IRVING BISHOP’S DEATH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1909, 27 June 1889, Page 4

IRVING BISHOP’S DEATH.

The following telegrams m San Francisco papers give additional details regarding the strange death of Mr Irving Bishop, the mind-reader: New Yoke, May 16th—Mrs E. T. Bishop, mother of the dead miodreader, 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 and an autopsy will be held tomorrow. New Yoek, May 17.—The Coroner to-day 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 autopsy. D. Hance and Dr Ferguson were bound in 2500 dol each to await the inquest, which will be held next week. New York, May 18th.— A special autopsy on 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 whether the mind-reader died under the postmortem 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 York, May 28th.— 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.