The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-26
a,,s, u sks Aabusn ssasdesets,

TIE E%HpEAltDN uf I'M bobfbcs
We coudense from the Lewiston Journals
aeconnt the follow ing particulars in relation to
tho rost ,norteD, examination of the bodies OF
susa,p,b Kinsley and Polly Caswell, on Mon
day afternoon.
The bodies were disinterred by order OF the
government counsel, in the presence OF Coro-
ner Hamlin, by the sexton, Nathan b. Lord
The most n,ortem examination was conducted
bv DR.. Alonzo Garcelon, DIR. kilbourne, DR..
Cakes, DIR. Harris DIR. Edgecomb and Dr.
Harlow. Drs Edgecombe and Harlow were
the physicians who made the post norton ex-
animation of the bodies and who were present
at the inquest.
The coffin of Miss CasweH was first opened.
The body was found considerably turned on
its right side and so much decomposed that the
features were not recognizable. By advice of
DIR. Garce,on the head of the deceased was re-
movad from the body, the aeshy parts dissected
from the skull, that the latter, bearing its aw-
ful record, might be produced in court and
shown to the Court and Jury as testimony
On the top of the head was fracture of irreg-
ular shape, an inch, more or less, in diameter,
the bone being crushed in, but the pieces stiff
remaining in their place, while little to the
right was fracture perhaps three inches long
and two inches wide, Of irregular form, an ORR
flee almost large enough for enc to thrust a
hand in. AS the scalp was removed several
pieces Of the skull bone fell upon the table
Several pieces of the skull which were remov-
ed at the time of the inquest and which were
in the possession Of the Coroner, were placed
in thu wit aud 30 g. n,
The lid was next removed from the coffin of
Mrs. Kinsley. The body was found in better
state of preservation than that of Miss Cas-
well. The wounds which caused her decease
were thoroughly dissected. 1. is stated that a
knife in the possession of tho Government and
connected with this case. has a piece of the
blade broken from it, and one probable reason
for the dissection may have been to see if pos
sibly the piece broken from the knife may NOT
be in tho wound. m y.-
VISIT OF THE JURY TO THE SCENE OF THE
MURDER. -,.. .
The Jury in charge of the Sheriff aud his
Deputies on Monday P. M, visited the house
whore the murder was committed and other
localities connected with the murder. -,
No conversation was allowed between the
Jury and outside parties, and no questions
were asked by the former, it being the object o.
the visit merely to give the Jury an idea of the
situation of the houses connected with the
murder, of the topography of the country, and
some notion of the relation ofthe rooms in the
several houses which will be connected will
the case.
SECOND DAY. .r.......
The jury having been empanelled on Mon
day, the Court upon reassembling yesterday al
9o'clock, z. M. listened to the opening argu
ment of e. o. Bicknell, the County Attorney
or the State. After speaking briefly of the
horrible nature of the crime which is the sub
ject OF the present trial. Mr.. Bicknel address
ed the jury upon the different degrees of muir
der, as defined by statute. The government
would endeavOr to show that the prisoners
were actuated by such motives as authorized
| their conviction for murder In the frat degree
| HEPURPosE OF THE DEFENCE.
| The Stars correspondent says:-It will be
the purpose of the defence to prove that Yer
| ril was at his sisters the night of the murder
ana In bed, but this may not be satisfactorily
shown. The gossip about the bloody knife and
| the hatchet Is very contradictory and one car
| hardly conclude what the real sentiment O
the community is, as to Verrill's guilt.