The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-02

lung was little diseased. The lining mem
| brane of the larynx was deeply filled with
| blood and so was the windpipe. The other
| organs showed no evidence of disease.
| The purplish appearance of the face might
| have arisen from choking, but that would not
| account for the similar appearance on the
| arms and back. 1t was due IN those places
| to the settling of the blood under the skin, as
| often occurs in the dead. Ihere are no aDso-
| lutte indications after death that IL occurred
| by suffocation. Sometimes one series OF
| appearances might be present, ana AT
another time absent. There are no aDsOlute
unvariable indications. The engagement OF
blood in the larynx and windpipe might be
due to suffocatiOn, and also the appearance
of the face. 1t is often the case that death
occurs from some blow ON the head that
does not fracture the skull and still the
brain shows no visible injury. 1t causes
death by the violent agitation of the parti-
cles of which the brain is composed. 1t IS
the condition known as concussion OF the
brain. In my opinion blows upon the head
hard enough to produce those contusions
were sufficient to cause death. In suffoca-
tion the, appearances would not be constant
in all cases. The congestion in the throat
and the upper part of the lung would be
consistent with suffocatiOn There was no
smell of alcohol about any portion of the
body. We examined carefully for that.
Cross S-eIdnlindtiOll-I cannot say that this
woman died of suffocatlon. L cannot state
the cause of her death absolutely.
Redirect Erdmindti0n-I don't know alb
SOlutely the cause of her death, but it could
be explained by injury to the brain, produced
by the blows from some blunt instrument on
the head or on the theory of suffocation, or
from combination of the two. That is to
say, the woman may have been stunned by
the blow and afterwards subjected to such
an interference of respiration as would
cause death in her weakened and stunned
condition, when it would not otherwise have
occurred.
Cross examination Resumed-The bruises
on the head were such as might have been
received by person falling and striking
against some hard substance. They must
fhaSst Rsefft 81 tie saE Which Was unusually
thick. Blows that do not fracture the skull
usually fail to produce death.
Dr. George HI. Cummings, who assisted IN
making the poSt-mortem eXamlnatlon, teStl-
fed Substantially as did DR.: Gerrish as to
the appearance of the body and the normal
condition of the vital organs. He said that
in his opinion blows sufficient to produce
the bruises he found on the head would be
sufficient to cause death. Should not expect
death to result in every case from such
blows, but it might She was a pretty
Cross -erdnainatioll-A person may be
smothered and there be no indications OF 1t
after death; then again you may hnd dis-
coloration. l testified in this case before the
Coroner's inquest. dldn say IN my oplntloH at'nt
might be one of the causes. l say don't
know whether suffocation or the blows on
the head caused death.
Ezra Hawkes., City Marshal of Portland,
the afternoon of Saturday, July 10th:
called O'Hare into the MarshaPs room in
presence of Deputy Marshal Crowell and
Coroner Gould. | asked O'Hare what time
he got home that night. He, said he came
from Gorham; got home about half-past
nine; that he went into the house and laid
$40 on the table, which his wife took and
put away; that afterwards he wanted some
to go out and get something to drink, and
she wouldn't let him have any; he COM
menced searching for the money. | asked
him if she tried to prevent him, and he SAID
she did, but he continued his search from
room to room. L asked him II, when she
tried to prevent his searching, he struck her.
He said no, but she struck him and tried to
prevent his searching. | told him OF the
great confusion found all the rooms In,
everything topsy-turvy, bureau drawers
pulled out, tables tipped over, looking glass,
es broken, clothing scattered around, ana
asked him if all this happened by his search
ing for that money, and he said 1t did. L
guess no one had told him what he was ar
rested for L told him, and told him his
wife was dead He jumped up
and appeared to. be, in the greatest
he didn't know his wife was dead. lie said
he knew she was in bad condition when he
went out, and that he went up to Washing
ton street to get some medicine Tor her, but
he ran afoul a man by tire name OF Hanlan,
and they went down Congress street to
Deehan's apothecary store and got, some
whiskey. and he and Hanlan drank of it
pretty freely Then he said he went down
Elm street on to Lincoln street and was go
ing towards home when Marshal Black ar
rested him. / visited the house that morn
ing about o'clock and saw the feather bed
there that is now in court. The spots OF
blood now upon it were then fresh.
Cress-eralaindtion- don't know how
soon blood upon such fabric will become dry.
When l talked to O'Hare in the afternoon
he was not intoxicated He was in the
morning. l told him what he was held for
and he said, My wife isn't dead is she?' l
told him she was. He seemed to be sur
priSed.
Deputy Marshal Crowell testified to the
conversation between the Marshal and o.
Hare as related by the Marshal
The government announced that this
closed their testimony and the court adjourn
cd until this morning