The Portland daily press., 1869-09-22

l o,n.h of a iaboriOu5 respiration or aterterou
breathing after the operation as there was be
fore; think saw him the next morning; h,
was not any better; directions were given
everything that could be done by medical skill
was done. could not tell what sort of VIC
lence produced that injury; it was a blow O.
some external violence; the injury upon hi
mead was sufficient to cause death. In m,
Judgment the probability of my saving his lif,
after got to him was very doubtful; in M,
Judgment he could not have lived without tn,
operation; pitching down fight of stairs O
ten feet in height and striking his head upoI
the hoorsiwas sufficient to cause that injury;
less violence might cause it sometimes; IshOult
Judge 1t was dangerous distance, dangerous
10 lie; 1t depends upon the appearance OF :
man after he falls, what conditnn he was IL
when he was taken up, to ascertain bow alarm
ing the result might be; we found no DINER IN,
Jury except that; L cannot say how sucn ia
would affect the other parts; the clot OF Diooo
came from the wounded tissues ana arteries
the arteries between the skull and the mem
brane: the clot of blood produces pressure
upon the brain, suspending the action OF the
brain: the artery would naturally be severed
as soon as the blow was given. was infol M
ed that he was conscious after the injury; il
was from the history that got OF the case thai
led me to suppose that there was q clOt upon
the brain; the conduct which he showed was a
legitimate result of the condition as found it
I made an examination Friday night some
where near 10 o'clock. l think the clOt was
the result of a recent injury, 1 should think
within thirteen hours or twenty-fOur. In my
opinion it could not have been two days before
| found no other blow upon the head. There
was some appearance Of confusion about the
face broken skin upon the centre of the uose
The wound upon the head was a little in front
of the ear. We did not, in our dissection, q,
down the whole length of the fracture; we
did not see the whole length of it.
Cross examined blood could not have
passed out very rapidly at first; there was Ut
place for it to go. There are instances report
ed where blood has been exraversated abou'
the brain and it has been many days before it
has given evidence of that extraversation. i
know of no case where it has been weeks
where there has been extraversation upon the
d,lra mater, but have where it has been Oh
other parts of the brain, for days and weeks
previous: The appearances were fresh, the
blood still running through this fissure of the
brain. Clots can only form where the BLOOD
has stood for a sufficient time to obtain rest
1t is only a matter of opinion, that the blow OF
injury which caused this cut was recent. !
could not say that it was impossible that il
might not have existed for n logger time.
don't think any man could be absolutely GER
tain of it. Whether trepanning is proper
operation depends upon the symptoms The
matter of delay was discussed by the physician
The conclusion was that it be performed thai
night. A circular piece was removed from
then we run down the course of the fracture
two inches and a quarter or half, three
fourths of an inch in the broadcast part.
@. Might there not have been q fracture Of
the skull, an injury to the artery, not per
feet rupture of the artery, which afterwards
upon any sudden excitement might be com
pleted into rupture of the artery, by a blow
by excitement, by sudden tendency of blood
to the head, an unusual fulness of the arte
ries? A. man may have an injury, par
@.oIIx l. A.
accident the artery may partially stop or il
may entirely stop, and perhaps il man wa:
unusually excited by means OF anger, Joy, OF
anything of that kind, it might increase thai
arterial hemorrhage Nothing unusual about
the physique of this man; slim man.
Direct.-The blood always clots the gre attest
distance where the blood spreads out; what
makes complete clOt is rest.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Ea,oard CaliU called by the State testified
have resided in Portland since last Thurs
day fortnight. knew Patrick Murray; came
from Halifax with him, in the same boat a
the same time; left Tuesday at o'clock in th.
afternoon. l saw him on that day in the af
terncon getting his trunk on board; did no
see him 60 on board; saw him on the whar
and two or three other men helping him OF
board the steamer. Saw him go up the wharf
have known him within twelve months.
am tailor. Came up with him on board thu
fectly sober. There was a mark on his nose
1t is like a dream to me. think have learn
ed since I came to Portland, that heard SOU,
one talking about Mr.. Murray's falling some
heard it at all; that is on my solemn oath.
was with him the best part of the afternoon
round the city the day he landed, on Thurs
nay. He was sober. On Thursday afternoon
we had glass of ale together, each glass.
left him near his boarding house. The secon'
a. n L. fkA- H. "a
ting on the steps of the clearinghouse; h
told me it was his clearinghouse, down stree
on the corner. I did not see him after Thurs
day. The last time saw him he was perfect
ly sober. From the time that i saw him OF
board the steamer after we sailed, never saw
him drunk. When I saw him on the whar
going up from the steamer, he might have ha(
some liquor in and he might not; he walked
perfectly straight.
