New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-06

A SUPERFICIAL EXAMINATION.
Again The lungs had not been removed
longitudinal ncison four inches long ana one
inch in depth had been made into the substance
of the anterior portion of the right lung and an
other five inches long and still more superhciai'
three-fouIths of inch deep, into the correspond
ing portion of the left lung. lypostatc coll
pestion was present in the dependent portion OF
the lower obes of both lungs, but not more than
usual when death occurs from heart failure.
The lungs were next removed and placed in
vessel containing water They hoated Ike corks'
The pleCra was smooth, gilSlenlhe anu hoi-
NAL, in marked contrast 10 the perltohaeuih a.
The expert testimony gave the cause oil deauh
as "peritonitis ana hemorrhage que 10 uauiI''S'"
But DR.. Williamson, in answer to the qnes-
ton Were all the organs that you eAahiitIt cS
cept this wound and the lungs perfectly heammH
said Yes, sir. We did not go any, iurtneT;
because that tocdema) is what we thought causeu
death and looked for 1t. - l
But the most remarkable assertion WdS h'"'
in the following part of the testimony
Then. according 10 your belief, you 40 not
think that he died of pistol-shot wound
us Il vonr oDnion that the man would have
died at or about this time If he had receiVeu ho
injurH?" ,o,.o diod met tho
same" 90 ,, &. ,,r KIM
Or NacNichols samples were cut from the
same piece of cloth. IcsIllNlhS auo"U ''"7
the track of the bullet, he said: " We dlsSecNd
them 1.-THE muscles up off the perl'onaeunn' ou'
Of the way. made an incision across below through
the muscles and we could trace the course mere
WAS a dscoloration of the bullet track right
through the muscles OF the abdomen.
did Won sever the muscles and did you locate
the MASSAGE of the bullet in such a. manner so as
to state whether not that bullet penetra"d
the periionaeum
Did it, or did it not?7
Dr. MacNichol was inclined to believe, that
Rusk's trouble was Ia grippe lie Said ''l'
perfectly seriously. -, .or,
condmctcd by Dietrict-Attoruey William ii. Platt,
The successor of Nelson II. Baker. whose term OF
Office had expired on January J. Mr. blNea po nay
pushed the ease with Nlgor having tIr St ,r,r
aUtopsy made on the very last day of his Term;
Mr. Piatt announced that the prosecution w"uiu
spare no efforts 30 bring about Just ana SPECIFY
conclusion of the case.
AMAZING END OF THE CASE
Hart as has been said before, was indicted for
mapslaughtcr in the second degree. lie sun re-
ceived that delicate consideration and courteous
attention which had marked the case from III"
first II was discovered that his friends cou'd
not furnish sufficient pail 10 release HIM from tie
county Jail and his bonds were reduced linen,
although the work Of preparing testimony s'eHc"
~ he Going on diligently, and although the eN-
merit evidence as to the cause OF dcath was h""S
70 he presented at any time, there came excuses
DELAYS and postponemcnts. OF a sudden 'heIe
came the last climax to tie many which had pre-
coded IT, Hart pleaded guilty lie was aTraigned
for sentence and fined $3.50. Justice DykInan
said that the section under which the Indictment
was found and the circumstances attending the
coso defined the act as one of culpabe negligence.
Thomas Hart therefore, IN hail "a year Hl,ci
th,, shooting. during the greater par %, VIM
six months he was out on bail ana cAIe1 'oi ~
his friends, by mysterious woFkh1 Oh 'i' ,"'ii
whose intricate machinery seems 10 be u2!'IS'ooI
Inv those who run il as they run everything eiae
in WestchesieT, was Tree f''e, n,'" WIN
Tho way in which the ease came before Jus'N'
DykInan is Illustrative of the me'h9'S rihpoE'u
throughout. The case was 10 come nelu'' 'u''-'
Mills but it was we'll known, a. p| tic I'LL
cutron as by the defence, that judge Mile "U.I4
not view the shooting through PoiIl'a'S ~.
porpleS The prosecution took away "'' p'V.'"
~ over,. one bV having the ease transferred 10 we
Cont Of over and Tcrmner before justice lH ,
man This was all done as quietly a. PoNHi'r
( we'll known lawyer. familiar with me c"" - 81
WestcbeStcr County for many years. declares 'h3'
such n transfer in such a case, has Deem h""c
only once before in ms memQry :, +ho ,.;,,ooc
Meanwhile Harris defenders III me .lI ~
where the shooting had taken plac" We're NV "a
Vigorous efforts were made 10 hhd p'tI' "T
man the editor Of a local paper, who was h'l''
in plove with the gang that " runs Inc 'ONIi. va.
omen in his defence of Hart. ms man ~
a recent election stood over ballo'-hTN VI nr"W
heot intimIdate and cheat coiorcd Kepuphc1Is
who asked t. he allowed IL east their votes
sgainst The ring which has made he yiliaee 81
Westminster a ccsspool Of political Vilenfs. ana ,S
ronutation a football on the toes OF Ou''iI'"",
hjackguards lie spoke with icigned horror o.
the bitter persecution AGAINST Hart, 9g a"S"
against the second and third autops'cs. deci'il
- o',cL brutoIitv and hatchery must We har-
rnying 70 Rusk's aged parents and violently ac-
caused decent. self-rcsptcting and law-loVih0 "o
ple of bounding" Hart for poh'ch PuIposcs j.
Even Wcstchcster people opened their eyes ia
| wonder AT the result of Harris trial.
A RING.TRODDEN TOWN.
When one mas examined the phases OF ms
| Hart affair il is not difficult 10 explain Inc
octonus in whose clutches the vlla9e OF west