The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-16

MAY CRIMINAL TERM, 1s74-sYMoNDs, j., PREsID-
ING.
SECOND DAY.

MAY CRIMINAL TERM, 1s74-sYMoNDs, j., PREsID-
ING.
SECOND DAY.
FRIpAY.-State vs.. Thomas A. Pike. For man
slaughter. The first witness called in the morning
was prostitute by the name of Mary Ann Doherty
who testified living in Pixies house the four weeks
preceding Mrs. Pixies death; that Pike kept house
of -fame; that on the evening this took place she
was present in the tar room as testified to by the
other witnesses, and Maggie wanted to go to Mrs.
Leghton's. Pike crime out with his cards in one
hand and told her not to go; she said she should
Pike seized her by the hair of her head and dragged
her into the other room and threw her the lounge
Magoie tainted and witness got some Water; she
came TO in about ten minutes when witness went to
bed at half past ten Maggie was snoring loudly;
didn't see her again until four o'clock when Scotty
came I'D and gave witness slap and says 'D-n you
get up and come down, Maggie is dead" witness
said she was now in the workhouse and mas been
there for eight weeks for drunkenness
Annie NJ. Leighton. sister OF the deceased anu
the wife of "Nelse" was next called; she was not
present at Pixies the evening of the transaction
she said she was at home sick and Maggie came into
her house about six O'Clock and Pike came and got
her and took hei home to get supper; that at that
time Maggie was sober. She further testified as to
what took place the next morning after it was dis
covered that Maggie was dead.
Deputy Marshal Williams and officer Hanson tes-
titled to the condition of things at the house, the dis
order. etc. when they arrested Pike; that Pike was
excited and crying.
DIR. George F. French was then called by the gov
ernment who testified to the post mortem examina-
ton of the body conducted by him and Dr. Ring; he
said he found great many black and blue spots al
over the body and limbs, some more recent thar
others in cutting through the scalp we found spot
of e.travasated blood under the scalp and on the
left side of the head there no confusion on the
outside to correspond with it, on removing the toI
of the skull the membranes the left side buged III
very marked way; cutting through the mem
branes we found large clot of blood half an incl
thick spreading over the whole of the left hemis
phere of the brain which not over twelve hours
old and was an extravasation from pia mater men,
brane. He dissected out the other organs of the
body and found nothing abnormal, nor any ipdica-
ton of disease which could have cansed death that
the clot on the brain was sufficient to have caused
death.
long cross examination followed to the effects
of intemperance and lewdness upon person of deli
cate health, and the power of physician to deter
mine whether the cIot of blood the result of
blow or apoplexy.
The doctor expressed the opinion that death die
not ensue from apopexy.
At this point the government rested their CASE
Gen Mattocks then opened the case for the defense
After the conclusion of the opening Gen. Mattock
read the testimony of the Doherty girl given befor
the Coroners Inquest in which she testified that at