Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-15
THE TRoAI KZAMINATIoN.
Testimony Of the fhysician who Made the
Post Mortem Txsmination-Ihe Evidence
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Post Mortsm Fxamination-Ihe Evidence
Of the Prosecution All IN.
The examination which was 10 have been
resumed st 9 a. n. yesterday did net com-
rnencs until 10 o'clock, thu delay being oecs-
sioaed by the absence Of Witnesses who reside
at Stockton, bu. had not arrived IS soon as
thev were expected. The District Attorney
offered in evidence TIE verified report Of the
proceedings Of the Coronsrs Inquest. stating
that he did 30 fo= the purpose Of showing the
statement made by the defendant before the
Coroners jury. The defsnse offered no OBJ.
jeclion, and the document was admitted.
Robert Craig, recalled: Ga The night Of The
murder Mr.. Troai told ne that himself, wife
and little child were sitting on the north side
OF the east room. His wife got up to get
bucket Of water; went TO the door, dropped
the bucket and exclaimed. "Here comes
I John" john came up, put one foot on the
| doorstep and shot her. He said she was
about TO open the door 70 90 through when
she was shot, and partly turned around. She
had hold Of the door with her right hand.
/ The petition door swung toward the north
| into the kitchen.
John Nelson, recalled: Troai told me on
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] started 60 60 out TO get some water, end
when ghe opsnsd the door she exclaimed,
- Here comes John with gun, and started
back. John then shot her. She said she
was not hurt much. John, / think he said,
/ stood at the door.
4. n Blake: I reside in Stockton, and
/ my business Is that Of an undertaken. | have
known the defendant since the funeral Of his
! vile. l furnished the coffin and hsaEss at
that time had the body exhumed for the
purpose Of post norton examination. AT
the examination 3ir. McStay, of Stockton,
and DR.. Gardner, Of Sacramento, were pres
ent.
James Brannan: Am Superintendent Of
the Catholic Cemetery st Stockton. [ was
present a. the burial of Alrs. Tr0ai. l re-
| moved thu body gone five OF elk weeks ago
from one plat to another ia the same cemetery.
It was the body Of Mrs. Troai that was ex-
humed and upon which Dr. Gardner held
post mortem examination. The reason Of the
first removal was that Trosi wished to haze
the remains Of mis- wife deposited in larger
and better lot.
j. Gambetta: reside in Stockton am
acquainted with the defendant, and was &C.
qu8inted with the deceased sold the de-
ceased and her sister each lot; the deed was
made to the deceased. The prosecution de.
sired the witness to state what Mrs. Troai
had said 70 him when she rec lived the deed
to the property. The defense objected to the
question, as she had paid for the property and
received a deed in her own name. Objection
| overruled. She asked me for the deed, say.
ing she wanted it 80 that it could not be taken
from her the money she said she had re-
eeived from Switzerland l delivered the
deed to Mrs. Troai. | was the agent OF the
! property that she bought. There is no build
/ ing on the lot, but cabin on the lot joining,
| in which Sam Trosi lives the lot is less than
/ a mile from the Courthouse.
! Counsel for the defense declined to ask any
| questions, saying he could see nothing to be
| gained by bringing Stockton teamsters to
Sacramento to prove up real estate trausac-
tions.
! Dr. Gardner; Am physicisn, and reside
in this city. l exhumed body at Stockton
| last Saturday, which Mr.. Blake, an under
taker, told me was the body of Mrs. Troai
| Found the wounds on the right side. The
arm and shoulder had decomposed so much,
and the lungs slso, that | could not tell the
extent Of injuries to them, Found o wound
| in the heart, in the right auTicle which was
! quite small and round, made, as it sppesred,
! By about No. 3 shot. Found one shot in
the heart three in the shoulder, four in
! the chest, Immediately back of the aorta.
