Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-20

not been around to the newspaper men max
| ing hints OF the big fee TO be received by
the lawyers on the other side" and he cast a
semi-humorous, semi-savage look at Lam
| bertson.
"l am sorry said Mr. Lambertson in his
| usual quiet way, THAT you are not going Ia
receive as much as | believed you we're"
DR. Everett was called. He testified that
| he was at the Shcedy residence n few min.
| utes after the assault on Sheedy. Mrs
| Sheedy was calm aud collected Witness
helped dress Sheedy's wound. Did not think
the wound serious at the time. al was called
| at i o'clock he continued "the morning fol.
| loving. Later there was a consultation of
| five physicians was present. All but one
| symptom showed that there was evidence OF
| morphia poisoning instead of concussion of
| the BRAIN The salient symptoms of NOR
| phine poisoning are: The respiration Is slow
| pulse moro rapid at first, then slower, the
| limbs and organs are paraly2ed, the pupils of
| thee eye become contracted sometimes they are
| dilated. In compression of the brain the
| symptoms are somewhat similar In the
| case OF Mr.. Sheedy the pupils of the eye were
| normal. 1t was supposed that atrophene had
| been given in connection with the morphine
| to produce this result, as atrophene has di
| rectly the opposite effects of morphine and
| the two together would have neutral effect
| on the pupils of the eye. The symptoms of
| concussion OF the brain are dizziness, face
| pale. The patient did not show any evi-
| dences of Concussion. The patient was not
in any way suffering from concussion of the
brain when | was called In. Conclusion is
made apparent immediately Morphine NAV
lay in the stomach for a number of
hours before manifesting itself. Nor
phia induces natural sleep at first
apparently. | participated in the autopsy
The brain was decidedly wet abnormaly so
This to my mind was IN evidence that death
was produced from an injury to the brain.n
The doctor then described the condition of
the various organs, the stomach and bowels
being apparently healthy, the liver Gu
larged, the heart showing fatty degeneracy,
and gall stone beng in the gall bladder
The description was similar to DIR. Beach
leys.
~ do not think" continued the witness,
that the condition of his vital organs had
anything to do with his death Had he been
a perfectly healthy man the blow might have
killed him. was present at the grave April
~ when the body was disinterred the second
time. We took out the head, liver and
bladder. DR.. Gannett and myself took
charge of the head The bladder
and liver were taken in charge
by Prof. Haynes of Rush medical
college, Chicago He is general chemist
and toxicoogist. He is considered among
the best in the country. DIR. Gannett and |
examined the skull and brain, and found the
injury far more extensive than we had at
first supposed"
"What in your opinion was the cause of
Sheedy's deathf' asked Lambertson
poisoning was the startling reply.
"lf morphine poison had not been admins
tered, do you believe that the blow was sufi-
cient to kill hims'
yes sir | don
AT this astonishing reply everybody stared.
Court then adjourned until , O'clock
On the reconvening of court in the after
noon DR.. Everett was put on the witness
stand and for an nour and quarter was sub
jected to a fire of sarcasm ouizzing and oues-
tra "A ,,,ot,
feet the witness except to strengthen the as
sertion that the blow might have been fatal.
The witness did not, however, exhibit the
positiveness about the subject of morphine
poisoning that was expected.
III. p. Love was called. He testified ~
was passing down in front of the Hotel Mack
on the Monday following the assault on John
Sheedy. | accidentally ran against MONDAY
Mcfarland and he said: Get out of the way
or will serve you as | did Sheedy.'n
Strobe then lost his head and fired uues-
tions at the witness almost faster than he
could answer. His original statement was
not, however, shaken. Witness then said
that when Monday Mcfarland thus accosted
him he was coming up out of the barber
shop near the Mack hotel. Witness could not
remember the appearance of the cane Nc
Farland had at the time.
DIR. Mitchell was then called. He testl-
fed 81 was at the Sheedy residence about
noon on the day following the assault of John
Sheedy. was called IN to help consider the
matter of trephaning the skull. We came to
the conclusion that it was not best. l con-
Cured in that opinion. We could not tre-
phane the base of the brain because it is out
of reach. In my opinion the pressure was at
the base of the brain. A blow at
the front of the head may affect
mainly the base of the brain. | was present
at the autopsy. / did not participate |
went there merely to see whether was cor
rect In my opinion at the time Of the consul
tation."
AT this time Philpot arose and declared
that DR.. Holyoke, witness, was present and
asked that he be ordered out. The Judge in
formed the coroner to 90, and he got.
The witness continued:
The medulla oblongata was not entirely
removed. The symptoms of compression Of
the brain are loss of consciousness and in
ability TO arouse the patient sometimes
there is a slow pulse and sometimes 1t is fast,
the bowels are loose and the bladder torpid
l have no reason to believe that should
change my first opinion that it was compress
sion of the brain that caused death. The
effects OF compression of the brain are not
always manifest. Sometimes the effusion or
pouring out of serum through the membrane
OF the brain may not show its effects for
hours. There was fracture of the malar
Done,n
When Lambertson asked the witness why
he was at the autopsy, Philpot, attorney for
the negro, objected 10 the answer and said:
why, was present at the autopsy my
sell and didn't take any part in it,n
MIR Lambertson retorted: "You were
ruled out on account OF incompetency."
A laugh went around at this rejoinder.
Marshal Melick was put on the stand and
Identified certain photographs Us fair repre-
fentations of northeastern, northwestern and
southern views of the Sheedy residence.
The witness was then excused
Mr. Lambertson then addressed the court |
and said that there were only two more wit
nesses to be pnt on the stand, They were |
Myron Wheeler, the stenographer who took |
q shorthand report of the second aud third |
of Monday Mcfarland while the |
other was Mrs. p. II. Swift Nothing was |
said about the introduction of Prof. Haynes |
of Chicago as witness Mr., Lambertson de- |
clared that Mrs. II. II. Swift and Mr.. |
Wheeler were not available aud asked that |
court be adjourned until tomorrow morning |
This raised most decided objection from |
the defense against Mrs. +. II. Swift ap- |
pearing, rs her name had been endorsed on |
the information rs II. II. Smith STROBE fin |
ally acknowledged that he had been to see |
Mrs. Swift's husband to endeavor to discover |
what testimony she would produce
Mr. Lambertson then remarked: $50 You |
went down to see Mrs Swift, did youg,
STROBE retorted: paul Brown, the great !
criminal lawyer, says that the defense should |
admit nothing"
"a Think said Mr. Lambertson, "that he |
also added in desperate cases'n
lyon mean in desperate cases for the |
prosecution spoke up Strobe.
Lambertson looked at Strobe in faith ery |
and al puiat laugh