Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-26
Afternoon Session.

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 sumed at ? p. n., Mir. Jones inquiring.
 I was in bed the night before the body was I found at 1915 o'clock slept about 200 feet
 from where I found the body, in @ building
 on the other side of the car track; eight or
 nine slept i'll it; there is a saloon adjoining the building; was not the last one to re- tire I got up about a quarter or twenty min utes past that Saturday morning; went ! down the road in front of Howes' Pavilion,
 which I generally do whenever there is picnic going on then went down in the grove and picked up couple of horsewhips
 I next went back to the house and then down to bail out my boat as I went down I saw Mr. Marsden on lis back piazza he was I about twenty feet from where the body was found I said nothing to hlm; he was in full | view of the water; when I went down it was l about 5:3O o'clock; nothing detained me at the grove further than to look around and ! see what could find sometimes l find car tickets-they Ire handy to ride to town with ] did not look at any tune piece until about 7 l o'clock; l judged the time by the sun that morning; it was pretty well up and it was ! pretty hot that morning the sun was up { about half to three-quarters of an hour; af ! ter bailing little while stopped to rest; 1t l makes 8 fellow puff; then l saw some- thing floating in the water; Marsden l was about ten rods from me, and within hailing distance; I said nothing to any one when I went to where the body was l I was then in doubt what it was saw float 1 ing; I had to wade six or eight feet; the \ tide was about two. thirds in at that time 1 the water was up perhaps fourteen or fifteen 1 inches on my legs; when l reached the body ! 1t lay upon it's stomach it was three or four l minutes from the time first saw the body l until I reached it it might have foated ten l or fifteen feet from the time I first it
 until I reached it i; have not before said ! that it foated thirty feet; I don't thlnk that I I did the head WIS under the water and ! part of the hair was floating the shoulders
 were partly out of the water; the hips were | out of the water; the face was so far under l that I think it touched the sand l the head hung down and I think it l touched the sand the feet touched the water, or pretty near 1t I think both face ! and feet touched the sand the head and the ! feet hung down and the body was raised up l I spoke to no one until after I touched the
 body I took hold of her under the and 1 rolled her over I then took hold of her ! under the arms (armpits) and dragged her out I first took hold of her right arm when l I turned the body over the head was out of l water.
 'How did you take her out ?' inquired Mir. Jones.
 
 q will, sir, said Mir Jones, walking up to l the witness, who then illustrated how he took hold of the body by standing behind the law yer and putting his hands under Mir. Jones' ! armpits.
 The witness resumed-While dragging the l body out, think kept my face on the body until I reached the shore 1 carried it about l two rods had not spoken to anyone up to l this time; I did not see anything come out of her mouth up to this time.
 To Mir Doolittle-I did not watch close enough to see whether anything came out of her mouth. Mr. Jones-Ah, that helps US considerably. The witness continued-From the way the l body looked thought that it had been in the water twelve hours or longer; don't think so now l don't think that testified so at West Haven some one down on the shore I that morning asked me how long l thought l the body had been in the water; l think 1t was Sheriff Peck who asked, and l said I | thought it might have been in the water ! twelve hours that was from the appearance ! of the face; it was of dark blue color with red spots on the forehead and nose; her whole ! face had that dark blue appearance the hands looked water-soaked; laid the body on the left side placed the hat on the sand 1 and laid her head on it; did not turn the l body over all that was done was to raise l the body up and pull the clothes down l went right up to Howes' and told them l Howes got back before did; two or three came back with me and in less l than 15 minutes 100 persons looked at the I body; no one turned it over; the body was taken away by MT. Clark at about eight 1 o'clock Dr. Painter went with the body ] did not see any goose pimples on the body ! nor did I ever testify that I did all I said was about the bruise on the lip; from her ! mouth came very bad smell never had an ! experience with chloroform and don't want any; did not call anybody's attention to 1 the peculiar odor; 1 guess all the jury got l some of the smell; Marsden and I got the 1 most while we were examining the body; l 1 first noticed the blood when the body lay on l the beach; 1t came away in drops; there was l more than a teaspoonful-I should think a I tablespoonful; it trickled down the cheek l l then thought that there no blood coming from the mouth; the reason I noticed the ! mouth was because the lip was so ragged and yet there was no blood-at least I didn't see any; the body was taken to the morgue Witness after describing the morgue and the appearance of the body after it arrived there was excused. Dr. Durell Shepard, questioned by Mir. c. K. Bush-Have pract1ced in West Haven 15 or 16 years. Saw the body of Jennie Cramer at the shore. It was lying on the sand. Not much color in the face when I saw it,-eyes closed 1 assisted ill removing some of the 1 clothing. I examined for wounds saw none | excypt slight ones about the face. The prin- cipal one was on the lower lip, with ragged 1 edges, and it was I should say about half 1 inch in length and three -sixteenths of an inch in depth. There were some smaller ones on | the lips and some abrasions about the face Mr. Bush-Did you form any opinion as to | what caused the wound in the lips? No, sir l thought the smaller ones might be caused by | the sand On the body found wounds or bruises except perhaps slight ones
 MT. Bush-Did you see any goose pimples
 n,or1 ,oE 1l 1,ol genital organs. Externally they appeared natural The hymen was ruptured Some folds of the membrane were attached to the | sides, ragged edges you might say I should say it recent rupture. The remains were m re prominent than they are in old subjects. Answer repeated at request of Mr. Jones The remai"s were more prom inent and more of them than in cases of longer standing. I should say from one to three days had elapsed since the rupture.
 Inquiry by Mr. Bush as to what is the four chette The fourchette is portion of the organs that lie between the hymen and the skin proper. The rupture extended from the hymen to the peritoneum, as far as the mu. crous membrane extended-abOut three quar- ters of an inch. I should say the rupture was not of remote but recent cause,-in from one to three days. Yes, sir, that's to the best of nay opinion I base that opinion as there were no signs of granulation.
 By MT Doolittle-When you say repairs by granuation, do you mean in ordinary lan- guage it had not begun to heal over? Yes, sir.
 Doctor what in your opinion would be the appearance of the body if the girl was drowned? I think she was not drowned.
 State the reasons? In the first place she was found upon her face,-an unusual posi- tion The eyes and mouth closed the absence of frothy mucous in the mouth the position of the hands was said to be across the abdomen; the absence of water from the lungs and stomach.
 Were you present at the autopsy, Doctor I was It took place at the undertakers in Church street, ,-Stahl's, early in the afternoon on Monday, the 8th of August.
 By MT. Doolittle--I suppose there were notes made at this time. Do you know who made them? Dr. Hotchkiss.
 Cross examined by MT. Jones-Doctor, have you been in practice for several years past? Yes, sir.
 Where? In West Haven. Yes, sir, have seen quite @ number of cases where persons drowned were taken from the water.
 Arc your judgments in this case taken from your personal knowledge or from reading From reading mainly; experience in part.
 Have you in your reading read anything that controverts your theory? No, sir.