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Testimony for the Defence.

Mr.. Gary-May It please your Ilenor, my father,
Dr. +. +. Gary 1. a rracticlng pnysician, aud be
wishes to So off On the train. would like for him
TO be examined now.
Judge Mackey-Certainly.
DIR. F. F. GARY. sworn:
] am n practicing physician. I visited the scene o
the shooting on the day after the shooting. | also eaw
the cut In McClung's shirt on the day after the shoot-
Ing. There WINS annbnsion.of the skfn Cd bis b. ea.t,
not a cut, about II Inches long. l am satisfied It was
done with q sharp pointed instrument There was np
bruise on bis breast The abrasion was On D straight
line with the cut In sbirt. 1t had the appearance Of
being recently done. The stain on shirt appears to be
blood, and | think It 10 blood. | can't undertake to
say the blood on shirt came directly from that ABRASION
i, might have done 81. it IS probable that it did. i
didn't examine the billiard table particularly Of that
time. / examined It this morning. l saw some sp"ts
OH 1t to.day that l think are blood spots. They A..
psared to have been thrown there by spurts, they were
spattcrrd, They were 8 or 4 Inches from tho edge this
way. They might have bren spurtcd from o sevrred
artery. Arteries severed thruw blood Ia jets, the
thrown there by o small artery. l saw Meetings. arm
In jail tho day cfter the homicide. He told the lie was
struck on his arm. l don't remember what arm: The
arm was 4 little swollen aud y little red. The bruse
might have been made with q billiard cue Or ally stick.
X.-Wbatever inflicted bruisr on am must have
had continuity. Tho edge Of Q stove or table might
have caused 1t.
By Court think It was on the bottom Of the arm.
II he fell on the arm 1t might have caused tho hruise.
X.-The skin IL broken where there 10 an abrasion.
its continuity is destroyed. The abrasion Was wider
than the edge Of q sharp pointed knife. 1t depends on
the size OF tho point, however, the diameter OF the
point OF the Instrument Tho knife here shown could
have made the abrasion. ! did not measure the abra-
sion on the breast Of McCIung 1t WAS about an inch
and three quarters in length
DIR. j. W. W. MARSHALL. sworn:
l am q p~rnctieing physician. ] did not bear Dr. Nc
Brides testimony. A man mny be shot through the
large blood vessels Of the heart and still have roliton
AND action. A man shot through the lungs very oft. D
RECEIVERS. We have instances Of men shot through
the heart who have recovered. A man shot through
large vessels next to heart would not necessarily fall
He might still do a deed Of violence.
Our medical books report such cases.
XII never had Q patient recover who was nhot
through the heart. There are cases reported OF this
kind in Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence. The hemor-
rhage indicates wound In the lungs. the effect OF shot
In the lungs. A shot in the aorta would cause the
greatest helnorrhnge. The aorta IL In the lungs. II o
large artery is cut near lungs 1t would not produce sus-
pension Of the power OF yOlitton ind action instantly.
The blood may guSh from mouth frcnl such wound
and yet MN may pursue his enemy. lie may E" 30
Or 40 yards before falling, II he was In action or mo-
lion when shot. l don't say he could do tbst u aosal