The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-19
THE MlsENHElMER TRIAL.
Evidence FOR TIE rRosEo urIoS.
firh Day. July ION.

IDr. HaITltN tDSilUCu tHub AAN WIS Nv 'o''N''
knew the parties heard tne aeiendait
talk and arpeared mad; did not know
what about. lie put his hand on defend
ants shoulder and asked him 10 take a
glass of beer; had known deceased for ten
wears; am a physician saw the deceased
the day after the dance; was at his house
about o'clock on Sunday morning; eN-
amined him; he was speechlessi found
confusion In posterior part of Uranium
the confusion was about TO y inches
broad and three or four inches in length
the wound was caused from violent blow
with dull instrument / think the wound
was such rs q round stick would have
made; the fracture was like five cent
silver piece the system presented CON
vulsions caused by nervousness; the sys-
TEN was nervous on account of pressure
on the brain; when blood vessels are cf-
fectei they overflow the brain; | made
external applications could do nothing for
him. his mind was gone; If called earlier
something might have been done
tho cow alsion passed through the whole
system no wound on deceased when l saw
him saw him next day; | concluded
i could do nothing for him / know that
Dammermuth is dead the fracture in the
back of his head caused his death post
UtOfFW Hhd lN'rhhN
Dr.'s Williams and Lane present the
Doctors made an incision; we then found
fracture sometimes n person can walk of
after such blow blow Of this kind of-
fects the brain Immediately so that he did
not know what he was doing Ii is posi-
bic for person to have such wound and
walk and have reason.
CROSS EXAMINATION BY JUDGE MULKEY
Havo practiccd medicine for 20 years
did not Ike deceased as an associate 200
persons present Mt dance have distinct
recollection Of what happened there; ask
ed defendant to drink with me; cannot
say how many barrels of beer were drank !;
had "a coversation with Hoffman of the
difficulty; heard something crack did
not soc deceased after difficulty that even
ing had no instrument with me then ;
judged from condition of system but could
have been mistaken.
The witness went through very rigid
cross examination concerning the charac-
ter Of the wound and the skull, and Judge
Mulkey seemed thoroughly posted in the
matter, and compelled the witness To
alter many opinions and statements given
hs evidence IN chief.
Testimony of John Benton:-I know
deceased; he was about 80 years of age
and man Of family; l know defendant;
was present at u dance at Gump's In
1863; saw defendant and deceased there
Germans danced half the time and Amer
leans half Germans were just through
dancing and tho Americans were going 10
dance a cotillion; when defendant and
myself got ladies ~ dance cotillion deceas-
ed was then on the floor waltzing; defend
ant told deceased TO get of the floor and
let US dance; deceased said dance on, there
is room enough defendant took his lady
20 her scat and told deceased that be would
not dance any moro 10 save his Cd d--n
life; deceased got oil tho floor; danced
out the cotillion; defendant went out 10
where they were drinking beor; deceased
went out there too and was first 20 go out
said 10 defendant; come on and dance"
but he sworo he wouldn't do il: soon AS
he said that no went oil; when | 90,
through dancing saw defendant go towards
the fence; we were dancing about fifteen
minutes; VIM. Cougleton, John Benton
and myself started to follow defendant
didn't hear defendant say word after he
started OUT deceased was about 20 steps
ahead when defendant started; Clemens
and Cougleton ran ahead Of me; ] stopped
inside the fence about half minute and
crossed the fence aud went TO whore ,hoy
were; saw u coat On tho fence where /
got over; saw defendant when he crossed
the fencci saw no one put the Goa, there
when went out 10 where they were saw
deceased lying on the ground; heard
noise when Mt the fence sounded like
some one striking saw no one strike nor
any ono have any thing 10 strike with; can't
say whether any one was between men and
defendant; no one was standing on the in
side Of the icncei first thing that attrac-
ted my attention was deceased lying ON the
groundi saw Clemens attempt 70 raise him
up he took hold Of his right arm Peter
Hoffman took hold of his other arm and |
told him TO get up, and punched him II |
little with his toe he punched him about I
the hips; he did not hurt him ho pushed |
him alongi Clemens told Hoffman 10 stop |
that he was badly hurt and to Let him rest: |
Hoffman told deceased 10 get up when ho |
was punching him; defendant was standing |
around nj this time; Cougleton had gone |
away did not see Culley out there; start |
ell OF when they we're pulling him; went |
alone about 100 yard, and defendant caught |
up with mel did not speak 10 him at place
Of ditiicultyi lac ran and caught up and
went on little further and Clemens
caught up with u.s. We stopped and he and
defendant talked together, defendant a,ked
.NA'hiSA> W 80 bdNh hAu see III deceased WAS |
hurt much and that We would go on "A little
furihSs add wait, Clemens went back and
we wechtoni we stopped about 10 yards from
the big road aud sat down; We waited
there about half an hour and he did moi
Gomez We were about IS yards from
bridge ! the path takes TO the left of biz
road going from Gumps TO Dongola; this
path comes into the big road at the bridge
We saw two men walking in the road and
after waiting about half an hour defendan,
wanted me 70 go and see what had become
of deceased, ifhe was killed or hur. much
went down the path TO the bridge; tho ,
men We saw and myself got 10 the bridge
about the same time; the men were DR..
!" iillam' and Frank Nc Lane l told them
That defendant was up on tho hill and had 1
got me 10 come down to see what had be-
come Of deceased one or both OF tho men
Said that he was coming along. stoppinp I
once in while and was vomi,lno, I ala | h
not seq him on tho bridge, af,erI went h
back 10 defendant We saw him aeros. Tho n
bridge; he was then about 100 yards from e
lis own h0Ilep. M apa uf.a -. |