Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-04


him if ihere was any trouble about the CAVES
he would pay him lack. When this CONVEX
ssliion commenced Leigh was IN the house.
| called him oai as Il witness 10 what we SAID
When Pat III left he went towards home
About three Quart ers of hour after this L
heard him hollua outdoors. Whin L hrsl
went To The door Pat Moynahan was ST nd
inr five or ten feet off The calves at tins
lime were ia the stable > or 6 rods from the
house. He tod me he had come after The
calves and wa going to kill me too. hum
phrev said nothing that l heard. After he
iold me he was going io kill me he struck at
me first walking around me. This was done
Suddenly. As h.. came toward me ! said it
vas prettv hard. When lie struck me ward
ed off The blow with my left hand ant: then
we clinched. Leigh came out when we
,liuched. After Leigh came ont Pat NJ said
:. strike that man." and HUM hrey wen: to-
wards but said nothing. Leigh said, - Boys
don't strike me / aint going To do anything
10 any of yoII." PAT and were scuffiing at
the time. Leigh started round the house
Humphrey followed and come ny behind him
Then Pat said There is one out of the way,
come and strike this man {" | saw HUmph-
rev strike tins blow. After that he came and
struck me. Saw the blow coming AMI put
uu my arm and he hit me there. (Pointing
TO his wrist) AL three then clinched in
When was down ! thought Pat was top OF
me. I rccollect hearing my wife before got
mn. Remember being before Mr.. Wilcox at
the time of the examination of these men,
Don't remember about my testimony as To
nv wife. Don't recollect testifying on that
occasion that told Pat Moynahan not 10 Kill
me--to JET me up.
Ques.-Did You testify at that time, {" NJ
1 Wifi come ara told HIM not to kill me 7 Ans
Il. l. 4, 4 a III. " rafnpftl' tpr fpS-
| tifylng aboni Humphrey striking you p
7 A.-Ies. Q-Do you rccnllect tcstifving 10
/ this He struck me more than Once-twice
I he hit me between the fl gers on my hand.-
| A.-Thnk did. Q.-Did you or did you
not hold up Your han and point 10 a scratch
/ on YOUR fing r? Abort recollect. O.
4 How does il happen that YOU testified so be-
| fore The Justice. and here you testify that he
I struck on DULY once and that on your arm
/ Aft he struck me twice don't remember.
/ Q-Dont YOU tecollect calling The attention
of the j. stcp To til blow between youI fin
GERS A-Can't remember. Q-At the
I time YOU were before the Justice did you tell
the whole Transaction as you recollected il p
| 4. II meant to. Q.-Dont you remember
iestfyimg then that Humphrey came up be-
hind Leigh aud stuck him aud then Pat said
come and strike YOU. Abort remember.
Q.-Dont you know that you did A
Dor know.
Z he calves were there when / returned
from Maiden Rock and ! fed them.
DIR. E. BALLARD SWORN.
Reside in River Falls. Pierce county. Wis.
Am practicng physician and surgeon.-
Have heard the evidence OF Mr.. Donahue as
Ia Mr.. Leigh II was lying on the flnnr with
a part of a he'd under him and his hair was
matted. with blood. He was in that semi con-
scious state which caused HIM To he terrified
bv the handling of the wound but could not
talk There was cut through the soalp
about two inches long. Within half inch
ni The extremely there was puncture OF the
scalp The portion between was badly con-
fused put my I'll gers into Tie wound To
So. # the bone was brnken. Could not dis
cover IL the skull was fractured. Carefully
examining the region Of the wound hecame
satisfied that there was fracture directly be-
neaih the smaller or pnnctured wound thro'
the scalp ! then went home. ! sought the
patient early the next morning and in CONSUL
tatinn with DIR. Andrews | made an Incl
sion from the long wound 10 tie puncinred
wound. madJmyself sure there was fracture
of The skull. / then. advising. sent dispatch
to Hudson for DIR Hoyt 10 come. DR.. Hoyt
was with us about noon OF the same day and
operated. The operation of trepanning was
performed 4 triangular piece Of hohp
ainut an inch and a half long was driven
dow on the brain. My impression is that
only one end of this piece was depressed. the
end being upon the Uranium. In addition
there were two or three cracks running from
this fracture up through the skull. running
under the scalp further than we eonld trace
them. All the parts ia the vicinity were
confused and Clottcd with blood. / think
the wound was the effect of blow with a
club uf some SOFT. The club probably had
a knot on it, ] continued TO attend the pa
tient til the dav he died was his regular
uhvsician | think his death was caused by
The pressure of the piece of bone upon the
brain and the result If that pressure. | mean
the same wound have been describing /
saw him after he was dad. Mr.. Leigh was
called Patrick.
Cross Er.-They called him Patrick Leigh
The wound was ON the left side Witness
draws diagram of the wouRd.) There were
two assures. There were no depressed por-
lions OF the skull under the long wounh.-
From nv examnat on of lie wound ii would
be very hard Ia form opinion as TO whet =
er the blow given from before ar behind
! have no means of Judging. The wound
was upon The lcf; side A right handed man
striking over his right shoulder. would be-
more rkely 10 give such a blow from before
than from behind.
Re-direc: Er.-From the appearance of the
entire wound, should think it the effect OF a
single stroke.
Or A. u. Andrews SWORN.
/ heard the evidence of DIR Ballcrd. refer
ring to the wound ON Leigh's head. Aided
ia the examination and saw the assures;
iheie were two main fi>sures; think there
might have been three /: can recollect distinct
IL but two. They were large ones. One ran
oiler IN the opp ite think, Should think
the punctuTc anh the scalp wound should
think it fully TIA ee-Iuare of an inch. if ON
ref, ctiun. Made ah examination of We uni
myself, Saw the appearance of the fraeiule
Ia my opinion the scalp wound. above
the punstire. WIS not suffic eit 10 trp-
duce death Did not attend him from other
injury till his death. | saw him two or
three times. Heard DR.. Billiards. testimony
with reference 10 his attending this man. etc.
Undoubtedly. in my mind, that portion OF
the wound under The puncture produced
death Should think. from the a; pparance
after the hair was siIorn off, that the pune
ture, scalp wound and confusion were,
the effect of one blow. Prof s.
sionally. we would call il all one wound. If
I were going 10 make an accurate description
| might speak of il ia a classified manner
1t might be spoken of as the wound. 1t
" ould IN the general way. 1t is a fact that
the skull may be fractured MT directly
under tine blow. 1T Sometimes SO occurs
though not frequently. My opinion rs that the
fraciure WAS The reault of the blow that made