The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-30
THE HILL MURDER.


Ine proceedings IeSteruay AiteruOOn
Continued from our Fourth Edition Of yesterddD.
At O'Clock the Court met, and the cross
examination of Dr. Gross was resumed-I would
rot say the spTinkled spots on the coat sleeve
were coaguated blood, Tor | did not see them
soon enough to ascertain whether they were or
not; the blood on the sleeves might have got
there by the wearer STOPPING over the body; II
the blood had been coagulaIed 1t would not have
sprinkled; to make such spots 1t requires some
brisk propelling force; II Mrs. Hui had been
dead tit cen minutes when carried in, the spots
could have been made by the shaking OF the
head; the spots upon the shirt could have been
produced by the striking OF the poker against a
bloody surfaces the smear on the cuff might
nave been made by washing bloody hand with
the cuff on; the 1uidity of the blood after death
is an evidence of death; the flow OF blood from
a cut in dead body is due TO gravity; in such a
case it will teLd to fail; it would not spurt out
Redirect examination TIE triangular
wound on the head do not think would have
been made by a single blow of a poker; seyera.
blows might have done II.
DT. +. f. Maury sWorn-I am a lecturer at
the Jefferson College, and am q surgeon at the
Penpsylyania Hospital, aud am colleague of
DR.. Lewis at both institutions; | have read the
evidence in this case describing the carrying of
the BODY from the yard and bathing Of the
head by the prisoner; | examined the clothing
Tor three hours aud half with good pocket
lens, but not microscopcally or chemically; a
microscope would only have shown this TO be
the blood OF a mammal; ! found what | sup
posed 10 be the sprnkles on the coat; i can
than that OF the inflction OF wounds by the
wearer of the clothes; circumstances being
favorable for the non coagulation of the
SOSy dOped IN psoO expersUea RHa%g has
taught me that 1t is impossible to do so without
having the clothing of the person manipulating
covered with the blood; speak of smears and
sp1inkles, but each must have separate cause;
all the sprinkled spots l saw upon the clothing
might possibly have been made by the carrying
OF the body from the yard to the kitchen, par.
tc9larly If the effort was protracted; if the head
had been raised and had fallen back into the
pool many of these spots might readily have
been produced by that, dependent greatly upon
the position OF the person lifting; If in raising
upon the pavement the sprinkles might have
been thus produced; the appearance of an
arterial jet is regulated by the proximity
OF the OBJECT TO IT.; if | pass my hand
from the fluid on oae side OF me to the other
side, musllnecessarily get it upon myself unless
| took the utmost precautiOu; if patient is
operated upon ana is removed a distance from
the point OF operation, which must be by the
aid OF an assistant, you must get innumerable
spots upon you for which 1t is almost impossible
TO account; whether or not Mrs. Hills body
when found in the yard was in a favorable con-
dition for the sprinkling of blood depends upon
the length OF time she had lain there, her posi-
uon, the nature OF the wounds and the atmo-
spheric temperatures if she had lain one, two
or i've hours, coagulation or rigor morris, or
| this stiffness would have been almost certain
| unless modified by the condition of the
| individual at the time the cause OF the
| death was gwen, aud the cause OF the death
itself; warm atmosphere under conditions, will
facilitate the coagulatlon OF blood more than q
cool atmosphere, whereas for every degree below
| the normal temperature to a certain point, it
| eoaguates slowly; if there be cool amos phere
| (cgerts pdT76uS) 1t will Coagulate slowly; If a
| body be raised fifteen inches and dropped into a
| pool OF blood, the effect cannot be explained
under any theory; If the body had not become
stnened, ana mad been bleeding in a cold
| N q n hlo n1i nn
| for sprinklIng; read DR.. Shapleigh's testimony
| descriptive OF the wounds upon the skull;
think it extremely doubtful that all those wounds
| could have been inflicted by the poker pro-
| duced here; l visited the house at Tenth and
| Pine streets; / have piece of oil cloth cut
| from beneath the settee on which Mrs. Hill
| lay; 1t has upon 1t spot or undiluted blood;
| ! visited the dining room and examined the
| dining-room door; found several spots OF blood
upon it; there were perhaps fifteen spots upon
| IT; some were ON the extreme top, ana some on
| the lower panel; their appearance indicated
| that the door could not have been open an inch
| when it received the blood after the expiration
| of month it would be difficult matter to tell
whether spot OF blood was diluted, tor the
| water might quickly evapOrate; pure blood
| placed IN vessel, placed in a cold atmosphere
and uninhuenced by motion would not coaguate
| so quickly as III warm atmosphere attended
| does not coagulate readily.
| Cross s-eXamlned-ln STOPPING to take up the
| bloody body, mans pantaloons would be more
| likely to receive the sprnkled spots than the
ccat; aid not lind many such spots upon the
| pants; moving the hand in bathing the head
might make the stains upon the cuff, but would
| not account for the sprukles upon the sleeve
| and shoulder OF the coat; 1T is possible to make
| a punctured fracture OF the temporal bone with
the tongue OF the poker; the whole skull un.
doubtedly could have been beaten into pieces
| with this poker; the temporal bone could have
been broken with the heel OF the poker, and
| then the tongue might have been driven in;
have known an umbrella to be driven into the
frontal bone of the skull; from reading DR..
zantzlnger's statement, l should say the body
had been dead an hour or an hour and hall;
the blood in the yald would have been PARTIAL
or wholly coaeulated.
Re-drect-If that poker had been used tc
beat up that skull, should think 1t would look
bruised and battered; see no such signs OIL
this poker.
Re-cI oss. .eXamined-In making that fracture
of the temporal bone with the heel of tht
poker it need not dIsiguIe the poker.
DR., s. Weir Mitchell worn-Corroborated thu
testimony given by Drs. Gross and Maury,
DR.. Richard Thomas sworn-Tesuded upoI
| the same poin's.
John Conrad sWorn-I have been apothecar,
at the Pennsylvania Hospital thirty-seven years
l keep a record OF the temperature; on the 22
of November it was at the highest AZ degrees
and The lowest was 81 degrees.
William W. Cross sworn-Testided in supper
of the attack upon Mr.. Gilberts reputation 10
truth.
John WILDER sworn-I was at Mrs. Hilr
house this morning; with other gentlemen W
mace experiments to try whether the front doc
| could be locked or unlocked without ben
heard by person standing on the outside, an
found that by standing Immediately at the doc
| could hear no sound OF unlocking.
Officer Thorp testified to this point.
Here the Court adjourned until this morning