The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-11-15
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peared to be punching and gouging Nc
somewhere between the knees and the
head 1 had been standing near the wash
room door and now started over TO take
hold Of 8. l caught him by the left arm
with the purpose Of pulling him away
from Mo-; Rothacker took hold OF SIS.
right arm, and Lindsay also took hold OF
him, and we pulled s. to his feet and
pulled him over to the counter Nc. arose
from the floor and took hold of a chair;
and lifted II short way from the fioori
s. pulled revolver from his pocket and
said If we let him get whipped he would
shoot us both; Rothacker told him to
keep quiet and and put up his revolver,
at the same time catching hold OF the hand
In which s. held the revolver and pushed
1t back In his pocket; 1 then reached
around and caught the hand, to prevent
him from reaching for his revolver again;
s. then said If we would let him go he
would give his word that he would not
hit Mo. again at that times we let go OFFS.
and he started for the dining room door
to 20 10 breakfast, when Mo. picked up
chair the second time as s. was proceed
ing to the dining room, Nc. came out
from behind the stove, and called to s.,
saying "Doc, you know you oughtn't to
have struck me; you know / have al
ready one foot in the grave;" s. replied:
"yes, and Cd d--n you, Ill put the 9TH
or one there too before get through with
you;" Nc. said; "That's all right Doc,
know you are armed;' s. said; "Iknow
1 am armed, but not for you; IL don't
take arms to get away with youi' Nc.
said that he was not armed at that time,
but that he would be prepared for s. the
next time he met him s. said he was al
ways prepared for Nc, and that when
they met again he would never get away
alive. y. said pointing to Mos head,
"You're all right here, Matt, and are &C
countable for what you saidj" Nc. said
that what he had said was not in reference
to s. ; s. said 1t was lie, and he could
prove 1t by Horton, and that they would
settle 1t the next time they saw him; 8.
then went into breakfast and In few mo-
ments I followed him to the dining room;
when came out Mcclure was lying on
sofa back of the counter; think he was
dead when I saw him.
DIR. LEANDER PIREsToNE
Testified. I lIYe at Wooster, Ohio; am
physician and surgeon; have practlced
for thirty-six years; occupy the chair Of
Diseases Of Women in the Medical De-
partment Of the University of Wooster,
located at Cleveland, and was Demonstra-
tor of Anatomy in the Cleveland Medical
College; have paid some attention to heart
disease and have had some experience In
its treatment; knew Matthew Mcclure.
Counsel here described Hypothetical
case involving similar conditions ofhealth
and like circumstances under which Nc
Clure came to his death, and asked wit
ness If medical science would be able to
determine with any degree of certainty
what was the cause Of death. Witness
replied that it might, and said that in the
supposed case, he would say that death
had been caused by shock and heart ex-
haustion; shock sany impression made
upon the nervous system that will de-
range the harmony of the action of the
different organs of the body; blow, over
exercise, or mental emotion will produce
suCh shockj ahealthy man will easily rec
cover from the effects Of a shock while
weak man will not overcome the effects
without struggles In heart exhaustion
the shock acts with such violence as to
paralyze the action Of that organ which
AFTER a struggle finally ceases to beat in
the case supposed, the blow, the tussle,
the over exercise, or mental emotion,
might have produced the shock; In case
Of shock death Is sometimes delayed,
sometimes instantaneous; we sometimes
| find olot In the heart In cases Of heart dis
ease; If the clot Is irregularly shaped,
dark and rough arch edges, not entwined,
but detached, I should say 1t was of re-
cent formation, If the clot should be found
TO be smooth, with the coloring matter
washed out, I should say 1t was Of ante
mortem formationj If 1 should find the
clot wrapped around fleshy columns, not
washed out, should suppose they were
formed about the period of deathj in the
supposed case the fact that the recipient
Of the blow was pale in the face and
breathed heavily, would be evidence that
he was laboring under the effects ofshock,
and that the hearts action was feeble.
Gross Examination In the supposed
case immoderate indulgence In alcoholic
drinks, excessive indulgence In sexual
intercourse, the presence Of syphilitic
virus, loss of sleep and irregular hours,
undue excitement &C., all would mill
tate in the direction Of aggravating the
disease of the heart and increase the chan
ces of sudden death.
DIR. WIN. O. MOORE.
reside in Wooster, have been engag-
ed in the practice of medicine since l945;
knew Mcclure, treated him In March,
1879 for rheumatism; afterward examin-
ed his heart and found him to be afflicted
with what supposed to be endo cordetlcS;
did not see him for some months previ-
Gus to his death; do not think the dis
ease could have made sufficient progress
to have caused his death independent OF
exciting causes, Supposed case was also
stated to witness, who substantially cor
roborated DR.. Firestone in his judgment
of the causes producing death.
Court adjourned till Saturday morning,
A. D. BRADEN
Was called and testified. Was Mayor OF
the city, in February Goth, 1877, and oe-
cupied an Office adjoining siddalPs; g.
called me into his office about 8 O'Clock
that morning. seemed very much broken
down. and In q state of great mental agit-