The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-29


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pa EsaA Eusos Reside -
Tacaasy Poni. MAJ hester3 ara
phs tsczn haze bees 81 Tracliof oter
80 years ~as called 20 exsmiae
dead body about the lass a February
--Mondsy nsfuinF ihiut. ~ alssui
: 90 : oierk Ihos Bauys bod
lar II ilss house u NJ 0ssp brsds,
bach q ihs Store Drs. Taills ard
Anes werc present: ihe body vas
lsyiog vpan lhs floor, pretty much on
tsse back lief arm was someAhsi ex.
tended coai ! think had bern remgy.
Cd ard she sleeves a ihe shin bad
BEEN ripped IN - that the arm vas
bare an sxsminatiun exhibited
large cash cat ia tie left arm. We
then took him up and removed the
elo,hrng 20 a. 20 make a thorough eK-
Amiaa,ion u she body Ne found three
wounds upon him vas one wound
upon the right thigh. rather back Of
the medium hnc. Pants produced. ]
Found that wound 20 be rather sln
guiar waund --ihe wound IN The fe.h
seemed TO Jc much larger than the
cot 10 the pants i was cut IN eres-
cent form. Witness cot pond
ing cot 10 piece Of paper. The curve
vas down; should think the cut was
rather larger rhan tie cut IN the pa
per this cut 10 tie thigh vas down
ward toward the bone could Probe
Il with my finger and feel where the
point oi the iaafument cot the bone I;
both ends 81 this wound we're clean
euts--I 50 remarked n the time.
Should think such wound could no,
he made with singlc-edged inslru-
meai reason from these premises
HAT a one.edgrd instrument would
make a blunt cut, while a two-edged
instrument would make clean cut.
This cut was on the rdsta externas. a
muscle the cat was in the muscle,
which is broad one may have cut
OF one edge this wound was not ne
crssarily mortal wound--no parlic-
uIar blood.yessel cut of. Holding
up the pants and showing the cut.
! should think these were the same
PANTS. don't think such cut as
that couldbe made with single.edgcd
Instrument At one thrust. There was
small wound upon the back. TWh-
ness produced the vest. 1t was just
below the point OF the shoulder i, is
my present impression that il was to.
wards the spine from the point the
b9le in the vest is full as large as the
cut in the body should think this was
tie same vest should think this must
have been made with a two edged in
strument the same as the one through
the pants. Witness produces the
coat. This one was removed from
The body this cot is on the right side
of the coat these holes in the coat APP
peared the time first saw il the main
artery was cut off by the blow on the
arm the instrument seems 10 have
struck above the ariiculation,-above
the branching out of the arteries il
extended toward the lille finger; the
muscle was cut completely off; there
was small indeniation in the bone
under the muscle the coat indicates
that the cut ran The other way--to-
wards the thumb | should have said
the wound was some five or six inches
10 length--made no m ,asurement the
wound was gaping open when first
saw it--gaped open some two inches
IN the centre OF the wound, should
Ihink--muscle being separated would
naturally let il apart should consider
this a mortal wound don't think
man could live over eight minutes az
ter this was probably less than
shai--would bleed 10 death almost as
quick as il the jugular vein was cut !;
both ends Of this wound were clean
cut infer that this wound must have
been made with a two-edged instru.
ment from this fact.
Cross determination. mo other post.
mortem examination to my knowledge.
Think | remained there as long as
DR.. Ames. Have no minutes Of The
Examination none were kept that
know OF. No instrument was used in
probing these wounds TO my knowl-
edge; ] only probed the wound on
the thigh with my finger---did not
thai on the back. find that the cut
10 the pants and the wound in the
thigh do not all correspond in shape.
Could not state which way the line of
the curve on the pants run--,hat in
The flesh run downward. The whole
length Of the wound upon the thigh
was some three or four inches. |
should say, as near as ] could state
wilhoat measurement. Should think
the cut 10 the pants over the thigh was
short Of an inch and a haitian inch
and a quarter. The cut on the pants
l1rms an obtuse angle. with the lines
passing inward and downward. Should
not think this cut could be made with
m ordinary knife at one blow-should
think Il could with a dagger with two
edges. Still adhere 10 the opinion
that one blow with a two-edged in
s,rument would make il. Could not
have been done with a clean, distinct
cut in the flesh. think this cut in
the pants could be made at one blow
without turning in the flesh by 4 two.