The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-09

entrance from west emu. Dan CEt'iliaE j
DR.. r. N. McAETHUR-Am Coroner
examined the body of Ryan: went ther
about o'clock in the morning of the 81.
inst. Am 4 physician. The body was il
Caseys lot, head towards the west. lyin
on the abdomen and chest, head inclinin
on the left side, arms by side OF body wit
palms upward. Looked e. the body
turned it over; found wound on forehead
and left side a scalp wound about an incl
! long; only wound discovered then. Had
| body removed to his house; came dowr
town 10 prepare for an inquest; called DR.
| Hard to make a post mOrtenl examination
Saw a blood pool right under his head, II
or 10 inches in diameter Saw blood lead
ing from there to Caseys house, in larg'
drops from 4 10 it. apart, not regular
Examined head; cut down scalp; there
was a scalp wound on back part of the
head discovered that before dissectinS-
| The wound was on the left paIietai bone
l to inches long about inch wide; skull
penetrated into brain about an inch
Have seen the hammer-frst saw il in the
grand jury room. Saw blood on the han
die, but none on the hammer. The ham
mer could make such wound as that or
back of the head; might be made with
handle or side of hammer. Lower edge
OF the bone was depressed, ,sother not;
there were some small pieces. The wound
would cause death. Should think, from
the way the body lay, that he had iallen
instantly, and lost all voluntary notion
The front wound would not cause immedi-
ate death. Death was caused by concus-
sion; by compression-extra OF
blood on brain--by lymph on brain. Not
much blood would flow from the wound on
the temple-moss blood from wound Oh
back Of head. Considerable difference be-
tween the two; wound on back OF head
would flow in drops about as fast as q man
would walk. The drops on the ground
were about as they would fall from such Il
wound. when person walking. Can't tell
which wound made the drops Saw no
blood over clothing except on front part
neck. Did not undress HIM below neck.
Cf0ss-ErgmiaeL-Wound about where
hair parted on left side Would not bleed
profusely. Saw no blood in mouth, might
have been IN right corner aud escaped uy
observation. Blood would aow from both
mouth and wound. Hair matted with
blood-should think from back Of head
Could Aow through ethmc!I lEasa!} bone
Drops were not very IRREGULAR Game
most probably from back wound Don't
think there was blood enough from front
wound II make drops. U.ssec;ed scalp a.
far . fractured examined bones IN brain:
fracture off 10 left 10 depression thsre.
Part Of the bone on the right paiis;al
broke clear of; Oh left hanging Ly mem
brane. Made no examination Of spinal
column. Don't mean = say that lie must
have fallen b. the blow Instantly lie may
hare received the wound and walked tia.
distance; . man EeIysd Up Ly Igu9. or
fgbt:ug cht 90 further than if not so
excited. Can't tell whether he died from
compression, conclusion, or hcmcTrLa-e.
10 physician can tell whether Il died
from bleeding or not There vas Goa suls-
ted blood IL -eius and arteries. u ouil
he likely u coa-Gia.e If struck dead on
the spot. NotLins incompatible with
his getting the blow at the gate. aal v.-.n-
ing that lar and falling, as lie did Great
many cases CT remarkable melton after
part OF tho brian injured. Sew case IN
toun-skull brol4 in half a. inch; walk
ed two squares aad lived three days. D.E
ference ii wound in ceTeoellUm and core
Lrum in producing : tsg.E. Greater dan
ger ia ccrebel.u.a ioEer part Of brain
Cases Of walking al;cr iuiary are rather
the exception, but not exceedingly rsre.
Don't think there was blood enough from
front wound 20 make such drops; 80
blood vessels there u furnish such amount.
There was s.oe. on the ground some drops
from ! To 10 inch, two or thFa- together.
Temporal artery was not implicated III
the wouuI-tlink blood from back Of
head
Dr. c. UAR0-Enew RYAN slightly,
knew Casey pretty well; made pcs. a.2-.s.a.
cx@niuatiou Of Ryan; found ,vouat,s-bout
- -.,-r,.,1
en-; 10 J inch in length Cut on h4.r >:
laid skull. bare; found, as ! supposed, SUI
Gcieut C - OF death. and rested eEal;n-
@;;on. Fracture - described by Dr. Ne
Arthur, running crack to temporal bone:
one part Of bone driven an inch iAto the
brain. No fracture on forshead-clean
cut Some men would have died instant
ly. some not ; probable instant effect would
be paralysis o! systa;n-death might easue
instantly from conclusion, by eXtrGYassted
blood. OF Iy compression. Effect Of COL
cUs>ion 10 knOci. down at once; c0mpres
sion makes stunid. s.u.e-opera tes
more slowly; depends greatly or place Of
stroke; blow like this would be apt Ia
produce conclusion; would be apt to al
instantly; don't mean to say he would ne
c5ssarily fall Extravasation would not
follow Instantly in this case, some minutes
would elapse From position Of the body
think he probably fell when lie received
the blow.
Cross era,,1iaeL-Main temporal artery
was untouched by the cut; should not
think it would bleed much. Should moi
think that amount of blood could come
from the temporal wound. Might have
got the wound at the door and walked tC
where he fell, but when he fell he fei
dead Don't know If blood would coagu
! late. Believe in death by conclusion blooc
does not Goa sulate Conclusion produce.
| death by syncope; compression 10y coma
| Think Ryan died from compression woune
! extravasated. Lower part of wound wa
| an inch above the cerebellun. Nigh
walk 60 or 20 feet after cXtravasated. Be
lieve Il. walked from the door after h,
was wounded, in this case; but in genera
the rule would be otherwise. Could hav,
| bled from nose. If he bled from the nos,
| should say he was struck where he fell
Casey was feeble man, Ryan strong.
PATRICK DAUY.-Saw Ryan's body in HI!
own house. Saw handle at place wher'
blood was-saw no hatchet; found han,
rner and it fitted the handle; or hair
on side. Ryan's hair was red.
: CATHERINE SMIrH-knew Ryan and Ca
sey. one lot between NiiSe. "lu HI.
house. Heard Mrs. l!etiron ask what wa
the matter Heard Casey ask Ryan If Il,
was going home and he said yes Ueart
two strokes given just after those word
passed; sounded from north side Of IA
sev's house, and as if struck on a person
Heard nothing more and went to bed
Cross Ecaneiach-Got up when | hearo
| Mrs. Hsfiron ask what was the natter
Heard Mrs II. in very loud voice Mex
thing heard Casey say, Ryau, are yol
going homer Could hear it plain. EyaI
said Il am going home" Didn't sa
yes" lie said, Yes, | am going home
Didn't put on shoes There was snow o
the ground Don't know how long Wa
Quite minutes to ] hour. As soon as
heard Ryan say be was going home,
went ,ieht in Had gone couple of rod