Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-27

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a. 81, ard naos, strongly ciinched.
n,.~nin9 Il SIMPLY sasocztion.
C.,ss.on Did AK before coroner IL
sI,m;nsd hands and fosnd gas
cI..,ed. .aa you said you didt
An.. don't remember. irquesf was ss1s
A.v ,frsr to4y vas found.
H. He.elton Found sufficient evidence
- ecnyfnee uas that man vas drowned. Con-
s,,;,,o yh4n he vent into vater didnt Affect
Il. ars,viax grass. etc. II drunk ~oaldn' :
.%,nryIe % much a. if sober. The black
- slge .oot. you'd change bu, little in
-, II ,here long enough. II there
,s.ep or ssar days aud buried the same
.,n,s uight increase IN sofrness.
c1o,rsf bloc. on right sbts Of heart sail
- am ~ srorning. Blow On side Of
- "a ,snser unconscious would have TO
- -,,i,s severe. Such = blow would cause
go 70 .e.ile. discolorztion and probably
,wrllinz. Found no swelling on Bienn's
head. 49,. ,.-,
., a., ,s.s that would show whether = dead
bady hai been drowned or not.
AS. 10 sir.
nr n. J Freierieks Of Augusta testified.
An physician and surgeon. Graduated
s,ou, Name Medical school about 10 years
sgo.
...s;uosy Also Van Bienn's about con-
,I,,ioa Of Charles Blenm's body.
Evidences Of arosHsng IN recent cases.
Ro4v ouA De 10 ifmber state. Skin white
~anA have '-gaose sesh" look. Eyes
,oaA be slightly open. dilated. mouth
o,sn tooxae protruaing or bitten by teeth.
pfood fro,h. II on rocky bottom fingers
.ar,N be scratched. II grassy bottom.
cb,,rhing grass and grsss under nails. In
,,amanh might BE- grass or weeds. Bloody
s,etsy mucous IN stachsa. Stomach usual
" greatly extended By water. Might be
.ome wa,er in lungs, usually liz ounces
hy best authorities. where person has come
Ia .urfsae and oreathed.
IN boay drowned for some time, condi-
,joa. acme hat different. Find s0nne OF these
am. disappeared. Show cadsvetic changes
f,uasly end skin alscolored, FEATURES s~og-
In AMI changed, cavities full Of gas. After
aecou position commences water viii pene-
t,is ,nng.. Heart will he same "a where
dssth can.sd by ssphyx:s. If body been
.au. Aay. IN Satsr and only few hours
in x.rm ar ssee viii be iigid in sbor, time
will change rapidly. The Change consists
os skin changing To greenish lint then
darker 10 finally black
Blood iself thapge- its condition, pro-
dae,ng congestion Of brain and lungs, pro
dar,eg .ymtt0ms similar to spoplexy.
water IN lungs, after ~ hours or so. IN
..,rr depends upon state Of decomposition
MANY .xs. nf drosning disappear As de-
eon positiaa takes place.
EooI rlol. siii form after death, very
.oon after. # at al Limit ia placed at two
Of tso and half hours Those described
by ns tdddIngs must have been formed
AAr,ctiy after Heath Couldn't estimate the
fnree shat eaused those ciots. Must have
been a very great force, and may have pro
ductd con, us.ion and possibly isceration of
bFsn.
Weanl on body If not made till " % II
hour, sfter lrstA. might be- mistaken for
ore made before Heath by some Depends
on circumstances Large one after death
might r~..nitlr slight one before death.
Would boz M blood rlot. IN one made that
tirne aft,r f. ath ~ that time the ~stery
oar, q blood wouh he ealsej but fihr.n
and rofpsaeie- eouil NOT be-.
Limbs If rrcrniiy drowned persons are
USUALLY relnxsJ whom taken from water
l,tpenl. va tme. Afterwards csday' ric
rg4iity Z. in. qtirkrr in water than Ia
air and last. mi decomposition sets in.
