Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-23

and took it to the morgue had you any other idea than that it was drowned body?
 No, sir.
 Did you take any special pains to keep the water from running out of the mouth?
 No, sir.
 Was the face covered when the body WAS taken to the morgue?
 I cannot tell whether it was covered with a sheet or @ veil.
 Will you swear that there was not a sheet over the whole body?
 No, sir.
 When you put the body in the wagon was the face entirely covered?
 I think it was
 Could you say then whether water escaped from the mouth or not?
 Mo- sir.
 Was there any water in the bottom of the wagon when you got to the morgue?
 l cannot say positively, but think there was some dampness in the bottom of the wagon that proceeded from the clothing.
 To farther questions by MT Jones witness could not say how many there were that helped carry the body off the beach. There were three certain and he thought there were four. He said they locked hands under the head and shoulders when they removed the body. Possibly the face was covered thought the face was covered when the body was taken into the morgue did not see the
  got into the morgue.
 Did you take the body into the morgue head first or feet first?
 Feet first.
 Why?
 Out of respect to the dead.
 That is all, said Mir Jones'
 A recess was ordered at 3:3O, which con- tlnued twelve minutes
 After recess Dr. Wooster Beach was called. n tn Mr. nnn1jfflo live in New York; was deputy coroner there about seventeen years I am regular phy- sician.
 About how many bodies of dead persons have you examined during that seventeen years?
 About fifteen thousand.
 How many post mortems have you con- ducted in this time?
 About two thousand.
 How many cases of drowned persons have you examined? ?
 There are about two hundred drowned ev- cry year in the vicinity of New York, and I have probably examined about quarter of them.
 In cases of persons drowned do you find water in the lungs and stomach?
 In large proportion of the cases we find water in the stomach and lungs.
 Where decomposition has set in in case. of death, do you expect to find serum in the lungs?
 We expect to so find in any case under the conditions you have named.
 Would you expect to find water in the lungs of drowned person even if the water had escaped by drainage
 Yes, because the lungs are like sponge, and if you should squeeze them water would escape. I consider full imitation of the lungs an important sign of drowning. No matter hsw the body was handled after death should expect to find water in the lungs
 Cross examined by Mir. Jones.
 Doctor, can you cite any authority who will endorse that last statement of yours
 No, do not think of any.
 Did you ever hear of any such authority from any source?
 I do not recall any.
 Is it of any importance how the body is taken out of the water?
 I don't think 1t material
 Is it of any consequence how the body is treated after it is taken out of the water?
 Yes, 1t is of some importance to know whether there had been a pressure on the chest and abdomen to expel the water from the stomach and lungs, or whether it had been rolled on barrel.
 Would 1t be of any importance if the body was placed on the face?
 It would be of little importance.
 If you should find four tablespoonfuls of water 1n the lungs, would that be an indica- ton of drowning?
 Not by any means.
 If body was placed in the water could the water run into the lungs?
 think it could.
 In shoal water
 Yes, though there would not be so much pressure as in deep water.
 If you should find particles of sand two thirds the way down the trachea, would that lead you to think that the person was drowned ?
 I should say that it might have been drowned, or that the sand might have washed in after death
 If the mouth was closed?
 It might wash in through the nose this is possible but not probable.
 Now, If you should find mucus froth in the windpipe two days after death, would that be any indication of drowning?
 1 should want to see it before forming an opinion. Mucus froth in itself does not amount to much. I think the froth fir om drowning has peculiar appearance.
 Is the absence of water from the stomach or lungs any evidence that the person was not drowned?
 It is some evidence.
 Doctor, how many dead bodies have you examined in any one working day?
 I may have examined ten in one working day.
 How many post-mortems have you made of drowned persons? I cannot tell.
 Would it be any evidence to you that if person s eyes were closed when taken out of the water that that person did not come to his death by drowning? It would have slight influence in forming my opinion. but not much. This concluded the cross examination of Dr. Beach. Charles H Smith was next called. In re- ply to Mir. Bush he said he lived in West Haven; WAS an oysterman and boatman. I .m familiar with the shore at West Haven know where Jennie Cramer's body was :ound. I was on the shore on the morning | ,f August 9th. l What was the condition of the tide that !  It was about an hour later I think than it | hould have been owing to the course of the | wind, which affects the tide on our beach. In your judgment could tbe body have | ioated from thess sssecond landing on Kelseys 1 wharf to the point where it was found, on hat tide?
 Mir Case objected, as the defence had made no such claim
 Mir. Bush changed his question and asked the body could have foated from the wreck t that tide to where it was found I don't think 1t could the rising tide, l ,etween 1 o'clock and o'clock in the morn ng. Continuing witness said there was bout foot of water on the beach where the ,ody was found at o'clock. He thought it would require two feet of water to float the 'ody over the bars to the point where it was ound.
 On the cross examination witness said if ody was submerged the tide would affect it's curse more than the wind. There was trong current setting in from the east that which leads me to believe that the ody could not have foated from Kelsey's ,harf to the point where it was found. Mir. Jones continued his cross examination considerable length as to witness knowl- dge of the velocity and direction of the cur ents at different points along shore on that lorning.
 This concluded the evidence of this wit ess. and it being o'c ock the court was liourned until this morning at 10 o'clock
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