Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-10

shoes <Dd reckfie. He bad IL sane snifs-
He va.e item al The time thaf be ieft
aoma.
Mr.. Carleton waived the right % Cross
examine, and her mother, Mrs. White, fol-
love. Mrs. wakeAeh on the stand.
M name 10 Elizabeth + whste. l am
ths mother Of Mrs. Wakefield l vas af
Der house on the I'D Of July ! SAY the
s.rap on the stable a DOR in the Latter part Of
the afternoon. She picked il up and hung
L up. She bad the baby With her.
Again Mr.. Carleton waived cross-exani-
nati,c, and the witness stepped down to
join the rest Of the defendants family, Who
uers seated in the bar Immediately behind
him.
Miss Blake Of Haiiowsii, the ssenogrs-
pher who took the report Of the coEoners
Inque.t upon the body of Charles Bienn the
evening OF Thnrsdsy, July %, WAS the next
called. Mis-. Blake was q prominent Wit
ne.. for the defence a: the Silver trial.
She sail she had her original notes with
her and Mr.. Spear said that tbs. was all.
Cross sxsminsti Have reported only
one irquest before. | woald ray under
oath thu, ny notes are absolutely correct,
a ord for word, AMI not a word lett out.
! DIR. George +. Bricke,t Was ealledas
medical expert for the defence. His testi-
mony largely confirmed that of Drs- Gerrish
snd Martin He WAS evidently well posted
on the subjects he was asksd upon, as BELTS
4 MAJ " ho has been So long in active prac-
tice
have resided in Augusta since 1864. l
tm graduate of y medical school. l have
ba.n in practice Il years was surgeon
N the srmy. | WAS in the field from the
irsi Bull Run 10 1868 and until 1855 vas
n the Office af the examining surg, on at
augusta.
heard Drs Giddings AM Sawye, tss.Iss
From the whole statements OF DIR Sawyer
I came 70 the conclusion that the cause OF
Ch.rl.s 8ienns death vas drowning.
[ heard also the statement IN
regard to the Commissions on the
head. Ia my opinion, from the description
# DR.. Sawyer, should not 'aas' n orii'
nary eases, without fracture . Inc skull,
% find blood VI ssel on the brain lroken
Ia my opinion a blood eliot 4 inches long
nd s IL inches vide and IL inch deep,
a the eye and Iucniog back, could rot
form next TO the skull and between the
kin. THE witness then gave the techni'
cal reason for this belief
A blow from smooth, blunt instrument
on the side of the head eould not sepsrste
the temporal muscle from the head. After
body had been eight days after death,
hayiag been in the water so hours and the
whole body in the state of decomposition as
described by DR.. Giddiugs; after this perl
I'd of decomposition the muscle would be
lark red in color and not easily disfin-
sui-hed ia color from a eliot. At sight
might not easily tell the difference but
Soull need q special and satisfactory ex-
animation. Dissection of the blood clio;
With a knife would be enough. II cut a
slot in two, eight days after death as de-
scribsd, would expect the clot TO be very
hard and brittle, readily coming 10 pieces
ard with no fresh blood coming from it.
The doctor then took up the subject of
we'll organized blood clot and stated that
lood clot could not form after rigor morris
had set in which would be shortly after
leath.
A well Organized and an ordinary eliot
would resemble Il piece of liver AMI a cup
f dried blood respectively. There is well
known difference in the use of the terms.
DIR. H,ickett was examined further on
hose lines aud was then turned over to Mr..
Carleton for examination but by mutual
consent was put off for the present.
BY the same mutual arrangement DIR.
). II. Weeks, the eminent Portland sur
:eon, was permitted to take the stand in re-
butt,l ont of order, so tina, be might take
the light train home.
DR.. Weeks made capital witness. His
many years experience as professor
enabled him to make plain, simple and d.
rect answers that were easily eomprehended
~ persons the most ignorant of surgery
md surgical terms.
DIR. Weeks was put in largely to rebut
he damaging testimony Of DIR. Gerrish, bur
q comparison Of the two statements vii
bow that " it'll the exception of one point,
lis testimony confirmed instead of
-ebutting the startling evidence of the
1qually eminent aDatomist.
That one point was as to what the condi-
ion of the muscular tissue of the temporal
muscle would be under the circumstances
Il Blean's death and the time which hal
lapsed before DR.. Gidding's autopsy ct
Dresden. The difference, however, was
rot vital, but only one of degree.
DR.. Weeks testified | reside in Port
land. am physician. | have been in
practice 20 years. | have been connected
,Ith the Maine Medical School since 1877;
Ri 1881 as professor of anatomy aud
zee as professor Of surgery. | have been
oregon at the Maine General Hospital
-ince it vas started Is years ago. ! am
faduate of the Pennsylvania Medical
school. Have yisited the hospitals of other
Countries.
The muscles are the moving organs. The
emporal muscle is situated at the side OF
he head from the orbit of the eyes upwards
,ni backwards behind the ear. 1t il like
ny hand spread out. the narrow thick por-
ion being attached to the processes of the
over Jaw which it moves by contracting
while the thin portion spreads out behind
he ear. The muscle is largely in front of
the ear. Some of 1t is behind and above
he ear but the tbickest part Is between the
orbit and the ear.
Ii ia not difficult for physi to distin-
tuish between clot of blood and the tenn
porai muscle. II would not be difficult for
physician of experience.
A blood eliot is soft, friable. brittle, like
lilly. A muscle is firm and well organ
zed. There is no similarity except color.
In 10 or II days a temporal muscle would
not decay enough to be readily mistaken
for eliot. In my opinion 1t would take
longer time for a eliot in body which had
aid 60 hours in water than eight days. A
blood eliot would disappear before the tenn
poral muscle would decompose.
A man may receive blow on the head
and fall dead or be senseiess and die in
few hours and yet receive only slight
brnise. provided that he may die from the
shock or conclusion without a fracture.
There may be no rupture of the blood ves
sells or laeeration of the tissue of the brain.
have read what purports to be the testi-
mony of DIR. Giddings. / would expect to
1nd the scalp of person who had been in
me water 60 hours in July and had then
been FIVE days buried, fairly well
preserved. There would not be a
separation Of the temporal muscle
and the head sooner than on other
parts Of the head, on account of the firm
attachment of the muscle TO the head. II
found the tissue of the temporal muscle |
isfiitrated with blood, a olot formed and
separation there, would conclude that an |
irjury had been received. Mr.. Carleton |
re vi from DR.. Gi.dings' testimony the de- |
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