The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-28

but once in my life. an that VIXEN colored man
came there with some clothes and went to the parlor
door to see If he in; him there should know
him new If should see him; they said he in at ten
that night
JOIN Rusr was called an a witness but did not an
R9pknr ConLIs. brother of deceased, recaledDo you
ssooisot precisely the time in the evening when you
was about7 o'clock went directly to the
Q-Were you apprehensive ofthis thinga
Al was fearful Of it; my suspicious were on the per-
SOB mat at made the previous attack.
you heard ofthe last attack did you say tiny
Al might do not know what did saw
VINO ana you mean when you SAID he7
not know OF any other.
Qpd your brother ever tell you he feared being as
Ale did and from Mr. Cotton.
Q-Did he ever express apprehensons from any other
A-Not to my knowledge
Dr. FREDERIcK PvrNAsd called and sworn-I reside
at 4as Broeme street corner of Broadway; was at the
Lis; did him until after he was brought into the
house; saw him Immediately after; he was insensible
and bleeding little from the back Of the head examn.
ed him, and discovered hole through the back of the
head little to the left and the upper part of the occi
putt 1t round hoe and appeared to have been made
by ball. [The witness here showed the jury the pesi.
ton that ball entered by pointing to his own head
wasinsrmed when first saw him that he had shot him.
self IN his mouth, and examnedthat first bat found no
wound; there abrasion of the skin the right
freely.
By JuKoR-The Jury wish to know whether the hat
was found and where is. An officer despatched Tor
it at the Carlton House.
WIrSE" oorrIsuEp.-The wound was such that
knew nothing could be done assisted in the post NOR
tenn examination, and was present when the heighh of
the body was taken it measured think five feet eight
inches and half from the top Of his head the heel Of
his foot the heel included Dr. Hosack conducted the
amnation the appeaa under the scalp healthy
although there was some eusion of blood and also from
thpe ru1Iv nvoJ INV
the course of the bail through the brain traced
it as slightly upwards from where it entered the ball
mater until it the left orbit at the junction of
the coronal suure it then entered the anterior lobe of
the brain where was found the causo death this
in jury to the brain.
By Juno. -Q-which side did the ball enter the
head
A-On the right side the hair not singed nor the
hat the personswho fired the pistol must have been sor
ter than the deceased lower ground the hole
in the back the hat half inch or an inch above
the band round the hat
BY Junon-Do you feel certain that the course OF the
ball was from right to left
A-N0, it was from left TO right.
Dr. ALEXANDER E. HosAcK was here called, and de-
posed as follows:-On Monday evening, little after
Carlton House. whs had been seriously injured Upon
my arrival was shown into the barroom of the hotel
where saw the person alluded TO- lying upon the table
was in the house at the time informed that the
of the individual c. g. Corlis, and that he had just
been the head and had not spoken since he
taken from the sidewalk in Leonard street. ard carried
into the hotel; found him in state Of insensibly pal
lid and almost pulseless; his breathing labored and
irregular On examining the head discovered upon the
back part, and little the left side of the prominence
Of the occpita hsne hole about hafa inch in diameter
which extended through the scHll: of the brain
having escaped from the wound and being matted in the
hair together with the blood. which was still flowing
slight injuries observed on the face the first
mere abrasion upon the forehead, little above the
per part of the nose extending through the skins the
third was an abrasion with slight laceraon Of the skin
on the left side ofthe upper lip These wounds in
injury the brain had sustained from the wound in the
back ofthe head short time after my arrival reaction
(as usual after all serious injuries terminating
fatally at the momaoD commenced, when the bleeding
from the wounss was increased particularly from the one
en- the back Of the head and which coming directly from
the vessels Of the brain precuded the possibility Of surg
cal interference. While the reaction being
established, and ecchymoss, or bloody tumor, com.
beneath the abrasion, it being the only evidence
Of external injury at thi. part Of the head which
uctustnr. but Sid not attain to great s7s Tiers Tss
ne depression of the SKULL could any fracture be de-
tected The pulse was now irregular and frequent hu
breathing becoming hurried continued TO increase
in difficulty until death closed the scene which took
place about ten o'clock three hours after the accident
body on Tuesday at u o'clock assisted by Dr. NJ. POST
DR.. Putnam, Sc. No other marks OF external injury
observed upon the body than have been detailed
Upon dssectng the head which dd in the ordinary WAY
discovered Immediately beneath the scalp and in (he
vicinity OF the wound in the back part Of the head And
quantity OF extravasated blood Upon the removal of
coagula fracture discovered extending some dis
proceeded to the skull cap taking care avoid
disturbing the relation Of parts connected with the in
uries quantity Of blood was found directly
beneath and also between the membranes of the bran the
dura mater or membrane lining the skull was perforated
at it's upper part the left side Of the longitudinal sinus
and directly under the corona suure Thu aperture
from quarter to half inch in diaMeter uron intro
ducing PROBE readily found its way through the sub
of the brain and hole at the back part Of the skull
ken v yyaN
in the anterior lobe ofhe cerebrum the hole in the skull
was refund and somewhat jagged; the ball correponded
shown at the time by the eoroner the fracture the
frontal bone above alluded to quite evident, when
viewed on the inside extended in several directions
through ths roof ofthe orbit properly the orba
process Of the frontal bone. As not apparent that
the pan had struck at thi; point is to be presumed that
skull throughout was remarkably thin and brittle. Tho
vscera Of the chest and abdomen perfectly healthy
the body measured FIVE feet eight inches in length in his
boots.
By Jurop.-Q-would the fracture have caused death
if the ball had not7
Al think it would the injury by the ball was the
Of death the ball probably rebounded on the scul
and then dropped into the anterior lobe Of the brain the
ball might have been redin straight direction and still
entered in an upward one.
SPENCER NJ CLARK called and sworn Il am bookSeep.
er at the Carlton Houses was not in the bar-room when
deceased was brought in there Immediately after.
Here the hat of deceased was shown to witness
MirSEs'-Ihs hat was handed to me by some person
who requested me to keep it. DO not know who
that gave to it has been in my possession ever
since observed this hole in the hat
The hat was here handed to the iary and black
handkerchief taken from It'll
WIrSEss-The handkerchief was given TO me after.
wards
ROBERT ConLrs was called, but did not answer
AMELIA MysRs, very pretty girl of the town about
sixteen called and sworn. live at No. Benson
nave lived there nearly year was not acquainted
with Charles g. Cors have seen him in the house;
nave never seen him there than three four tmos
the first was about three weeks ago.
Q-Who did he 60 there to see
A-Rebecca Hays.
Q-Were you out of the house on Monday last7
Ayes; went ont about three O'Clock, and came
home about six did not see Mr. Corlis there that day
remained home all that evening after O'Clock.
Q-Aew many girls are there in that housc7
A-Three besides myself.
Q--What sre their names7
A-Rebecca Hays. and Emma Place, and Mrs. Tucker.
Q-Who keeps the bouse7
A-Mss Place.
Q-Were there any other girls out on Mondsy7
A-None but Rebecca and me-she went out with me,
and returned with me.
Odd Rebecca Hays 70 out again afterwa rds1