The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10

whips were coming down over my head;
Taylor came in, I Was pretty busy and had
not noticed any body round before; Rosen-
thai was in front Of me then behind the
counter and Mrs. Kline was behind trying
to reach over me at Rosenthal, and l got
hold of the swhip and took it ont of her
hands. don't know now but may have
turned round and Mrs. Kline was in front
of me, know both of them were going for
him; but noticed Taylor was on the OUT
side Of the counter working at something,
trying to keep them away from Rpsenthal,
that Is prevent further violence 1t was =
raw hide, one of the whips, though the 9TH
er could not tell what she had. The blows
did not amount to ANYTHING, because We
were right there together and got as many
as Rosenthal did. He might have got one
blow but they did not amount to anything.
The women said, "You have been disgrac-
ing us. You are scoundrel," and all such
as that, can't repeat it all, but accused
him of disgracing them. He insisted that
he did not. They talked English principal
ly. don't remember hearing any German.
/ heard no threats except what Moses
said, did not consider that much OF q
threat. He told him if he ever heard of
him insult his sister ain he would beat
the ground with him, or Rosenthal would
him. l stayed there till we got them to 60
out and go away.
observed a little mark about Rosenthars
right eye. 1t looked like scratch at the
time.
Q. Did Rosenthal appear to be excited
after they left?
4. did not stay there after they went
away, I went out right away. There were
a great many outside, was called away to
testify what knew about the trouble and
1 did not so back at all
Ine"er heard Rosenthal say anything
about taking his own life.
This all happened in Corvallis, in Benton
county and State of Oregon.
| DR.. C. H. Lee testified as follows:
A little after ten last night vi as in En-
cry & Burnett's place OIL Main street, and
Charley Rayburn came after me and said
that Rosenthal had shot himself went
lup to the store and went back into the bed
room and found deceased lying in bed
covered up, with a revolver in his hand
and blooL running out Of his mouth. ex-
amined him and found him not breathing,
his pulse beating irregularly and very weak.
l waited probably two or three minutes and
his pulse stopped beating and ] pronounced
him dead. I felt of his mouth found his
Jaws set; did not examine his mouth but
l thought from general observation that
he had shot himself in the mouth. also
found small bottle labeled chloroform ly-
ing on the bed. did not detect any odor
of chloroforn till I smelled the bottle.
i Q. Did you see any evidence of his hav-
ling taken chloroform!
II A. No. found folded handkerchief
under his chin when We removed the covers;
I did not detect any chloroform on it, it
would not remain a great while it evapo-
rates very rapidly. don't know whether
. an ounce of ehloroform would have anathe-
/ metized him or not, it takes more for some
, than others. I don't think he struggled
any after he was shot. I don't know whsth-
t er an ounce would have prevented HIM from
; struggling or not, it would put some to
sleep. I think the shot would produce
instant death. I don't think he would have
5 struggled any without any chioroform; saw
no evidence of burnt powder about his
/, mouth. l extracted the bullet fro m the
wound and probed the wound. 1t is usual
shooting, where the bullet enters and trace
its course, but in this case l did not con-
slider it necessary, as there is evidence posi-
J tive that the man was shot. I saw no ex-
ternal marks of violence upon his person
except little scratch or mark upon his eye.
The bullet exhibiting it to jury) was ex-
ltracted from the junction of the occipita1
and partial bones. these bones separate in
the middle about the crown of the head.
The appearance about the right eye
, blood settled about it-may have been caus-
ed by blow received during the trouble,
or 1t may have been produced by the shot.
think from the appearance of the revolver
and his right hand that the shot was fired
by deceased. The pistol was in his right
hand with his thumb upon the trigger and
lying on his breast. There were no marks
of powder on his face. think from the
position of his head that the revolver was
pressed passed the soft palate, but if placed
anywhere in the mouth and coming out
where it did, it would necessarily pass
through vital part Of the brain and pro-
duce instant death. could not recognize
the pistol only that I know it was.pearl
handled, l did not examine it closely, 1
started to remove it once and then desisted
and left it till the coroner came. ! think
however that is the same pistol. saw the
paper mentioned and started to read it and
VIM. Holgate said he was better acquainted
with his hand writing, and he and read it
over together.
Several other witnesses were sworn who
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