Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-03-28
FRIDAY, MARCH 9s. 1862.

distance from the ,sesian line and directly
opposite thoss on the opposite AIDE. On
.ss an inch loug and oval 10 shsps The
two other spots were near the last and
s,ou, the sise Of three cent piece and
slighily oval. Thsss msrts we're all nearly
the sane height. The one farthest back
Vas the highest up. The cu,iels 10 all
thee spots vas sbrsded. The parts beneath
were dry and Of . reddish brown color
Near ,hsc sp,ts were an equal number Of
crescent shaped marks. Two Of thee were
together, the other beng alone. The con.
yeI portion Of thess spots looked ohliquely
upward and backward. Tbese marks are
Sigh, aud tho color red beneath them; u
curve made In red INK With pen would
r,presco, them; there was one other bruised
spot about the neck on the LEFT aide and
about two inches back Of the Others; 10 Was
oval shape add Of the sire Of thrse-cen,
piece.
The Doctor testified ., length In regard to
the app-arancs o, the internal organs. The
lungs. liver, and intestines we're healthy 10
appearance. though Of darker color than
natural from being gorscd with blood; fhs
proper veins OF the hear, wers found Iurecd
With blood: the blood was not found coagu.
lated in any ca~; the right surieIe aud ven.
,riele Of ,h. hear, were 6led with dark
blood. the lett cavities were nearly empty;
we examined the brain; The dura mater wac
highly inreied with dark auid blood; We
'oond no extra,ssaied blo,d:si the upper part
Of the larynI where the eart'lase' meet and
oa the inner eide Of i,. there va. little en-
larssmep, Of the mucous membrane. IL vas
o, the CLOTHS: 70 Was Of reddish color; this
correspondsi 10 position With the braisc
on the outside: the fsuces and tongue were
ensOrs-d with blood.
AFTERNOON
DR.. Brown continued. I bad finished my
written de.rip,ion. ln answer to questions
by the prosecution. DR. Brown remarked.
The tongue partly protruted from the mouth.
Two OF the crescent shaped marks were -.
se,hsr % that they were united at m end.
From my examination I 'appo.ed 'hs
cause Of death 10 30 tha, OF ',ransula,'on.
wha, I mean by s,ransuls''on i' that ther,
VAS an interruption oi the pas-age ot air
10 the lung.. This may be done in several
Ways. I, may be done by q cord. or CON-
preston with the hands. or accidental. II
1. necessary that the blood OF human DO
ing should be purified by contact With the
air. The resul, ot s,ransula,iOn would Oe
an engagement Of the veins IN the vital
organ. with blood The blood after Il, pas
cage though the lungs. becomes lighter col'
ored. An unable 10 say ho~ long q con-
,triciiou ahou, thu long. would h. nsec-
srry to prvdac, death: PROBABLY about i.
minutes. In thi. cass the death nus, have
been prolonged. or TIE blood woald have
been retained 10 iis vessels, aud would have
BEEN cloi,ca. I found no circular marks
around the neck. caused by the scarf. or
anything el.c. Their. MAS no construction
abou, The entire neck. .uteien, TO produce
Srangulalion.
Iaw bloody stain upon the pillow. IL
va. near the head Of the deceased. |, was
about ! inch long, bu, not s wide.
In easc- Of s:rangula,ion bloody macus
nigh, issue iron tho mou,h. There VA.
iro,hy mueus in the mouth and larynI.
somewhat colored with blood. Think that
scarf could not have caused the hruise. and
abrasion. about the throat. Ny opinion 10,
that person could not s,rsnsula,e himself
with hi. hand. know Of no such case on
record.
10 this case there being no circular mark
o. the scarf about the neck. ] should give
/, a. my opinion that the scar. had no,hin:
to DO in producing the death Of deceased.
In my opinion. |, va. a case Of homicide
I think IL could not have heeu suicide. u
the hand wa. put outside the scarf In max.
these bruises. I should not have expected to
have found those crssccu, shaped marks on
the n, ok.
Cross eIamined-In the afternoon OF the
18th o! Jane. commsrcsd the exam.
inAtion. think IL must have been IS la.s
ss 3 O'Clock.
The internal examination OF the the throat
wa. made on tho morning following; va
supposed the night bcfor, that We had eI'
smined sufficiently, but ] thought IL impor'
tan, to examine the throat internally; q line
drawn around the neck would ,hlnk pass
through oil the bruised spots; they were
more or lees above one another and some
farther back than tho others; there wss nc
indsn,aiiou OF the neck: u the scarf had
been drawn sufficiently tight TO have produ'
cod -,ransula,iOn 1t would have lefs an IN
dentation: that indsnta,ion would have rc
suited from tho violenca oi the coupres''ou
and u IL had been continued the indentatior
would have permanently rrms'ned; there
would also have been blostcd appearance
Of the skin abye and below u; II tho scarf
had been saved about the neck u might
have produced the abrasion. bui IL could mol
h.y. produced the spots on the side OF tb,