Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-07-22
Miscellaneous.
All for Love.
All for Love.
a STORY OF REAL LIFE.
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and waistcoat Of the murdered man.
''He has been shot," he said, this hole
has been made by . bullet-a pointed
bullet To all appearance" he added.
uncovering the breast, and clearing the
wound Of the blood. 1.-The ball has
passed right through the heart a good
shot this explains why the face is not
at all distorted. for he must have died
Immediately il not instantaneously."
The judge stood bcside the coroner.
but did not answer word. Eckert
took his hand upon his hand and ex-
amined the wound. "A very good
shot !" he said ; 1.-THE wound is q deep
one-more than four inches. The ball
has passed clear through the heart il
must have penetrated the vetrebra." !"
Thus he spoke while probing the wound
His hand WAS . very steady one he
was known rs . good surgeon aud very
able operator.
There, have the bullet" he con-
tinucd; lit will be difficult to take it
out, as il is deeply lodged"
lie laid the probe aside and took an
other instrument. The bystanders had
formed circle around him and the
body. and were watching him anxiously.
Besides the doctors words nothing but
an occasional whisper could be heard
Eckert did not appear TO notice it; he
could not succeed in drawing out the
ball. and tried one instrument after the
other. Finally smile oversprcad his
coun,enance. for in using his longest
pair Of pinccrs he had finally succeeded
in getting hold Of the bullet and 10 ex-
tract il.
There il is - he said. washing il in
water. 1t is not very large ball"
he added lit has been hattened on
one side as it struck the bone. But it
is eviden, that it is a pointed ball that
accounts for the small hole in the cloth
ing and the smallness Of the wound.
Just look at it sir" he added, handing
the ball to the judge.
The Judge looked attentively At it.
You are yourself q sportsman, doc
tor" he said after some reflection, "and
have some experience in these matters !;
do you take it to be a rifle ball or q
pistol ball!'
That. sir. is very hard to decide"
the coroner replied, Struggling his
shoulders ..you can fire large pistol
ball out Of narrow-barreled rife. and
cice rersd. But there is another point
to be considered do not think it is
by mere chance that the ball has en-
tered the heart, on the contrary, ! am
inclined to believe that the hand which
fired this shot Was very steady one,
and considering the depth 70 which the
ball has entered the body, it is not i'm
probable that it has been shot by q
rife you can always aim better with .
rife, too"
The Judge seemed satisfied by this
definition. "PIease search the poor
fellows clothing" he said. All pock-
cts were found TO be empty, with the
exception Of one containing q small
key.
1T is improbable" said the judge,
that Mr.. Burns did not carry . watch
or purse about him."
"When he called at my house." the
doctor replied, ''he had . gold watch
and chain"
Then, surely, he has been robbed" "
Miss Fuller told me last night" the
doctor continued, 'that young Burns
carried sum OF money about him to
paw the first installment Of the farm be
was about to purchase from Thompson.
There is nothing upon him now; how
ever, he may have beeL killed on bis
way homeward, which is more than
probable"
"WhyT quoth the judge.
because, when he LEFT my house, il
was but twilight, whereas, ON his way
home it Was dark, and nobody is likely
to attack man by day"
..You said that Mr.. Burns was about
to visit Mr.. Thompson Of 4oorfeld y
$50 Ellen told me he did not men.
ton it to me-"
II think we had better send some
BODY out, to ascertain whether be ha,
been there" the judge said, looking
around for . suitable messenger. Som,
people coming from MoorAeld savet
him the trouble Of doing %. Amonf
them was the old farmer himself, wht
had heard o( the sad event.
Old Mr. Thompson was intimatell
acquainted with the Burns, father .
well = son. and it was really . heart
|, rending scene 70 see him standing b
side the corpse. The judge approaches
, hin IN oilence.
II "A very sad occaTencs. 1r. Thomp
son." - oaid. The old man gave =