The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-12-07
Trial Of Benz, Dunlap,
Charged With the Murder
Of Henry Manhart.
EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTION con-
TINUED FROM LAST WEEK,

/ EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTION CON-
TINUED FROM LAST WEEK,
John Caskey examined
CAsKEY's EVIDENCE.
did not see this affray. / was at
home when they brought Manhart
home and they sent for me. l was
the nearest neighbor to where Man
hart lived This witness was then
set aside for some others to come
first.)
DR.. A. B. HOvey examined:
DR.. HoVEY EVIDENCE.
l am prseticilg surgery and medi-
clne-tWenty-siX years practice was
called to see Henry Manhart can't
tell the date but it was the night he
received the wounds /; went to his
uncle's house saw Drs. West and
Ladd snd others there. Found Man
hart suffering from q woHnd in the
LEFT groin and small intestines pro-
truding several feet and much dis
tended with gas, We found q SUPER
fetal wound on the right arm, a small
wound on the left breast, about two
inches from the nipple, and one on
the left cheek, and one on the head
at that time / did not notice any
others. The physicians were using
stimulsnts aud rubbing him to pro-
duce reaction. That was good prac-
tice. The wound in groin was small,
about five-eights inches in extent; if
was inwaTds and upwards, from the
side of the man IL was q penetrating
wound could not tell which way the
cutting edge was. On consultation
we decided that the intestines should
be put back, and this could not be
done without making the wound
larger, and we decided to do this. To
do this l used blunt pointed instru-
ment with such precautions as were
necessary to insure the bowels from
any wound, and did use such care as
would preserve the bowels by gently
forcing the gas in, and then put in
the inteStines within the body again.
The circulation was partially imped-
ed so as to make tue color of the in
testines dark the intestines were
somewhat strangulated, which i'm
peded the circulation. Was very
careful not to wound the bowels, and
II had wounded the bowels, filled as
they were with gas, l should have
Immediately known it. know 1 did
not wound the bowels saw him again
after his death at the post mortem ex-
animation, and then saw four more
wounds on the back, which 1 did not
zee before-tWo on the shoulder and |
two on the left hip, and In the close |
sack which contains the bowels, which |
should not contain any foreign mat |
ter, we found blood and some foetid |
matter and some stool ; and we then |
found on examination that ths bow |
els had been cut, through which this
foreign matter was introduced into |
the close sack the bowels were in
famed. The natural result of q |
wound of this kind is death. | don't |
know of any exception to this. 1 re-
gard the wound as it was, in the left |
groin, as fatal wound. The wounds
which we found upon the body OF |
MRnhRrt must have been made with |
q cutting instrument. 1t could not |
have been made by a blunt instru-
ment. It Is not of necessity that the |
intestine next to the wound would be
the one Wou nded. The instrument /
might pass by the first and wound /
ether parts Of the intestines within. i
There is not force enough ia the gas
in the bowels to pass rapidly from one
part to another, hence gas might be /
retained In one intestine while others /
were wounded for q considerable |
time.
CROSS EXAMINED.
I am not positive as to the number
of wounds. The wound on the right |
arm think was below the elbow,
about an inch in length, not severe I;
wound on left breast was but q small |
one. 1t might give pain at the mo-
ment OF infliction, but not after
wound on left cheek was below the |
eye-it was but q small wound-I |
don't think it would give much pain.
I don't remember just where the |
wound on the head was located. I |
did not examine this wound much. |
can't tell just about the wounds on |
the left shoulder remember there |
were wounds there. The two wounds |
on the hip were low down, little way |
from the spine. One of the wounds l |
probed. 1t was about two inches deep /
in the soft part of the hip. The other |
was q superficial one.
DR.. @. p. Willard examined.
DIR. wILLIARD's EVIDENCE.
I am a physician, and have
been prscticing about 10 years.
Was present st the post mortem ex-
animation Of the body OF Henry Man.
hart, and assisted. We found the |
body of MAnhart had sustained q num-
Der of wounds-two in left shoulder,
one and possibly two on left hip. 1t |
was stsb. II was about two inches |
deep; it was slanting wound I; did |
probe the wound on the left shoulder
there were two wounds on bis left |
breast they are OF the nature of q
stab, but not deep enough to reach |
any Of the vital organs. There was q /
wound on one Of his arms did not |
probe it; was about three-fourths of /
an inch long; can't say as to the |
depth. There we're two wounds on |
the face ; one above and the other
below the eye T; the wounds were all |
OF the same nature-a puncture or
stab. There was an examination OF |
the wound in the left groin; il was |
on the left side about half way from |
the point Of the hip bone to the |
navel. Some OF the bowels were in |
an abnormal condition T; that Is they |
were not as natural as the bowels OF q |
person dying without violence would |
be. The bowels were sOme of them |
discOlOred. TIE sack which contain |
ed the bowels, contained some foreign |
matter which ought not to have been |
there. There was some blood and foe |
It'd matter, also some stool, and we
found that the intestines were cut, |
which was sufficient to allow this |
foreign matter to escape into the |
sack. II 3 wound OF this kind were |
made In one OF the intestines that |
had not prOtruded 1t would necessarily |
have been fatal. Proper treatment of |
q case Of 6thock" would be such as
would produce reaction, by the use
OF stimulants and the application of
heat. Operations in surgery should
generally not be undertaken until re-
action has been produced in the
patient.
DIR. Martin examined.
DIR. MARTINS EVIDENCE.
lam q physician; have practiced
for % years. The proper treatment of
q wound in the bowels when the in
testines are protruding would be first
to reduce the strangulation which
would probably occur in such cases,
and put back the intestines, but first
reaction must be produced, which
would be by the use Of stimulants and
rubbing the patient. II the wound is
too small it would be necessary to
make it larger. II sn Intestine were
wounded so as to Introduce foreign
matter Into the sack, the natural and
almost necessary result would be
death.
The prosecution here rested.