The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-21
BRANDON MURDER CASE.
Conclusion Of the Testimony-The Coroners
Verdict,

ANDON huhb6h CAbE.
Conclusion Of the Testimony-The Coroner's
Verdict.
Grand Juror ]. Q. Hawkins, ESQ.,, and
Justice p. p. Gibbs have taken all the tes-
tmony in the Brandon murder and rem
dered verdict, which is given below. The
last testimony taken was the following GER
tiflcate of
DR. A. t. WOODWARD AND DIR. CHARLES W.
PECK.
We hereby certify that on the 18th day
OF May, 1877, we were requested by the
town authorities Of Brandon to make post
norton examination on the body Of Frank
Brassor, who was found dead lying by the
roadside In the said town of Brandon. We
found the body at the fathers residence
dressed; upon removing the clothing q
small wound in the skin that would scarce
ly receive the end of the little finger
was found in the region of the stomach, to
the left of the median line, corresponding
in shape and size to gun shot wounds in
general. Upon the right side of the chest
at point corresponding to the space be-
tween the eleventh aud twelfth ribs was
another wound, which, upon careful exam
ination was found to communicate with,
and was the wound IF entrance to O bali
that passed through the wall of the chest,
the lower lobe of the right lung, the dis-
phragm and the superior margin of the
right lobe of the liver, the cartileges of the
lower ribs and walls of the abdomen, max
ing its exit at the point above described in
the region over the stomach.
A careful dissection disclosed that this
bullet first grazing the side of the left arm,
about three inches above the elbow, en-
tered the side OF the chest between the fifth
and sixth ribs and passing forward frac-
tured the fifth rib at the point where it was
extracted.
In our opinion the boy received two gun
shot wounds from the same person at the
time of this examination unknown to the
authorities. That the shots were fired from
two directions unless the boy turned half
round after receiving the first wound and
before the second shot was delivered, which
was, in our opinion, the case. The imme-
date cause OF death was hermorrhage from
the above described gun shot wounds.
A, Il. WOODWARD, M. d.
CHARLES w. PICK. M. D.
Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day of
May, 1877, before me.
p. P. GIBBS,
Justice Peace.
INQUEST.
STATE OF VERMONT
Rutland County. 3d.
Inquest held over the body of Frank
RraaaOr IF Pfondnn tn l..
Office of j. Q Hawkins, on 14,h, 18th,
10th and 18th days of May, A. d. 1877,
before p. P. Gibbs, justice of the peace,
within and for the county of Rutland and
State of Vermont, whose age was Is years,
son of Frank Brassor of said Brandon.
The body of said boy was found dead by
the side of the road on the north side,
about 96 rods west of William B. Sander.
sons dwelling house on the road leading
from the village of Brandon to Sudbury,
what is called the Hill road, lying upon hii
face and hands and left eide, with bis head
directly toward the road. The body was
first discovered by Royal E. Atwood, ESQ.
OF Sudbury, about Is minutes before II
o'clock a. m. Mr.. Atwood had been to
| Brandon village that morning OF the 18th
OF May, 1877, and was returning home
when he discovered the dead body as de-
scribed. The boy started out between the
hours of 7 and o'clock a. M, for the pur-
pose of hunting awhile; borrowed of c.
| M. Winslow, esq, very nice repeating
ride, and went westerly from Mr.. Win.
slows, towards what was called the swamp
| In short time after the body was found
the authorities removed it TO his fathers
residence, before and after the body was
taken to his fathers house, search was
made for the rifle but none was found. A
post norton examination of the body OF
young Brassor was made by Drs. A. T.
Woodward and @. w. Peck. Upon re.
moving the clothing small wound in the
skin that would scarcely receive the end OF
the little finger, in the region over the
stomach, an inch to the left of the median
line, corresponding in shape and size
to gun shot wounds in general. Upor
the right side of the chest at point CORE.
spending to the space between the eleventh
and twelfth ribs was another wound which
upon careful examination was found &c
communicate with and was the wound OF
the entrance by ball that passed through
the wall OF the chest, the lower lobe of the
right lung, the diaphragm and the superior
margin of the right lobe of the liver, car
tileges OF the lower ribs and walls of the
| eDNo-SHt a1ohAhb ito NAb u tuO punt dUONt
described in the region over the stomach.
| Upon the front of the chest, three inches
| to the left of the breast bone, under the
skin, upon the fifth rib, was found and re.
moved leaden bullet,-Upon careful dis
section disclosed the fact that this bullet
first grazing the side of the left arm about
| three inches above the chest, entered the
side of the chest between the fifth and
sixth ribs, and passing forward fractured
the fifth rib at point where 1t was ex
| tracted.
Said justice, after most thorough in.
vestigation of the case, became fully salts
bed that the boy received two gun shot
wounds from some person, at the time OF
the examination unknown to the authori.
ties. The shots were evidently fired from
two directions, unless the boy turned hall
round after receiving the first wound and
before the second shot was delivered, il the
opinion of said Justice.
Given under my hand at Brai don, this
18th day of May, 1877.
p. p. GIBBS,
Justice of the Peace.
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