American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-03-13

his funeral he was buried at the village
of Pumpkin town, at the Campbel lIrte
church, in Lawrence county.
The defence had no questions.
DR.. Wm. R, Cowden sporm.-I am
physician and surgeon /; live in Pprters'
vile /; | was called on on the 3 ith of De-
cembsr, about midnight, by Sidney Qli-
yer; said he wished me to come over there
that they had had fuss, and that John
Oliver, l understood; was hurt and some
of them nearly killed. I opened the
door and told him to, come in | dressed
m self and went over and found the man
that has been identified as Sidney b. Gun
ningham, sitting on the floor in the hall
at the right side of the door; felt his
pulse and foand him dangerously injur-
ed in some way, pissed on into tho par
lor, found another man on the left o. the
door in the par,or, on the floor nearly in
the state of iusenslbility. He has been
since identified as J H. Teepie. Some
one invited me up stairs to see John Ol-
iver; can't state who invited me up
found him in the room above the parlor;
there were two or three persons washing
the blood off his head aud face. Mrs.
Arlington was one of them think Mrs
Oliver John said he thought he was
not much hurt; wished me to go down
and attend 20 the otheis thought them
much worse hurt than he was. | wen;
down and had them bring Mr.. Cunning
ham nto the parl,r and lay him on the
carpet think it was John l.. Jones and
John B. Arlington, the defendant,
brought him. in. They removed his
clothes sufficiently to iiud where the
wounds were found one on the left side
Of the body, Just inside anterior superi
ior, spinous process of the iltium; the bow
els proceeded from the wouRd about as
large as my fist; the wound was about
one aud i,-hali inch broad the bowel was
not cut; repl,ced the bowel found
another cut higher up on the same side |;
about same width, and apparently made
by the same knife; between the 7th and
9Th ribs, counting from above it cores
ponded with other wound in size-it was
A inches upward and inward direction,
penetrating the left lung; the man was in
dying mdition with occult hemorrhaye
in the Ghost | asked him if he was
aware that he was dying he assented by
nod he did not speak asked him if
he knew who stabbed him, or injured
him; he shook his head, meaning that he
did not. lie died in about thirty min
utes, ABOUT forty. five minutes from the
time | first saw him. ! believe that the
cause of his death was hemorrhage from
the lung from the upper wound: there
was no lemorrhage from the lower
wound. The upper wound from its char
acter would necessarily be fatal; the
knife went through the coat, vest and
shirt; hlnck brcadcloth coat, silk velvet
vest; think knit flannel shirt on. The
wounds we're exactly alike in their ex-.
tremities and would indicate that the
knife hal been dou bic edged; it.appeared
as thcush the knife had been plunged in
and drawn out again; the lower wound
could rot have been probed very readily.
When first saw Cunningham, he was
10 a dying condition. He sat leaning
agains tho wall with his head bent for
ward ;he could apt have supported him
sell Think it not quito Gu hour from
the tine / was first called upon, until
Cunningham was dead. Think he did
not sp,ak, did not hear him speak.
BY Mr.. MJunkin The Common :
wealth proposes to ask the witness ques
tions elative to the Teeple's homicide
which occurred at same time and place,
and ws part ofthe res geste of the tians'
action.
OBJECTED to by Mr.. Thompson, for de.
fensc. in the ground that The defendant
vas nov on trial for specific defence;
and thlt questions as to another charge
for whth an Indictment was pending
yerc ihdmissable
Cout overruled the objections and no.
ted an exception.
Dr. soydcn resumed-I examined j,
II. Tcple; found him lying on the left
side OF The door ofthe parlor as you eh-
ter; W removed his coat and vest and
found e had received . wound in the
left sid of the chest about an inch ald
a half bng, transversly across the chest
appqrealy between the sixth aud sew
edith r,s, counting from above; could
not iudby probing that the knife had
enteI edthe chest; INTRODUCED my 6n
ger, bu could not find where the khife
had gae in he had the same symptoms
that NJ Uuunin cham died of; did not
ascsrtai where the knife entered till after
his deah; / told him | thought he was
in dSgeroqs condition the WOUND
Indicate that it haG been made with d
sharp istrumept. | made an examiDa'
tion sbut week after the wound was
made after the death of Teeple. 1t
was o pst mortem examination
Mr.. Thompson objected to this evil
dence.
BY be Court-Did you attend gpon
this mn
Witess-I attended upon him while
he livd.
By ir. Thompson-It was the day
before Jew Years, about 2, r NJ, that
| madfhe pest mortem examination.
| Mr. thompson objected that this was
INCOMPETENT for any purposs--haying oc-
Cured pore than week after the trans
action which the Court was inquiring,
and wa aIno part of the res gesta 7
| She purt overruled the objection. 1t