Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-01-01

wounds, and described them on person
of j. w. Shannon. Much of his evil
dence given WAS heretofore published in
THE CHRONICLE in that of coroner's in
quest) During examination the doctor
produced the ball he had taken from G.'s
head; 1t had gone in ~ inches. q in.
forward and g in. upward, and lodged
i'll the angle OF the jaw, striking the atlas
of the spinal column, the tirst joint.
I(Witness produced a skull to exp, ,ain this
poinL) He showed the atlas, the bone
that was broken, the bone on which the
skull rests; next the axis on which the
atlas Tests; the bali Iusned its Nay
DeIween these bones, and broke III
itldS into Ihree ulff-rent pieces. o.
top of rlgni shouider Vas anntns wound.
DR.. Parks tUuk off Gs Coat; ii was "a
confused wound. Ii was 81 by "a in.
IN size. Immediately under the dirt on
the coat; no other marks on the body;
the blood on the forehead could not have
come from the wound in neck; he died
from the shock; the wound caused it. i
Examined mare next day; she was
wounded in right side of neck, in from
crest, and Is in. back from ear; probed
wound. (WItnsss described .wound.)
i @. by Kennon-Iu what direction was
Griffith looking, in relation to the pistol,
when he was wounded?
Objected to by Mr.. Danford, as a
matter of conjecture only.
Mr.. Kennon-1t is not matter of
conjecture, but question of science. !
lshOuld have asked q question prior to
that, which was, in what position the
i body was when the post mortem was
made. Question put: Doctor, when
you probed this wound, in what position
was the body?
A. We had him on a table, and put a
block under bis chest, as though he was
standing up.
/ Q. When this shot struck him, was he
looking straight from bin or turning
Objected to.
BY the Court-Hs may answer if his
professional skill makes him more able
to decide than ether men.
i Q. by the Court-Does your profes.
sional skill enable you to answer that
lquestionp
A. My professional skill does enable
ne to answer it.
i q. by KennOn-Coald he have been
looking. when that shot struck him, in
the direction from which the shot came I
IObjected to.
i Q. At the time that shot struck him
was his head on an alignment with his
body, or was his head turned?
A. He was looking forward In the di.
rectiOn he was going. Answer objected
to, everruled. and exception noted.
Q. In what direction, from the way
the man was facing, would person have
to be, to infiict that woundp
= A. He would have to be about midway
between directly behind him and at the
/ side. Answer objected. to, oyerruled
and exception noted.
!, @. How high was the pistol that fired
the shot that wounded Mr.. Griffith, with
reference to where the ball struck? OBJ
jected to, overruled and exception.
A. Well, the muZzle of the pistol mus
have been very nearly as high as where
the ball entered. Objected to, overruleC
and exception.
@. From an examination of tha
wound from the outside, how far Wa.
the pistol from Mr.. Griffith's neck, wher
the shot was fred3 Objected to; sus-
tanned
!, Have heard Emmett Mitchell threaten
Griffith; it was on the evening of Apri
7, 1888; it was a day on which l did
much business: fix date by that; thest
threats were made in front of my office
door; NJ. came up and spoke in an ex-
cited manner; he said he was in bad
humor; had had fuss with &. at tue
store, and he would not come out; spoke
to Emmett about the matter, and told
him be would get into trouble, and that
be should think of his father and the
rest; he said that vas all right enough
but d-n if l don't kill Charley Griffith
and it is only question of time when
do it; we sat down, aud l reasoned with
him, and he went off in good humor
he had pistol and took it out, and slap.
ped it on the box when he made the re
mark; DIR. Parks was present; told G.
ef the threats. a few days sfterward.
Court adjourned at 5:l5 o'clock fol
Ione hour.
EVENING SESSION.
Court convened at 6:15. jury polled
and Dr.. Estep re>called for
Cross exanination--In the talk 1 had
with M. he did not tell me of the fuss he
had with G .,oRly something about cane
: don't know that he had been drinking
he finally promised to go home another
way from that usually taken by g. The
; shot in the mares neck was on the right
side, downward and forward forward
as to the other side of the mares neck
not as toward the head; the wound was
almost direct through. The shot in g.
meek was forward and upward.
Benjamin LoPec, (Re-calledD Saw G.,
cane that night; (cane shown witness)
can't say if it is the cane; was one about
that size.
At this point the State rested, reserv.
ing the right to call some witnesses whc
had gone home.
i THE DEFENSE.
John Mitchell-Am County Surveyor
placed map of the defense in evidence
and explained it to the jury, pointing out
different objects in the neighborhOod OF
4 where the crime was committed He
; explained the condition of the road, aud
gave distances to different points; could
see along the road from behind Mitchell's
house; found center of road from Nc
Millen's notes. McMillen was origi nal
surveyor of the road.
Ooiohoe hoe ooinB loduy W .pIoCetu
with the case. the jury was admonShed
and court adjourned to a. N. Wednes>
day.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 8 O'CLOCK.
Testimony for State.-Dr. Parks. Am
practlcing physician at Louisville
made post mortem on body of Charles
Griffith; heard Emmst Mitchell.in April,
1888, make threats against Griffith in
front of office. Witness verified state
ment made by DR. Estep as to words con-
stituting threat.
r B Caldwell: Identified cane as one
found few feet to right of dead body
of Chas Griffith.
John Sidebottom: Ana J. P. who held