Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-25

More Evieenes Ietvo duesd By the DE-
fence.

More Evieenes Ietvoduesd By the De-
fence.
DoyK9, N. H, Dec. - Tho trial was
resumed at 05 ths morning.
The testimony for the defence Vas re-
sumed, Attorney General Barnard conduct
ing the cro.s examia stioo for the Sssts.
Celia Peavy. wife Of Frank Peavey, sta
ted ths, she ard her hubbard went to
SpringvAle Feb. 5th. AMI returned and
passed the R.nkin and Blaisdell places,
reaching East Rochester soon tf'er six p.
II.
DR. Charles Tufts showed BY weather
records that the weather vas fair Feb. 5th,
snow fell from Jan VI to Feb le
Cross examined, the vitnsss stated il
fained in the evering Of Feb 4th.
Jahn F. Springfield Of X ,chester, a civil
engineer exhibited 10 the Jury an elaborate
map Of the read from Rochester to the
grave. He indicated loo atious and disancss
After ten minUt.s' recess, Lsav'tts a.
msnsc was sdmi,sd TO show that the sun
se, Feb. 5lh At lS, allowing for the dit
ference oetween the standard and true
time.
Thoms. II. Haskell, clerk OF the Massa-
chusetts S'ste Prison, notwithstsn3ing the
Stae's objection. showed BY copy of the
prsan record and by vouchers, that
sl279 ~ vas paid by the prison authori-
ief. on lssse's orders, to Hiram, jeanette.
I.asc and Isssc's father. Some Of the or
dsrs were endorsed but Of many there Was
no Acknowledgement.
Crosse xsmiued, The witness said he had
no knowledRe whsthether the money TINS
cbtain.d by Jesnette. which amounted to
sl34 3S from 1854 10 1859. WAS used for
Isaac.
Fiauk E Richardson Of Boston, testifsd
to seeing Hiram and Isaac at the witnesses
store sine. lsssc's release at time be
could not Hx Hiram SAID tn, y were going
into business together, Isaac was to re-
main in the store They w,nt dawn town
together were friendly aad Hiram showed
no fear of I-axc
DIR Ed. n, zer Z Grant Of Grest Falls,
tesii1ed tbs, one of the two wounds de
scribed by the S,-tes witness as a fact
wou'd not be fatal hut would cause profu-c
h. morrhase in the lungs and thorscic cs,i.
ty The other would be fatal with hem.
orrhsge.
Cross examined. the wites's said h.
thought the man shot as Hiram was would
hsve some power Of resistance and would
livr from three to Ave minutes
Levi G. Hill OF Dover uslided that the
BUILT wounds described would cause q
much larger hem rrhase than ordinarily iu
cor Gun puon. He would expect to fnd
quite a large quantity of blood in tha car
riage near where the sounds were.
The court at 10 10 took recess till 2.
Court opered ia the afternoon at 2 03
and DR.. Henry + French OF Concord. N.
II was called by Lawyer Hiley for the de-
tense. lie said bullet entering between
the second and third ribs, would irjure the
lsrger blood vesteis above the heart, The
bronchial tubes. the whole lung and wind
pite Such wonnd would cause hemorIh-
age from the blood vessels and blood mixed
with mucus ard air would pour into the
mouth AMI lungs. The bullet entering be-
tween the IF h and sixth ribs would pass
lhroush the heart and both lungs, and hem
orrbage would fall in and around the luugs
and at the mouth. If the bullet struck
the nerve centre in the heart death would
be instantaneous, but from DR.. Daniels
test mony the witness don't ,hiuk the nerve
centre vas struck, in which case death
wsuid be slower. The hemerrhsge would
be ouch greater than ordinarily in con-
snmp pion. The b dy shot ,hus Containing
two quarts Of blood, carried over rough
road, would squeeze out the blood.
The witness couldn'i see how there could
fail to be more blood in she buggy than
shown. The witness gave the msasnre-
ments Of the prisoner ~ given by DR.
Grant. The results of such shots would
be for . man to scream and then drop. Tho
evidence showed that the besd and shoul-
dsrs lust have been severed v hen the body
was partially warm.
Cross examined-The body would not be
completely cooled inside OF two hours. The
head ahd arms might lave been severed
any time wIhin two houvs. The chest
csyi'y would bold more than two quarts
A person shot thus wou d ole In from three
to five minutes, but would Struggle 10
breathe. The sho, through the heart would
produce fainting.
The d,fense then read letter from
Hiram Ss~'eii to his wife requesting her
Immediately to diseharRe Grace Hewitt to
save tn. family trouble. The defeose then
rested without calling the ptsnner, and
evidence in rebut,al was Introduced by the
Sta,e.
10 the Savtell case todao, the prosecu-
tion off red evidence in rebuttsl.
DR. Flank II. Draper Of Boston, a pro-
fessor OF medicine At Harvard University
and ms d cal examiner Of 81 folk county,
testified tiat he b d made reariy ssveniy-
Fl W autorsi,s a. iron, 275 70 800 pnst
mortem examinations daring the year. He
bat r. peatedly exsmin.d Iersons who had
died tr m sun shp, wounds ard stated
that he liability of eedn g easvsry sm III
A wound entering the left side and pit.s,rg r
backrards ould Bot necessarily bs f,'ai
Some hemorhsge wosli probably .hos
it-elf at the mouth or nost'ils 1t would hf
thrown oct, Assuming that the msn bsd
| Ct ns,iousness. said bullet passing through
the heart would csuse immsdi.,e onco'-
| seriousness di a not think there woul b.
any bleeding fom the mouth or nostrils
| And The trsr sprra,iDn of the body in n
email tpsce would not nscesssrily produre
blood or the c.rrisge. though, from III
testimony Of Others, about thr.e hours hal
elspsed between dea h and the decapi alton
Of e body.
He ID this body indicated ths, the cool
iug rocess had not SIT in hen d. caplfsted, ,
sni III cuui & wa. con.is ent Win the the
The Al peaTst ce of re'rsc,ion Of the ski
wouli lave ben sppAfent bad 'hs herd
| been Cut off tyo hours after dealh and
| though the budy was carried come di.ta ace
here might have been II, bleeding.
Cross examination Of The Witnesses pro
! Grced no hing new. Several witnesses tss-
t'6ed In corrohorstion " tn previou, state
testimony A. d in coo'ra! ction to the test
| m0ny for defence regarding the tims tho
Wiley. ssssed between East Roches e, an
! Rochester
Iii am Falker testiae that the w l'eys
brought in lumber isfe on the f-st day o;
February. They went on wheels. Hs
measured the boards the following moro
log He though, they bsd rot arrived a
lGP NJ
Oiher vi.resses bad sg1eed that Fehfuar,
was the day the Willeys first went Oh
wheels.
This closed the evidence, and at 3 30 the
conr, g. janrned until . o'clock 10 morrow,
rhsn .be final Arguments will be begun.
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