Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-03

/ L 6lSO saw ulul paoo Jul PioCO cOous
six DAYS before we found Mr.. and
Mrs. Hitchcock.
| Cross examination--We commenced
to search for the bodies at p. NJ. on
Thursday. There were three Of us
searching when the discovery was
made. We were driving. about in q
spring wagon. The grave was about
seventy yards from the main road
leading from Westminster to Santa
Ana. One could easily have seen the
straw on the grave from the road.
examined the wagon belonging to Mr..
Hitchcock on Wednesday prior. We
found blood under the bed on q cross
bar and on the front.
Redirect examination-Mr. Hitch
cock had his boo s on when found.
His wife had one shoe. We found the
other in the grave.
DIR. CHARLES II. BALL
Testified: | reside at Santa Anna. |
assisted in holding post mortem ex-
animation on the bodies. found that
deceased had been dead about five
DAYS. In the examination found on
the right side OF Mr.. Hitchcock's neck
a wound two inches in length, three
inches below the ear. 1t had severed
the large artery-carotid artery. On
the jaw l found an abrasion. On the
head, three inches above the ear, back
of the eye, was deep cut; second
on the left side, one and half inches
long and nearly as wide; another just
above the ear about the same length
fourth, scalp wound on the back Of
the head. The parietal sutures were
broken by a circular wound and
all the top OF the skull was fractured
into fragments. l should say the
wounds were inflicted with blunt
and moderately sharp instrument.
The wound on the throat severed the
right caroted artery that on the right
side of the head and the two on the
left side of the head were fatal
wounds. A person could not live over
five or ten minutes after the infiction
of wound the same as that on the
neck of the deceased. The wounds
on the head would have think,
caused almost instantaneous death.
l also made an examination of Mrs.
Hitchcock's body and found two
wounds on the neck on the left side,
an incised wound about one inch
long. 1 did not consider it fatal
one. A little below this was large
one about three inches deep, severing
the windpipe and dividing the
spinal cord between the third
and fourth vertebra. A third
wound on the right side of the
head broke the skull and severed the
brain coverings; fourth on the op-
posite side about an inch long also
penetrated to the brain, fifth on the
top of the head 1 should think would
have been fatal sixth an abrasion on
right side of the head; seventh on
top; eighth Just back of left ear !;
nearly all of which would have caused
almost instant death. In my opinion
these wounds were inflicted with a
moderately sharp instrument. They
might have been made with hatchet
or ak.
Cross examination: l can not very
we'll describe all the wounds exactly
without referring to my notes.
ToLBERr QUILLIN
Testified: l live about half mile
from Garden Grove. l do not know
when 1 saw Mr.. Hitchcock last, as
was not personally acquainted with
him. was with Messrs. Balsby and
King when the bodies were found.
We found some straw and an old nail
keg on the grave. We dug down and
discovered the bodies. King was then
sent to Garden Grove to secure a
spade. We had previously measured
the tire of the wagon owned by de-
ceased and while King was gone we
measured tracks which we found
there and found the measures to be
identical. We had previously exam
ined the wagon and found blood on it.
When we cleared away the straw
We found pair of overalls. | also
noticed some blood on small stick.
We also found board about five feet
long. Witness was here shown a
hoard, and identified it as the one
found thcre.) We found in the grave
a man and woman. recognized the
body OF the man as that of Mr.. Hitch
cock. We also measured the tracks
of the horses, and found them to cor
respond with a pattern taken from the
hoofs of Mr.. Hitchcock's hor les.
Cross-examinati IN: 1t was about l
p. NJ. when We started on the search,
and we found the bodies about 4 or 5
p. NJ.
Redirect examination The over
alls were exhibited to the witness,
who identified them.
At this point a recess was taken
until 80 o'clock.