Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-01-20
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Part OF the bowels and liver were out. Part
OF the liver was torn oil. The edges of the
wound were perhaps out. There wero
I marks rs If there had been small cuttings
and some powder. There did not seem to
be so much bruise as tearing. ! examined
the wounds on the back Of the body. There
was only one hole torn out, ana it looked
as though two balls had gone through, for
one hole was q little below. The tins of
the wound on the back payt protruded out
ward, and part of the liver stuck out.
| While upon the ground,I found part of the
liver which had been torn away. / found
| a portion OF the liver about 20 feet from
where his body lay, 1t was almost north
west from the body. Some pieces of wad-
! ding were lying where we supposed the
first blood was. The first blood as we sup
| posed was 22fcct from where the body was
| lying. 1t was a little more north than the
other This spot of blood was ft. and
inches from where the piece of liver was
iounu. Tic piece Of wadding found was
at the first spot of blood This snot of
! blood was & II. q inches fronl tho wagon
house door The liver laid farther from
! the wagon house, and rather in south
east direction. Perry Haas was present
when we made the examination. Perry said
nothing about the shooting till asked him.
| said, Perry, this is q terrible AFFAIR."
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it came that he had shot him. lie said
there were some persons about there. That
one man had gone over at the corn crib
and had run past him, up towards the cor
ner of the woods. lie said he could almost
have reached him with the gun when he
passed. | asked him why he did not shoot
him. lie said he did not know. lie said
he called to him to stop, but he did not.
! Then | asked him how it come he shot
M l,rf l., apil I,A t1,,si l.
why he shot him. | asked him if he called
to him, and he said he did not. lie said
he stood at a small apple tree when he shot.
lie pointed it out. l asked him if he knew
Martin. Io said he did not. lie said he
did not know the first man, he was a stran-
GER lfit had been any one about there
he would have known him. | don't know
the character of the weather that night. I
was not out | examined the clothing of
Martin Oberdorf. The vest was very badly
torn. The two shirts were ripped open
about six inches. The vest was very bloody.
There must have been two balls used.
From where Perry Haas said he stood the
ball would have gone in Il right angle. Mr..
. Campbell's house was in direct line from
where he said he stood and where Martin
Oberdorf stood. There is nothing inter-
vening but ralo fence. There were no
marks of Il projectilc Oh either the fence or
the house If he stood at or in front of the
wagon house and had fired in the direction
of Martin Obcrdorf, the ball would have
gone in direct line with the steps. From
the examination l made of the steps, and
the hitting Of the ball, concluded it must
have hit the steps. The marks on the steps
prevented the appearance of recent scars.
l saw Martin Obcrdorfs gun. 1t was 297
feet nOrthward by Il fence. There were
some bushes inside of the fence, and the
muZzle lay in this with the muZzlc upwards
The fence was free from bricrs on the up
per side.
Cross-uX by Defendants gun was
standing north Of the wagon house nearly
800 feet. | suppose it was in a line from
The wagon house to Martin Oberdorf If
any one coMc along from Martin Oberdori's
he would likely set the gun down with his
. right hand. 1t WAS III the briers. There
was no briCrs on the opposite side of the
fence. think it p or 3 feet from the fence
ir the briers. The muZZlG was upwards,
and leaning. 1t was not as high as the fence
The butt was on or near the ground. 1t
was Il do uble barreled gun. ! heard them
shoot it Of afterwards. When Perry said
n man run past him towards the woods, Il
man run out from the wagon with bag
on his shoulder. He said, the reason he
shot this man was because he was there
for no good. l don't know why | shot,
There must have been two balls There
was one hole about / J inches back of the
oriIce. The intesttnts about the size of II
mans hat We're out. If Perry Haas had
stood at the wagon house door, and Mar
tin Obordorf had stood where the first blood
was, he would have been 3 feet of. 1t is
about 81 feet from the wagon house to the
steps where the ball struck. This would
have been a direct line. | was well ac-
Quainted with Martin Oberdorf The bio use
was not torn in front. | did not examine
it on the back. The wound vas torn fro III
& to inches back. The flesh was all torn
away, except the one hole on the back. 1t
looked to me as if the shot was from front.
1t looked SO. The liveI stuck out behind,
and was torn. ] don'tk know whether the
vest and shirts we're washed after tie shoot
ing. The Wad | found was paper. 1t was
burned on the edges. The vest was very
bloody. l did not pay any attention to the
coat. The liver was torn aud protruded
out of the small hole. The hole was big
enough TO put your two fingers in. He
laid on his back. | think ball forced the
| liver out. The liver flied up the small hole
/ pretty well. The jury pushed the liver,
and intcstines back, and scwed up the holes.
Cross-cX. by Commonwealth was
blood Mt ) different places beside where he
| lay. 1t apptard as though he walked or
ground as if he had rolled The blood was
not spread around. He seemed to have
staggered around until be fell at the place
where he died, Perry aid not say in my
presence that he did not intend to kill any
! one.
Charles ECkman, swOrn.--I was at the
house of Isaac Campbell on the morning of
the 9th OF October last. | examined the body
of Martin Oberdorf He was wounded on
the right side under the ribs. The wound
was about as broad as your hand and six
inches long There was hole on the back
of the body. Part OF the liver and bowels
were out. L don't remember il the wound
was bruised The vest was badly torn and
bloody. The front pait of the vest was
! torn. Perry Haas was on the ground when
we examined the body lie said he had
shot Martin OberdorG Perry said he stood
up at small apple tree some 20 feet from
| the wagon house door where he shot Perry
said Martin was coming out of the Wagon
house door Campbell's house is in direct
| Iina from, ubpra DArr, III ba stOnI frhap,a