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

fuence of liquor, and think it affects his
head more than his legs; he seemed pretty
wild that morning.
Cross-examined About or 10 o'clock
this was.
Emery West, called: Saw John Gore
day of the shooting, after it occurred ; do
business on Clinton street, second door
from Main street; first saw prisoner
coming off the pavement near Fend's ; he
had pistol in right hand, and was look
ing back; before he came on to the pave
ment by Pitts store, he put the pistol in
his pants pocket; he was shouting, hal
looing and very noisy he passed by me
and walked up to the side of the store
door, kicked at some clothing and fell
down on the pavement; the clothing hung
with legs of parts ABOUT 3 feet from pave
ment, and the coat about 2 feet from the
pavement; there vas nothing on the
pavement to trip him.
Cross-examine6 In answer to ques-
ton, witness said that sober man kick
ing hard at a coat would fall; shouldn't
think prisoner was sober, but don't think
he was very drunk; those with him were
of him and helped him up; might have
been more drunk with rage than liquor.
DR.. Hartwell called and sworn Am a
| physician and surgeon began the prac-
| tice of medicine in 1912 have been at i.
ever since have been eight years in the
ministry since that; year ago last win
! ter, spent three months in Philadelphia,
mostly in dissecting, and acquiring more
modern surgical knowledge; by the aid
of microscope only can we determine
deposits in abdominal regions to be blood /;
| it cannot be done by the naked eye; there
arc some forms of disease that so weaken
the vessels that extravasated blood may
be thrown out; we have that condition IN
fever and scurvy, often causing bleeding
at the gums, intestines, &C.; if found
cicatrix anywhere, should expect that ex-
ternal violence; had been used in those
cases which [ have seen from hospitals,
&c, while making post mortem examina-
tons, have found frequent eicatrixes, up
on the lungs especially-an apparent re-
covery from some injury formerly received;
| tuberculosis of the lungs, when healed,
will produce cicatrixes; we have assesses
in the liver; find them frequently in
hospital aud in private practice; appar.
! emily in some cases without external vio-
| lence have never seen case In which
| there was recovery, but heard Of such
case after the healing. of that abscess,
there would undoubtedly have been left
L3n the liver cicatrix !; nearly all pathol-
ogists say that PARTICLES of pus may be
taken up in the circulation of the blood,
and deposited n the lungs, liver, &C. if
| would find death caused by ball in the
abdomen, stomach or chest, would hardly
90 to the head to examine if there were
no indications demanding examination of
brain; (the doctor here exhibited an
anatomical plate illustrating the relative
position of liver, spleen, &C. if ball
would pass through both the liver and
! the spleen; ball, if shot diagonally,
might enter the body and pass through
| liver and spleen, but same ball wouldn'
probably hit both; if the spleen was very
large, i: might possibly hit both stomach
wounds are not necessarily fatal; if a
patient would pass blood it would indicate
that the stomach had been touched a
penetrating wound of that character would
not be likely to close up SO as to form an
! abscess.
oss-examined: Commenced to prac-
tce medicine at Woodstock, in New
Hampshire ; preached and practised medI-
! cine at the same time ; worked at mechan-
ical business before [ commenced the
study of medicine; carried on carriage
making since [ commenced combined the
| three businesses of preaching, practising
medicine and carria-e-makino was JUS
tice of the Peace for about fifteen years ;
was all four, preacher, doctor, carriage
maker and Justice of the Peace, at one
and the same time; nearly all New Eng
land physicians are Justices of the Peace.
Question by Mr. Rhey-"Are they all
| carriag makers 2"
Auswer-All are not
Witness continued Am a graduate of
Castleton Medical College, Vermont, and
of the American Medical College, Gin
cinnati, Ohio
Question by Mr.. Rhey-"Did you carry
on alltour of your occupations in the same
shop?'
Auswer-I had separate shops.
Witness continued Came to Johns
town year ago last summer; when was
| at Philadelphia the three months, attend
ed the Philadelphia College of Medicine
and Surgery saw Holmes very soon after
he was shot, at Fend's; was there when
DIR. Lowman came first; saw him again al
his-own house his wife and some men
were in the room this was the Sunday
following the day upon which he was
shot think I did not then say his case
| was homeless am not sure.