The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-10-27
Testimony for the State.
DR.. Z. II. MCBRIDE, sworn;

LIT. Z. II. McbhlDE, eWOTnt
I reside At Abteville Court House I am q prncti-
cling physician; l examined the dead body Of l.. Penn.
broke Quinn at Abbevi.le Court House, Sept n, 1850;
his body was lying on bis knees, face down turned
slightly to the right the right check uprermost, ns
shown In the drawing here produced; he was dead
when arrived heard the shots; there were two;
| arrived within three minutes after the last shot;
there was al interval Of about one minute between the
shots I made examination with the assistance Of DR..
F. F. Gary; he had ons wound In th- left breast about
sn inch from nipple to the left, and about two-twell,hs
Of an inch below; 1t ranged upward toward the right
shoulder; DR.. Gary prnbed wound | put my hand OF
, robe after it Wa introduced; | don't think the bsll
entered tho heart; I think 1t passed through the lower
lobe VI the let lung the wound Was fatal n ball
passed through one OF the large arteries or veins Of
the heart; the aortn Or vena cara, It would be rs fatal
and death As instantaneous as . shot in the heart l
Judge frosi the flow Of blood that the ball did pas.
through such artery; the flow Of blood in such casa
paraly yes the heart Instantly; the flow Of blood Is in
ternal until discharged through the mouth a wound
Of that kind would produce instant death he had an
other wound on tbo right side Of head between the
eye and the ear. near the eye ana a lutte above; It
left ear . little below centre; we did not find the bull
let; there Was no powder burn on the wound in the
breast there was powder burn near the wound Inst
described; the powder burn on right cheek; the hat
shown Is powder burnt and smoked; the ball entered
the right temple; the powder burn on right cheek WIS
nemi circular, but NO powder burn between 1t and the
wound there were struggling grains Of powder be.
low that powder burn on cheek The party who fired
tho shot In head must have stood above deceased; the
deceased must have had his head above the horizontal
nearly erect when he Was shot In the temple; | don't
know tho height Of deceased; a ball from q Smith y
wesson, No. IS would have inflicted such wounds; |
have made some experiments with such pistol, firing
at white paper to determine the distance at which the
powder would burn tho target; It powder burns ut
hand, also at three feet plainly, but very slightly at
four feet and only o few grains at Ave feet, ut six feet
4, ceases to powder burn; either wound would have
produced death.
W -Tho hntto.t. ofdecas.sd vsre mor, denrcs.od nm
legs than shown IN the drawing; the shot In head
could not have taken the course 1t did II the deceased
had his heal lowered and face down as shown In the
above tie party shot, he would have been Obliged to
raise his hand or the party shot must have been bend
Ing down Ave or six inches when the shot was fired
= party walking on the South side Of billiard table
next to wall In direction East or West would strike
tho bei ch on the West side OF room; when l first
went up | didn't observe wonnd In head at the fret
glance; ! found 1t ON examination: from the billiard
table TO the South side OF room IL about 7 or 3 feet
thiuk the soh porous paper at which ! fired IL very
near - soft as the human sIin ; ! never experimental
BY firing at the human skin to make powder burn.
The pistol shown me is q metallic cartridge pistol, .
Ave shooter with two cartridges discharged successive.
y the cartridge next to the one first discharged IN
the order OF revolution has an impression showing
that It has been .napped; the hammer pulled down
on II but not discharged.
GEORGE sHlLLlTO, sworn:
Iwsstown marshal here when deceased WAS killed.
I arrested defendant McClung two or three minutes
| Alter Inc elOOkDR, anu LOOK " plStOl III INV
from bis pocket; when l arrested him he WAS coming
out Of Sen's livery stable. The pistol was In the
Same condition, as It IL now. l henrdtfring and saw
defendant McClung running down the steps OF Nor.
woods billiard saloon, With billiard cue In hand. !
WAS going up steps and McClnng told mo to get out
OF bis way. and passed me. He was putting. ON his
Goa. whom l first saw hun, at the head Of stairs.
j. C. Martin the defendant was following close be-
bind him. went in billiard room, and came ont An
s,antly. and saw McClung jump ont Of buggy near
door and his foot caught In reins. j. 5. Wilson had
caught the mule attached to buggy BY the reins and
Martin appeared TO b. scufiing with Wilson. When
McClung Jumped out OF the buggy he fell Oh his knees
In the street and then jumped up and ran OF through
to tho rear OF kussels TO b. I'D him I'd. caught him
In front Of livery stable and be said Il give up" and
handed mo tho pistol. ,,
X.-When he gave me the pistol,he said " surrender,
I want you to protect me-" lie teemed excited.
when | met him IN stops he pulled back his cue as
II to strike me. l never beard the people cry out shoot
him.. The head OF mule 10 buggy was turned to the
x.-I hrst heard disturbance IN Noswood's billiard
saloon. | looked up to 1t, and l noticed there was
soms dispute about . point In tho game Tor l saw the
crossing against each other. l WAS on opposite side Of
street. The billiard saloon In I'd story. l stood there
. few seconds, and walked about tho length Of the
court house, and heard the first shot fired. / soon
heard the secord shot. l thought the fret report was
caused BY the fall Of o plank. | didn't pay. particular
attention 10 any remarks In billiard room before the
firing.
Cd some three steps, | saw MoClung coming down,
putting on his coat This was about At or 5 O'clock in
the afternoon.
The drawing shown correctly represents the stores
near Nor wond's billiard ROOM:
X-(The drawing explained By witness to jury
X-wh.n McClung came down, the mules head
was not turned In direction Of Meetings. road home.
When | entered billiard room ! SAW deceased down
on his knees under side Of billiard table. ue seemed