Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-18

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| NJ KtarpArntcH. i,efne sworn, testified -
| Thar. ON Sunday night, he 18th Of JAM on M
wav 10 the Methodist church, As he was ''os
! -iuq the cross street, rom the Gresoy aei'ei'
! church to Mr. Whites corner, he heard so,ne
strokes a. with n switch or sick saw sonio %
| dies Standing near Mr. Whit e's wood-house ela
two men together above them, one Of whom ieii'
/ eayy Tho othtr one coming away. The first per
son he knew was Mr. Massie. .Asked MN "ha'
was the matter Mr.. Massie sud some one
| has killed this man. lie then stan ed Tor u ny
stefan.
Cross EXAMINATION. Did not see them iai
! DR. L. II. CHRISTIAN. being sworn, testiica
| That on Sunday night, the 18th of jan last u
! bout o o'clock, he was called TO see Cadet .'lach-
/ burn. lie found him lying the hayscaif's'-
/ The blood was running from his mouth and n 'se.
! His breathing was of a slow and labored chai ae-
/ ter He did not at first recognize him :; it being
/ quite dark. He called for light, aud requisite
/ that u. should be carried 10 his office. Some
one suggested that il would be better to carry
! him to MIR. Whites store. Accordingly he was
taken into Mr. Whites lot, and laid On his cellar
/ door. A light having by this time come, he DIS
/ covered cut in the neck, half an inch below the
/ left ear, Immediately over the carotid arteryRe
/ quested some one To bring another Physieian,ant
! tell him TO bring his instruments along. - died
| in a very short time. Did not or look for any
! other wound. Saw the body ON the next morn
! ing, after The post mortem examination. Saw
! two other wounds one IN the back under the
| shoulder blade, an inch and Il half long; the 9th
| er on the superior part of the left temple.
| Cross EXAMINATION. Did not probe the
| wound in the neck. Have no doubt it was such
! rs would produce death. Such wound would
! produce involuntary action,most likely, such as
springing to the feet Thought his death was
hastened by the filling up of the air cells OF the
| lungs with blood as much of tho blood passed
internally into the nsophagus or outlet, and the
windpipe, both having been divided. Did not
apply his hand to BIS. breast TO see II there was
any pusation. Thought person could stand a
| short time, after receiving such wound. That
was his opinion before the murder, Col. Moore of
| this place That case settles the point Moore
! was stabbed with a knife, which penetrated the
cavity of the heart making a wound half an inca
| or more in length after which he walked from
! the middle of the street to the hotel, mp IA par
of steps, into the bar-room, then took Il seat,
talked without difficulty, and ON attempting to go
into another room fell, and lived after that some
| 30 or % minutes.
DIR. j. II. JORDAN Examined. ! heard of the
affair minutes after it occurred Went down
and found but few persons there. Observed the
situation of the body Saw that B. was lying
on his back his head turned to the right side.
| ] examined the wo md found it transverse, one
and half inches long. then introduced my
finger into the wound and found it to extend
through the neck, my finger being stopped on
! the opposite side, by the inside of the jawbone
near the angle. Made no further observation at
! that time. was struck with Mr. BIS. fine pro
! portions, and muscular development ! assisted
at the post norton examination, the next NOR
ming, in company with Dr's Davidson, Graham ST,
! Graham Jr., and Estill We examined his
clothes first very carefully, then stripped him,
and on taking off his inner clothes discovered a
wound in the back. one and - If inches long
transverse, and rather down and under the right
scapula, about % inches deep and apparently ar
rested by one of the ribs. Next examined
the wound in the neck and found the par-yagum
entirely severed. Care lily removing the nteg
uments and muscles, we found the internal caro-
It'd artery, in the sheath, cut across in 'front.'
but not entirely severed and the external carotid
entirely severed, and rotracted-the larynx cut
on tho back part, and the pharynx almost sew
cred. Traced the wound and found it termna-
ted rs described. We then examined a wound
on the head. Found it one and quarter inches
long transverse, nc''ning downward and back
ward, penetratI : ne outward table of the skull
and turning small porlon of the h"r" -, 49,,
wnrd No artery was wounded, and but httlo
blood escaped from this wound. Although his
hair $ clotted with blood, this blood must have
come from the neck, while lying with his head
down as described by Mr. Masse. On the over
coat, | saw several cuts across the cape, which
had been turned up and buttoned behind. The
--rgest was inches, across the lower end of the
cape. There We're two or three others across
the upper = TT of the cape. None of these cuts
penetrated the body of the coat. There was al
So u cut in the back of the coat, corresponding to
the wound III the back. In the collar of the over
cot there was u cut corresponding in form and
size to the wound in the neck. In the furough
coa,, there was but one cut-in the middle of the
back. But little blood flowed from this wound.
The portion of the coat above the wound was
more saturated with blood than the part below.
The pantaloons of Il. solled with dirt ON the
knees, III front; but not soed behind.
Cross EXAMINED. | was of opinion at first
that the last fatal stab was given, while the par
ties were standing, during the push, as described
by MIR. Massle. have since changed my opin-
ION as to the position OF the parties, and will give
my reasons for having done | am now of the
decided opinion that all these wornds were infc-
ted while the parties were down, Blackburn
ON top of Christian. c. having as allied or APP
preached b. for the purpose of obtaining salts
faction, and b. being unarmed and suspectine
that { was armed Immediately seized him by the
throat and succeeded in bearing him down. feet
and halt from the east side of the pavement, in
which position think the wounds were inflicted
IN the following order First the wound in the
back then that in the head, and lastly the fatal
wound in the neck.
Here he witness grasping the knife in his right
hand, with his thumb towards the upper end of
the handle, showed to the jury the manner and or
der IN which, IN his opinion, the cuts and wounds
inflicted.
1 he witness gave the following reasons for
coming to the conclusion expressed above
FIRST think all of these wounds could have been
gwen while the parties were on the ground
Second, the pool of blood near the eastern side of
the pavement, described by Massie, and which |
myself saw, could not have nrncnedad from +b,