Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-09-28

ell and witness, went around and up into
the printing Office. Went up into the of
fee at the east end Of the building. The
affray occurred at the north west corne,
| Of the building Crowell unlocked the
door when We went into the building. This
occurance vas between ten and eleven
o'clock in 'he evening after meeting was
out It was q star light evening, and q
person could see tolerably we'll This &C.
curence was at Dennison, Crawford Co.
Iowa It was on the evening of the 29th
Of June, 1861.
saw Allen next moraing about six
o'clock. went up to his house and saw
his corpse lying in the house.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
When Mr. Crowell reached out MS hand
as stated in direct examination aud let it
come down on Mr.. Aliens hat it hit The
rim of the hat. suppose it Was done in
play yful manner. Up to that time had
not discovered any appearance of anger
between Crowell and Alien. The motion
of Crowsli's hand WAS not like that of q
blow. | think his hand was open. From
this lime umtl the time Allen staggered
did hot see Cro~ell make any advance
upon AiIsn. Jus5 before the second en-
counter thought Allen was endeavoring
20 head od Cr"~ell. Mr.. Crowell is .
printer. he occupied the printing office
mentioned. When Crowell and Allen So.
parated in the first instance, Crowell went
toward the printing Office. At the first
collision don't think Crowell hit Allen
Think Allen followed hun SO closely that
Crowell did not have au opportunity. At
the second collision think Allen made
the 6Est pass, but don't know whether or
not be bill Crowell. This instrument see ms
Of same metal a. that which Allen showed
me. 1t resembles in string and substance
the one | saw in Aliens hand. Crowell
was around the side Of the printing Office
out of my sight when | was on the porch,
but . few seconds. He was not out of
witnesses sigh, long enough to have gone
up into the printing nffice. When Crowell
said ke he spoke in . common or usual
manner l did not see Mr. Crowell at
that poin, hit Mr. Allen / was twelve or
fourteen feet from Crowell when be and
Allen had last collision During this last
encounter Crowell and Allen were not
nearer than eight feet Of each other
During this entire evening did not see
Mr.. Crowell make an advance upon Allen
! think | should have seen it if he had
done SO. During this entire occurrence
there was 10 person present but Crowell,
Allen and witness Allen was short,
chunky man. CrowelI was tallest Allen
was 5 Or 20 pounds heavier than Crowell.
l know Of Alleu's lighting before. When
Allen said that he would knock Crowell's
Cd d-n head of. and tha, he would
either tree him or hole him, was
in . position to have heard the threats.
Dacid Nc Williams being called on part
Of the Stale, says:
Ny name is David McWillisms; reside
near Dennison, Crawford Co, Iowa fol-
low farming for = living; have since l
came to Dennison practiced medicine
somewhat. Called to see Mr.. Isaac Allen
on Sunday morning last June. When !
arrived at his house found him dead l
exam ned his head found indications of
blow having been inflicted upon the left
side Of the head directly above the ear. 1t
had the appearance Of . wound from some
fiat instrument There was . small exter.
nal wound, but there was no injury to the
skull directly under tie external wound.
There WAS fracture in the skull forward
towards the eye, and about one and
half inches from the wound on the scalp
Fracture was about one inch. It wac not
breaking in Of the skull but crack in
the seam of the skull. The fracture run
forward and . little up; did not reach
quite TO the temple Saw no other mark
of injury, except this 6ssure There had
been some bleeding but not excessive.
have practiced medicine II or II years.
Have done but little last five years. My
practice consisted Of surgery, together
with practice of medicine | have studied
snssomy; am licensed physician studi.
cd surgery At Kings College in Belfast,
and practieed in Liverpool. From my
knowledge a. . surgeon my opinion Of
the cause OF Aliens death was inflammation
of one nf the arteries that run sp 1T the
division 6etwixt the grea, and little brain.
This terminated BY congestion Of the brain.
This congestion Of the brain was in my
opinion caused by the blow that produced
the wound on the head think the frao
,ure was caused by the SAM blow don't
think the fracture Of itself would have
caused death 40 soon. The death WAS the
immediate effect Of the blow. did not
open the skull, it Was 50 late and 30 near
the time OF burial. saw no appearance
Of bleeding upon the brain
CROSS BANNED
Did not make post mortem examina.
ton in this case. | made no further ex-
animation Of Aliens head than with my
hands; used no Instruments Allen had
been dead two hours when frs, saw him.
The skin, whom the wound was on the
head was cut entirely through for sbout
one half inch The wound WAS psrpen-
dicular ono. Ny resson for thinking that
the wound vas inflicted BY fat instru.
mont 10 that the appearance Of the muscle
and the fact Of inflammation existing for
the space Of one inch square. This
wound think could have been inflicted
BY some ether than fat instrument In
my opinion the blow producing the wound
must hsvs been . horizontal blew. The
wound looked % If il might hsvs bssn