The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-07

nav hs W Sappsasd By hcdiDg TIE ipsa1nsat DAD ty
tAc ,ss injured sng; that you'd tear i in that ssy
a By pniss the inssrument upward, instead Of Ia
Q. Az medical man, would ycu know that the nzru-
snt beng pulled upward Toald probably pfadsse such
think an ips.rumsn. Ike that nigh. produce such
hcArstinD, bot It IL very hard to think the
hcsrssioD; the lungs are very spunsy and easily Lace
yatsd.
o Were Major 1oring's lungs hsaishy3 A. Remark.
ABLY healthy. he was Throughout most remarkable
O. id Reinstatement touch any Vita part beyond the
a. None air; 1. touched none bat tbs lung.
II the instrument had been drawn ont straight, OF
The effect not produced BY the motion of the party What
n your usgnent would have been the pro liability of the
recovery Of the person STABBED?
A. his chances of recovery woaA have been much
Cross s1smn.d BY Mr. o'oonoro D. oa,s1ssssss0'''
nov org have } on been 10 praetiesf r-a;s 1889
O. You native OF New York;
A. SIN, sir.
Q Have you had very extensive opportunity Of OBJ.
serving cases OF stabhug snd other Vouads that have
Acsn the subject of Judicial sxsmination2
A. have seen great many examinations. -.
Have you been very frequently called az al eN port
= criminal cases, and examinedin this and other crmi-
nal urts Of the cifyf
Q Ii that sword had been turped tsisted in the
bedy of Col. Lorrg by the band which held 10, woui
you would you not have seen in the orfse some traces
Nitnsss--You mesn the extsrnsI o.iacsa
HY OConoY- The external orihce.
Witnsss-lhe external ori6es smooth even p1nc
ture, no larger than the oaie Of that instrument.
O. In Your judgment, as q MEDICAL man, would that
have been the character Of the puncture In the
pstun eDt had been turned, twisted, moved up
wards and DOWN or sideways, whilst it in the
1sdyS
A. should say, sir, that very great violence used
would have made different wound externally.
rnay ard internally, noting the extent snd sracter
- the liberation, would ask yor IL the sword was
,ss .ssS to >. INIT in
The District Attorney THAT 10 purely mechanical
question Ihave, however, objection to it. provided
M O,conor-We have no objection that the jury ex
ercise their Judgment to very large extent.
sword in the body of man In this way and the msa
h whose body it was inserted rapidly turning nsef
ties DO wry 20 ss.fui men to produce III SEQ it
avery strong oiade-hoth parties nust be very mus
.s Il ssts r., ts ne fs had
down would have produced the turn in he blade
9 Those szs the methods to which you would i'm
A. I,hould think thoas are the most likely ways 1t
happened.
In this second method the only thing requisite to
the weight Of the man falling was that the weapon
should have been held firmly?
A. That it should DO held firmly and the grasp should
O. Would not spy change Academia or otherwise in
he relative poson OF the parties account for the way
n which the instrument had been drawn outf A. Most
Was the nature Of this liberation which You found
soaad IN sady Or ~.s il sy cutting the
lung BY taking the instrument awsys A. should say
O Could ycu imagine anything more like simple suit
81 that instrument than the wound whah you SAW
A. No could not Q. Could you say whether the
force Of the lao ration appeared to have been down
upward, sothat No may impute the laceraton to the
hstrument when coming out or while IMP
A. certainly could not hays hsppended by merely
thrust In tho liberation must have been in the act Of
drawing ont.
O. Can you say whether the force appeared to DO in
drawing ont or BY thrust forwarta
A certainly should cay that it vas in drawing ont
wS.Ssr the force was aoWad
g. You have stated that Col Loring vas remarkably
1ne specimen of health in al particulars? Yes Q.
In respect TO weight size, and strength, will you give
a. tsok tho trouble to measure the body he was six
muscular deveopement
q What yould you Judge ought to be his we'sata A.
@ Was he what you would call . fat man or parsy
bly, muscular he was no fss 10 render si ia1evs
llbe Craving Of body already exhibited BY DR.. Uhl
Wa r. .n 1hl zee S1e by Mr. describing
bsS far up this sword reached within q certain distance
s i. VI. BE-. su. sI io S you
M oConor, to Dr. Quackenhoss-Does this figure cor
respond with your recollection Of the wounda
A. The wound ~se from bshind, forward and psrpen
sienlsr; upwards from behina and forward.
@ ie,eribe how near perpendicular.
ssa,bss With stick the angle in which the woaaa
inflicted.
a Jaror--In that acgls, described by you, where
Do yop get At the point where the sword snds9
A. :he breast bone. Q. Was that the point at Hrss
A. Womb not dare say that taat was the point It
~ 0COnor was direct forward, inclined towards
o You saw and examined the body Of Major Loring in
psfsrence to ito sze and would ask you whether you
A. have remarked H.
Q If d.. G,shrm had been SHADING in front Of Major
lob 49, IL
body could DR.. Graham have inflicted that wound2 ),
ID. Quackenboss-D0 you mean the two gentlemen
standing acs TO face and their persons twelve inches
NJ. O'oonor--Yes.. witness-r don't think Dr. Ora.
Mr. O'Conor-Auch less to have Unlisted this woundS
q Tsiing into account the extent and direction of
thss wound what would you, a. medical man, have
judged to b tie position Of the parties At the time the
back ehscsy in front q II. Graham; they may have
q. How near % each othesG 4. Very close. Q. How
closer A. That depends the length Of Dr. Grahams
Q. Taking that into consideration how near9 A. A
Scot or foot and ahAM. Q. What ocher positiona
cannot think Of any othor position; can't place
nc na the s ronna un
Nat could have been inflicted in the rst position
j, with Dr. Graham standing 1t Major Lofng's back
Graham standing beiow him on the stairs.
Q suppesing them to Be on the same icveif
o Il there any position nearly side By site, or ap.
prcaching IT, In which the parties could hsv been
sred facing each ether and in rsrsition when this
wound givcn2
A There II; instead Of facing each other Of the
parties to DO turned little sideways. y
@ Then how would you account for this upward d.
xeetiOn2
A. never could account for the upward direction;
there vas mark where the instrument could have
struck glanced of
G. Suppose Major Loring's hAnds--those powerful
Of his-wers the shoulders Of Doctor Graham
ANA that there q violent tusse scufs, the par
tculss II which cannot be stated their bodies close
~ that would imply, In what way then could tbis
wound have probably been occasioned-iu word might
rot lave been oscasioncd by Dr. GrahAms bsis
then around the body o. Major Lofng, and thus the
wound been given from behiud9
A Yes, sir, It might have happened 80; Ills mere
eonjecture.
O Does not that position tend to account more for
the upward condition of the thaa other
mo- Anna ofN .;or ~. la;d cx.- ~ a.