New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-23
THE MALLEY-DOUGLASS TRIAL.
CLOSE OF TRR TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE
OPENING OF THE REBUTrN-


OPENING OF THE REBUTTAT-
IFRoM 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNEl
NEW-HAyEN, June 22.-There was an I'M
usually large attendance at the Maey trlal To-Day Al
the opening OF the court Dr. Francis W. Harris OF 1908
ton was called TO the wtnessstand. HIS testimony was
long aud dry, but listened to with interest MI
Jones for the defence put questions
to the witness bearing the In question: ana 10
these the doctor made reply. After the conditions I'M
der which Jennie Cramer body had been found and the
manner In which IL was handled after being brought
cut OF the water had been described IN deta 10 the W"
asked his based on large experience
in st-m0Tem examinations and autopsles OF dro"he
persons as 10 whether Jennie Cramer was or was not
drowned He replied that he believed that under the
croumst described the girl came to her death ny
drowning The presence in tho pleurai cavities OF
bloody fluid was his mind strong evidence IN sup
port Of the theory Of drowning The absence OF water
from the lungs and stomach did him from
the opinion he had expressed. lie believed that inc
handling to which the body had been subjected was
likely to have caused the expulsion OF any water "ch
might have entered during the struggles made WINE
drowning.
In regard 10 the arsenic question the doctors tesi-
mony was not at all conclusive and did not bud up 10
| any extent the theory OF the defence
Dr. Harris was ossexamined by Mr.. Do0little but
nothing important gained for theiStaie
The defence closed its at p m and the state
opened The rebuta by calling George Il. Kelsey TO the
witness.stand. He assisted In piacing the body OF
Jennie Cramer the wagon in which she was carried
TO Morgue. The object Of his testimony was TO sho"
that the body held in such position that 70 water
could have out Of it Mr. Kelsey accOmpA nled INC
body TO the Morgue and assisted in taking ii out OF the
wagon and deposng 1t IN the Morgue. He stated that
the position Of the body when taken from the water was
such that the head higher than the rest. He nen
described I'm detail the mauncr in which the body was
handled the positions which it occupied during me
process 90 removal lie said that from the time lie nIs
saw the BODY to The time left il there opPoriu
nifty water to ont also that 10 water was seen
During the xq1niuaton, Mr Jones, being In a
harry for reply from the witness said: Lille Is
Mr. Doorttle-Yes; IT win pc for your clients.
Dr. Wooster Peach, Deputy Coroner OF NeT.f ORR ork
that he had made exnmD atoms ~ about IopoC pof-
Laughter in the court He SAD Than l1rse
wafer in the lungs ard stomach. Where decomposition
had set in, no matter from what ci,se dean came
came by drown Dg h. shpud expect find water in the
lungs. Even if the body was inverted should expect
Mr. Joncs~Is it important to know how q BODY is
treated after il has been taken from the water A-Ies
o-is il Of any importance to know whether tie body
| has been tlirncd on IFS face A LITTLE
Qls it Of any importance to know how the BODY II
| O.-,Suppose yon sh0ud GId mucous frOth IN the
w1pdpiJe Al should want TO see 1t first. dJIt
| tink 4 mucous frotL " means much
O-Is there any one sign on which reliance can be
placed that a body its death by drowning Mo,
| sir. /. .
GLOW many dead bodies did You ever examine in
| davf A.--As many as fifty day, think
O.-Whcnf A.-IbUrng the riots and in heated terms
| when there many eases Of sun stroke
! Charles ~. Smith tie next witness. He said nc
vas familiar with the shore in The vicinity OF s1Yln
| Rock He knew when the body Of jennie Cramer
| was found and present when the body was "
lug On the shore TIE morning OF August q. Tha Tue
that morning was about hour later than almanac
uua 1be tide il governed good deal that shore ny
the wind lie that the body could not have reached
tAe point where found under the Influences OF that
| TIDE.