Cross Exanined-I have known Murra,
since autumn of last year. am journey
man tailor, he was iourneyman tailor; neve
with him in the common cOurtesies; more in
| innate since / came to Portland than former
| ly. Was introduced to him in Halifax in au
| tumn of last year. I did not speak to him Of
the day he left Halifax before we left. ! d
not know that he was coming to Portland
but had a suspicion of it when saw the mel
carrying down his trunks. On Thursday
brought Murray to Mr.. Reeves shop to SHOW
him where Mr.. Reeves the tailor is, and from
there I came down with him near to where h,
boarded. We parted company in the after
noon of Thursday; went with him to Mr.
Welch's house in the afternoon. We left hin
with the intention of me showing Mr.. Murrry
where Mr.. Reeves lived. We had drink Q
spirits at Mr.. Welch's. We arrived in tn
steamer on Thursday morning; it was near Il
o'clock when parted company with him tina
morning. was stopping at Mr.. WEIGH
| house on Congress street. Don't know
whether we started for We!ch's house, bu
| that is the place we stopped. Mr.. Murray wa
with me. don't know whether Mr.. Welcl
was out on the steps. l know that is wher
the three met-on the steps. We left tn
steps of the hotel and went to WeIch's house
and there took something to drink. We left
Mr. WEIGH in the house. Murray came on
with me, with the intention of finding Mr.
Reeves house. We went then TO find Mr.
Reeves. We came along the street and
came home. Did not give him ale at Reeves
From Reeves we went to an ale house, hand,
to Mr.. Murray's. That is the first place
went into. left shortly after I got the ale.
drop of gin at Welch's and glass of ale wa
all we drank that day. l was home at tea
know that the drinks we're more than an hour
apart, cannot say that it was more than two
'urs. I think it was O'Clock when lef
Mr.. Welch's house with Mr.. Murray. I forced
Mr.. Murray to take the gin; he did not wan
to take the gin, because a man will do well t,
a spree.
Cyrsle La1ier called by the State and testi
fed through the interpreter, Joseph d. De
celle:-I understand very few words of Eng
lish; my home is in st. Paul, Canada. re
side now in Lowell, Mass. came into Portland
on Friday, the Sd day of September; with MI
was Mr.. LIE Blanc, Mr.. LIE Blanc's brother aut
four ladies': we stopped at the same hotel witt
Mr. Leblanc; do not identify the prisoner a
the man saw there; 1 am not capable of say
lAtI, II hi
| into q room at the hotel two flights of stairs t
| my chamber; 1 cannot read nor write; 1t wa
| the same room with Leblanc; heard a nois
| in the passage way, when the door OF m
| chamber was shut; the noise made by fee
| tn umping; opened the door and looked out
stood in the door way; saw in the passage wa
| two menj wrestling; this was between an
| half-past Z; first thing saw on opening m
| door was these men wrestling; saw one O
| these men strip his sleeves and aim to strike
don't know whether he struck; the mel
clinched, one fell to the floor; unable to sa
whether by the blow or wrestling; but one fell
the other, according to his knowledge, CAV
him one or two blows with his feet; the ma
standing struck the man down; one stood ant
the other fell; it was the man that stood tina
made the motion to strike; did not see thu
other one make any offer to strike; the mai
down attempted to get up; attempted to e
back to the farther end of the entey, when tn
man who stood and attempted to strike hin
| caught hold of him and stopped him; saw tn
man that was down do nothing, save wrestling
| LIE Blanc and myself stood in the same door
| way, LIE Blanch nearest the parties. Whe
| one man seized the other that was trying
| get up, third man came along and took hol
| OF the man who was thrown down, the thre
men started together and it appears to me tia
all the three were in one body clinched. II
is unable to recognize the prisoner as one G
the parties. When the two men were wrest
| ling they spoke, heard them, but did not un
| derstand the word, nor which one spoke; tn
/ th;rl g,,,o,, .noI,o lint T d;d not ,,pJareto ',