Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-03

me; aon fenember calling attention to the
y aes vi IN al shoe; there were no tracks, the
ground vaz too hard
;, ne he,olrset- There was no action of the heart
"heh ne felt the body.
= recess was here taken.
During the recess nearly all who had seats
kept them, and when
TIE TRIAL WAS RESUMED
~. D. froak Hdstto0n was sworn:-Witness -
the deputy coroner, and performed an autopsy
on the body on the 24th or December last; de-
ceased was stout man of feet inches in
height, fun beard, brown hair; saw him on the
night Of the Sd; his face was bloody; fonnd
straps about his neck and legs; made an eSami-
nation Of the wounds-one over the left eye
triangular, straight one above, and
still above that another, one on the fore
head, one back eff the head, one on right
side of head, one on left side Of the head, the
latter being an irregular wound, seemingly
more pieces of bone taken cut of the last
named. There ewere also on the face several
wounds. Any Of them might have been fatal
ana the man could not have lived long after the
last named been afflicted. These wounds could
have been produced by a small axe, Ratchet, or
ice pick-those on the head by Ratchet or axe,
and those on the face by An ice pick.
Gross examined Witness described the
wounds particularly, and said certain of them
could have been made by the corner of a
hatchet. An oyster-knife was produced, and
the witness said in his opinion it could not have
been used. Six OF these wounds on the head
were not necessarily mortal; the wound on the
left side Of the head was produced by number
OF blows, two Of them being clearly traceabe.
about ~ inches long. The wound on the left
side was nee, Brily NOR al, ythe instrument
having penetrated the brain two inches and
death must have ensued in a very few minutes
witness saw the body between II aud II O'Clock
and found some warmth in it. 1t is possible for
a tody TO contain warmth seven hours after
death, but probably not more than four TO i've
hours.
Re-direct.-If man had been killed in the
MI rning. and be kept in a warm room for sew
eral hours, would not have been surprised 10
have found some warmth in the BODY eight
hours afterwards. Rigor morris sets in In from
six TO eighteen bours. small chopping axe
was produced, as also small lathing Ratchet,
and DIR. H., after making some lamentations on
the witness stand and on paper, said that some
of the wounds could have been made by each
On the smaller instrument the lathing hatchet)
there were some stains which looked like blood.
On the other instrument saw some spots similar
to those on the other. The straps one a heavy
one, Y inch thick and feet long. and the other
a small one, such as is used to bundle shoyels
were exhibited, and witness said he could not
IDENTIFY them positively, but they were very
Ratchet was slightly curved on the blade,
and some OF the wounds showed that the i'm,
'tument had curved edge.
Dr: Harhgan said that he would like to state
why he arrived at the conclusion that the wouul
was made by a Ratchet.
Mr.. Harrington asked a question of the wit
ness as TO a wound on the face.
Gen. Hinkle objected to any evidence as TO
I he wounds on the face, the Indictment charg-
ing wounds on the head.
Mr.. Harrington said he proposed to show that
one OF the instruments exhibited nit the wound
Tie court ruled that the witness could ans
"er, and the defence took an exception.
Witness explained that there was a wound on
the chin the lathing hatchet could have male
IS also the wound across the nose, "a little be
10" the bridget and one in the cheek.