The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-06-07


one, Patrick Cogan, and l think William
Larzelier | went along, We put him IN Ded
found him in stupid condition, lnsenslbie con-
dition; some bloody. | washed on portion
of the blood, not very particular; ththk o.
fered him some cold water In tea spoon;
think he didn't drink. | stald probably an
hour: good deal of confusion and went home,
left him in stupor; next morning l went
down, and found him still in stupid condl-
ton: his pulse had raised some; this was D or
7 o'clock in the morning. went home and
got breakfast, and went down again; think
then removed the hair from his head
and found his pulse had raised a little, and
bled him; then went home; was called a.
way, and when returned home, | was IN
formed he was dead. There were some few
wounds on the head ; the right side OF head
seemed to be considerably swollen; he had
cut in the upper lip, that bled' considerable,
and couple of slight cuts, not much, OF scalp,
rather above the temple.
sent for my older brother at the post NOR
tenn examination; we made two lncslons, one
transversly and one longitudinal; didn't re-
move the scull-but the scalp-found no fac
ture OF the scull. The flesh Of the sea lp ap-
peared to be considerably swollen and co.ag-
ulated; purposed removing the scull, but
the gentlemen there thought it wasn't neces-
slrv.
The conclusion came TO, was, that his
death was caused by the injuries he received
on the head.
Cr Eel have been in practice between
seven and eight years. The cut IN the lips was
nothing serious; the cuts on the head were
not Of any magnitude; from the outward ap-
pearance; the skin was just cleverly broken,
not deep. The bruise was about in centre.
between the forehead and back part. The
bruse seemed to extend along side of the
head considerably, not much raised; am cer-
tain that his death was caused from those
wounds. | should say he died from congestion
of the brain: can't tell whether he died from
congestion, or from eXtravasatlon of blood up
on the brain; ! don't know whether his heart
| was affected don't know whether his lungs
were affected don't know whether there
were any ancurisms in his system; don't knew
whether his brain was diseased He might
have had an aneurism of the heart, or brain
existingfor some time, and have died from the
rupture thereof,
A man who had all the appearances
that lie had, upon the post mortem ex-
animation, could have died from the rupture
of an aneurism, from phthisis, or from apo
pIexy, and the wounds not have been the
cause of death. If the brain had been dis
eased, mere excitement would have a ten
dency 10 cause cerebral hemorrhage, and
cause death. Intoxcation added would have
a still greater tendency TO produce cerebral
hemorrhage ard cause death.
If there had been an aneursm in his sys-
TEN, excitement, and intoxication would have
a tendency to produce rupture. People
sometimes when apparently in perfect health,
die from a rupture of an aneuriSn, or if the
brain be diseased, from cerebral hemorrhage
very suddenly. Reaction had not taken place,
next morning, entirely. 1t had to some ex-
tent when bed him. la conclusion of the
brain. physicians desire, and have to wait for
reaction. | should think bleeding, after a
partial reaction, would not have tendency
to stop further reaction. In conclusion, the
breathing is stirtorous, pulse weak, flesh
cold, and eye insensible to light, not entirely
the same in congeston; are similar. think
ID conclusion of the brain, the breathing is
not easy and natural In apopexy the breath
ing is similar. Patrick Browns breath smelt
Of liquor-I smelt it very sensibly.
Think it couldn't have been later than
O'Clock when bled him. The morning when
bled him. don't know that | thought the
symptoms indicated concussion-I may have
tho't so. When Twas going down to Browns,
after brea kfast, | met DR.. Jackson, before
bled Brown; think reaction had partially
taken place, the first time | saw him before
breakfast. couldn't say that this man did
die from disease Of the heart; can't say that
he did not die from apoplexy; can't say that
he did not die from phthisis. | am we'll sat-
isfed, in my mind, that he died from those
wounds. Death could have followed those
wounds and not be caused by them.
Mary Morgan, sworn.-I resided at
Philip Swartw ood in March last. l know
where Peter Brown keeps shanty, not
far from US, the night of this matter. |
heard great noise at Browns shanty, |
was out doors with candle, very dark.
| looked over to the shanty and saw lot
of men breaking in the door, as looked
a few minutes longer | saw a man coming
across the lot right opposite the door, an
open field. ] looked over towards Browns
shanty and saw whole lot of men COM
ing right up-there was one man came up
before the rest and followed here he is,
here he is. didn't know the mans voice,
didn't take notice. They held the man
at the pile of wood, and l heard the blows
The blows sounded very hard and loud !;
and could hardly think they came from
the fists. l heard the man cry out to
spare his life. The blows continued for a
little while-the man fell right down on
the wood, and they stopped. didn't
know any of the men that were beating
him. About an hour after | met two men
as [ was going down towards Browns
shanty. They were Phil. Cogan and
Sheridan. Inpassing by he, Phil. Cogan,
spoke, is that Mary, and then l knew him.
After that | had been up town to the dress
makers, and on my return, as was going
into the house, saw Patrick Cogan and
some others. Sheridan and two others
standing-I made mention to Patrick Co.
gan as | went in, that Peter Brown was
crying very much about his brother, and
Patrick IN ado mnDtion that petar would