The Republican journal., 1873-11-20

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hand 10 hand through tla whole ury.
| D,. Rem Willinns sworn. live in i1rnr-
dom. ana am n nh,scian. in practice o wears /:
WI, at Gordon llace tbc day of the murders !:
| reochrd there soon after sunrise. eyaminpd
, vonnds of thc murdered persons; Dr. johnson.
| DR.. Thomas and Or. Billings examined chill
! drcu that n. M. on Emma Gordon there was
wound on forehead from right eve to left eve ::
| honas were c1nshed in. and bones of nose: nm.
o+,,ar ocrosq faro from owe IN month these with
| to thc brain with q sharn edoe another above
! thp ear with hlunt Instrument. another in chin
/ Ash vo,1n1 ono,hpr crushed in tho tep,h and
! snlit fhr nose. wound across forehead cores
| rnnand Win thc hack III 1hn ,ve. hody yyas
| hnmed If lower cytrrmitics. and he hodx The
| hands and arms were so badly burned that the
I 1r,h came on: The upucr portion of the BODY
was burned some: the face was not burned: OF
! the wounds two vould r,ch uroducc instant
| dr,tb . \Imou h,A :. >youn1 with . sharu in
strnmanl nn inc ri@ht Side. brraEino tho hone
, in on, on 1hn hack nt The head hy hunt instr,l-
ment lt,.luc;nu trortnre. of the wounds. the
one with sharp instrument would produce
death thn jpos ly..r. badly hurnrd and The tlegh
ul ihe hands e's wtrc NOT munh burned
ON the babe We're Two ,leprcssions in The skull
one of Them tba back of The axe fitted. ii, lees
were burned black. extending 10 the body the
bones of a child ore soft and weld, and can't
! say if wounds world produce death: the burns
w6uld be i,lal. the boy Ira had wni;nd over
left eve an inch and a quarter long, cutting
through the bone and depressing it +; also flesh
| " ound over the ear; these We're made BY q sharp
| instrument; pa was moi burned any wound on
Wom;ln'~ forehead Was made hy more than one
blow
No ern,~ animation.
nr II. II. johnson, ,Jr.. sworn. Live in
nritt~r; am physician and surgeon; was nj
Gordon'~ on the day OF the murder; examined
tho bodies in the afternoon with the other sur
geon~ ami examined bodies the next day to
measure the wounds ! can corroboratr the
testimony ul Dr.. Williams: ! M;l- one ol tllr
c0runcr'S ury
No cross examination.
Hiram Chase. sworn Was oli,. of The ..ulo-
ner'S Jury; examined the room of murder
found blood on the walls: testimony Suh>tan-
tially THAT Of Mr. Rich in respect 10 the contii-
ton Of The roomj found this candlestich III the
crib: : marked it III The time there was 4 small
pieet. Of candle: heard " ood4 testify this morn
inn: i. WAS not 4 witness before coroner'> jurv
nor Mr. Rand; Tor Elhu Bumps; saw trunk
in the bedroom; don't know whether it WAS
iockcd il WAS charrrd: SAW the pants, they
were old ONES NTH KEY in poekei- and particles
ot bark
Cross examined There. was shelf over crib
the kerosene bottle was small. a .Iohli,0n'> iini-
| nent bottle: il had a stick in ii: found ii
among The debris; there WAS another bottle
that had contained kerosene oil shown 10 the
| Jury a large bottle
i f. +. Morton. sworn. Live in Thorn,like,
wa, oita of coroncl'e Jury examined pockets ri
n9ni, and took olu hnnrh Of key.. and rave
| th,ln Il, u &. ri,h. .,u rh4 1r,,nIz ma il AaS
| inrlnj. .1Iy il ,,nIo}.lnJ. In,e,h carbon and
tL, 10 ,ttnrnn,' l,,.ra ,,rnsnnt nnnlpt }iary
a f,i,nH ~ ioJ S,1 NH ro,nn nnIlts in II
II v.> .,'e,nnll fr,tt,L insi,,c tha Iargr,. one
I,af,, I.nh, .v,nln liz. in 7rhnrndil,a.
l.nnu tol,n Ior,,n,, nuJ inau A,,non hrva
worLn,I thrr. iiyn vrars ,on. vorknd thnro
s,m,, ,ycni' IF t;, md last snrino. y-as thnrc
six ,}n,s in .ynnr. In OF Frilay hrinrr mn,,ja1.
va, Ii.rlin,r h,rI, 1yith Mari anI amer. . nn.
