Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-01-20

put them there last May. No one was with me
| to-day when got this but my son. l tore this
part off, am a son of Martin Oberdorf. Idon't
| remember that saw these steps there on the 9th
OF October. did not zee the steps every day.
The steps did not lay very far from the road the
! private road. l know the steps settled in the
! ground. There was considerable rubbish taken
| out of Campbell's old house. There was some
rubbish put on the wood pile. don't know how
| far these steps were from the wood pile.
Cross ex. by Commonwealth.-Therc was no
| rubbish put on or near the steps. There was II
pile against the smoke house about ten or 10 feet
| from the steps.
| Cross-ex. by defendant lumber pile Is
there yet. The lumber pile would be in fine
| from the steps North. The wagon house is N. W.
Isaac Campbell, ro-caled.-I recognize these
steps. They are taken from an old fight of steps
! taken from my old house. They were put East
| of the road. They were there on the evening of
| October 4th last. They worethere on the 9th of
| October. l think they were never removed from
that position till to-day. | think they were in
| the same place ever since. | don't think the
steps were ever moved from the time they were
put there till to day. | saw the ball which was
found on the ground. The ball was found on
! the Sth of October on my premises.
Peter J. Oberdorf, recalled.-Bal shown wit
ness. This is the same ball | picked up on the
Sth day of October. / placed it in the possession
of Isaac Campbell, Steps shown witness. These
are the same steps I saw on the Sth of October.
Isaac Campbell, recalled.-Ths is the ball l
got from p. ]. Oberdorf.
Df. isaac lluH, SWOrn.-bulleI SHOWN WltncsS.
| 1t has been in my possession till to-day.
Cross-eX. by defendant.-They gave me Gnoth-
! cr ball 1t was fresh ball it had not been
used.
Earnest starkoff recallcd.-Ball shown wit
ness. This was Il conical ball. 1t is too small
for cartridge ball.
DR.. Isaac HUFF ecalled.-Draft shown witness,
made this draft. The dwelling house of Isaac
Campbell is rods and feet frem where the bo-
DIV of Martin Oberdorf was said to be when Perry
Haas shot him. The distance from the little APP
pie tree to the wagon house door is rods and
feet. If ball had been fired from the apple tree
to the point in front of the wagon house, in di
rect line, it would have.struck Campbel's house.
The measures, and courses, and distances are ac-
curatcly laid down in this draft.
Draft offered in evidence. Objected to by de-
| fendants counsel, for the reason that the loca-
| tion of Martin Oberdorf is incorrect that the
hog pen is marked, and it has been torn down,
and is calculated to mslead the jury.
Objection overruled by the Court.
Isaac Campbell, re calicd.-Draft shown Isaac
Campbell. The hog pen rs marked down was
| there when the shooting took place. The spot
! Perry showed where Oherdorf stood was about
! three feet from the wagon house door.
! Draft accepted and put in evidence.
DR.. Isaac Han, rgcallcd.-Drait explained TO
! the jury by witness. | am practicing physl-
clan. / have been practicing several years, D or
| q. ] am q graduate. ! examined the body. |
| did not make 4 dissection. lie was dead. From
an examination, there were two apcrLures on the
back of body. One was large, the other smaller
/ The larger one was quite large. The lip ol the
one Wa tnrnrl ont The si2e Of the smaller one
on thc boc. was not hoir as large. 1t was turn
/ cd ont There was Il norton of the liver PRO-
! trpdiprr tbrouuh tbn smaller apcrturc From the
i r ti ,,o,d ,roIli say the shot had en-
! toral no r,,,,t or Tho holy Tho wound i'm front
! Of body was bad. 1t was large enough TO SUCK
or',o womb rrn .rorrd ia within nm inch of the
/ ouforior wonnd The LARGO wound was six inch
| os nt .lnast in With rrhe youud was n little to
tbo ,iobt nc 'front.' M wounds on the back
/ were about / inch apart. The shots must have
! entered from thc front The wound in front pre-
/ scutrd u blurish anpclrance. aud was turned in.
If ball had been ircd distance Of GS or 20 feet
to and AGAINST a body in front, the wound would
be laccIated and bruised. / think ball that
| distance coulG not have made such n wound rs l
/ saw. ON Martin Obcrdorrs body.
! VesI shown to wi,uass.-This is the vest they
. pavc ne as the one Martin had on. | saw
linn have one on like It. The two holes in vest
| shown, These holes Could not have been made
| so large hy fling a distance of GS feet. have
no oy6nrip1cn in nun shot wounds myself, have
| seen them
Cross-ex. by the Commonwealth,- one
side was blue of the wound. When l saw So-.-
DORIS body he was lying on the oacK' WIN hS
head down hill. The liver on the Oack wound
was forced ont. ] think his struggles were al.
before ne zen ihG lNef CoH!u hoI o' w., ~
by brcathing,or by lying on his back. think the
wounds were not laeerated by ms hahui nv, nc
NUNS NSiC hut ''''l "i.'' .''''..',
ed to the belief th2t the pals az IT, nc tCSI
was on him when Went lhefc. Ih'Ie WE o.uuo @
on it. There is no blood on II now. ~ " Wn7 W.,
washed t might be MADE Digger IL iooN' INV
an Old vest. -,.r
tfoS5-eN' by tomm"h"SA''l'-ls -ls'''c N''''I uC. -
assisted 1--we Ia making the mtasurGhe"V on uI,''
From my opinion as physician, cohslutr tHo'
rom the nature 0i the wound 'he instrument VI
u'atn III" nave pten tIoSe' ,,t ,,;,,. s,cr ,
crosse. oy aeieG0au'.--i uon nm ~, i a
wound cnu'd posSln.y DC mace "V Il ola.''HCo VI
% or 80 ieet, notWllhst!huih@ gun "c'0 "'0'
which would carry $50 lect.
DR.. John G. MarNe, sWoTn.-l heard part o.
Dr.. lIutIs testimony. l thul, two o4'iS WouIl
have scattered at a distance. rs two holes were
made ON the back, and only one in front, thlnF
the shooting must have been close. 1t wonld D,
impossible to shoot two balls distance OF a
feet, and not have detection OF at Ieast lucues
| am familiar with the use Of fire arms. a npc
wad could not be carried 4 distance OF 20 ieet
wad might be carried ID feet. 1t Is considered
proof positive that the entrance is turned II ah'
exit turned out. If liver protrudod out on the op
posite side, it would look as though the shot hR
come from the front. In case OF all gun sho
t wounds the exit is larger than the,entrance l II
closer the gun to the body, unless1t were agalnF
, the body, the hole would be smaller.
, Cross-eX. by ydefcndant.--lf the paper wad wer