, 1869-05-29

been Violence IN the case. my nrst thought was
taat tGele hau been business alteration. I
the once, the front door was a1ways locked.
tIeleIore tF1el it, and found It unbolted and un-
1oe1ta IoeIss H., 1 thsn looked roana for imple,
n their places ana :rec from blood stains. then
found paper weight and the larger iron bar upon
pp oh me nse 4ss 20 na6s
| the bookshelf under some papers Neither Of
tnese nad been used IN the murder. 10 the north
- ser,r., s.azntis Tesy xsss sesezs3 xSa
20 ia i :a ro'n o'sa Esssa' 1aa eeEs esSsa
q ne blows Ae the eaaes o. the iesasei deeeasea
xe:e ,hste. but tney con'i ~ aaGe 1T Mnrod5ded the
q the rooo than }:sst where he w. said e hare
lain on the soor. In December last, 1nmk the
General had fM On wood. pile, and ska-o -o1sd hts
N other respects. and gave him some treatme7&
Some Seq time ago looke5: "a my record to see wnsr
aeTe sT ea e. ;tn and ts' s o he ~ vtt5 Ua
did not yislt him VI the uext Jay, should aot
have SUPPOSED hum to haze been well enough to
be'i s e04' W. " ''e No'ae' s'en ne 's'' n's
In cross-e1amtoation the witness said: have
iro-n General Mcconnell for morc than twenty
Sears. ! VAS his family physician. l was &C.
quantel With his habt Of keeping his office tloors-
lie seemed to be In the habit OF leaving hts door
~ xp see ao one not eas 9psag S9 n !s
,se morning Of h.s dcatn the .'oor was
un:ocAsd sna r., pn1o,sd- Tae Key, think. was u
OF tic lludsllts I gould not say whether the
wounds had been produced By tnore than one per-
SOD Hcne of The wounds seemed to have tren
pats oI the weapon. Epon the tabic was IN iu-
terest table.open, and with the mark Of pencil.
pehs Vie rot hroSe
the EooT. We Inferred that the deceased had been
sitting with ha left sl,le to The front ofcc door.
tae 1sas pa Of hs Sic 6esd % peen ssd cone
IN frcn the frcnt once door be would hare bce1
partially tn f1unt OF him, AMI must have pas>e41
would have been more directly behind tue d.
ceasc4. at the chair. Including the confusion on
,lc face, there were .,,l, six weands @ aooat taS
rave been the most forctble one. il
rlust have been Inflicted by Hgh1-lan'le,l man.
AM satisfied that there was no Instrument n
General Mcconnell II there hail been n,u'l near
the door l don't sAlnE should have noticed it,
Tor ns attention WAS not directed to that subject
un!ockct and I,'il mot look a; the s!ll. We cx-
amineti the pockers Of the deceased; In his ycst
pocket was 4 snail wallet Of money: aud hts
watch and chain were also on his person.
DR. CEARLEs LCCAs SWORN.
Dr.. Charles Lucas, witness for the people, was
1cxt examined. lie said: On The day Of the death
cf the deceased WIS called to his house W Alr.
ter1ns tic room H saw tho Sody On tie bed. tic
face covered With blood, neither pulse OF heart Ia:
d!satnS any sign Il lfs on sxamln!ns the heal
w seoAa aot A Woupa' S uni W ut M sinply Il 81 IN.
preston On the surface On the same
SIDE, j and nd I back l.; o., Of s9e ,,,. eat, say say
that aroplexy had been tie cause OF teath. Aftcr
Dr, Jones had arrived, Mr, Anderson, tn washing
nT hG e. noo n5 7Gs - Mhce
IN the existence Of foul nlay ~a5 subsequently
| present at the 1~~H n'f1tM exa1niuat!on. Thu
ii ehar a. 81 aneas they
II different positions; such N Instrument
the head. Something like the bars fund In liz
rom wenlt have produced 'hen,. 7 think that
ter the first Of tte hnws the circulation of blood
Wa >t"rred hy compression o. the brain. The
bouts OF the head Ale lurt or less thick accom-
!Lc 10 their Situation. That Of the temple + tsiti
while that Of tha hack part of the head T. thicker:
| With age the bone becomes more fragile while
! the skin gets harder anu tougher. The first
b.ow Lay have produced !nsei,siblty, when,
Snns p ~ 1c m te M hail. t'q tac
| blow might not have resulted In Staining ttc
weapon With blood. The wound IN the back part
Of the head was not tsen IN until ths ay q se = =
Nr. Prince, who came tn,. 'l-ccserc'l the wuaEt:
On The r!gh. side :ea! We had nc. snc7 bat ne ~
1t that it,:ic that wound !..ul not blcd much ex:
terDa1l,. til OF llltn,, however. except the MARI
| On TIE forehead, were tuscEetl w. IlFet
| Of ccagulated h1ood Most Of the BLOC!
on the tloor came Irun tho month or ear 1shouEd
think o1hcr part Of tile lody 'sas ljurcl cxccp:
int head.
| The Etuess WIS G5t c1oss-eSan.netl
! TESTIMONY OF lIof. tNAMG7oE.
| Pfo1. tyon.Iton. l. ,SltAes3 tor the peop.t, wa
| next sworn. He sa!tl: AM practical surveyor
| anil identify the diagram shown to Tic as ont
| made by me three or four weeks after The death q
! General Mcconnell. 1t Is representation Of ths
| street upon which General Meconneu's houst
| stanls, and the several localities In tAs
| vicinity Ct the residence, lncE.1tns TIL
| house and adjoining buildings The wines
then detailed the position nT the enuse ami Of thu
buildings, the several distances from one place ol
the PROMISES 10 o1he.s. C. atE.!::s lis retllAs h
| the p!nt Of the srpnn'1= III his crnss-eSanlira
tfrn the witness described the view from m
houses on Main street north Of Mcconnell
| house on each st1e OF the street. 4 person pass
| ing up Main street would be IL tic view Of IT,
| persons IN these places Hs he Passed tEecl
! II. ]. WILLIIES. SEGNS.
| ". J, Williams. = witness for the people, WI
| next introduced and testified 10 haze taken feF
IRA! Photographs OF the !atc NJ. Nc onarn's rus!
1tuce and several other houses tn the vicinity
These we're produced IN court and identified Il
the witness.
a diagram representing the interior OF Mr. Nc
tounells huusc was next introduced by III
Ieople and the accuracy 0i It's sri cE:tt l2tasars
uelits admitted by the tlcfenee