The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-28


quiry as to the cause OF Dr.. Cronin's
death, and succeeded In substantiating
all the sensational and vital points made
BY Surgeon Perkins, who removed the
yiaCera and top Of the skull OF the body at
the autopsy, The new witness was DR..
D. g, Moore, who witnessed and assisted
In the dissection.
Mr., Forrest objected to his giving tes.
timony, but the Court promptly oyerrul-
ed the objection, and the doctor began
his CHASTITY story Of the appearance OF
the wounds and the condition OF the
viscera. Three gashes the witness was
convinced wss necessarily mortal, Death
had come from conclusion or confusion
OF the braiu, and not from hemor-
rhage caused by the severing OF the IA.
Cial aud. occipital arteries. These blood
vessels, the autopsy showed, were cut,
as they had retracted and could not be
found.
Cross.examiner Forrest asked II there
were not some grounds for believing
that DR.. Cronin died suddenly Of acute
brain trouble. This was o new move by
the defense. The witness declared that
the healthy condition OF the yiscera was
in ltselt a convincing reiutation OF such
an assertion. Then MIR. Forrest sug.
gested the possibility OF sudden death
from chronic brain trouble, and asked,
II such was the fact, whether the sur.
geons who conducted the autopsy could
determine 1t by the appearance Of the
brain,
AS there has been no brain 10 ex.
anime, pr. Moore was unable to combat
this strange theory, The witness was
satisfied from the confused condition OF
the wounds that they had been inflicted
before death. In his opinion 1t was
impossible to have any confusion about
a scalp wound made after death. MIR.
Forrest, still looking for a cudgel with
which to break the damaging testimony
OF the surgeon, was rewarded a moment
later by drawing from the witness the
admission that he had but a few hours
before read the newspaper reports Of
DR.. Egbert's testimony Of the previous
day.
Then Mr.. Forrest created sensation
by moving that Surgeon Moore's entire
testimony he stricken from the record.
Judge Mcdonnell, TO tho amazement OF
nearly everyday In the room, sustained
the motion. A dramatic scene followed
and suppressed cxclamations OF surprise
burst from the audience. MIR. Forrest,
with q triumphant smile, walked hur.
riedly past his associates and slipped u
glass OF water.
For an instant the public prosecutors
were dumiounded. Mr.. Haynes was the
first to combat the ruling. His face was
crimson with passion US he drew his
massive form above the table at which he
was sitting aud in II loud voice declared
that II such an unprecedented ruling
were observed the trial might Just rs
well stop there, and then, raising his
arms 30 that his clenched fists were on q
level with the bar OF the court, Mr..
Haynes challenged Judge Mcconnell to
show authority TO sustain such a ruling.
Almost before Mr.. Hynes had finished
bis laundering attack, the clear, reson.
ant voice OF Mr.. Mills arose above the
noite OF the street and the mumbling OF
the spectators. He, too, declared that
II was time to stop the ease II the testl.
mony OF tho rest Of the States witnesses
was 10 be excluded for the reason that
they had read the testimony OF wit
nesses who had preceded them on the
stand.
States Attorney LongeneCker nervous.
ly watched the fight being wagsd by his
associates. Hurrying down the center
aisle were Mr.. Inghan and Mr.. SCanlan,
who were on their way TO the States At.
torney's office for authorities. Judge
Mcconnell sat in his chair with bis head
In bis hands. Before him were Mr..
Hynes and Mr.. Mills, the first red and
violent In attack, the other almost start.
ling in his palor,
The prisoners leaned forward and
watched the struggle with intense inter.
est, The prosecutors had scarcely re-.
Bumed their seats 10 watch the effect oi
their first yolley when Mr. Forrest arose
aud intimatCd that DR.. Moore had been
called at the eleventh hour to patch up
the holes In the testimony OF Assistant
County Physician Egbert, This was a
taunt that brought Mr.. Hynes and Mr..
Mills 10 their feet and called forth a oen.
sure from the court.
Judge Mcconnell, speaking In a low
voice, then said that II such a ruling was
enforced In lis spirit there would be no
reason for continuing the case, but he
did not contemplate such course. Mr..
Hyneu, seeing that the court was retreat.
ink, now leaped 10 his iect and with d
bnrst OF rhetoric that calne vOry near pro.
voking applause In the benches OF the
spectators, declared that with such q
ruling as that delivered from the Bench
the testimony OF honorable lnen who
would appear for tho State and who
could not be 10 QuenCed by newspaper re.
nosts would be excluded, while the Tee.
limony Of pUrjurers who would swear
that they had not read the newspaper
sCCounls OF the trial would 10 on record.
Az the big lawyer eat down, Mr.. Ing.
liau aud Mf. Hcahlan returned with law
books pilvd high upon lhGit. artuB. But
the battle was now over aud the prose.
OutOn lad won. With much dellbera.
lion and a gtalultouB gnOomluin on the
pfeBs for itB enterprise aud Influence,
jndRo Mcconnell reversed his previous
decision and ruled that the testimony ol
Witnesses who had read tue newspaper
reports Of tile Testimony Of other <.
nesses was competent, and that II must
be admitted. 49,.
VLiyefman Dinan was put upon The
stand by the prosecution aud he told oil
ieleCtlyo Coughlln hitting Tie white