Bolie- usually found relaxed in water.
From appearance Of wounds on Dienn's
head sal IA e. AZ l,'.tiied to by other do
tnr4 ani Van Blenn, they would indicate,
10 u, opinion. that the man was uncon-
srfab, y hrn ht ~ent INTO the WATER
Has. Aeafd description of wounds ON
Rl.no that suulI shos that he was 'lrow ned
aud have ti.o heard such that would shos
that le might haze iied from violence. In
sinlng fhesp mi 2ht tlink-thst be was lead
or uncanscuus xhen he went into the
water Some Of the symptoms OF drown
tn2 sfrt ltseIt thoGgit M we're found.
Gtu.s .G4u,nAlipn: Water in Iungs
r,t4 lisid eyes ltltte,l, sSn corrugated.
bloody froth n month, etc are Indications
of irogniug No one sign il conclusive
-eheuce OF browning. A eonsonance of
certain signs. are INSTANCES and conditions,
s1einiing o,hers, are conclusive signs of
lfosning When man j, taken out of
water bloo,lg fruthy mucous is a sign of
Irosnng Bloody. irothy mucous not
found after three days in the water
lhNUVil i'fli Altf FNlN lltti tliF bbSt aAhEA
decomposition Formed opinion as to vic
lsnc. of woUnls from Dr. Gidaings test
m0ns.
II haj seen body in condition as des-
crlbe1 by )r Strout, according to Mr..
El,seltou, would have no opinion. DIR.
Strout. uos finding swelling WAS natural.
a. sbeu holy ia jus, taken from the
water IL soaked AMI sweliing would not
hr supar IT. Slight blows may produce
uHcon.oiog-uess and heath while a severe
blow may he harmless Impossible to tel,
from an External xamins;ion whether
hf,Aa Va. inl4rri. \ severe blow might
or r1g't not produce Inconsistencies.
pr J. Ernokcr Of Augusta was called
an rpert ty the government. Been in
prscti,c nesrly 30 years Heard testimony
Of ~ Giliipgs, Taking description of
sounds Oh Benns heal, as described by
nt vi i,nes. slauit think that they were
" 10 ci While Benn MAS alive. Finding
'eIood lots as large 40 described by Dr..
Giliings AMI nn other signs of ecchyuo,it
rlseshere. soud lqdcate that the man
h,A received blow on each side. possibly
~ hing struck on one u !e, and then fil-
,ns anil striking his head. BLOW to have
z
enough lo produce nueonsciousness and
Vvssipy death
Bruises given after death woulI not he
ea'is mia@ken by an experienced person
TT tGosv gwen hef1re. The witness ssi /
BE- had not hal an Intensive experience
WITH lrowning eases. having seen only nine
IN his 90 years Of practice. of these had
assisted 10 performing sutopsies upon sew
ersi. From his own experience should say
when bodies have been in water
only short time they are ofte n
limp. eyes sometimes partly open,
bands clPnche1, skin roughsd and loosened.
After several lays the changes that take
place after death in warm weather are rapid
AMI often makes person almost unrecog-
nizabls. Bloody froth from the mouth i'm
ms'ilstely after Drowning. After death
from any thing you will find bloody pury-
ing. Stomach in Drowning cases usually
filed and much distended with water.
Cross examination Almost impossible
that person might be drowned and no
water =; into the stomach. Not impossi-
bic. N hsd disarticuls,ed the head when
tho brain was n the condition described,
there would not necessarily be signs of a
hsmorrhage When brain has decomposed
TIE blood would also iquify. Could not
I'll It the brain matter hal dissolved
whether hiOod WAS there naturally or had
'sssPsd from a vessel Brain when in the
condition described would he discoiored
snyssy, Of lark color Whole mass col
ord It chance hal been given to mix.
Womb he slightly mixed anyway. but u,ore
80 1t head had been shaken. Would expect
u 10 he r;srpiorri SLIGHT hlows in certain