The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-11

q. Siye ne your rsoosscsioa mad descrprva Of sb
room The hrst will ase you u, WIS tho gas burning
A. Tho gas wAs burning.
pretty wet towards 1t; ssur sry; lOh my watot
hanging nghs wnere put u svcr n,gat; dsd mot get
O. bow h IL With respect to the srnisurea A. Tho fur
nturo appeared 70 sit pretty L,Qch all o q. whea
the Doctor vas alive.
O. Well you take that chair sad put Il a ,t was when
the Doctor used 70 sit at the biep A. Tha4 chair, ctr,
had been moved when saw it, but somebody told me-
tina! they found the chair oppose, but doot think ths
Q That is OF no importance II has been proved tha.
suppoeing the chair was there [piaoing M that Was
hsre ,e n wsy s.a fro the .S
pear bs operating table.
@ Nd you 90 near TO the tablet A, I did
O. Dd you find any blood theres A. Ny obiecs Wa to
ace me blood there were traces Of blood from his head
sons 20 s cent mt table aud round nsar to tho gas
Q From the ciotbess A, / could mot make up my
mind whether was stabs that no had received, whe
the deed there drops Of blood which. traced
them along the door looked a. they had been dropped
O. Then yeu found blood Z. the piaee whore ns CHAIR
would etsnd A. Tbsre was . newapster but II would
appear that drop which fell which bad dropped
O. D4d that newspaper lie upon the tablet Al On shs
END Oh m On me est band aide Is rsht whore this
bloody streak paesed through tho carpoA
Juror Would you allow Of the jurors 10 90 10
The Arssons Bank and to examine the minutes eheres
Juege Csproo-Yes, and you have risn, 70 be sworn
Q Well. Doctor now have you any theory ~ 10 shs
blood a. tne table want TO get ct ths potrA VII
Ss nurSer ". 81 "ans % sec s"
such noise - ought 10 have been known TO parties
sears, or whether done under circumstances
thas no living bei1g COZ boar u, and want 70 know
whether tho appearance o that and tie oiroum-
aDces around Indicated that great struggle had taken
place A. NJ nss that that murder wAs oomua.ssed
Q. By 90 many stAbsS A. II the carotid artery had
been cut the nrs, blow hs never would hAvo made
noise.
Q. But you cannst imagine that was cut arsts A. Kes
that wss Cat first unless no choked there
points IN that and ought 70 be asceraned whe>her he
sufocated or not.
aow can ,ou account for tas blood upon tie door II
II not The first gosh OF the blood from tho carotid
artery A. think the drst nds bad besn made In
the hea't, should suppose that the blood from tho
carotid artery would have spirited much he
choked, ths scue would have commenced ouI near the
Q, Yes; cpe would think So and then you coald nos
account iof che biooaS A. accounted tor In this way
he Wa chokoo the stabs 10 tho pody must have oo
mepced out there from the few sseakx Of blood he
went towards the door thon ~ to the largo SPr Of
aoS ssS
at tho door, be opened IT, and % be opened It thas he
hsd received that bow In the ana then the stabs
IN the body You $50 he stood little dssanoe from hs
well.
q. II was my Idea tha, was Q out like this Ouustra,
Hs mv.t have turned his neck .Ser around Or else the
blood must have dew from his room - no was dealing
the other bsew; then again. Judge, here was aooteer
been done ss Wy Aad he had NOT been choked then
this blood accounted for By his walking. ami vas
wss spaster nom ths hands or the oothes cx those
drops are - II they fell end spastsrcd ths blood wa
moro thick ssrd the BODY and tapered on In thai way
bali this blood bad stopped droppg bsoause shsye
only one marx OF blood upon the easement.
Doctor ven. up directly 10 bis osair a They woa. %
ns chair and choksd him or else struck him. ~ he
opened the door these two thiass cannot account for
Q. II they struck him a. the door how would you
count for his being bsok .. the door led being fo.d ss
door, ,bat erst blooo sps,asssd upon ths door.
