Evening journal., 1892-05-12

Nolis Wuat ulu goUNO buaN Auit ho
was to answer. You should not nave
shown him the prisoner Where was the i
bar-tenderl" Behind the bar"
"Did he put you out2" mo, sir. ~
CHARLES PRArEsE ON TER STAND
Cnarles Prstese had known Bssso for |
four 'sars Ha said:
"B at my houee between z and : |
O'Clock the evening. He had been at ]
my holS all day. he returned about |
55 o'cloes. he came upstairs and cried,
his face Va cut aud bruised. dressed
his face 10th eyes we're blackened and
swollen he wanted to have somebody
arrested saw him nexc morning at his
home. be was ia bed got him some
medicine to take the black off his eye. l
went to the City Hail TO get q warrant
| could not do It because l did not know
the names. saw MIN once or twice
day for week. Then | saw him
delirous saw him Sunday night
when DR.. Blocksom came He ordered
some medicine The doctor said he
would be back next morning he did
not come and we got another doctor DE
said be might be sick for some time. The
doctor, on Tuesday, gave me an order to
place him in the Delaware Hospital.
saw him again on Wednesday night and
| Thursday morning. That was the last
time saw him alive. saw his body at
the undertakers. BE vas a strong,
healthy man before he was struck de
was a laborer on the railroad.
A MEDICAL EXPERT TEsIFIEs.
Dr.. Thomas Bradford of the Della
ware Hospital staff Of surgeons saw
Basso when he was brought to the hospi
.al:
He was unconscious and delirious he
left my charge and was taken to the
medical ward Seeing that be was in
serious condition prescribed for him. 1t
was apparently intl animation of the brain.
The case was placed under DR.. Short
lidge's care. There we're no cuts, ont
there we're bruises. BE died about the
2Sth OF November. The post mortem
was held the next day 1t showed that
there was meningitis on both hemis
pheres. There was no other Inflammation.
All the blood vessels we're congested
This was caused by the Inflammation.
There we're large yellew patches Of pus
in the membrane at the top of the brain. "
|, andegrift-"W Whieh membrane was
slfsctedf'
The one on the brain,
'Y on think the inflammation caused
/ N. ~
blows, OF numerous other causes.
Would a debaUch cause itf' That
J is q hard question to answer, II might
possibly be so. II a man were ne
} elected.
! If a man stepped down two steps, sud
denly, would it cause itT' mo, I think
, not Exposure might cause il. Fever
q or exposure TO cold might do IL.
r Nieholson-"lf you find bruises and
3 contusions on the head as you describe,
what would you concludeg' That his
death was caused by those contusions
There were contusions under both eyes.
Those back of the ear would most likely
cause death. I do not know anything
2 about him below the neck"
he left the stand, and the court took q
I recess until 10 o'clock this morning.
| PLACED IN THE DOCK TO-DAY.
Schooner" Long was plased in the
dock again this morning.
: SMITH PLEADS GUILTY OF MANsLAUeH
TER.
Before his trial RECOMMENDED Attor-
ney General Nicholson informed tbs
court that he wanted the case of Walter
Smith, Unlisted for murder in the frs
degree, for killing James Mcbride will
y chair in French street pool room
n transferred from the Court of Genera
o Sessions to the Court OF Oyer and Ter
miner. The writ Of certiorari wa
y granted.
y The prisoner was brought into court
The indictment was read, and afler plead
IS ing not guilty be withdrew the plea oi
advice OF Mr.. Vsndegri't, his counsel, an
IT entered plea OF guilty or manslaughteI
Mr.. Vandegrift informed the court tha
ID prior 10 the crime Smith had alway
born an irreproAchable character, an
le asked the mercy Of the court Sentenc
was deferred and the prisoner was rs
manded.
,s DR.. FAHEY ON THR STAND.
II The sxamination Of state witnesses
IA the Long csse was resumed
Elk -Ooroner's Physician John c. Fahe
20 testified that he assisted in the posi-
mOrtem examination OF Basso
o., remains He found that meningit
h. had caused death. In hi
40 opinion IL was cansed by -blows .inficte
9n By some blunt instrument. In his opin
ion il could have been caused by fall {
10 any Jther way.
Clerk Samuel 5. Adams OF the Munic
iel pal Court, was called The defence ol
as jsc ed on the ground that it was No
~ known LnaJ ne was 10 De CAlltus IN
ry court overruled the objection. de said
he under direct examination
cd "A warrant was turned over to me
my predecessor for the arrest
nd schooner Long, It was issued
ot December
ur Chief Of Police Blackburn testified hi
er he wss sergeant in November, 1881
IN The Basso matter was nlaced
d. the hands of Sergeant Stetze
ey but he did not End Lonl
ne When he came chief he exerted evei
Sc effort to find Long officers were sent
OF a number OF places, but they failed
no locate him
'ly Michael Golden and william Z. Sparl
re testified that beer glass exhibited
I'm the state was the kind Of glass that vi
on the bar.
Mr. Vsndegrift objected, but his o.
jsstion was overruled.
II ATTACHMENT FOR HATTON.
The name of Detective Hstton W
'oV called several times and he reached [
standijust as an attachment was about
ou be issued for him and John CroEan.
III Detective Hatton testified to covert
a large scope of country searching
nu Long and finally arrested him on Mar
"0 8. at Lemon Place, Lancaster county,
He brought him here without requi
s tion
iol The state here rested.