The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10

with an engine the body was laying on
the west side of the track, with the head
between two ties, partly on the back and
partly on the side. His head was near
the rail and the blood had flowed q dis.
lance of from four TO six feet from the
track. Idid not examine the wounds
carefully or the location of the blood, as
then supposed that he had been killed
by the cars. The side of the face, / re
member, appeared to be crushed. As 70
the engineer being able to see any object
in . clear place like the place where the
body WAS found. anything $50 or go
yards away ought to be distinguished
without difficulty. When the body was
picked up the wounded side of the face
was down. No blood was noticed on the
bucket when it was picked up. The
axle box could not have struck him
neither are the oil boxes low enough to
strike an object no higher than the body
must have been.
The remaining witnesses were then
notified that the inquest weuld be re-
sumed at the court house at O'Clock
this morning, and they were requested
TO be on hand at that time
THE TESTIMONY RESUMED.
The coroner's jury met as per adjourn
ment at the court house at half past 9
O'Clock this morning. The court room
and galleries were filed with spectators
who manifested the keenest interest in
the evidence. The first witness examin-
ed was
DIR. F. B. sHERBURNE,
who testifi ed iD substance as follows: !
have been a physician and surgeon for
fourteen years; saw the dead body OF
Harry Roblyer at the Nj. P. depot and
at the undertaking establishment on Sat
urday made a CAREFUL examination OF
the remains and found seven distinct
wounds. The first was across the mouth
and was complete fracture the next was
over The right eye and was fracture of
the Uranium; the third was at the edge
of the hair, three inches long, and pene-
trated to the brain; the Uranium was
broken and there was depression OF the
skull on the brain; higher up was an
lncision on the scalp, two inches long,
penetrating to the Uranium; farther back
was a similar wound, and back of the ear
was one two inches long; the seVerest
wound was under the right ear. 1t pen
etrated 10 the brain, and the lower
Jaw and all the bones under the right
ear were broken. The wounds were all
cuts instead of bruises and were not
at all like have seen sustained by per-
sons hurt by the cars, which are gen.
orally tears md bruises rather than In
cIsions. Ny conviction is that the wounds
were made with an instrument with
some sort of an edge. examined the
locomotive and cars, and found nothing
which would make such wounds as Rob-
lyer died of. I visited the scene Of the
killing on Saturday afternoon and exam
ined the place carefully. The road Is on
level ground and there is nothing which
could obscure the sight of train men. l
found a email pool of blood about five
feet from the end OF the tie on which
Roblyer's head was resting when found,
and near 1t was tuft Of hair which
corresponded to q spot on the boys
head, which seemed to have been
shaved as 1t were by g glancing
blow by some instrument. The HAIR
could not have been carried down 70 the
pool from the tie, as there was an OBJ
struction in the way. The amount Of
blood in the pool was such as might
came from Roblyer's wounds. In my
judgment the boy received the blow
where the hair was found. Aside from
those on the head there were no other
injuries on the body.
DR. L. D. JACOBS
was called and gave the following evil
dence: al have been physician and sur.
geon for eighteen years; am at present
physician aud surgeon for the Santa Fe,
and am familiar with the nature Of
wounds received In railway accidents.
I examined the body of Harry Roblyer
On Saturday with Doctor Page and
found CHASTITY wounds on the right side
ot the head and face, which may be de-
scribed as follows:
LIST. A clean cut one and three-fourths
inches long ana down Ia the skull, CON-
menclng az point about One-h4iI inch
to the right OF the extreme summit of
the head ana from this point extending
ou;WaruS.
Bad. An incised wound down to the
skull one and three fourth inches long,
running parallel with and situated one
and One-halt inches Immediately anter-
ior to the first described wound.
There Is an incissiOn extending about
l. - Evs,H
near the middle of the posteriOr margin
OF this cut, giving the wound 8 some
what tn shaped appearance.
3rd. An inCised wound two inches in
length, commencing at the middle of
the forehead at the margin of the hair
and running Outwards il the direction of
the upper border of the ear. The skull
AZ this wound is extensively fractured
and portions depressed. There 10 q
large linear fracture IN line with
the wound.
4th. An incision two inches long sit=
uated parallel with and one and q quar-
ter inches above the eyebrow This in
cision extends through she skull.
9th 4 triangular incised and lScerated
wound, Its base on line with the lower
border of the ear, two and three-fourths
inches long. Thus incisiOn sewers the
the skull, exposing the brain.
9th. An irregulaFly shaped scalp
wound, the flap attached at the upper
border, about one and one-haIf inches in
sire, situated about two inches behind
the ear. The skull At this point is frac-
tured.
It'll. An irregulariIy shaped incised,
IaceTated wound. extending from the
lower lip, near the angle Of the mouth
doWnWards and outWards over the low
er law. There are also two or three
small incised wounds on the jaw In this
region. The jaw is fractured at this
point The bones Of the right side of
the face and the front part Of the head
are generally fractured. There is also a
depressed fracture Of the forehead in the
region about one inch above the root OF
the nose.
juries to the body than these described
We examined the body carefully sad
found no other reconizable injuries TINS
wounds we're sufficient TO produce death,
and either OF the two BeVe1est wounds
were fatal. Ny conviction Is tnat the
wounds were made with some tnstru-
ment with an edge. They were singular
" clean and free from grease or tar or
ruef. and do not think they could have
been possibly made By the cars
Oh. J. b. PAGE
Yves next called 10 the stand and closely
the testimony Of DR..
Jacobs.
WALTER c. SHAW
was called and testified 10 having been
nofified of the killing On Saturday
bv VIM. StogsdIII. and described the
posItlon Of the body a. IL Wss found on
the track. He was working At Joe
Wrighs's place abons quarter OF q mule
from The scene OF tue killing. he saw
a init Of hair near 8
smail TIN bucket which Was sitting few
feet east of the body. The hafF was Dear
! small pool of Blood q few feet from the
lie on which RoblyArss Aesd rested
Shaw stated that yesterday be aed other
partiss found blood about twelve feft
southeast of the spot where the e9Y lay