Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-19
EVIDENCES OF sUFFOoATIoN.


 | State called Medical Examiner White. who
 made the autopsy on Ways body. Dr. White testified concerning his autopsy as 8 | medical expert. He said: The left foot was | crushed. The right leg cut off below the | knee and crushed above the knee. The ninth | rib on the left side was broken near the spine. Both arms were cut off, but one was held to the body by few flores of skin. The skull was broken, the scalp torn open. The | skull was crushed as if wheel ran over the forehead. The jaw and neck were broken. There were no important wounds on the
 body except on the limbs. The bladder con | tained urine. Both kidneys and liver were
 healthy and in normal condition. The | stomach was 8 little indamed, but not SO ! much as in cases of habitual inebriates. \ On one cavity of the heart there was a little blood elotted, I think it was on the right side This was the only clotted blood in the body. All the rest was pure. The 1 lungs appeared to be perfectly healthy. There I was a marble appearance to the right lung | There were little red dots on it called hem l orrhage from the size of a pin head to 8 | kernel of rice. The left lung showed the rupture ot some vessels. The lungs and | heart alone indicated the cause of death. These appearances were not such as he should | expect to find in cases of men killed by be- l ing run over. They betoken death from suffocation. They are found in cases of
 suffooation by hanging. These appearances may be found in any case of death | by diseases which end in suffocation. They are the characteristic marks of death by sui | location. In this case they pointed strongly ! to death by suffocation. There is no chance to believe that he died by scarlet fever or cpl \ lepsy If he had been in full life when struck | by the train there would have been pools of | bright red blood. I examined the blue knot | aIo hrrA \ May 31. I examined and satisfied myself I that there was blood upon it and the blood ! was not that of an OK, sheep, pig or horse. It was mixed up with dust so much that l am
 not able t1 swear how near it approaches to ! human blood. Analysed the dust and found | it to be granite dust.
 Cross examined by Attorney Blydenb1rgh It was about thirty six hours after the body was run over that I examined it. don't see how the interior appearance of the body would be affected by exterior manipu- | lation. There was substantially no differ ence in the quantity of blood in the body when I saw it and when it was found on the track. I attach no importance to the condi- tion of the heart l found between half an ounce and an ounce of blood in the right ventricle. An ounce would be two table spoonsful. If the vent1icle was fully charged
 it would hold two ounces. The same thing can De said of the other ventricle. made a report of my examination to the coroner. I don't know as consider the condition of the heart as impor- tant at that time. found by consulting au- thorities that these red spots followed death by suffocation. The diseases I read up in relation to suffocation were scarlatina, cerebral apoplexy, epilepsy, ordinary apo plexy, death by hanging, drowning and strangulation.
 Then followed considerable testimony re- lating to technical medical terms and the witness then told how he proceeded in mak- ing his post-mortem examination. He said that the principal evidence disclosed by it
 was the discovery of the ecchymose spots on the lung, which indicated asphyxia, however produced. First he thought death was by strangulation, but subsequent study led him to form the opinion that death was by suffocation, however produced. After being on the stand two hours and o'clock.
 Dr. George Doolittle, son of the States attorney, next testified to the weight of blood, which was about one-thirteenth of the entire weight of the body. The testimony he heard, namely that the face was pale, that Way lay with his arms folded, the want of circu- lation of blood, the pest-mortem huidity of the blood and the punctate ecchymosis, were in his opinion strong indications of death bv suffocation. It was highly improbable that there were any contusions of the wounds that 
 killed in full life.
 At this juncture recess was taken until o'clock.
 Dr. Doolittle resumed his testimony after the recess. It went to show that Way might have died by suffocation.
 Benjamin Burrell, of the grand jury which indicted Coffee, testified that when the grand jury was awaiting witness Coffee said Ma son must help him out of this; if Mason don't, he (Coffee) would do something to him. He all haf ha fha 1ao to see Way alive. Someone of the jury said to him that they hadn't called him in as a witness.
 Dr. M. c. White and Coroner Mix were recalled and testified to an immaterial point in the evidence, as did Deputy Sheriff Ko- mold.
 This finished the States evidence.
 The defense began their side of the case shortly after 3 o'clock.
 Civil Engineer Kelly, who made the new map of the ground around where the tragedy occurred, was the first witness called by the defense. He explained his map, which was put in as evidence.
 the defense. He was intimate with Coffee. The witness testified that man ran after his train as it was leaving Stony Creek depot the night Way was killed. He afterwards saw Coffee in the smoking car of his train He asked him for his ticket. Coffee searched
 
 it. He (Cofee) said he had only thirteen cents and he then gave him his watch for the fare. When he first became acquainted with Peter Coffee he lived in Branford and he (Mason) worked in the Branford lock shop. Coffee was employed a stove maker in Branford. The Sunday before Way was killed Mason spent in Guilford.
 Cross-examined by Attorney Doolittle:
 The witness told what his duties were when the Guilford ''scoot'' was in his charge, He also testified to his keeping a night report of all fares taken, both tickets and money, as well as commuters and those who were carried on pass. He handed his report to the ticket agent the next morning after running his train to New Haven. He did not mention in his report that anyone got on the train at Stony Creek and getting of at Guilford.
 One of Conductor Mason's reports was at this point exhibited by the State.
 The witness said that the signature on it was his, but he did not recognize the figures. He said, upon being pressed by the States attorney, that he couldn't tell whether or no the figures were in his handwriting
 The report put in by the State was the one ! made up by Way on the run of May 9th last. |
 MT. George Kimberly, an ex-dry goods | and at present holding the position | of floor walker at Bolton & Neely's, was l the next witness. He was in the smoking i car of Mason's train on the night in question. He was alone in the car until the train had | left Stony Greek, when he noticed that the | car had another occupant but could not tell | who the man was. He did not remember | whether the man was on the train after | Leete's Island had been passed.
 Conductor Mason was recalled and subject. | ed to a more rigid examination by State At :orney Doolittle. The questions put to him by the States attorney occasionally nettled and annoyed him. He would at times an- ,wer rather sharply.
 Did you ask Coffee for his fare?
 did. Coffee told me he was going to Madison.
 : How long did you stay about the depot at 9uilford that niRhta
 About two hours and half. There was 1o one else about except myself and Coffee. Coffee was intoxicated.
 You say you spent two hours and A half It that time of night enjoying drunken nan's companionship.
 was not enjoying it.
 Did Peter speak to anybody else on that rain or at Guilford that you know of on that light9
 No, sir.
 What mart of the depot did won Iet him in {,