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

pit of the stomach, and he tell and hit his
head on the floor. The reason for think
ing that he was hit IN the stomach is be-
cause of the black and blue from the nip |
pie down. II he had fallen ]
upon field it would have /,
caused a laccrated wound. The wounds |
may have been caused by blunt instru-
mcnt. hut not sufficient to cause death |
examined the heart, and found it void
of blood | think it was caused by q hit
in the stomach the brain was blanched,
with no blood init.
Cross-examined Wounds on the
head did not produce death.
Thomas Ellis sworn II don't know
anything about it, except that a darkey
came to my house aud told me Dclany
was dead, and said Wade had sent him;
met Wade going to Fosters; it was some.
time in February; don't recolcct the day
Of The month; he told me he was taken
sick the night before aud was up next
morning, aud wanted to 90 to work, and
\
tor, or his stcp-inothcr, the widow De-
lany;hc asked him ifhc should not send Tor
her; he said not; he didn't think he was
sick or anything; he had little sore
throat; Wade said lac then went to his
work, and Roberts came over and seeing
that he (Delany) was sick. called him
| (Wade); he (Wade) came in and he saw
that he was choking in a chair by the
fire; he took hold OF him. and he died in
a few moments. This conversation took
| place before We got to Fosters. The same
| thing was repeated over at Fosters. Mr..
Wade told me that he (Delany) requested
his watch to be buried with him; and he
had put it with him; this was ~ we went
| mp to Fosters; the coffin was opened that
/ night; iuusackrr and wife, myself and
wife. Foster and his wife. and Mr. Wade
were present; think my wife spoke OF
! opening the coffin; she is a sister of the
| deceased: the coffin was just opened and
the corpse looked at that night; myself
aud II. IIunsackcr opened the coffin;
think the coffin was nailed: We cut the
! nails: no remarks were made when the
coffin was opened; think Wade said not
! TO open the coffin. rs it would be- a bad
! sight, or something of that kind; hc
! spoke to some one OF Us, do not know
who: We opened the coffin that night; We
! looked at the coffin next morning; the
! next day my wife looked at the corpse.
and said she did not see the watch on 1t.
and she asked me to 90 to Wade aud ask
him about the watch; told her ! would
not do it. 10 let it go; she stepped to the
door aud asked Mr. Wade ii he had put
the watch on him; he said not; but he
had brought it along with him; put the
watch in his pocket; got ii from my
wife; she got it from Wade; Wade said he
had brought the watch along, 80 if re-
quested by his friends to put it with him,
he could 10 it.
Cross-examination The watch was
worth about two dollars and a half
think: the body when at Fosters was
not swcllcd; am coroner; went to hold
AN inquest over the body of deceased
his face was covered with something
white the body was otherwise sound
the coffin was made of rough boards;
| saw the wounds on deccased's head
Jaw the wounds; they were slightly
swollen aud iull OF black blood; cant
say where the wounds were don't know
whether there were any on the back o
his head or not; | have disinterred bodice
before that; took up Brecs; | took hin
up in summer; he (Dclany) appeared tC
have been buried about six weeks.
, Monroe Stacy examined Wade tolC
me that he died, or the breath had no
quite left him as he got him on the bed
that he was sitting in an arm chair nea
the fire the conversation was at his owl
house.
This closed the evidence for the prose
cution
' EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE.
\. w. Simons sworn Am acquainted
with defendants; with noberts since h
was small boy; been acquainted will
Wade six or seven years the day Delanl
died Roberts came TO mt between ! ant
2 clock in the day, aud told me lac want
ed to borrow a saddle; that he wanted Il
: go up the country. | said, where are yo'
going, to Goose Island: He said no.
, want to borrow saddle to 90 TO John
y Davis To See if he would make cnillI
| 4. 4 I. a IA. mi