The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-06-07
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/ knew his state and condition before death
from the account I had don't think
he died from phthisis. | am certain IN
my mind he didn't. am satisfied that
he didn't die of phthisis-I am so satisfied
from the state and condition he was in
from the time he was wounded till his
death. ! don't know of my own knowl-
edge what his state and condition was
It is possible that Patrick Brown died
from apoplexy. l suppose it is possible
that he died from some other cause than
aneurism, apoplexy phthi6is or those
wounds. | don't know to precise GER
taintity that he did not die from some
other cause than those wounds. Com
preston of the brain can be produced
! by water, or blood or matter; concuss-
ion of the brain generally produces COM
preston when death follows from concus-
sion. lie died | have no doubt from con-
cussion of the brain and compression too.
! Compression Of the brain doesn't always
! produce death If reaction takes place
after conclusion, he cannot be said to die
! from concussion if death takes place, but
generally Inflammation Of the brain. | ain
satisfied ofmy own knowledge that intiam
nation of the brain didn't take place in
this case. l got my knowledge from the
! information of others. Where there is q
diseased state of the brain, excitement,
passion, or intoxicatioD would be likely TO
produce fatal hemorrhage, called cerebral
hemorrhage. don't know that there was
not diseased state of the brain of Pat
rick Brown. illusions of blood from
diseased state of the vessels Of the brain,
some times occur from mere excitement
| or over exerton of the muscular powers,
and is apt to produce death. Ii intoxica-
| ton be added to the others It'll more likely
still to produce death. In case of death
from an alleged violence on the head, ex-
animation of the brain and vessels of the
brain would lead to greater certainty as
to the cause of death {: cerebral hemor-
| rhage sometimes takes place from very
| slight bruises on the head, sometimes from
mere excitement, when there is a diseased
state of the brain, thickened state OF the
particles of the left ventricle of the heart,
would tend to a rupture of the vessels and
effusion Of blood on the brain without ex~
element Don't know whether there was
such state or condition of Patrick Brown.
In conclusion Of brain the patients breath
| inc is stirtorous. If slight, the breathing
is free and natural frequently vomit.
! | think there was no larceration OF the
scalp where it was most swollen. Ny
| brother Davis assisted me in this post
mortem examination.
Peter Brolcn, sworn;-I was present
at an affray, on the 18th of March, at the
Shanty, in which l lived. My brother,
Patrick Brown, owned the Shanty. On
that day two boys came there, Thos Ra
gan and John Connolly; they drank some
whiskey, and after some time they differed
with each other. Ragan said Connolly
was mean man; Connolly said If he said
so again he would knock out his eyes
Racan throwed Gounelly down on pie OF
wood, and called on me for relief. | took
Ragan off and told Connolly to so home.
He went out doors then and went to Co
gan's sbanty, down below where [ lived;
didn't stop long there till he came back
again, and they got into fuss again
| Then | told him to leave and if he did mt
Z would make him leave; he said he
wouldn't till he pleased, so l then struck
him and put him out doors. He said if
he was in Coga1's shanty he wouldn't be
treated so.
So be went down to Cogan's shanty.
and John Kahoe, Patrick Cogan and john
Kane and he came back, and Pat. Cogan
came in and sat on an empty barrel, and
asked who said while he was out doors,
let Pat. Gogan 60 to hell. said no one,
and enquired of all the boys around if any
of them said so, and they al denied it.
Then John Kahoe raised his hand and
said if he had been there he would ut
allowed Gounelly to be licked. | then
went inside of the bar and took pistol
and revolver out OF the drawer. This was
about ! o'clock, dark, candle 1t. came
and told them to clear out, and John Kane
came and took hold of me and asked i he
could mt hold me. said yes if be cleared
them out Then Kahoe came on and
struck me. told Kane if he world hold
me would shoot him; by that they all
cleared out. They went away then for
few minutes, and Phil. Cogan opened the
door and came in and asked, what is this
all about, and called to tho boys, vas mt
they coming in. As soon as he said so
struck him and pushed him to the door;
the door got half open then and he and |
had some struggle at the door, and my
foot got before the door, and he was be
tween me and the door. | saw Moor
mick, Brady, Sheridan, Gamer and Ro-
gers standing out side the door, having
clubs in their hands; seen Pat. Cogan, Jno,
Kahoe and Philip Cogan go by the front
window. They came on then aud smashed
tho window and smashed the door into
bits. ] heard Brady and Sheridan cry
out to tear it down. They continued
pitching stove wood in the window till they
had the light put out, The wood was
piled up at the end of the shanty. So
Patrick Brown and [ stepped to the door,