Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-05-28

IS By Bayard.-when the scytbe swun
n around, Casperson had hold Of It both {
them had; Casperson never let go. When
t took hold Of prisoner he said take care John
: ! am not going to strike; him any more; h
Q fell on the scythe Buchanan said nothing I
/; us, he went towards Cssperson he told m
/; to tie up the wound asked me to go to tn
( house and get some laudnum and camphor
, Casperson had been leaning his ARA on tn
fence for half an hour; when he jumped Of
the fence he said damn you here am-did no
see him start.
By the Prosecution was til
nearest house, except a negro house.
7 Elias Lockerman recalled.-Thinks tn,
scytbe exhibited, is the one, but not certain
If this is one it had yankee sned to it (; neve
saw it look SO loose.
By Bayard.-Have no mark on it last fal
it had yankee sned on it; this looks very
much like it.
By Rogers Goldsborough, Hazel, Fields
and myself, were present.
DR.. E. D. Daily sworn.-Was the attending
physician; called to Casperson's on the morn
ing of the 18th of April he was lying on a
buffalo robe, on his right side considerable
blood on the robe saw the rent in his pants ;
examined the wound and found it four inches
long and two and a half deep; twas bleeding
very little; it had dry appearance; his
attention was drawn to wound oil the inner
aspect of the leg, two inches in length; the
spontaneous hemorhage had ceased; dressed
that wound first; the large one was on the
left thigh when he dressed this wound on
Sunday it was healing finely modification
had taken place in the right leg; reaction
never took place in the limb made post
norton examination the wound in the right
| leg had severed the blood vessels and nerves
situated in that region the cut was made on
the inner belly of the muscle the leg was
pierced through excepting the skim the bone
was broken or fractured; the weapon acted
as wedge; it was the small leg bone that
was broken; the result was modification ;
died within hundred and forty-three hours
after he first saw him on April the 2lst it
was Thursday saw him from two to three
times day till he died Doctor Moore ac-
companed him Doctor Collins was also there;
Doctor Chatham was there every nerve and
blood vessel iisthe leg was severed; consider
ed this mortal wound; the one on the left
thigh only secondary; it assisted in produc-
| Improvisation and inflammation; can't say the
sciatic nerve was severed; sensation was
slightly restored to the limb the wound on
the right leg alone would have produced
death (was shown the scythe,) think a
weapon of that kind would cause the wound
| in the right leg without much force, (here
the Doctor infinitely explained the nature of
the wound to the jury,) the weapon should
have sharp point as well as a broad blade
to make the wound in the right leg; the blow
must have come from the left side towards
the right the right leg must have been in
advance of the left one the blow came from
the left and behind the right limb tho wound
was made by the point and edge; the edge
alone could not have made it; died in Duck
Creek Hundred, Kent county, State OF Della
ware.
Cross-examinedby the Defence.-The wound
in the thigh was not mortal death should not
follow as consequence; the weapon passed
between the bones and required a point.
DR.. John A. Moore sworn.-Saw Mr.. t'as-
person on Sunday morning, the 18th of April,
at 8 O'Clock; his right leg was in state of
modification from above the knee to the foot (;
deceased was very much Frustrated; did not
examine the wound only on the surface /;
found cut in the posterior portion of the
thigh made no examination of the wounds ;
only formed an opinion; saw him again the
same day; saw him again on Monday was
not the attending physician; always thought
he would die; there was no possible means
to stop the modification knew the treatment
he received don't think anything else could
have been done to save his life ; don't think
amputation would have saved his life at the
first visit found his pulse at. hundred and
twenty-five, and very weak he was greatly
exhausted his whole appearance was cadav-
erous tongue contracted; saw him fifty-one
hours after the wounds were made; did not
see the depth OF them there was no hemor-
rhage; had'a consultation with Doctor Daily in
regard to amputation; amputation would not
have saved his life; did not examine the
wound on the thigh only on the surface; there
was no hope of saving his life from amputa-
tion or it would have been done.
DR.. William t. Collins afirmed.-saw Mr..
Casperson the 9Th day after the wounds were
made; did not examine them professionally !;
went with DR.. Moore; called and assisted DR..
Daily at the post mortem examination found
two wounds one ON the thigh and one on
the leg; from the modification taken place
could not tell the depth of the thigh wound
originally; il was now four and quarter in
ches deep; witness substantiated the evidence
Of DR.. Daily.
DIR. Daily recalled ..by the Prosecution
There was no time when he thought amputa-
ton would have saved Gasperson's life.
William L. Riggs sworn.-Saw Casperson
twenty minutes subsequent to the making OF
the wounds rode full speed to get there; a
man came after him found deceased lying
OH buffalo robe; was there before the Doc
tor came; assisted in taking care OF him
Casperson said all the time he must die /;
made statement of nthat kind on Wednesday
previous to his death; made his last declara-
ton at o'clock Casperson said he must die {;
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