Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-25
QUARTER SESSIONS.
TnE srRAsBURo numIU,pr CASE
The story of how Henry Eshiem., ma,
ui' nca'h Told In Uourt-Tc.ti.
mOpy OF phyticianp

and tho work of securing jury was re,
moved.
John IL, Lands, John NJ. Bachman and
Jas. ii. Marshall had each formed an
opinion; w. l.. Krcidcr had conscientious
scTuplcs against capital punishment they
were all challenged for cause
A. r. Slaymaker was psremptorily
challenged oy the commonwealth j. &.
Martin had formed an opinion Samuel
Evans, esq, OF Columbia, was aworn,
a. IL. ShOch was challenged peremp-
torily by the defense Clement baldwin,
Peter Anon and {. II. Fasnacht had all
formed opinions, and were challenged for
cause Jno. a. Charles WAS sworn.
Jerome Noudcrsmith was challenged by
defendant Juo. ). Motto for cause (;
Henry Wiso by defendant Jno. 8.
Echtornacht had formed an opinion :;
Lewis :. Hartman and Adam Shreiner
weTo challenged by defendant, and John
:. Gtvler was sworn, aud completed the
jury, who were then all sworn, rs fol-
lows
Henry 5. Rutter. dealer, Leacock.
Daniel Ircwitz, ir., coachsmith, city.
Daniel Kline, ST., farmer, Manor.
JAG. Il. Hostetter farmer Mannheim twp.
H. a. Donovan, wheelwright, Mannheim.
). L. lollingcr paper hanger, city.
.
l.: III. Eborly, legislator, East COcalico.
VIM. Simon, carpenter, city.
samuel Evans, gentleman, Columbia.
John y. Charles, merchant, city.
John :. GivlCr, merchant, city,
Tho OpepiuE.
Inc case FOR tho commonwealth was
opened BY eN District Attorney Davis: hc
| stated briefly what they intend TO prove,
tho substance Of which is as follows: Ga
tho lj.h Of September last, Henry Eshle-
| man, good natured man who resided
near Strasburg, went 70 town aud stopped
! at Brua's saloon, whcrc uildsbrand and
number Of other men were, Eshlcman
had a dog with him which Hidebraud said
no desired to buy. They spoke few words
| together and Eshleman being In a good
| humor, good naturedly pulled tho hat
| Of Hildbrand over his eyes. Hildebrand
| then took Eshleman's hat from his head
and struck him with it several times he
| followed thiS up with blows of his fist !,
| the bartender finally told HildebTand that
| he would put them out II they did not
| stop tghtiDg. 10 \ few moments Hide
brand took hold Of Eshlemau and first
| pushed him against the door lam he
finally throw him out Of the door aud down
about two steps 20 tho ground; while Esh
Iemau vas down llildebraud Jumped upon
him with his feet and beat him with his
fists, at which ttmo gasping noiso was
coming from Eshlemau, Hidebraud
with blood upon him came into the bar
room and said 81 have settled tho -
- - EshlGmau was taken homo
and he died that night.
| Dr. weaver n EIidoncs.
The first witness was Dr.. J. G. Weaver,
who was sworn he testified as follows
| n nraptfnipfr f,hUatciap Of .
where | have been for IS years on the
10th Of September last went TO Henry
Eshleman's house with Drs Keneagy aud
Black. saw the deceased and made an
examination found much swelling of the
face and discoloring found the cartilage
OF the noso broken, one eye swollen, lip
cut and swollen and small mark on left
ear ; that was all of rho Injuries on the
head; We then examined tho body aud found
oa the breast bono . mark as If
produced by the heel Of boot, i'm.
prints of nails being distinct we
then opened the chest and found con
siderable hemorrhage in the cavity OF
tho chest under the breast bone, with a
great deal OF confusion and rupture of
the left inuominate vein which runs across
the chest II was an eighth of an inch in
diameter found no other marks of vic.
leuce oa any other portion of the body
the yeia described leads from the brain TO
the heart, whore 1t empties, and is very
large the rupture of tho vein was
caused by the force used on the chest
the rupture and hsmorrhage were the
cause of death, together with tho shock
to the nervous system ; the clotted blood
indicated that blow OF sufficient force on
the outside caused it A.; EshIeman lived in
Strasburg township, about mile and a
half from the borough
The witness was sutjeo-ed to lengthy
and vigorous cross-e1ar- matte, ~ The
course of which he said that the rupture
Of the artery might have been caused by
many other influences than the blow in
dicated by tho traces of the boot heel, but
finding them he concluded that the rup
tpre was duo to the same force he wa;
not certain as to the location Of the artery
had examined it with his hands and saw
no signs of disease TO account for the rup
ture only inferred how it had beer
oooaSOned from the external signs o
violence.
Dr. BIacksTesrimoDy.
Friday AorHiRg. DIR. II. N. Black
who assisted in the post norton mad,
upon the deceased, corroborated DR.
Weaver in regard to the wounds found OF
the face. They opened the chest ant
found a rupture of tho left innominat'
vein, which otherwise was in healthy
condition found mark on the lei
breast bone which resembled that made b,
the heel of q boot to the best of witness
, recollection it was directly over the rup
tured vein the ruptured vein indicated
great violence the wound or tho outsid,
was confused Mr.. Eshleman's death wa
caused by tho injuries and internal honor
rhages, occasoned by the concussiOn pro
, duced by the exterior wound. Deceased
was a man of robust appearance WHIT
would weigh between 100 and ITO pounds
The witness was cross-examined q
great length on the subject Of anatomy
he stated that this rupture might hav,
been caused 10 different ways could no
tell whether the marks found were mad'
by heel, but they 30 appeared 1t i
possible for blow on the breast to rupture
u this vein without causing fracture o
any part of the breast bone ; he believed
it had occurred in this case there was n,
,, record made of the autopsy made NJ
examination for other causes of the rup
2 ture OF tho vein ; If a man was found will
his head cut of there would not likely b.
. an examination of the chest TO disoove
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