The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-25
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The Examination OF Dr. Doian IL Con-
tinaed.
ESPECIAL TO THE SEwsi
FALL RIVER. Aug 25.-Promptly at 2
p. NJ. the court re-assembled. DIR. Dolan
on the stand.
"Did YOU have other garments %
"Yes, I received from the City Marshal
shoes and stockings aud sent them
to Prof. Wood"
"Would any OF the blows cause deathip
"Yes, instantly, IL either one of the
blows struck the person rs.bsS aeath Tn So would
"Would the action of the heart stop in
stantly on death"
"Yes, SIR"
"Would this action effect the squirting
"Yss, sir. 1t would stop the squirting.
TO seek its level"
zier,
"Yes. sir; some conversation as to let
ters which her mother had received
Cross q uestioned by Mr.. Adams-"How
long have you been med'cai examiner
Ever had case of homicide beforeS"
Yes, one"
Describe it.n "The death was due TO
conclusion Of the brain caused by hus-
band beating"
the murderip "a very hot day" Where
did you enter the houseY "By the side
door"
Whom did you find there'"
Bridget Sullivan and DIR. Bowen"
"Who were In the sitting-roomW
"Drs Lally and Dougherty."
Did you 20 upstairs the front wayF'
In answer to further questioning he
said the stairs were carpe,ed, walls
papered with figured paper: entered
room by front door. The bedstead was
between me anu the bureau. Couldn't
say whether any one was in the room
when entered.
Could not say whether any one went
up with me. DR. Bowen was in the room
later, and other doctors examined the
wounds" "What part OF the room were
you in when You first saw the bodyin
~ think when standing in the door l
saw the body when reached the foot OF
the bed"
Body was three or four or five feet from
the wall. Width OF space between bureau
and bed about three feet.
did you hear the engineer say this
morning that this space was feet 10
inches"
mo, sir, there was about one foot space
on either side Of her."
"Are you aware that that would make
Mrs. Borden not over eleven inches
across, and yet you say she was fat
woman weighing 200 pounds and over ~
Did you or any other person move the
"Did you examine the wounds with
your fingerss"
Yes, sir. -
"Did you get your fingers bloody"
Eyes. sir"
"Was this the time you first went up
stairs ~
Mr.. Dolan further stated in reply-"I
found the blood running from tue sofa
under Mr. Borden. Haircloth would
offer resistance t, flow of blood by coagu-
lation. The amount of blood i'm the hu-
man body is almost one-thelfth to one
thirteenth Of the weight Of the body"
How much blood would run out of a
dead bodyi"
1t would depend upon the position of
the body and nature Of wound"
He did not know about the position Of
Mr.. Bordens body aud its effect upon the
flow of blood. Blood flowed on either side
Of sofa down To tire floor.
The decision then drifted into the au-
topsy which it appeared that no autopsy
was officially made until August IL and
no report has been made OF that, and yet
partial report OF the autopsy was made
on August Sth
1t also appeared that report was made
to the district attorney on August 10,
but Mr.. Dolan was not certain about the
time.
No file of the second autopsy had been
made with the court.
He stated that he proffered report to
the justice OF the court but for some rea-
son it was not received.
In his cross examination IL ap-
peared that there was apparent
ly illegal transaction in regard to the
autopsy and some irregularities in con-
nection with it.