.> n. III ,o ana ,iva ~, '' .,'y thrnn@b
thn hlnal,.. ..ny John nj the bnl,se in III,
| ti,thar'. nart. in tnrii saw AImon ond .[ohn
rnss tirnIn.n1lv. tht> did non .praI. ~aw them
ihr ,IN I,.t,',l. ttD rIcr;j1t. fhcy fheu r,Ir'
abont the bees and spoke pleasantly they did
not speak in the winter. " hle WAS there. That
! heard
Gross e<. not important
Alph0n>o :. Rand. sworn. Live in Thorn
dixie was At the Gordon house I'll the lire. with
| philbrick: met the children: first SAW John at
the trough wth hi~ hand in il was in the room
| With him. heard talk between him and Bumps
Bumps asked v hat h. was doing while " ard
W;t> gone t. liarmon'~: John said that he would
answer ior once. and for ali and then john rose
and came towards me. and made some loud
| tal> in replying t0 Bumps | said if | were Won
/ wouldn't say much lie said ,by God I'll say
| what I'm Il mind to- he WAS then taken to his
| seat: Emma Gordon WAS my sister; heard
John say once. c.sbctore Almon had the place,
| when the babe walked into the old folks
| room take the God damned young one out
of here; first heard of the fire and burning
oil Alinoh ana Wiif from me Girt AiiilH III me
| roAd
| Cross eA- FAilhfo"h ha@ worked tor me 1hs
| summer WAS There al iini' ol lre; nave bctil
! ON lhlriehiiE terms WIN SOM before tle hfr'
| Direct resumed; anew ol lfoabit ABOUT tile
| saw. Wthl WIN -Nlli!oh '" Set ~ " ta'rN III
jackson, Hnliph t"ok Inc SAW anu p'!iry Il"iil
the frame and put II IN ms p'ln@: john asked
! What '' meant tilioh s;ilu II YOU hoil
| hlo" oHihl hl; 'ttH ~" III HoIih you
| can gtt 'ioh@ l"@ethtI hv',tr ai't Pirrt''
| iiihN'l !" hif' '!' S''N' -thh"h f'i"~'" t"
ifl 1t.
FIJI EsbAl AFTERNOON.
| Mrs, Eleanor Jane Rich, sworn. tn wife
| of K. :. Rich; was at Goraons in June; assist
| ed i'll laying out bodies and washing them
| While doing detected kerosene OIL on Mrs.
Gordon: washed III three waters when iinisl-
ed the smell of it was strong: we could not re-
move it,
Cross cN. Found oil about the Head and hair
wa, saturated.
Mrs. G. II. Rich sworn. Was AT Gordon
place morning of murder WASHED body Of babe
| and discovered kerosene oil. very ~Jrong. on
| body ol Mrs. Gordon.
No cross examination.
Hiram Chase, recalled. saw these a house
and the candleStick similar to the one ldentl-
| fed this morning: the one | identiTed was in
| the hands Of the coroner when the other was
| found i'll the closet between dining room and
| kitchen,
| Julia 7. Edwards. Live in jackson, about
five miles from Gordon know John True: got
| acquainted with him at Mrs. llarding'S been
| on intimate terms with me up to time of muir
| der; there was no engagement Of marriage; he
had kept company with me; received anony-
nous letters; these are the ones l received ;
| sheW them 10 John; he talked about them to
| me; he told me who he thought wrote them; it
was Emma Gordon: did not give his reasons
he made efforts, he said, to find out the author
he went to Bangor in June; he said he tried
there to lind out; he went to see spiritual
| medium, a woman; he gave me this lntorma-
| ton two on three days after his return; was
| at home At time of murder, and had been since
May first; had been at Mr.. Gates, a quarter OF
lle lille rom .iotcI JONI ",s 'heit i'at, oll
lucSoas neloLr 'iir nul'iei t wv I'M ~ h ~ -
come again ne asAn nt ~ mllte - diiii
salu l sllotslo np' ne 1alu ne WAS Was E",is aMas
htN uai 10 7io'ii Joilti li''' one VI tii,s' M
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Toluo MS lse,i i'..9i -: =. !; y. ny
tolo Johal ol IL "llti, H. ~ J. ua,I y,
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