The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-07-09
H U NJ 0 R 0 U S
A Puzzled Jury.


They have bright, golden way of do
ing everything in the Land of Ophir. Wit
ness scene which occurred recently in
San Francisco during a coroner's investi-
CATION, and which is thus described by the
happy local of the Chronicle newspaper Of
that city: r.t. t.,,..,,.
At this juncture the coroner desired to
show to the jury the course taken by the
ball, and for this purpose produced the cor
set worn by Mrs. Burkhart at the time of
the tragedy You see," said he-and
here he drew the corset around his waist
with the laces in front " the ball must
have gone in here from behind No that
can't be, either, for the doctor says the ball
went in front. Confound it, I've got it on
wrong. AhP this way" Here the coro-
ner put the corset on up side down.) "Now
you see," pointing to the hole in the gar
ment, which rested directly over his hip,
the ball must have gone in here. No,
that can't be, either, for"
Here Mr.. Mather the handsomest man
on the jury, broke in. CDR. Stillman,'
said he, "you've got that corset on wrong"
Here DR.. Stillman blushed like a poppy.
Well" said he, GIVE been married
twice and I ought to know how to rig cor
SET" eyes" said Mr.. Mather, "but you
don't. You had it right in the first place.
The strings go in front and the ladies clasp
them together in the back. Don't know?
l think 1 ought to I've been married. If
you doubt it, look here (pointing to he
fullness in the top. How do you suppose
that's going to be filled up unless you put
it on as l suggest?" "ThatP" said DR..
Stillman "why, that goes over the hips"
"No, it don't" said Mr.. Mather; d" that
fullness goes somewhere else-this way"
and here Mr.. Mather indicated where he
thought the fullness ought to go.
AT this a pale-faced young man, with
voice like robin, and notebook under
his arm, said he thought the ladies always
clasped their corsets on the side. The pale
faced young man said this very innocently
as if he wished to convey the impression
that he knew nothing whatever of the mat
ter. The jury laughed the pale-faced
young man to scorn, and one of them inti-
mated that he thought the young man was
not half so green about women's dress as.
he tried to appear. The young man was
a reporter, and it is therefore exceedingly
probable that his knowledge was fully linz
tied as was apparent from suggestions, the
juryman to the contrary notwithstanding.
Her another juryman discovered that Dr..
Stillman had the corset on bottom side up
"Doctor," said he, "put it on the other
way.'
Then the Doctor put it on in reverse Or
der, with the laces in front. This brought
the bullet-holes directly over the tails of
his coat.
81 don't think, said Mr.. Mather, 'that
the bullet went in there, Doctor"
"No, don't think it did, was the reply.
"Confound it, it's mighty funny-six mar
ried men in this room, and not one knows
how to put on woman's corset"
Here the Chronicle reporter, who had sew
eral sisters, and always keeps his eyes open
advanced and convinced DR.. Stillman ard
Mr.. Mather, after much argume mt, that
the laces of a corset go behind and that
the garments is clasped in front. After
this explanation the course of the bullet
was readily traced, and, found to bear out
the explanation afforded by the two ply
sicians