The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-23

body else.
Foster recalled-From Wade's house to
mine it's some six or seven miles; to the
graveyard Us much as three miles. The
roads were frozen and rough.
Henry IIunsacker sworn Il an ac-
quainted with the parties have known
them four years the deceased The same
have had conversation at my place with
Mr.. Wade: don't know the day OF the
month; told him if | were him would
get DR.. Lawrance and have him 1.-THE
Doctor take Delany up aud examine
him; Wade promised him he would at
tend to that he told Foster to be at
home, he would be there early next
morning; he went with Foster to the
gate; don't know what they said was
ut Fosters house the night the corpse
was brought there by Wade; while he
was there we got to talking he told me
the particulars of his death. Deany was
| taken sick with Il sore throat; was taken
sick in the evening; Wade told Dclany
| to 20 10 the house and hc would come
there himself directly; understood him
to say Dclany went to the house and took
sick and was sick all night; he made him
gargle; he said he was better next
/ morning. and he went out TO work with
/ out him. Roberts came over in the
morning to Wade's house and asked
TN ...
all were well except John Delany and he
was pretty sick; Roberts looked at him
aud became alarmed aud went out aud
| called him tWadr) from his work; he
! (Wade) went into the house. and just a.
he went into the house Dclany WAS get
| ting up; hc put on hi, pants and sat down
| in u chair before the fire and reached after
| glrglc he had made him to garglc hi
| throat with; hc saw John struggling and
/ caught him in hi- arms. aud Dclany died
/ in his arms aud in the chair: that was all
| in that conversation; was at Fosters house
when they sci up with the corpse.
Eliza Ann Porter sworn Was at
/ Wade'> late in the evening with my
brother; he Mr.. Drlany) seemed to be-
well and hearty heard OF hi~ death next
| day don't know the day or month was
late in the evening; looked we'll a. COM
mon; had never seen him before to know
/ him.
eros examination DIR. A told us
of hi, death had never seen him before /:
/ Wade was at the house there when De-
/ lany came in; Wade was there giving my
brother tobacco.
/ Leandcr Wright sworn Il was there
the two evenings before; the young man
| ID was well and hearty: the first even
ing went after broad AK; the second
for tobacco; he was we'll the first evening
Invent there, also the second; he was well
and hearty when ! was there; deviled
with him n few minutes there: asked
him How was he fixed" he said: As
well a. usual" his hands were cold; he
felt pretty chilly: it was cool day; he
. o. was cutting cord wood when | went
there: that was the first evening: he came
in with his Ak the second evening from
where hc was cutting: cannot tell where
II was; heard hc was dead short Will,
after; did not believe it; l think it Wal
IN February.
Cross-eXamned-IIe was emitting cor,
wood un the first evening; do not know
what he said to D.; was there fifteen o
twenty minutes before he came there; h'
was not in the house when was there:
may be- mistaken about him being in tn,
house; have lived there since have bee l
in the army. except when | was in thai
Skirmi,h with the cattle; ! went Il
the States prison and served my tint
out.
DR.. Lawrence sworn IL assisted In eX
aiming The body of the deceased on las
saturday, in company with Dr.. Sulival
and Davis; am doctor; have practice'
near nineteen years; i'll practice; W
found a confused wound upon the lei
side of the head, and one upon the RICH
pos lcriOr to the right; did not measur
the wound on the left; the wound wa
two inches aud half in diameter as nea
as could iudgr; the wound on the RICH
was. a. near ~ can tell. near the sam
; ~ he one OH the left; after examining ia
head. We examined the heart, throat
: stomach, &C.; We then examined IN
: brain; il was blanchcd aud bloudless, TN
: i owing TO Il failure OF the heart ~ sen
blood TO the brain; all other parts were
healthy condition, except the spleen
, hi, death wds caused by conclusion {
, the brain. in my opinion; ! can't stat
!, positively; 10 the best OF my knOVlcdg
J.. there would certainly be- some violence
! cause conclusion OF the brain; from Il
!, character OF the wunnd, | cannot sta
q that violence would be necessary TO cau'
- such wounds; they were causcd by son
d. blunt in>trum mt; there was no break
+ the scalp.
q Cro>s-eXamined lie was in WOO
V en- coffin nothing was under his heat
T. the wounds could have been produced /
D bringing him over rough road; tim
n hauling him over rough road ten hlll'
II would produce such bruises rs these Il
,r skull Was not fractured; the scalp WI
d not broken il u person was struck upc
n the head with blunt instrument, the
ID fects will be upon the opposite side OF Il
A. ht..,