The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-04-04
Coroner Ye;ser and the 3 Murder 81
Nj. Gruber.

On tho 18th inst, the following statement
was published in the CRESCENT:
4 ray Remarkable Is'oceedisg.-Wlile
tie Jury inipaneIed to investigate the lililr-
der Of the late John 7. Gruber, were en-
gagged iii tie performance of their d.-tles
yesterday, i messenger called upon Coro-
iler Yeissr, who immediately proceeded To
the City Hall. Returning after all absence
Of about fifteen minutes, eli the six pcrsens
under arrest, accused Ut being, cenceIleadl
in tho, homicide, ha dischafseA iige nom
custody, retaining Murphy oily. AmolI:::
the liberated was nennessy, identified by
the deceased as one Of those who wdf8 pres
ent, aiding aud abetting the deadly attack.
A number Of witnesses, supposed to be N
possession of important facts touching the
deed, had been Summoned, but were rctarn-
cd by the officers Us not found. Mr. DAWN,
the foreman Of toae jury, demonstrated with
Coroner Yeiser upon tile impropricty OF has
discharging the parties until the jury
should have completed the inquest audpro-
nounced it's verdict, and refeiTed particu-
larly to. the case of Hennessy, against
whom was the dying declaration Of Mr..
Grllbcr. Mr.. DAWN urged that the course
Of the coroner was Without preeeuent9or
justification. MIR. Yeistr answered that he
had !" high authority" Tor what he did , and
would not have done it if hd had not such
authority .Ydtle 8fsi ,sa.itf
No explanation Of this remarkable pro-
cesding has since been yeuchsafed by the
corbneI. No officer has, more important
duties to perform in the administration of
-. .t,n hes I'M
grave reasons to believe that, in this Lease,
Mr., Yeiser's extraordinary conduct has en-
abled guilty parties to csestpe punishment.
Who tie " high authority" was that intsl-
,enced him is left to conjecture, but there
/, il no authority except tho law, under which
he can shelter himself: Admitting the gen.
eral supposition to lie correct that he re-
flrrcl to the Governor OF the State, even
that high authority cannot shield him, for
the Governor has no more right to dictate
to him the manner in which he shall ter
nrinato an inquest, than TO dictate to the
Supreme Court its decisions. The dhtiss
and powers Of the coroner are clearly de-
fined by law, as much SO us the duties and
powers of tho chief magistrate himself. and
neither has the right to interfere with tho
other The legal culpability Of tho pro-
cceding must rest entirely with Mr. Yeiser,
who cannot evade his official Responsible
ties by adducing instructions from sources
hot empowered to instruct. III d fiatter
I bf4such deep public concern as this, we
would respectfully suggest that it deTolses
upon the Attorney General to bring tEd
subject to the attention Of the. grand jury.
The life Of valuable citizen has been
taken, and the course Of Justice has been
unwarrantably arrested BIZ an oficercharg-
ed with it's Administrations Mn. @ Crescent.
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How "A MAN FREEZES TO DEATE.-M.
Pouchet lately read an interesting paper
on this subject before the French Academy
of Sciences. The authors differences ore as
followes: "a t,sa9 NJ a.
!. That the phenomenon produced by
cold is contraction ofthe capillary vessels
to such an extent that q globule Of blood
cannot enter;. these vessels, therefore, re-
main completely empty. e.
2. The sscohd phenomenon is an alteta-
ton Of the blood globules which amounts
J to their complete DISCRIMINATION -
: 3. Every animal completely frozen is alb
solutely dead, and no power can rean y
it.
4. When only apart Is frozen, that par
is destroyed BY gangrene.
S. 1.-THE part Frozen is not extensive, ant
: only few disorganized blood giobules pas
into circulation the animal may recover.
6. But if, on the contrary, the frozel
part is of considerable extent, then thu
mass of altered .gobules brought into tn
circulation when the part is thaHed rapid,
!, kills the animal;
4. For this reason halffro2en hnima
;. may live q long time If maintained in thu
condition. since the altered giobules do moi
get into the circulation; but it expires rap
idly as soon as the frozen part is thawed
s. In all eases Of eongeiatioii death il
due to the alteration Of the blood globules
+ more than,t to any effort on the nervous
system. q
+ 9. It results from these facts that. Tho
less rapidly a frozen part is thawed, the
more slowly the altered gobules find theil
way into the circulation, and the greater the
chances ofthe animal.
You've AMERICAN WoSDEa.--Wond
why mamma keeps Bridget at home from
church to work oil day, and then says it il
wicked for me to build my rabbit house OF
Sdnday? ~, ).
pretty cane with the yellow lioE's head OF
The top, and then asked me for my cent t
put in the missionary box? Don't | wan
ajews harp just as well as he wanted .
cane?
Wonder what makes papa tell such nice
stories to visitors about his hiding the mas
tsf's rattan when lie went to school, ant
about Ills running away from the schoo
mistress when she was going to whip hin
and then shut me up all day in a dark room
hocanse tried nfce "a be As smart a. b,