Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-18

At the opeIig Of tie court Saturday morning,
Mr. Webb finished the ie4dir = of the letter
which he began on Friday evening, the substance
&C which we have given.
sheriff Libby was recalled: Saw thai Mrs.
Savage's nose was broken, at the time of the IN
quest; on the throat appeared to be scratches,
more on lett side tbau on the right; kin broken
20 extent; first saw the gun at the hall at the
time testimony taken; there blood aroGnd
the top of the stock aud ou the barrel; saw hairs
in the split part; saw al least AS many a. four;
hair seemed to be dalkish, bordering on grey.
the Government rested it, case here.
EFF Pnl.bury, Esq, opened for the defence.
He said the cause pending i remarkable one.
An old man sixty years of age. left alone, the
last of his family, a wreck upon the sea OF HE,
is charged with taking the lite of his companion.
The case is remarkable from the fact that the
entire community, the officers of the Law, two
physicians, and even the prisoner, had a mistaken
notion in regard 10 the death of this woman.
Notwithstanding toe array Of evidence, Won viii
be satisfied that 20 homicide has been committed.
but that she died OF natural causes, of "A disease
known as henmorrhdgic pHrPaa. That this
woman had that disease, aud the most malignant
type of it. we are prepared to show. Inns Il
plainly shown by the testimony Of Drs. Spring
81 sud Crookrr The disease III thi. case Is ST.
ia Nv developed that thete can be 40 doubt of it.
It mast appear in spots cccasiuned by an fusion
ccAsious bleeding wherever there is uucuus
-nlf,ce. The spots extend upwards, and often
occasion death by the ctfusion of blood in some
vital parts Among the causes j. anguish, intoN
icatlon; symptoms, cough, great debility and
languor. Hal 'ho womsns lungs been examined
t4c physician. would have found blood here,ss well
a. On the brain. This disease j. found more com
mon in femal than in males 1t never occurred
t. these physcitus, the cause of The womans
death; it i not wonderful for II i not a common
disease. Wort goes out thar Mr. Savage had
pounded his wife to death. They assumed that To
bc the fact, and did not look for the cause in any
d.ease, and the investigations have all been in
the direction of that assumption. The pur-
pc spots which have been , accurately detailed
,s're there, sure indications of the disease.
We have them ali there IN the
body Of Mrs. savage. lie himself had fallen in
with the popular theory Other death, but on luvest
"a ion aud con ultat,oo he had asrertaned in the
Gle lrest possible manner, that disease was the
ciuse oft.
The prisoner, COZ duct was detailed. lie himself
did not know how The tting came about he don't
know but he struck her; he J. charged with kill
y her. aud it Is wonder ths, he has since at
tnpted to throw 1t of
This then, i. the deiercc, ami he thought it
would he thoroughly e.tahlished that every
body would be convinced. lie counted a. alb
rd that the blows upon tie back could affect
the men.es 20 a to cause foWasc, viii in the
disease mentioned howage wa. common occur
renee We will show that the blow the side
of the head was received bv fall. From the
testimony, shall satisfy you nat the new
,und above the ear not - III, tt Ut 10 cause
III" clo'ung on the brain. The How of blood j.
iii 'ientv cAp iued hv the dIeea-e Itself. Ia
gard to the gun, it had been borrowed by Mr.
SA,age's bro her. VINO shot grey squirrels with
H. an hung them upou the buret II would not
be wonderful ii ia the presence OF so much blood
some should come on the barrel. lie admitted
there were several wounds, not the result of pur-
pura; naus were from falls la { osi, =, he said
the jury must consider tine man innocent until
nv cd hqy o.da doubt a. hn fruilt Y
Several witnesses wee then sworn for the de
f'nce.
Or II. II. Hin Of Augusta, took the stand, and
test fed. Ia practice II years. Had in his eN-
lerieuce quite number of cases of bleeding
pnrpuIa. In the malignant cases the bleeding Is
Often very p'ofn-e, coming with violent gushes;
passing blood from bladder, or from stomach; in
fact all the passages opening out door. are liable
10 bleeding. Then the nilder CRATE i mail ed by
oozing from the passages ithout protu,c dis
charge. Had known persons 70 vomit blood, TO
cough blood. 10 discharge from the nose Dis
case indit a'od by purple >pnt- VARYING in SIZE,
frequently oval or of "a rounded shape, come out
10 the skin, iuCo-lng the tissues under tic skin;
al the csvitie- Subject to The same coudit tons.
ID ses.e |. Culisr one, ard not very common;
apt to be passed nv physicians As unuo'icod in re-
ard to the cha scter of the disease Spots fret
appear : black ard blue. Press upnn the spots
and you can't press The blood out Of them. When
they begin to fade they assume ycl tint,
and other spot- come out The spots are quite
irregular 10 size. They first appear up0n the legs
below the knees, more usually upon one side more
than on other the same spI eaiarce extend up
ward often upon face and neck, but no. 50 common;
liable to occasion CLOTHING of b God on brain.
From the description Of the phys clans the other
day, he should have no hesitation in saving that
the woman died from bleeding pupu'a thought
that was the immediate cause # her death. Did
not think the Fl esh wound on the SC alp >rond
ell with the eliot upon the brain. Clot of b'o1d
from blow might he either above or below the
hlOw. kick OF blow upon The back of woman
90 years of age, or fall could not produce the
fowage that had been described; neither woul ! a
blow upon the stomach or bowels. provide tha
individual ordinarily well A blow directed
upon stomach would cause vomiting of blood;
blow on cheast bleeding from lungs.
Gross FramiHed-1his disease is commonly
fatal one; it requires a tonic aud careful treat
ment. Persons afflicted with il have poor apo
tte. Type of the disease in which the patient
greedy; complexion changes to a psld appear
ance might he swelling under the eyes; spots
show an abrasion of the skin; sometimes the out
side skin breaks. Noticed the OF dnaIy Character
istics Of the disease in the description given by
the physicians, such as the spots bleeding con-
nected with it; spots made by violence usually
have swelling these have not A person sll cted
with this disease would have death istened by
abuse. The natural duration of "a case like hers
might be ten or twelve DAYS. Think he could
distinguish spots ofpurpura from those produced by
blows. II the blow not sufficient 10 produce
swelling, could not distinguished the marks of the
disease from those of injuries. All inllries
would tend 10 aggIavate the disease. In islon 81
blood on the b ain would cause paralysis Souldnt
look for death from the blow which had been de
scribed the woman's head, though he had
known of death resulting from what appeared to
he slight injury on the head. If kicks were
made with thick boots on the body side, etc, i.
might have the effect to hasten and make worse
the disease. lie should expect Mrs. Savage to
vomu blood, and to discharge it from all the pass
ages. Did not think thirl OF an ounce of laud-
anum would have produced death ia Mrs. Ssva-
ge's case, from the condition in which she
de scribed. The usual predisposing causes of this
type of disease, are such causes produce loss
of sleep, appetite, mental anxiety, remaining
under the influence ofstimuant-, exposure to heats
heats and colds, etc. lnsensibity is an lnvarable
result of taking laudanum and opium
DR.. l. J. Crooker of Augusta, testified: Had
been 10 practice Fl years; graduate from medical
college Had seen several ca.es of the disease
described. Thee two or three varieties;
called simple, which is more al to occur among
younger people; another the malignant kind,
which appears among older people; red spos ap
pear which turn to purple spots are often numer-
Gus, small and large; no part of the body is en-
trey free from these spots. The old crop fades