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242 NOVEMBER 3, 1872 GRASS VALLEY UNION
two inches of the bone was destroyed; I found an opening on the inner side of the arm opposite to
and corresponding to the entrance and lying open the auxiliary; then passed inward and backward
to a point below the anterior border of the scapula; I explored that as much as I could under the
circumstances; Mr. Sweet was suffering intensely; I did not find the extremity of this opening
made by the missile; did not think it judicious to give him chloroform to perform the amputation.
Sweet was very much prostrated but calm and sensible; reaction had not been fully established; I
administered the ordinary stimulants; restrained the hemorrhage as much as possible; left Sweet in
that position; told his friends that it was my opinion that amputation would be necessary, but would
save it if possible; the arm being pulseless; told his friends I would be down next day. I returned the
day following with Dr. Simpson; we found Sweet in no better condition for amputation then than
he was the day previous; the system not having sufficiently rallied from the shock and loss of blood;
we examined him and consulted on the matter and concluded that the only hope for his life was to
amputate. We then removed the injured arm at the shoulder joint; and then explored for the ball; I
succeeded in reaching the ball and extracting it; we found from where the ball was lying that it had
fractured the fourth rib producing considerable injury to the pleura and that portion of the lungs
immediately adjacent; the ball had not reached the cavity of the chest; at least that was our opinion.
Sweet rallied very poorly from the effects of chloroform and the operation, and continued to sink
rapidly and died the day following. I now state that previous to my seeing Mr. Sweet I believed from
his condition that he had lost a very large amount of blood; this is the ball I extracted from the
body (presents ball); my opinion is that Mr. Sweet died from the shock to the nervous system and
hemorrhage caused by a gun shot wound.
VERDICT.
We, the undersigned, the jurors summoned to appear before Henry Davis, J.P., an acting
Coroner of Nevada county, on the 1st day of November, A.D. 1872... . that we find that the deceased
was named William Sweet; was a native of England, aged about 48 years; that he came to his death
on the 31st day of October, 1872, in this county, from the effects of a gunshot wound, received on the
29th day of October, 1872; and that said wound was inflicted by a gun in the hands [of] one Andrew
M. Buckham, on the 29th of October, 1872; and we further find that the said Andrew M. Buckham
is the person by whose act the death of the said William Sweet was occasioned. All of which we duly
certify by this inquisition in writing, by us signed, this first day of November, 1872.
CHARLES H. SMITH, HENRY REECE, JOHN HARRIS, PHILIP TREZISE,
ALFRED RICHARDS, THOMAS CLOKE.
LOCAL BREVITIES.—On Friday last the spire of the Methodist Church was surmounted
by a bell and vane. The height of the spire from the street to the summit is 150 feet, and is
decidedly the handsomest appearing spire outside of San Francisco and Sacramento.
A printed copy of the Great Register can be seen at Dan Holbrook’s place of business. You can
call there and get your number.
Go to church to-day and pay more attention to your prayers than to your neighbor’s clothes.
THE GRAND JURY.—Yesterday’s Transcript says: “The County Court will meet in regular
term on Monday, and as the drawing of the Grand Jury would necessitate the adjournment of that
body over on election day, the jury will be ordered for Monday week. This arrangement will be much
better, as it is probable little business could be done for a day or two immediately after election. For
these reasons, we understand, Judge Caldwell will order the Grand Jury one week from Monday.”
LADIES FAIR.—The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church are planning for an extensive
Bazaar and Concert, to come off about Christmas time, in the new church, for the benefit of the
Church Fund. Friends desirous of making donations of any thing, from a pincushion to a quartz mill,