The New York herald., 1876-01-15
THE VINELAND MURDER.

yesterdays PROCEEDINGS AT THE TRIAL OF
LANDIs-MoRE MEDICAL TEsrMoNY-A W.T.
NESS WITH BULLET IN HIS HEAD TEsTI-
FIEs FOR THE DEFENCE
BRIDGEroS, ~ j., Jan. IA, 1876
The court room was crowded this morning and the
greatest interest continues to be felt in the nroceed
ings
The first witness called after the opening Of the
Court was Dr. s. W. Gross, examined by Colonel Pot
ter:-Am physician and surgeon; have practsed tor
nineteen years; familiar with gunshot wounds
FIRST saw Mr. Carruth the morning OF SATURDAY.
March 10, about halfpast ten found him on setee
in the composing ROOM examined his general appear
ance; found his pulse about sixysix; he said TO me.
al am doing well so far am notf" he entirely
conscious.
Attorney General VanRtta contended that the test
mony was irrelevant; that original of death
alone could be shown that secondary causes
third utterly Irrelevant He
objected decidedly to the defence showing that
subsequently wounds were made by probes or
anything else at the hands Of unsklu inexperienced
persons that all such wounds to his brain after tho
shot was fred the direct results of the shooting
and that the defendant was responsible for them as
well as the original wound. Who killed Carruthi Was
il lands or the surgeonsS That is the question.
Mr. Benjamin H. Brewster replied that the defendant
was entitled TO the benefit OF any testimony pertinent
to the issue which would prove that the original wound
was not mortal He declared that If the door was shut
upon the admission of testimony which would prove
that the wound was not necessarily mortal 1t would
be scandal upon the law that their right TO show this
was fundamental right and II it was denied they
(the dcfence) had no rights in the matter at all
Judge Reed admitted the testimony.
Witness proceeded and described his mode OF treat
Carruth should have recovered heard the tosti-
mony OF DIR. Ingram yesterday the symp-
toms Dr. Ingram discovered pointed, in my
professionally, Carruth died from unopened
assesses in the brain these abscesses should have
been opened; they could have been opened and the
assesses evacuated very readily; nature wanted to
get rid of the pus in them, and sought the
outlet which was the mouth OF the wound the slightest
puncture would have relieved them in forty eight
hours in my opinion those assesses chronic and
not acute; any probe pushed into the brain an inch
forward and three of inch toward the right
eye would have touched the passage only at the point
OF entrance.
paid for my services all these occasions by Mr..
lands; l went TO Vineland at the instance of Mr.,
brewster; Drs Wiley, Ingram, Bdwell, Tuler and
Brown were present when arrived | understood that
Drs Tuer and Brown were in charge
AFTER RECESS
The cross examination OF DR.. Cross was continued
Serious injurious TO the brain the victim to fall
suddenly; the progress of cncysting is slow one;
ball in the muscle will become encysted If the muscle
is not kept active 1t is not impossible that the ball
Carruth's brain worked Its way down upon tho tcnto
rum IN abscesses; the pressure of pus causes the
molecular death OF the flesh skin which stands be-
IT and the surface the point which the pus
seeks to escape the abscesscs in Carruths brain we're
contiguous, but separated from each other by .hin
membrane, but they were in contact with the dura
mater.
Dr. Gross here made diagram showing the wounds
of the brain. Attempting to remove foreign matter
hazardous II | called TO attend patient whose
is a difficult one have TO decnd me
in of action against for malpractice at the
time; saw Carruth alive last; / considered him in a
remarkably good condition.
Re-drect:-The least dangerous position of the ball
the one which 1t was found | did insert my
probe two inches and slide along the surface OF tho
tentorum without injuring the brain substance; IL
there no other opening abcess OF the ventrices
being place where there the least resistance the
BRAIN about the cyst in a state of healthy nham-
mation-a state Of repair; do not think that alb
could have been formed by the agency of the ball
Mr.. William b. Robinson. sworn:-I live in Bridge
tom am thirty-four years old; wounded at the
second battle of Bull Run; shot in the head the
bullet is still in my head; IT went through my ear
my health Is good; have put my finger in the
wound one quarter OF inch; have been able work
since; after being shot was led about mile to the
field hospital by two men, walked; went back to
duty in about three months, and served until the
closed; doctors probed for the ball. but could
not find IL the wound kept running about two months
before IL healed
Gross examined by the Attorney General:- IL was on
knee when shot; fell over, but in a second
and was led away.
The Court then adjourned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning.