Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-07-20
DIGGING DEEPER,
HEAVY INR0ADS MADE INTO THE
EMBANKMENT OF EVIDENCE
BY A CONTINUED
GRINDING.
The Cavity Small in Comparison With
What Appears to Remain
to Investigate.
The FYcavatorS Evidently Have A Summers Job
Before Them-.-The Monotony Varied
BY an Occasional Stir.
ring Scene.

/ b1iNAN tili7 IhViiihlHftil Nbih ID HHISHcO
Such mass of evidence as has been de
veloped on both sides makes it harder
to form an accurate conclusions as t,
the result. So far the prosecution ha.
shown no cause for murder, while OF
the other hand the defense are equal,
at sea in developing any reason for sui
eide, hence the mystery remains unrav
eled. The testimony presented thi.
week is quite full and includes the Iii
rect examination of Hamilton, one o
the defendants, whose story, with few
breaks whore his narrative was to nc
particular purpose SO far as the case i,
concerned, is given verbatim.
| DIR. ROBERTSON-CONTIN
Did not notice any settling of BLOOD
on side of head at the second examina
ton. Might have been there but did no
notice it. There is moral certainty
that the ball killed her This woulc
have prevented my looking further fol
other causes. Had | not been certain
Of this would have looked further. Al.
rived at the house about twelve O'Clock
but did not examine the body for two
hours at least after | got there BlooC
had not coagulated in the interior O
the body. Body must have been deaC
in my best Judgment not to exceed
twelve hours when / made the examin
alton. Might have been anywhere from
six to twelve hours. The time when rigC
morris would set in depends greatly up-
on circumstances. In cases of violence
bodies stitfen very quick In case o.
death from hemorrhage of the heart the
joints are likely to stitien quicker thar
in other cases. | saw a piece of some
/ thing found at second examination. bu
could not tell whether it was leaf OF
not. Don't know as | saw any leave.
| in place where | made the first ex
| animation. Body was lying on smootl
grass, little inclined toward the feet
/ Probed wound furthest to the left a!
well as | could. Laid probe on grass
Do not think | poked that piece Of lea
in wound. Do not think it stuck to tn,
probe. Might have got in at second
examination of body. 1t did not get OF
my instrument. The probe was silver
and | would have seen it if there wa.
anything on it. am sure of that. Did
not probe after body was turned over
Stelnum was turned up over face wher
body was turned over Under side of i
would have been on the ground.
| Cross examination. Witness gave
again list of authorities for statements
| Did not know of case of the sam,
character as the present one, might no
occur in a thousand years. Formed
and expressed an opinion from cases O
a similar character. Witness cited cas-,
of Il man who fired two shots into him
self and then went into a closet and 90
another pistol and finished himself, bu
! did not remember whether the portion
of body traversed was given or whethe
| the pistol was rifled or smooth bore O.
what the size of ball was. Thought
conical ball fired from riifed bore wa.
more apt to produce serious wount
than a ball fired from smooth bore
Witness stated that his examination O
the vagina and uterus was merely su
perlicial. These parts had the appear
ance of the finishing or commencement
of menstruation. Witness had seen ;
! great many cases where more serious
wounds had been inflicted upon persons
in his opinion than the two wounds il
this case. Know there were no larg,
/ blood vessels wounded in the lungs o
this girl. The pulmonary arteries anC
pulmonary veins were too far away t.
be wounded. Could not tell the direc
path of the balls through the lungs;
could not see the necessity of knowing
| the exact distance. Did not cut the luns
open as it was in n state of collapse.
am not sure whether there was Other
bullet holes than | have mentioned OF
not. | was so satisfied with the result
deemed my examination sufficient Th
crosS-eXamination was lengthy and
searching, and during its progress tn,
witness became badly mixed up in som,
of his statements.
DIR. f. Z. BERRY
was the next witness called for the de
Tense, and said: am physician in act
i've practice. Council here gave a de
scription of the body as found and end
ed with the following question: Pleas,
state in your opinion whether the de
ceased, having inflicted the wound
thus far described with suicidal intent
would be physically able to fire anothe
shot.
A-Yes.
Witness based his opinion on the facr
that what had been could be.
Cross examination. Never heard o
a young lady having three shots lik
these fred through her, but had known
four shots to be fired into the body bu
not in the same region. Did not know
1 Of any such case as this to be given il
any work of medical Jurisprudence. II,
could not tell the effect upon a person
receiving a gunshot wound for he ha,
never received one. Have not seen an
one shot through the lungs that did no
know it that | remember of. Person.
shot through the lungs generally raise
frothy matter. Could not tell Just how
long before this appeared have seer
cases when it took some little time.
would think it would depend upon tn
part of the lung injured Cross-exam
ination developed no new points
The next witness called was
MIR. HERMAN GAssER.
VINO teStihed rs follows: Reside il
Platteville. Am medical student an,
have studied medicine irregularly from
three to five wears. Assisted in the an
topsy upon the body of Mrs. Sisley OIL
June IL Came to know of the cas-,
through DR.. Cronin, who spoke a 200,
word for me to DR.. Robertson, who wa
satisfied that | should go with him
Found the body covered with a sheet
First thing DR.. Robertson did was 10 asl
| some of the ladies who were acquainte,
with the family if there were any previ
Gus symptoms of insanity. The bod,
lay obliquely up hill. feet down hill AM
was lying about two feet behind stump
Mr.. Holcomb removed the sheet anl
found the upper portion of the body anC
the chest badly burned. We then ex
amined it was assisting Mr.. Holcoml
at that time-and looked for wounds
We did not see all of them at first an,
MIR. Holcomb commenced to remove tn,
clothes We unlocked the corset an,
raised the left side, and l think he ais,
raised cloth. l am positive about it
That is my impression and | saw it wa.
/ burned. corset and cloth. with one hol
in the corset in the burned portion.
think it was in the corset and know tina
4 1V,s IL II