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

ger, tne laSI TINE saw MIN, was Monday
afternoon; hasi 20 leave home on account Of
bis b.td semper; heard him say Oh MouGay
that ie wound suoot himself"
what was the reason ne said so?'7 ~
don't know sir; he was always mad"
'-Do You know Of a pistol being sent out OF
fae 5ouse?" II do my mofOer sent IL out u
tue mouse 20 Ms. iae5eI's, iea.isg the de-
ceased would s,IoOt iie-.''
Did you ever see inose handkerchiefs b.
foIe:" "Ies Sc; they belonged TO the de-
ceased; l never saw any b ood on tuem b.
10 e; my ste iatner use To f-eguentiy bleed
at the nose"
NoLLIE DOLDE.
Mrs. c. A. Yaeyer, beicg duly sworn deposes
and says:
30 you know of pistol be-ng brought %
you by tine step-Son OF tne deceaSe4i?" ..E do. -
.'is he pls OF now Shown you the one ~ Il
cou'u not swe1r il j.: L know the deceased
aud MS wtc iiad good deal o. trouble; he
was frequently dunk"
Mrs. c. A. YEAGER.
Doctor Sinks having been sworn, deIosss
a. follows:
AIN your Judgment, would a pistol shot in
the TO ehead fracture This skull in that man
ner: Yes, IL womb II placed close to it,"
"Wou'd death result las; antly ON IA SHOT
received the.e:" "IeS, it wouIu.r
would lines formed ON tne outside Of tire
siae.' ayes, II would
Where wou Il the eGtravasation naturally
form nom an explosion OF t.Iat kind on the
oul side Tow do you suppose that skull was
80 IIac, ured - ..Ev the IUice OF tne bail"
Have you examined that skuil?'
he answered: 81 d:u; thsIe is evi-
uence o. powder lining the Inside: / cannot
account ior the eS liavs;IiOn arOunu the back
pIit o. lhe head, mink a pistol snot would
not cause it,
"Do you think a person sitting on sep
would Inv;ii iaJiy fall back warls?i No siT,
ne would fall forw3 ii a. well as backward"
"A person sitting on a sieD Ike that, when
slot IN the foi ehead, iaia. v, how would he
be liheiy To fail" II csnnot positively say
be may fail ia a ~ shape, foi there j. no gem
"a, way % Eating when you are snot;
Tue natu,a' Indication of the body al. er snOt
would be found; 1 do not see how The e1plo-
on could have ..eIped Throw him back
much 10 &c sufficient TO have thrown him
D3ck would have sent the y siol some dis
farce; there may nave been some muscular
actton after the snot, a Strengthening Out of
lIe bouN; sncn oCcut> in wounuiIg; tbs is
VERY impIob die, yet ii possibly wou'u
count To-, Inc position Of The body ii Is avery
unusual anu singular wocnd fora pistol shot
yet u may have been pistol; the pistol
woulu have been closer 10 i.Ie head"
T.sINKs.
DR. BROOKS STATEMENT.
In my Judgment, some external injury
caused The eNiravsalion i'm the sIues of the
head in Tue rear; / was with The doctors
when The bead was diSsected, anu -amIned
it the posi- lou tue body was found in, was
not he one l should have expected had he
siiot himself: If the pistol mad been put
against his head. its force in being fled
would have had "A good deal OF inn uence, and
aSSu.r'ng that he sitting straight he
woulu save fallel forward; should II ave eE-
pc';ltG 10 nDu Ilts ne.iu on one s.ut or the
other 40 not ihelu 10 say that ii would
have been impossible for MIN 10 have as
sumed that position, but II was. posi-
Sls; IN my j"dsmeT n, Tue ship position irHm,
piston some fire arms, held above the
head.
il is not a settled question in my mind, 1
am inclined 10 think lie killed himself. /
cannot account for The bTuise on tie back OF
the heal they are not CONSTANT win the
theory OF his having killed himself; l N
not account fol The scalp wound OH the side OF
the 1eau consistently with his suicide, ii
must have been done some other way
/ presu' rue the bruises the back of tHc
head Wee III Ide at about the time of the
death. J. W. BEoCR.