The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-23

one way Of The other, Murphy hi de demon
strati0u as IT to check him, and gave him to
understand that he should not get off so easy
but should be handed over to an officer; While
| was there the police officer came and TOOK
him away; the man had haggard look, and
looked just as though he had Just got over a
spree; that was the impression that received
they were all talking and that was what got
of the affair from the confusion there; heard
no one sneak in his favor there; L heard some,
moi Know but that he had been Playing the
burglar; head nothing that awakened any
sympathy in me for him; l found his skull
fractured with depression, and small
portion of coagulated blood between the men,
brane q nd the skull; was hot able to Judge
how long it had been done.
Q. State whether or not in fracture of thu
skull similar to this where there was no de-
preston, an artery might have been injured
and then number of days afterwards, from
some suid an emotion or violence, the rupture
might have been completed and extrayersa-
ton OF blood taken place and death ensued ?
A. That Is conceivable, but do not think il ia
probable. Ii you ask me if that man, with a
fracture across that large artery involving A
rupture, m,ght have continued SO, it presents
a more difficult question. His skull was the
thinnest ever saw-only 1-N of an inch thick
at the thinnest place of the fracture and only
Twice as thick on the corresponding side; I
should say thick skull would be more brit
Tie than thin one. His stomach was cedden-
ed and congested our conclusion was that this
rendess was caused by recent debaucb.
y. w hat is the effect of such stomach and
irritablity of the patient? A. He might have
1een on the very verge of delirium tremens
for all l know: The irritabiity of the patient
arises from the effect of the stomach on the
nervous system. This redneSs OF the stomach
might indicate disorder Of the nervous sys-
tenn or it might not. A man may drink for
years without producing any arrangement OF
the nervous system. He did not appear so
much like drunken man as he did like one
Just recovering from drunk. A man lust
coming out of drunk is more irritable than
one who is SOBER / think this mans skull
might have been broken with mans fist.
Cross examined. impression got there
was from the promiscuOus remarks of the
cSOwd. did not hear him say they had bro
ken his neck; he said his neck and shoulders
were hurt; don't recollect of his saying he had
been thrown down stairs; got the impression
he was kicked down. When heard of Muir
phys arrest the next day 1 was very much
a burglar: got out of the crowd Just as quick
as could. for they were noisy and the deceas-
ed was talking very loud. know the deceas-
ed said, ut is not So 81 did not" "It amt
so,' but don't know what it was he denied
did not hear the testimony of Drs. Gordon
and Tewksbury; we concurred at the post
mortem examination as far as we discussed
opinions. l heard the testimony of Drs Cor
don and Small before the corOner's Jury. 7
concurred in their opinions as far as they were
expressed. In my judgment, as a medical
man, there was no other cause for his death
except the injury on his head; the condition
or his stomach was not such as to endapger
life.
Government resumes Peter Lanson, sworn
and testified:
My business is following the sea; was one
OF the crew Of the steamer Carlotta; saw Pat
rick MurrayIcome on board; heard the crew
call him by name; saw him come down stairs
through the hatchway, and Just as he. got to
the bottom Of the stairs he fell down; he did
not fall off from the steps; he did not strike his
head at all; he had bottle in one hand and a
little parcel under his arm; when he fell said
to him, Look out and don't break the bottles"
two men helped him up and down the steerago.
Cross Erdmined.-He was drunk when he
came on board; the stairs are SO they can be
moved, and we take them away when we
take in a cargo; saw this man at the bot
tom; his legs being weak and his head heavy
Is why he fell down: the two men took hold
OF him and he walked down the steerage and
held on to them; said look out for the bot
Tie, in fun; did not tell him to look out for
his head; WEIGH was informed that this man
was down in the steerage drunk; one of the
men went aud told him that he had money
and to take it away from him; Peter called
me as witness and went down to take it.
Direct Reswmed.-I told Peter here in Port.
land that he fell down and saw him, but did
not tell him he fell down the hatchway; he
made a mistake.
William Murphy, sworn; testified:
l was up stairs abed when the row was; 1
was in No. II. Nobody came in while was
there. When heard the noise got up and
when got my pants on it was all DONE Evil
dence closed at $50 p. M.