The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-03-20

his boots of, talked to me little whil,
about the poker, said be wished some
body would steal it, said it would b,
hard to steal, and he said Mr.. Beard
more could just take i. out, he told M
to Fix his bed on the fnor again in th,
Kitchen, and In a little bit mother came
from the tie house, he told ber to come
to him, she told him he had better ge
up and go to he'd, Mr.. Mann nigh
come and see him, they went to fix iht
bed, he started to crawl in, shs
told him to wait and she would helr
MIN in, mother, Lissa and Mollie helped
him in, he laid do Wn crossways on the
bed, she asked hin il he was going e.
lay that way, be looked up and kind o.
laughed, it was not very long after We
left him until he fell out He ate nc
supper and no dinner. He was in good
humor all that day, which was unusual
when be was in a state of intoxication
He was little mad at Willie before be
laid down the Last time think he fell
on his knees and hands
EMMA B. RUcKER.
Edmund A Brown being sworn tes-
,ifed as follows:
SAFE your name, age, and place ol
residence
Edmund A. Brown. my age is go
years, place OF residence Graysville,
Monroe County, OHIO
l; you saw John W Rucker on the
Oh day OF March, 1888, you may state
what time in the day you saw him, and
what condition he was in1
/ saw Mr. Kicker on that day,
think it was near six o'clock, saw him
in bis room had some talk with him,
when | went in be called and said he
was out of hay, he said Isaac Wilcox
struck him with poker. He did mot
act like he was much drunk, he did not
stagger, did not see him drink apy, was
not in the house over 6v. minutes.
E. A BaowN.
Jere Dougherty, Of lawful age, being
duly sworn testified as follows:
State your name. age, occupation and
place Of residence
NV name is Jere Dnugherty, my age
is 49 years, occupation q farmer, place
OF residence, Washington Township,
Monroe County, Olio.
II you saw John ". Rucker after his
decease you may state where and when,
and describe his appearance eY
] saw John W Ruck after his de-
cease at his late dwelling house in
Grsysville, Monroe County, Ohio, be-
tween 6 and 7 o'clock On the evening OF
March Oh, 1888, his eyes were closed,
his mouth about closed, his face pale,
he was living on the floor, partly in each
room. / was passing there and heard
the alarm and went in, / helped lay
him out. JEREMIAH DoUGHERrY.
T. H. Armstrong, OF lawful age being
duly sworn, testified as follows:
Question 1-State your name, age,
ami occupation, and place Of resi-
dencei
Answer.-My name is T H. Arm
strong. my age is 81 years, my occupa-
ton is physician, my place OF residence,
Woodsfield, NJ >nroe County, Ohio.
Q,es. 2-How long have you been
practicing medicine
Ans -2S years.
Q,es 3-If you assisted IN making
an autopsy Of the body of John W.
Rucker, you may state when the autopsy
was made, who assisted you, and what
abnormal conditions the autopsy reveal
ed in the order in which the examina.
ton was maie2
Ans Il was present and assisted at
the autopsy Of the person named on
Saturday, the 10th, of March. 1883,
was assisted by Drs. /. 2. Farquhar and
J. R. Perry, the body was still to some
extent rigid and there we're some disco
lorations on the posterior part of the
neck, there was a small confused and
lacerated wound near the superior angle
of the left orbit with some confusion oi
the soft parts Immediately behind the
orbit, dissection of the wound revealed
disarticulation partial OF the superior
part OF the cheek bone from The angular
proc ss OF the frontal bone, with slight
fracture OF the orbilal process of the
malar bone, depression OF the malal
bone at its superior extremity would no
exceed line. When the calvariuu
was removed by DR.. Farq1har who lei
in that part OF the examination an ex
travisation OF blood was found between
the dura mater and the Uranium In the
region OF the superior longitudinal sinu:
extending from point anterior to tho
junction OF the parietal homes with the
frontal bone 10 a point forward OF the
| junction OF the same b mes with the oc.
cipital hone. the ex'ravasatlon had dis
sected the dura mater from the Uranium
to the distance Of, in the widest part
about I Of an inch on each side Of tht
mesial line, containing a'mut "z o
| flaii blood. After the c,lvarlum wa
sawn into in frolt an | the body turned
over for the purpose of saving il be-
hind considerable amount of blood,
fluid escaped iron the cranial cavity
WHICH in my judgment, must have CONF
from within the pia mater The snpe
rior aud anterior part Of the .c>rebra
hemispheres exhibited here and there {
few points OF congestion with ittl,
larger cougssted point near the anterior
part of the left hemisphere; on rem ~
ing the cerebrum, the bsse of the hem
spheres. inclu ling the pDns, varolii, th'
cerebel!um, the me lula oblongata wert
in healthy condition; there we're nc
extravasations, or effusions, or fractures
or evidences OF anything abnormal ir
that region; the top OF lha spinal mar
row at the forsmen mlgnun was in per
fectly normal condition; there were nc
fractures or assures except those assures
belonging to the interior Of the skull il
any part Of the internal table; there
we're no fractures, external. Of any o
the bones Constituting part of the Cal
vanium except the disarticulation Of the
left angular process Of the frontal bon'
before alluded to. The next part OF thu
dissection was In the anterior part OF th'
neck; the thyroid gland wac very con
sderablv enlarged, constituting what Is
usually known as goiter it was removed
the veins in the region Of the neck wer'
found engorged or coDgested; the lar
ynx and trachea were in a normal con
| dition, except the trachea underneath