The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-10
The Henry Hatch Mnrder Case

COLORADO SPRINGS, April 9-The third day
OF the Henry Hatch trial has been largely de-
voted to the hearing of expert testimony with a
view to proving that Hatch was murdered the
prosecution following their theory in the cross
examination that the deceased died from unnat-
uraI causes. DR.. GodSman, who was on the
stand when the court adjourned last night, oc
cupied the stand throughout the entire morn
ing and underwent one of the most rigid Gloss
examinations at the hands of Mr.. Patterson
Dr. GedSman was the physician called to exam
Inc the body. He had no other instrument with
which TO perform his post mortem eXam;na-
ton than small carpenters saw and chisel
He described the wounds on the head of the de-
ceased There was a little laceraUion of the
scalp ana from the outside of the wound it ap-
peared slight. The brain, however was con
gested and there had been a hernorrhage of the
mouth, nose and ear He admitted that while
the hemorrhage of the ears might occur in y
case of appopleXy, it tended to prove that
Henry Hatch had suffered from p fractured
skull The witness said there was one way to
nave established the fact as to whether the de-
ceased suffered from appopleXy beyond doubt
and that was to examine the vital organs, but
he failed to do this.
was that while he believed Henry Ha;cl died
from injuries to his brain the condition of the
organs was not such as to preclude the pos
sailaG &c OF dis appoplexy ard while he
lieved from the condition that though
perhaps slight it was present.
DR.. Christopher, of this city, was called
as an expert He believed that the
hemorrhage of the ears and mouth
tended to disprove the general theory of
apoplexy,. while not precluding it entirely.
Without having examined the vital organs he
would not have attempted TO venture an
opinion in this particular case as to the cause
of death.
A. j. Parl1e, who found the body. was
recalled, He said that during several months
acquaintance he had never known Hatch to
complain of any chronic disease or anything
worse than cold.
w. j. keegan was called and said he had first
seen defendant AZ Flag er, the day previous to
the discovery of the body. He and location
agent had driven the defendant out in tue coun-
try to look at some claims. When they had
driven mile and half, and at d point half n
mile from Henry Hatchs cabin the defendant
had asked where the latter was and had said
he would walk back to to town and
allghted from the buggy. The next time the
witness saw the defendant was in the morning
at his hotel. The latter said he had spent The
night with friends, and witness asked him
whether ne had seen his uncle Hatch. meaning
the old man, but the latter did not reply, MAX
ing a remark on different subject instead
The defendant left on the noon train for Bur
hngton where he said he had a friend The testi-
mony then closed for the day.
Among the new persons IN the group which
surrounded the table at the bar of the court To-
day, was the widow of Henry Hatch who had
not been living with her husband for some tine
before his death. 1t is believed that her pres
ence here may lead to some new DEVELOPMENTS
There is rather an increase than an Abatement
OF interest in the case and all the way along tine
court room has been thrOnoed