The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-17

Reddy took hold of ms frst, and 1 think
Crawford vas tie man who said be
would hit me If Reddy didn't. / recog,
nize Barnes as one OF the party.
Deputy Sheriff Martin was called to
testify as to the names Of the parties
identified By the witnesses. He said
that the witness Latseh had identified
James Crawford, C. II. Landreth and
Frank A. Barnes. The witness John
Chase identified Crawford and Lam
dreth.
The following statement was handed
in and sworn to:
W., A. ]. Gray, NJ. D., and M. C.
Barkwell, NJ. D., practitioners of med
icine and surgery, residents of the
town of Cheyenne, county o. Laramie
and territory of Wyoming. state that
we were called On about the hour Of
2 O'Clock a. m, on the morning of
August 14th, 1881, in this town, coun-
ty and territory, to render surgical
attention to, a man whom we found
lying in a house on Fifteenth street,
between Eddy and Ferguson streets,
occupied by j. B. Latsch as a paint
shop. On inquiry, Latsch informed us
that the man was IN employe Of his and
that his name was George Dawson.
Upon examination we found an ex-
ternal wound Of the scalp on the right
side, one inch long in its extremes, in
the form of an obtuse angle, occu-
plying and situate within the anterior
temporal region, o particularly
located at the intersection of two lines,
each two inches and one-half in length,
one drawn from the outer angle Of the
right eye, the other from the anterior
superior attachment of the helix Of the
right ear, a shown in diagram here
with presented.
From the apex Of this angle, distant
three-fourths of an inch, commenced
an abrasion (bruise) of the skin, OK.
tending one inch in direction toward
angle of right eye. On further exam.
nation the skull was found perforated
directly below the center OF the scalp
wound above described, the perforations
being ovoid. From the wounds issued
blood and broken brain substance, In
considerable amount.
With the subjective symptoms pres
ent in this case, as in all such injuries,
we prescribed the things to be done,
when we left. stating to those present
that there was but a bare possibility Of
the man rallying from the effects of his
injury.
On the morning of the 14th he died,
q few hours only after u professional
call. We further state that the length
of time intervening between the re-
ceipt OF injury and our call could not
have been to exceed one hour.
At 3 O'Clock p. m. on the 18th OF
August we made a post norton exam
nation, when we found the following
LESSONS.
The skull wa perforated, as we have
before stated. the length of which
wound was three-eighths of an inch in
its long diameter and two-eighths Of
an inch in its short diameter. A but
ton of bone, corresponding in shape
and size with the perforation In skull,
was found driven into brain. The
membranes of the brain were found
lacerated to considerable extent. We
also located the wound of brain in one
Of the convolutions of right anterior
hemisphere, extending in depth about
a quarter of an inch. The further
complicating feature was the division
in continuity Of a branch Of the middle
m%eningeal artery, from whose divided
ends blood poured in sufficient quantity
to fill all the cavities of the brain with
clots of large size. The immediate
aus of death was hemorrhage (bleeed-
ing). The entire depth of wound (punc.
ture) was about hve-eighths of an inch.
M. G. BARKwELL, M. d.
A. ]. GRAY, M. d.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day Of August, 1881.
WIN. F. LEE,
Coroner.