The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-31

THE SKULL
of the deceased had b,en brought into the
Dom by ms. NJ. =. ana ID. W. Thomas, aud
placed on the table in front of the jury. On
examination it was found that after the
skull had been taken out and the fractured
pieces pat together, only one hole was dis
covered, and not two a. before stated.
Al the proper time the physicians, Drs. ].
W. Brock, ]. l.. Viewer, :. +. Nicely, ID. W.
| Thomas and ~ : Thomas, took their places
| and the examination was begun by introdu-
eng Dr. ]. L. Viewer. County Attorney lay
Tor was present and conducted the examina-
ton. The following is the result 80 far as
| proceeded with:
DIR. VIEWERS STATEMENT.
| ]. l.. Viewer, N. ID, WAS uuly sworn /:
| S.'SlaIe, DR. " ever, the condition of the body
| OF IlIr uyct..Sed, its position, what wounds, n
| any, you discovered on the person, and what,
1 In \ our Judgment, caused his death, and any
/ FACT thai may throw light on the subject. v
| IL found the deceased down in his cellar used
| as "A bakery; 1 found his feet lying towards
the oven, his head in AN opposite direction ;
| Immediately In front Of tins oven Is de-
| pr,.-sion OF "a bout three Ieet wide the floor OF
lin. room is raised from one foot TO ID inches
above this depression i found his feet in the
depression; the body was lying in front OF
th,. furnace on this floor; his feet lay pretty
| evenly together, and his knees about the
same height; his elbows were about a fourth
H.
tIou down By his side; The body was lying
perfectly la line, straight on his back; ms
mead was lying IN alignment win The oouy,
not inclined TO the right or lett /; the cum was
slightly raised : the skin was perfectly wnlte
no color in his face al all ; the lace had no
rigid appearance; l think the eyes were
closed: there was 10 blood or any other
. marks upon the face that L discovered;
found "A wound upon the forehead ana an
opening III the skull, Tor which 4 nave a
| drawing, and Will exhibit II to the jury
| TneipuppIl "a shown the
jury.
the form exhibited; found the corners OF the
| wound cut down in this direction being Ill
. aronaily from the corners as explained 10y
: dIag across the ioIenead; II
measured one inch from inside 10 INSIDE
| both al the top and bottom; measured It'll
was an inch aud "A quarter from the lowel
S portion To the depression in the upper end
The extreme measurement from angle 10 an
, gle on the Insid was about an inch. and hall
over "A quarter; those sides OF the wount
: looked pressed inwards, inverted, not zig
gag, upper portion oil the wound was III
e | this shape, that is, the top of the wound, OF
e semi-circle pressed, eN ending down IN TN
center about one quarter OF an men, tner
: WAS no blood arks on The lower portion
| of thu, wound; il Was slightly backed OF
III. edges OF the wound, but no blood
the upper portion oil the wound, an,
fprehe al Was Stand with blood
e there was "A little TUT Of hair ON the lore
n head that fastened il together; the LEFT ers
e brow was stained with something that stucl
L
q | hair was stuck together; pressed IL with m.
fingers; it was not crisped or burned; Their
: was a discoioration; II looked something
:. | like a smoocn OF something; II was distinct
n dark co.ored; il was powder sIain or some
+ thing like IL ; on the right side OF the fore
Il head al the wound; IL Was not blood, IL wa
lie some dark substance; the room Was darl
l. and l could not stinyuish colors; thi
v wound was clean, and was not speck led
Re dolt,d or anything OF that kind; thought
lt disco, cred some OF the same material IN TN
A. TUT OF hair mixed with the blood now IN
only marks on the nose in about th'
centre was a straight mark across the nos
and extending TO bridge OF the nose. OF Ia
:. | same material as the mark on the forehe al
~ l looked for some exploded powder abou
this wound / sound no graunles OF powde
n in the face or about il then borrowed
d lack-ku.fc OF Franks, aud proceeded 10 Gu
the wound open, / found the bones OF III
:, skull were loose; the top OF the skull Wa
h ffaci 4. ed the side was "A section; cut dow
\, on each SIDE OF the fracture and locke
n down into the skull through tue wouh
- without measuring the distance, ana IL wa
~ empty Tor two OF three inches; then raise
!! up t,,e top of the skull the hanging men
, | bfanes were cut loose and hanging IN IN
= cavity; found on the left side, at the bsc
e of the skull, a hule through the scalp and
and Mr. Franks, and some OF the Jury mel
Il. !, put our fingers through 1t In cutting Q
=. the scalp ON the right side, found an e,
y. cumosls; this excumosis could not have r
= suited except fIom a rupture OF IN
y b.ood vessels by force blow
Us been Ieoently done. There was anoth,
biuised spot ON the lei side near The cent
on the side.
On the right side, found the scalp thicl
Al ened like a Jelly; this might have been pr
duced by a fall. -Four places on the rig
A. side of his head had this bruised cond
a. ton independent OF each other, and
All 1 think six. These conditions We
70 NOT in line of the fracture, and We're n
ue caused by the shot at all, nor by The for
- =. that Opened the skull. The bruises on u
'ie SIDES and back OF the head We're In my lud
en- ment produced by bow of some blu
"a INSTRUMENT used from behind, becsu
a. wien / opened the scalp tney We
as we'll defind black in the Center, anu extern
: does not take place after death This
ek only found while the man was Twin
| Whatever passed in al the wound in the ioI
,is head struck al the place OF indentaiion IN
'N back OF the skull, and II fosced radlat
-ce fracture. The confusion or abrasion Oppsel
The place where the bullet struck the 81 U
es- was caused by that bullet; on the fosehsi
'as there /, discoiorment in the brain, and &c
by through III where the wound goes through
Al. bralu There il the wouDd. Here the "
er. ness placed the bases Of the skull together
{ AS to show the wound in the forehead.I The
ais is no question but that a bullet went IN the
aw 1 did not find the bullet; the head was IN
las tured A. nov no saying how II was done, |
Oh Ios ce seems TO have been spent ioiward I
bullet went in a direction Little upwards,
: a horizontal line, through the base OF
Ia brain: afer 1 got the brain out,
brain proper was cut right In two, and
nh ,en.f. in nalve<; AL had 10 90
on To take up the halves.
ras discovered NO unexplodet powder In