Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-06
DELAWARE GAZETTE AND STATE JoURNAI-wILM

railing just outside the door, and Brown
jumped upon him and began choking him
until his tongue protruded from his
mouth. Hughes was also very red in the
face. When Brown ''clinched' Hughes or
pushed him out of the door, Hughes fell
upon his back and his head struck d stone.
did not see Hughes have any hatchet in
his hand during the whole time the scuiile
took place. When | saw Hughes living on
the ground and Brown choking him ran
away.
The jury considered the ACCESSIBILITY of
adjourning the case until Saturday evening,
when they concluded to hear some medical
testimony and learn the result of the
autopsy. When this testimony was heard
1t put q different aspect on the case and
satisfied the minds of the Jury that, admit
ting even that the officers did handle
Hughes roughly. SO much time had elapsed
that no marks of violence upon the de-
ceased remained to tell the story of the
assault.
County Physician Joseph r. Smith was
sworn and said: |, in company with DR..
Steinicken. held an autopsy upon the de-
ceased on Friday. ! examined the head
and found no scalp wounds. ! then
opened the Uranium and examined the
brain carefully. found clots of blood on
the brain sufficient to produce death. The
membrane that surrounds the brain was
intact. found small clots of blood ali
through the brain substance | made n
microscopcal examination of the blood
clots and should judge they were fresh.
Would say that they had been there AZ
hours. should say the origin of the clots
were the commissions the man had previ-
Gus to his death. | would say that the
man died from hemorrhage of the brain,
produced by commissions. do not think
the fall produced death, although il may
hatf had IL. Il. A.
the end, i'll that it may have caused Il
shock to the man, and belngof a naturally
excitable and nervous temperament IL
might have had something to do with his
death. If death had been directly due to
the fall the clots would have been dry by
this. time. Instead of that they appeared
fresh.
DIR. George A. steinicken corroborated
the testimony of Dir. Smith in detail. He
gave some additional testimony as follows:
We opened the Uranium and found CON
siderable hemorrhage in the fiscere
sylvlns. would say that the clots of
blood were recent ones, as they were easily
broken. The clots had recently formed
there. We found no degeneration of the
brain substance The clots could have
been caused by various things | do not
think the fall was the cause of death, al
though ii may have had something to do
with it. The struggle might have worked
upon the mans nervous system and
helped TO produce an attack of epilepsy
In my opinion he was subject to spells Of
epilepsy.
officer Charles Whann testified that
Hughes did not seem to be suffering from
the scuilie when he was brought TO the
police station. Captain Francis corrobo-
rated this statement.
Constable Charles Bowers said he was
present the day Of the scuiile and saw no
unusual violence on the part of Brown.
g. V. Eaton and Robert McShav, who
came TO haul away the goods, said they
saw Brown putting Hughes out the door
and saw both fall i'll the street. McShay
thought that Brown showed Hughes out
the door.
Isaac Il. Brown, the constable charged
with handling Hughes roughly, made a
statement. He admitted that he choked
Hughes, but said ii was in self-defence.
He said that when he had the scuifle with
Hughes on the street Hughes was at one
time on top of him and Constable Nickel
vey pulled HIM off. lie said that when
Mrs. Hughes paid him 50 he left the goods
and went with the rest of the officers with
Hughes to the city hall.
The jury after due deliberation, reached
| this verdict
| Rsaolpsd, That Elijah b. Hughes came to bis
death, in New Castle Jail on July Goth, 1891, OF
hcmorrhaees Of the brain, caused by conyul-
| tons.