Found what | supposed to be blood in the
chest on the right side. The course
of the wound extended downwards, in
| the direction Of the heart. From the
natura of the wound would Judge that
| death would result almost instantaneously.
| The Doctor produced two small paper boxes
containing the shot he had extracted from
the body of the murdered woman, which he
exhibited to the Court. He also took from
| his pocket statement made by an assayer
! of the exact weight Of each shot, and COM
pared their weights with that IF new and
unused shot. Two of the shot were said to
be No. 4, and the other were Of smaller
size. In cross examination the Doctor said
the wound in the heart was not a necessarily !
fatal one. From the dsclinGtion of the shot, |
as traced through the body, he was led to
believe that the murderer stood on higher
ground than the deceased when the shot was
fred. From the point where the charge en-
tered the body it ranged downEards toward |
the heart. The deceased he would have
Judged TO be fully FIVE feet in hight and |
weigh about 40 pounds. The Doctor was !
subjected to long and tedious examination. !
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dr. G. l.. Simmons: Said he was a practicing i,
physician and surgeon, aud resided IN Sacrs-
mento. The testimony ct DR.. Gardner was
read to the Witness and he said he thought |
from the nature Of the wound described |
death would result almost instantaneously. |
He was asked il a person receiving such |
wound could have walked the distances de-
PENDANT said she had-from the middle to the |
east door, a distance Of eight feet, back again |
and to the steps, q distance of fourteen feet |
further, to overcome step of six inches and |
exclaim John, why did you kill me?' He |
ausRe ed that it would be impossible. The |
witEess, 10 an exhaustive manner, by the |
use Of diagrams explained the action of the |
heart, aorta, blood vessels, and the effect of /
On injury to any Of those organs.
DR.. G. G. Tyrrel, physician and surgeon |
of Sacramento, was next called. The came |
statements of the character Of the wound |
were described to the witness, and he corrob- /
Grated ha testimony Of DR.. Simmons Said /
he thought from the nature OF the wound the |
deceased would hsve fallen Immediately upon |
her face. From the absence of blood in the |
pericardium and heart it was proof positive |
that it never pulsated after the wound was !
made. A small Shot wound in the aorta
would not necessarily cause instantaneous
death 1t would not prevent person walk
ing 0 few feet or speaking, but death would /
ensue in few seconds. It would be quite /
difficult TO tell BY examining the heart OF the |
deceased fifteen months after death whether !
the heart was deprived of its blood iustauta.
neously or gradually. From the nature of |
the wound as described by DR.. Gardner be |
did not Thick it possible she could have |
walked and spoken as reported.
Dr.. F. w. Hatch: Think the wound as
described DN Dr. NrAEGner would nave de- /
priyed person almost ins.antaneousy Of To- /
conocion aud speech. An ordinary wound Of |
the heart would not prevent person from |
doing what the defendant claims was DONE
Timothy Lee. sworn: l reside in Sacra-
mento county, ard am Deputy Sheriff l |
know Sam Troai's place. and have made a |
thorough investigation Of the premises. The |
east room in size Is 16 feet by 8, and the west 1
room Is 10 ~ y. Theirs is no ceiling ia the /
house. There is window on each side Of /
she door in The west room. The front Of the /
house faces west. TIE entire building in /
size is 20 feet by Is. There is small sddi- /
tian in the northwest corner, which is 81 ex-
tension Of the kitchen. There is ki1d Of /
awning extending the width OF the house, |
which is not covered except with SLATE, snd !
looks as though it had been erected for the !
purpose of training vines thereon. Th5ra is |
an elevation Of six inches between tbe east
and west rcous the latter being the highest.
TIE picSet fence Is 70 feet l05 inches
from the west door. The level Of the
floor Of the west room would
strike the pickets shout III inches from
the top. The hight Of the fence is four feet
eight inches. The windmill snd pump IS 50
feet east of the house. Ths east door opens
onward and swings to the south. The west
door swings to TIE north. The doors sre
very nearly on liae. The shot, If fred as
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