. Then you would imagine Thea 6ths. was ths case
ssa The ssy pusSa !sS s% S.s a' h'
sesrehissi <. Tssy sii ncs sppssr . ne . have
any wly, then the scpis tbs other way, end In
either case he could not have msde much Of aoiOe
Q That V what want 70 sccount fsrp A In sther
OF hose cases Judge he coud not have made nose 70
O. II be had been sarro.sdR A. And II the oareud ar.
tery bed boen struck drst, ne would NOT
Q Here 10 srosher point 70 which will call your at
iepton Supposipg he mad been struck according
DOR sbs Be had been struck In tha, wsy IN ,hs neck
nrst-coud be have aien TO have lain in tho position
IN which he Wa foUod sthout making quite . solse-s
falling 30 would shake the house, A. think 10
that oase no would have como do~n moro gradually,
fallen on hs knees, and recevedsthose woands
O. But the wound In the neck nj nrst recaving thai
cut would prosara,s him, would Il nor There are Q
great many orcumssaI ces In connection with th which
~oud 90 70 show hat might OCCUR and mot be heard
Bere people passing In the hall that lle noise In
the night would not aitrsct the attention would In
private house where there persons uesang
S., S.a BEEN uua.. Sn Ssy You'd not Uoss ~
but hey were above they could not and. sooordins to
The testimony, they we're In the IRON, room back.
o Is thsi . truth. THAI you bear Q jar hslow more
readily than abovt9 A. II they had been Immediately
under ib,pk they would have h.ardM
q. You think so-<eund rises, does II mott A. II may
vss suppose you 70 up into tho room above this and
walk about that noor, you will hsA u hcro very dis
ncty but walk upon the door here, and Tho person in
te room above will not here you
q. IcaDros speak 70 that II rs jour theory; you may
be right an only seeking TO reconcile with my views
opinion. and have studied the case carefully -
I could
Q Ttcs your theory IS he Old no, sr hi, full length
A. Notat Me 1rat; think he must have como down
gradually becau,e Of course I'm would mol have seen
suspspd.d 10 en- instant.
Q. But suIi n 10 v.ry apparent that he struck au,s
hard upon nls face, bccsD,e there vN bruse the
pose; 90 you suppose no had no time 10 halioo' A.
o Coud you fron the appearance Of The body, ~
whether he had eecn garoied, or vasther y vAs done
round III sssss sss sosns o. sS.. sso sSa soass Ss
tongue bad the appsaranes Of his Ssins oboEed, The
O. Yes, MA have heard; could be bc 90 seized and
obosed instantly - not 10 have uzas 70 make . loud
nossc Considering he oircums In which no up
orsssd lust come into hs house probably, could par
eptsr there, ees 10 him ~ h seat nj the tablet A.
Nos be mad bsea aware OF vhst hey were gong to do
q II he had not known, could they have done u %
tnectualiy Al onos % 70 prevent a.y yelh A. rhat
cannot say; depe1ds eaursly upoe hov he vas taken
v Now, one question more one of your hypoths
,cs true thai person opened the door, and that he
spccked, and the Doctor voluntarily wea 70 the door
the dsor vosd secsssAsiy bs opes vhsn he entered,
sbd then % nay have seized bin; ihen be could hn
loo when the door wouh be open, AMI " any particular
,eue had ensusd The inmates of the house could hear
u, tosld they noN A. n he had hAIloocd.
y suppose he had NOT, DO you think, with that door
standing open, II person Intended 70 kill him, and the
D~ctor had s bis seat and gone 70 the door not spprs
boooipG any dasses and thai Individual hsd stabbed
his or sessd sm, that no struggle could have ensucd
~ would have ocessoned sufficient noise for theu 70
hear ~ A, hish the moment the person won't In tbsy
o!s sed the door I'm mcdlately.
y How could ibsy oose a with tho KEY on tbs inside
ara the door being epen' don't suppose they would
have struck him until they pushed the doof-rari ally
sho h-ana hen they took him unawsres; and my ifea
10 ase that he who did the deed acquainted win
bin, ssd knew every portion Of the house-so nssody
whom he did got srpect anything from.
luror-Weli, tvdgng ~ your ny pohesfs, you think
,hst ns set b that he went 70 the door and opened
tbs,tse payty mhht have sos W. the door, killed bm
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