The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-10

studding as told by Mrs Pratt. On the
eveaing of the fatal difficulty he brought load
" mstsriai TO the house and unioa6e il. Dob
eon heiped him to take il in passing it in
through the window. He then came around to
the door and entered. The witness asked him If
.e "ouio n lock up his tools in the chest and
ies nim have the key tn the house, as the wit
ness and his wife wanted to work in there the
borrowing day. Dobson began gathering up his
eoois and he thought he would get the key. He
went down to the barn aud aiterwsrd saw Dob
son going home with two dinner pals. He
ssked him again for the key. Dohson motioneo
LOT Pratt to come down. Thinking he meaut to
give MIN the key. he walked down there. Dob
son put down the dinner pail he held in his left
nsno. He said, what in the devil do you want
OF that key?"
Il have told YOU" was the reply.
he made dart at Pratt. striking at him with
MS dinner bucket Pratt lodged, sud he fell
heaViiy 10 the ground. He instantly raised
himself up on his knees and struck at Pratt
with the bucket again, hitting him la tae face.
ne then grabbed the witness leg. pinching aud
oting IL He attempted to get his hand into
ms pocket, saying IF get my knife out, I'll
cut your ID heart OUT
The witness struck him with his left list two
or three tines He did not hit him his best
He told Dodson, Il don't want to flight
you about that key" Csrrine ton
came to him and put his hand on his shoulder
ne Immediately got up from his position on
one knee ana pulled himself free from Dobson's
noio Dooson weighed 173 pounds to bis $780,
eight feet
Carrington said, THAT mans hurt"
i ca t help it," Pratt replied
NJ nad 20 idea that he was hurt. When he
found on tnat be was he sent for the doctor
brougSts pillow on. for him. and afterwards
had him tsken 70 his house. He was asked on
s..1n.4 4 L
about MS being an eyewitness. He said ne
had not: his eounse! had told him not to-
Dr +. b. u. Miller. who was present at the
autopsy. testified that Dobsou's death was
caused by shock. There was a lacerated eou-
fused wound over the left eve. in which he In.
serted his little finger 10 the skull 1t could not
have been produced by bare fist The shock
to the eerebro-spinai fluid might have been
caused by falling ON stump. He did not see
any confusion back of the left ear, such as DR.
Dawson had de cribed. There was nothing
more than discoloration there. There was
partially organized clot, about the size of
5-cent piece, in the interior of the brain at the
junction of the cere6rum and cerebellum.
This was not large enough TO cause compression.
There were also evidences of hemorrage at the
base OF the cerebeilu n, underlying diseolora-
ton back of the ear
Mrs Pratt was recalled ana testified that she
did not know that her eon saw the q iic1lty
UNI the next morning. he read the accouDt
in the paper and said il was not right He then
tod her that ne saw it, Her counsel had in
strueted her TO have the boy say nothing about
IL TO any one else.
Mr.. Bird produced paper containing some
thing that was about to be introduced in eyi-
dence hair that had been found on
the stump where Dobson's head was
lying. While Attorney Ronald was
unrolling the paper. he dropped it, and the hair
was lost The witness said there were about
two dozen of the hairs. Mr.. Carr asked him TO
find them. After a search of few minutes one
of them was recovered and introduced in evil
dence. The defense then rested
nr. Dawson was recalled by the state in re-
buttal OF DIR. Miller's testimony. but the court
held that the questions asked had been gone
over, and he did not answer E. NJ. Carr then
proceeded with the opening argument, after
which the court took q recess until this morn.
ing.