The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-03-25

N L Payne testified Am uuliiity clerk,
Had conversation With def the day
before the killing. He said no wanted
To see mo. Wanted INC 10 Issue him
permission to carry firearms. Showed
mo a letter and read me o part Of It. lie
said he was afraid that set would get
him before he left town. told him |
had no authority TO license him 10 carry
firearms. That was ON the day OF the
murder.
] @ Powell testified: Knew g 4 IN.
gram. He was father of deft. Saw deit
four or Ave days before the killing. lie
was IN my Office. The day was appointed
70 take evidence In the contest. Wyatt
the attorney, and Frank Ingram both
objected TO taking Henry's evidence that
day. The records In contest Of will Of q
r Ingram were introduced rs evidence.
Henry ingram did not testify for the
reason that when he appeared before
me, Mr. Weatherford the attorney, was
not present, and Mr. Wyatt who had
agreed to take the testimony Of lady
witness, refused 10 take that Of Henry
or any other one aa lie did not under
stand the case.
IsrG w Maaton testified Am physi-
clan and surgeon. Have been practicing
II years. Was present at the examina
tion az Henry fngram's body. Both
shots In breast had passed through the
heart. Two diatinct wounds la the
heart. Skin In post mortem examination
had been removed from the head. DIR
explained at great length the cracks
which lie discovered In the skull. Ball
came out at the back Of the head where
was small hole. My attention was not
called Ia the scar, A blow might frac.
ture the skull, 30 might ball. A man
shot In the face like this would very
likely fall backward. A man walking
and shot through the heart would moat
| likely fall forward. | do not think ball
would fracture skull 10 the extent that
Henry IngFam's was when ! examined
Il. Medical books say balls will fracture
skull In all directions. The ball with
which Lincoln was killed was q small
one-a2. II entered behind. II hroke
skull In front though Il did not extend
| 10 the front. Think saw no wounds 10
tho scalp. Ballet was offered In evidence
nrJ |. Hill testIiledi Am physician
/ | was present Al an examination OF tbs
body Of Henry Ingram, Nov %, 1891
Skin was intact. Skull was easily shaker
and moved before the skin was removed
Described how the skull was broken II
various lines 10 that the skull could b.
lifted of Showed to the fury by III,
use Of ekall the thiekeat and weakee
part OF The skull. Described course o
two bullets shot In the breast. At bacl
Of the body the bullets we're AZ inche
apart. The two balls passed through
the heart. The effect would be lnstan
death. A man thus shot would collaps
! 1T once. Found powder burns Ia AM
around the wounds. Farther In th
powder burn was much palmer. thin
; no rib was struck by either ball. BY RI
quest Of Judge Whitney and Dir Hewitt
Or Ellis and myself went and exhnme
the body. The degt nor bis Attorne
, weTe there | talked 70 Mr. Weather
ford about the result Of the examination
hnt told him nothing about II. A
Hodges and my boy were there. Thin
! Geo Hughes took up the body. Th
skull might have been broxen by IN
/ bullet | do not know how Il was hrokei
nS Smith testified that ke was &C
/ qualnted With the Ingram premises
testified TO them and that they are !
Linn county, Oregon.
DR. NJ II Ellis testified: Reside In A
bany. Am physician. practiced
| years, wac present NJ Doth e&anlinl
/ lions oi the body al Henry Ingram aiis
burial. No difference in body al la
examination from fret. except there WI
, more decomposition at last. Saw cut
head. Think Il was made by blur
. instrument. We could tell that the sku
was broken before we removed the seal
J DE- produced the bullet taken irom III
, skull. which was offered Ia evidence.
! blow that would have broken tbs skn
"a this was would have been fatal. thong
not necessarily Immediately. Gun tl,i
: wounds are not as liable % fracture III
skull ~ blow. Found powder mark i
the entrance to the breast wounds. ID
not find that either ball struck the hacl
! bone. Hair rubbed of his head easlll
Tho cut IN head did not 80 through ii
! scalp. There was no fracture under IA
{ cut.