The sun., 1878-10-01

Gcu. Hughes few 70 the pid Of the witness. and
,ii., Mr Mo9k sai well IN stop the cxaWina-
Judge Lmndon. imnoccntiWyr i% W 1.}pv1 itp good
timr to stop now. Wcwill take rcl.pss
Mthe 9pcning OF court in tho. nltcrnoon tho
onr-rycd bird dog hung around The door. mp
pnronily iancying that ne mieht gcan further
information concerning the losi boot bone He
va. iorrrd ip retire disappointed.
Mr. NuNk resumed his cro~s-cxnminnti Of
Armor"" lcwis Mr.. Lowis testified that during
his'Nlwrimcn's ho rnhlwd wet cloth over two
hinc at q distance Of two feet, both thn pnncs
w'rr blown from the sash. lie tried tho samo
GSNn'rn,rnmt S,, ", NJ on dry rrnrs. md mndo clean
hc had noyor, srcn a LONG, nat-hccled bullet
wlh a sh"ll the s1mc s1nns The one found IN
him n shell ana bullet. I'll" witness
compnrcd thcm and snid that tho shcll WINS not
ldrniral and the bullet had neither fat nor. Il
found Mr., Moak. Hc, passed the shells nnd
hui,ts 10 the jury, and WAS srrminsy >" nus
about the bullet thatw found in Mrs. Bl,ings's
mead. Tho nrmorer swore that he once ncri-
y grP bn W, g,rd yn gun II n,o , rGgr
redeemed with rust.
On redirect examination the enlarged
photography oi tho hullo, taken from Mrs. Bill
hngss bend WAS shown To the old armorer. He
lnll ON H. The circles TINT Loot retcrred to as
showing whcr" the bullet nttrl the shell we're
Wm. T.. Haean. n Troy chrms, was sworn.
II" S1li tnW his business at urrscut was that ot
try ae applied To- The arts lie is 81 ycnrs VI age
ami hu- had twcuty-'ivc years practical cx-
p"rionrc. in which timc he hns madc many
rh"il,ll examinations NJ decorating material
H. hnd examined the window sash and found
thr krrnvls ot uneNplodcd gunuowdrr imhcd-
dcl therein. To illustrate how they werc madc,
h. flashed q Few grains On plate ot French
glass and passed the glass to the Jury. Tho
smoSy aIpgaranc9 copsisis q portions OF I'M
h' sad thnt hr had made experiments To as-
certain how far the mu22lr " the gun was from
n" window when th"sr spots we're made. He
chemical analysis showed that these spots were
identical with thos" on the Billings window.
burning powder could not 40 beyond the blu2c
%! a ircarm. II viii not ny. under any
impetu-. beyond from throc to five feet.
rac smoky appearance Of the glass might
marks on the Billings window, tie niua.le ot
feet of the window. \ chemical analysis showed
the stains on the class to bc powder stains. He
a microscope, NJ n power " about 80 diamctcrs.
. II fully rcscmhled powder that had been eX-
posed t. the air and subjected to dempncss.
produced hy the crysinlliz ltion ~ the nitrc. 1t
ta-tri Ike nitrc. Tho witness continued:
law .eme @. Ne rowiC5 taken rom one ct ths,e spots
c',l.. .aw / rutupny pr wafd, ,aw him ,pcn he
frHuHn flash and audible SOUND Then" could hF
ui.'ahc angut t piece IT platinum W., heated over
ar ale hu ANN until red hot. ST. mat II nisht he ice
W.. lsn 'osca iron ,6c Farcr ami rai On, rcce o.
i' va n,r',, u i" con. 's, was l,'%1,H % on ~ ~,
over thr name oi the lamp When red h'. the powder
cArlced The smoke on ne sla,' wasilcncA IN color
with the onc ha,e lust shown YOU ON the same we
tc,,ci o,her powder which had hg.n nred INTO similar
ng,,c 's.i g NAN ,m NM ,l, M n'- 49, s., wfs %
me to q, icfuunc.
In testing the spots on IT, pane Mr. Haean
used lead paper. II turned black whom pressed
over the spots. From experiments hc was Snt-
isNnd that the hole in the window was made 10y a
bullet moving slowly. and hc lid not think II
t,1ssihlp 10 max sueu "A hole with "A bullet from
II Ballard carlne II the niuzze wns not near
enough 10 blow powder into the sash he thought
It would blow out the snsh. The Ballard car.
hine would probably explode every grain Il
powder before II reached the sash. The mnrks
/ uu tho sash could not have been mnde 10y q
leDd pencil. for black lead WAS q most retrac-
/ tory substance when put into crucible. and
/ would not explode.
Nh Moak began his cross examination in n
| cross way He seemed TO have met the witness
/ herat1flre.
/ You're not a professor. believe ?" he said
! IN tlno or sarcasm.
Mr Hagan.,I nm not.
Mr.. Moak-Will heat explode with
Mr. Hagan-That is 50 simple question
Mr.. Moak dnterrupting Answer my ques-
ton, VIII You Proi"ssorf This attempt TO In
cen,e the witness WAS So apparent that Mr..
LAmQr"auN interiercl and the Judge sug-
gcs'ed more plR id treatment.
Mr.. MunS then went at liagan hammer and
tones. He mad" MIN ncknowi"'igo that h" had
e. nss him. He was professional expert IN
patent ras's. and his Regular charge WIS sil
rrr day while IN court and from so to s2l
ON annual salary hy three or four
lrms. hut had never hcen hired ly
a%s"f & n w}ob i6 6ov ar w1ra gn' p,@reso% Snd % ba4
been % witness in eight or tn forgnry cases.
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