Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
THE PIERMONT TRAGEDY.
THE SECOND TRIAL or SAWYER
Prof. Dimond was called and testfie

Prof. Dimond was called and testiid.
Reside ut Hanover am u teacher OF Chez.
0 stry at Harvard College. A plan OF te
I. room made by Prof. Dimond was shown ID
Q the Prof. went on and explained tho positpn
Of II at some length no then stated what be
effect would be Of gun being discharged ut
, different distances from persons head 10
I said II q gun was loaded with common ae.
third inch cubic sporting powder and 90
shot and placed within three inches of pr-
sons head 1t would blow the head from he
body but If tho gun was 4 or q feet away
the shot would me rely enter the head wuld
not 10 through the skull.
Crosseramined by Col. q. Examined The
clothes, found no blood on them: told After
noy General so. Considerable time was ia
ken up with this witness by the counsel in
quiries in regard to the effects of the] discharg
of guns with different objects otc were made
Prof 5. Dana Hayes of Boston called, Am
Chemist and State Assay er of Massachusetts,;
have studied Chemistry in Europe and in this
country, in Great Britain and Germany; haze
made microscopic examinations of spots of
blood upon clothing and testified in capital
cases was engaged by counsel for defence
to mako tho examination in this case he then
went on to state how human blood and of
sheep and cattle could be distinguished from
each other 1t is possible to restore blood af
ter 1t has become Tried : some times it cannot
be distinguished by experts; on the 18th day
of last July last received n bundle of cloth
ng from Mr.. Putnam and Mr.. Morrill, Mr..
Morrill, had informed inc they were comming;
] made careful examination of ali the cloth
ing sent me received coat which belonged
to Sawyer and examined 1t very carefully
with microscope; found blood on coat ; coat
here produced and lie showed where the
spots Of blood were found witness then
stated how he had proved it was blood
made same kind of examination of Emorson's
clothing Clothing here shown on the nit
| ten found blood on Ovcrals l found three
spots of blood; on the jacket found blood
which he pronounced rs Sleeps blood found
no other kind of blood on Emerson's clothing
in my opinion the blood upon Sawyers cloth
ing was human blood and the blood upon En-
erson's clothing was sleeps blood.
| Cross Eraminaiioa. Blood was found on
tho bottom Of Sawyers pants which was like
the blood on his coat.
SATURDAY.
| The Court opened at 8 p. NJ. The house
was crowded to neutrality-suspicious. and
all interested being packed in miscellaneous
confusion to hear the evidence and sharp law
ycrs ladies in large numbers came in the
morning, bringing their work and remained
all day.
| S. Dana Hays was recalled and his cross
examination commenced by Harry Bingham,
which occupied until l2 o'clock. The exam
ination was very rigid and exhaustive, anu
the witness gave some very interesting state
nents relating to the mode Of distinguishing
blood from that of animals. The examine
ton was in regard to blood and whether hui
man blood could be di stinguished from that
of animals. The witness stated that with
the human blood was so near that of the
monkey or dog shat it could not be distinguish
ed in his opinion the blood found upon Saw
yers coat was human blood but he was not
absolutely certain
DR.. j. B. Treadwcll sworn. Reside in Bos-
ton; am practicing physician; have 1esti
fed as an expert in o number Of capital cases
in this state; it is possible to distinguish
with microscopic examination the difference
between the blood of human being and
that of on animal it is absolutely certain.
Blood can be restored SO as to be easily dis
tinguished.
Question. Surprising on an examinat ton of
blood stains, the same process of restoration
and the same power of the microscope be
used in one case the restored blood corpuscles
Mould be found to average about one thirty
Cour one hundredths Of an inch, and those in
On other case about one ffty-eight one
hundredths of an inch. What would be your
opinion as to the kind of blood in the two
cases supposed2
Ans. Should think the former was human
blood-the latter that Of sheep. [Question
objected to by defense and exception taken.
Dr. Horace Chase sworn. Reside in Bos-
ton; am practicing physician pursued my
studies in Germany. Dried blood can be re-
stord; have made it a study for 70 years.
The testimony of the last witness, thou gh
brief, was in harmony with DR.. Treadwell's.
DR.. e. l.. Wood sworn. Reside in Cam
bridge; am Professor of chemistry in Har-
ward College, Dried blood can be restored
witness illustrated with models the difference
in blood corpuscles, which was very interest
Ing and instructive; evidence substantiated
testimony of two previous witnesses.
DIR. 7. G. Wormly sworn. Reside in Col
umbus, Ohio. Blood can be restored sufficient
ly to distinguish between human and animal.
The Government here rested and Court
adjourned until o'clock Monday morning
MONDAY, 9th DAY.
The court assembled at 9 o'clock and
Hon. Harry Bingham made powerful
opening plea in behalf of the defendant,
stating what the defence proposed to
prove. The fiji st witness called for the
defence was.
DR.. Clement 4. Walker, of Boston, who
has had charge ofthe Boston Asylum for
the insane for 25 years, who stated that
In his opinion an individual receiving
such mental shock so as to deprive him
of all recollection of events transpiring
subsequent to the shock, it would also
deprive him of recollection of events be-
fore the shock. He then explained his
reason.
DR.. Fisher of Boston, DR.. Tyler for
many years connected with insane
asylum at Somervill, Mass. and Concord
N. H., DR.. Phelps of Dartmouth College
and DR.. Tuttle of Littleton, all testified
substantially the same as DR.. Walker.
In the cross-examination of these wit
|nesses they state that this was the gen.
eral rule, but there were exceptions.
Sometimes they could remember up to
the time all the events that transpired
previous to the shock and cannot remem-
Der the subsequent events, but, as
general rule they have no recollection
of what occurred previous.
Prof. James Il. BabcOck of Bos
ton University, and DR.. Hayes
were called to the stand and testi-
fed that they with Drs. Chase and
Hartman had examined the stains
upon Emerson's clothing; the re-
Ic,,1t oh oroI two binds Of blood Z,