The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-22

fore or after the time when he said he nigh
live or 10 days. Burner expressed no feel
ing OF luminosity or revenge towards Amiss
but on the contrary said "he did not know
why George had done it," He told Mr.. Ar
mentrout to telegraph his brother, but tina
he did not want his wife to know anything
about his having been shot in such house.
Jos. Lsctliter testified - Saw Burner fire.
quently after shooting. First about 9:10 p
M, and off and on as often could get few
moments. Between and 10 O'Clock, a. M, O
the Sd, he said he thought his wound was {
very serious one-afraid it would prove fatal
did not think he had the slightest hope o.
reeovery-judged so from his condition. He
gave me an account of the shooting and said
that he did not care for himself but that the
fact OF having been shot in such place would
disgrace his family as long as they lived. &c
expressed no animosity against accused. Said
he ibid not know why George had shot him.
a. 9. Schetsr was an old friend of deceased
saw him between one and two a. NJ, of 3D.
de was suffering very much, and voice weak
81 In clammy. Witness said to him he was in
critical condition. Burner replied: "Pm
| afraid this is another Ream case" The next
evening at 21O witness went to Burners room
with Mr.. Echols. He (Scheffer) asked Burner
II he did not want to make will. b. said
NO; want my property to so to my wife
and little babes" Witness then asked MIN in
what condition his property was, and B. said
his books would show every thing. Schefer
remarked that he would be dead man in less
than twenty -four hours. Burner replied, "Ah,
SO soon as that ?" or "Ah. am to pass away so
soon 2" Witness said yes and perhaps
sooner. At this interview Burner gave witness
an account of the shooting, at time when no
one else was present; DR.. A. NJ Henkle and
and Mr.. Echols being in the connecting room.
Capt. Waters-Saw Burner frequently that
night; thought him in dying condition. Re
garded the appearance of his eyes, his skin,
the GOODNESS of his limbs and his suffering as
indications of approaching death; have seen
a number of persons die and am familiar with
the signs Of final dissolution. At Z o'clock in
the morning, saw him and he was to all in
tents and purposes a dying man. He so ex-
pressed himself to me- When l entered the
room he asked me to take seat at his bed
side, he wanted to talk to me- Told him he
had better keep quiet. Sat down by his bed
side and he took my hand. saying "Ah, Cap
tain, you don't know how l am suffering"
He then expressed himself as having given up
all hope, as plainly as man could well say it.
and told me how the shooting occurred
asked him if should send for his family ard
he said mo; send for my brother, don't
want my family to come" About o'clock
that day he died. Frequently saw him after
z o'clock, and noticed increased indications of
death. About $50 p. M, saw him and said to
those around "this man is dying he won't
live an hour" Ran for the Doctor and then
MIR. Echols, and B. died about five minutes
after l returned, and before the Doctor ar.
rived Heard deceased express no word Of
luminosity against Amiss +; his conversation in
dictated decidedly the reverse
EVENING SESSION.
Dr. II. II. He,aEe was the first witness called
at the afternoon session. He exhibited the
section Of the large vein through which the
fatal bullet passed, and stated that when dis
tended it was about inch in diameter. His
testimony was substantially as follows -
Weighed the ball taken from Burners body
and found its weight to be 7Ss grains. A ball
taken from Burners, with the grease removed,
weighed 81t grains. When / first visited
Burner told him the wound was very serious;
that the result depended upon what organs
the ball had penetrated after the peritoneal
cavity that | feared important organs had
been injured He then remarked 'Ah, we'll
then, there is still chance" "Ireplied there
is a possibility of your recovery" About II
o'clock he inquired again, saying "How is it
now?" Ireplied "About the same as little
while ago." He remarked "Still chance"
"Yes = said "a bare possibility" "Ok, WE'LL"
he said "let us hope for the best 1t may not
be as bad as it seems" He was rational all
the time. At o'clock when he was turned
over, l noticed blood exuding from the wound,
and the discharge did not cease when the
mouth of the wound was elevated. That con-
frmed my previous opinion of internal hemor-
rhage. He asked about his condition and
pretty much the same conversation ensued as
before. Next morning at 8 O'Clock, when told
he was in the same condition as when left
him, he made no reply. About II :35 a. m. he
asked me, and replied "you are little bet
ter than at 10 o'clock" He said "There is
still chance then" "a bare possibility" |
replied After that he never asked an opinion
and gave him none. When saying There
is chance then }" his face would light up.
There was no time at which he stated to me
that he had given up all hope. | think Mr..
B. appreciated that he was badly hurt and his
condition critical.
w. a. Gushing visited deceased several times.
Between ten and eleven o'clock a. M of Sd,
had noticed little improvement. Deceased
said to him "I'm afraid I'm going to make
die of it." and added, that he wasn't afraid to
die, but regretted the place be had been killed
in.
DR.. a. N. Henk1e testified: Saw deceased
first about 915 p. m. on the I'd, and remained
for two hours returned at 4 a. m. and remained
until z; returned at II and remained till 1910;
returned at 1:45 and remained until 2.15.-
Heard him, prior to my last visit, say How
goes it now ?" Replied very much as before,
having told him that he was in a precarious
condition. He then said, interrogatively,
There is some show ?" When this was asked
his face would brighten up. judged him to
be joval man, as he would occasionally smile
at remarks made by those around him. Dur
ing my Las visit noticed that he had, lost
some hope. His mind was clear as it had
been except when asleep. / remarked about
telegraphing for his wife, and he said fittings
are getting little hillious,aye replied you
are not quite so WE'LL" He then said having
refused before to allow us to send for her, II
think you had better telegraph" l told him
that it was then too late, that the train had
passed Woodstock. He said ooh, well, if I
live, telegraph for her in the morning" This
was about 2 O'Clock.
Cross examination.-It was meyer, at any
time, as disclosed by the post norton, possible
for him to recover.
His face would brighten up as we told him
there was bare possibility, as if the opinion
had inspired hope.
AT this point the testimony on this branch
of the case closed, and the Court announced
that it would consider the question of ad-
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