. In evidence Dr. Fiaschi stated that he performed an operation for hemorrhoids, and that the patient died fiom shock And Bright "a disease.