Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

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CARRIE.
being duly sworn. said:
Direct Eramindtion-I live 10 Yaukton ;
l am an employee Of the Press s. Dakotsian !;
I was with the party which searched for the
body of Geo. A. Landphere; MI. Beveridge
and myself followed . wagon track; saw q
dim trail; went down q bank and saw three
or four foot prints at the bottom of that
bank; turned to the right and saw q we'll
beaten track leading down the bank; saw
some clothing, and Immediately after no.
ticed some bones protruding out of the
clothing; l called Mr.. Beveridee and after
Mr.. Beveridge firing his revolver twice as
q signal of the discovery of the
body. we then looked for tracks, and
l discovered some heel prints and also
the termination Of the track at the head of
the body, a smaller foot print the skull was
broken but the body laid stretched on its
face; l could tell that by the clothing; the
path which led from the edge of the bank
to the body was a we'll beaten track, about
two feet wide, and three or four feet wide on
the right side of the body, as look.
ing at the head; I found the camp
FIRE covered with a large oak branch which
seems to have been cut by a sharp instru-
ment; there were no tracks on the other side
OF the body, looking towards the other
bank the cross trail commenced at the be-
ginning of the edge of the bank and termi.
mated at the foot of that bank went back to
Coon's ranch Captain Dougherty sent back
half of our party with . coffin, to bury the
body Of Landphere.
Cross Eramination.-The dim trail com.
menced only at the bank and termi.
mated at the foot of that bank;
l could count more than five foot prints in
the we'll beaten track; the smaller foot print
might have been made in retiring the foot
from the soft ground /; l again visited the
place Of the homicide on the 25th of Octo.
Der, and was present when Mr.. Willard
Hastings found some more Of Landphere's
bones, two or three small round bullets and
a small piece of the skull; measured the
distance from the head of the body to the
edge of the banklwhers the we'll beaten path
terminated and I found it to be 25 feet
inches I searched over the ground for the
barrels of the gun which had been broken
against a tree also searched for . pipe
which had been the property of Georgs
Landphere.
CAPT. DouGHERTY
being on the stand testined:
l have beep twenty years in the army: ]
have been In Texas, Tennessee, Virginia
Louisiana, Arkansas, and five years and
half in Dakota; I have studied text books
on firearms ; l know the effects of fire
arms; know also small arms and guns oil
long range; / am familiar with fire.arml
with which fixed ammunition is used thu
breach-loading class lie used with fixed am.
unitiOn l have seen q great many Woundi
in the human skull produced BY firearms
but ! have never made any special study Of
those particular wounds on the humar
skull; I have made critical examination
Eof oil kinds of wounds; I examined tb,
wound in Landphere's skull only on one oc
casion before this time; l have never made
the subject of anatomy or of surgery, Q pro
fessional study.
GEo. WAGNER,
gunsmith, was recalled end said that th(
gun which was presented to him wa tn,
very gun which had been shown 10 him
few days ago.
Adjourned until l 80 P. N. "a
The prosecution has been engaged all tn
afternoon with George Wagner upon tn
subject of the size of cartridges used ii
vari6ns revolvers. The court room has bee,
crowded all day, some twenty ladies beip,
present this afternoon. Beebe had not BEEF
called to the stand up to four o'clock thi
afternoon.