The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1865-12-14

they're after you - the crowd then came
up the new road and fred about dozen
shots couldn't see what at,
Cross-examined Gore didn't state what
Holmes had done to him,
Court adjourned till 2 o'clock, p. m.
-4fernoon.- met.
| Joseph Alwine called and sworn Had
conversation with Gore; lie came to me
| by my house, and said he had shot Edward
Holmes; l said, "I hope mott" he said,
/ ayes, I cid - said <'You didn't kill him.
he said 81 think / shot him in the leg
was going to shoot him in the breast,
but only shot him in the leg"
Cross-examined He was somewhat
| drunk knew prisoner from boy don't
know if it takes much to make him drunk;
the night before this happened, Gore and
party came to my house and laid on the
benches, chairs and on the floor, all night
David Lucas called and sworn: Called
at the Jail with Jim Williams the time of
the Republican County Convention, in
the summer; Mrs. Myers let us 60 up
stairs Gore asked, GLOW is Holmes ?''
l said, "Holmes is going to die, 1 think !"
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leaving Johnstown prisoner appeared to
be very sorry, ard then said, ''It will only
be murder in the second degree--it will
| only be five or eleven years in the peni-
tentiary."
Cross-examined Knew both prisoner
! and Holmes they were intimate friends
DR.. Lowman called Am practising
physician in Johnstown 7; on the 30th of
August, about II o'clock, M, was called
from dinner to go to Fend's, to see man
who was shot; went to Fend's back yard,
and saw man lying in the walk, his head
! resting on some persons knee knew the
man by sight, but didn't know his name !;
afterwards was told it was Ed Holmes !;
he appeared to be il the agonies of death !;
he was pulseless, with cold perspiration
breaking out over him; remarked he was
exceedingly pale, like the pallor which
nervous shocks or hemorrhages produce !;
saw penetrating wound in the epigas-
| trio region was satisfied the man was dy-
| ing, and from the region Of the wound, my
sdiagnosis was that the ball had penetrated
the stomach l said to the bystanders that
he was dying, ordered him some stimu-
| lants, and lett; returned IN about ten or
| AItGGu IlluulSS, du4 uc udu Idltl6u ana
recovered from the nervous shock had
some pulse at the wrist, and color in the
| skin then directed the bystaEders to re-
move him to his home; to keep him quiet
In recumbent posture gave him a small
portion of brandy and wafer; came back
| from Conemaugh IN about two hours, and
called to see him, at about two o'clock
he was vomiting when | went into the
room he expectorated blood from his
! stomach, two small clots the 5ystanders
told me it was toe second time he had
vonited and thrown up blood after he
turned over on the settee on his back, his
pulse increased and had moro volume; he
had the appearance Of a Stout healthy
man, with well developed muscle, good
deal of flesh, and short stature directed
him to take small quantities of fluid into
his stomach, a couple of spoonsful Of ice
water at a time my diagnosis was that
the ball penetrated the stomach, and my
object was to prevent fui6 passing out Of
stomach at the opening, and to keep stom-
ach empty and quiet; attended him On
from that date till the night of the 22d
September, which was the last time [ saw
him alive; the third day after receiving
the wound he took chill, and had some
slight fever afterward saw him just as
he was going out of the chill he seemed
to be good deal depressed again COM
! planned of no particular pain he had
chills every day, aud through the evening
sometimes asked him if he had ever had
fever and ague he said be had, abouG a
year before that; then thought that Ell
ther the spleen had been injured and pus
was forming some place, or that he had
fever and ague couldn't tell which he
was in a weak condition put him on a
tonic treatment; our specific in fever is
tonic treatmentj previous to that, gave
him very light, digestive food for nourish-
ment; some days he would rally and have
an appetite, but he couldn't relish his
food on till about the fifteenth day he
commenced to sink rapidly about the ff-
| teenth day; meantime had been keep
ing his bowels open diarrhea sat in about
that time, aud he passed good deal of
dark, disorganized blood continued to
stimulate him by giving him tonics. and
tried to control the condition of his bow
els /; the night of the I'D September, he
died don't know what hour; inside of
nine and half hours after he died, from
the report to me of the hour of his death,
/ made an examination of the body, or
autopsy; the external wound at that time
was healed up; the ball haG entered an
| inch to the left of the center line, in the
epigastric region, about opposite the sew
enth rib think the ball would strike the
seventh rib, left side; opened the body
found cicetrix of the wound on inside,