Bridgeton pioneer., 1894-05-24

DR.. Judson L. Beck followed DR..
Wilson, and detailed the character and
nature of the wounds liz fl cted upon
Christian Mss.
He said he arrived at the wounded
man at about O'Clock In the morning
and found the man suffering from loss
of blood.
On cross-examination he said that
ne found a wound above the shoulder
blade, about four inches deep. Law
yer Tuller wanted the witness to ex.
plain what he meant by four inches
deep.
This the Doctor did, and then Mr..
TulIer wanted to know how deep the
wound was from the orifce. The
doctor tried to do so, and then Mr..
Taller wanted to know what arteries
were cut. The doctor said there were
no arteries cut.
The lawyer then wanted to know
how the blood fl owed. The doctor
said 1t ooZed out.
The lawyer then asked what kind of
blood 1t was, and the doctor said 1t
was venious blood.
Mr.. Tuller wanted to know how long
1t would take man to lose seven
pounds of blood. The doctor could
not say.
Doctor" said the astute crose-ques
toner show do you define shock?"
II define it as sudden quick violent
disturbance"
swell. was there any reaction from
this shock.n
Il found reaction In the morning
when l returned to visit him again."
Had he any fever?n
II think not then, but I found fever
later, I think on Saturday."
What nutriment did you give this
man after you had found the re-
action"
The doctor told him, and then told
also how frequently nutriment was ad-
ministered, and In what quantities.
DR.. E. H. Bidwell followed DR.. Beck,
and described the wounds found at the
post mortem of Christian z,iss. He
thought q Zaiss would weigh about 145
pounds. Found no organic disease;
found that the wounds on the body
had caused death.
doctor, what wounds, of all these,
do you consider a mortal wound ?n
asked Lawyer Tuller.
mo one OF them singly, perhaps. I"
doctor, what one of these wounds
did you consider the most serious
wound ?"
II think the largest one on the
shoulder"
DR.. J. r. @. Thompson, county ply
sician, said he was called to hold q
post mortem examination on Christian
q Mss, in November last. The cause of
death was shock from loss of blood
Found wounds which caused the loss
of blood No one of the wounds, per-
haps, was sufficient to have caused
death.
On cross examination he said that all
the wounds was suffl ,ient to have
caused death, but he would hardly say
that any one of them would, yet the
wound on the right shoulder was a
very bad wound. There were no large
arteries cut, but number of small
veins were cut.
The wounds indicated that they had
been treated properly. The wounds
were all superficial wounds; no cavi-
ties were penetrated. The man had
apparently been in good health.
Marshal Fowler was called. He
was called upon by Asst. Marshall AL
bin to go to the scene of the robbery
and murder.
When he went in he found Zaiss ly-
ing at the bottom of the stairs; he was
covered with blood, as was also the
floor of the bakery. He and others
went through into the yard; saw evil
dences of disturbance; in barrel
found q pair of pants. which proved to
belong to Mr.. Yerkes; saw a window
up, and just beneath 1t found little
child's dress; found the fence broken,
and piece of timber lying near the
place; found the yard full of blood
spots, and at place where scuffle
appeared to have taken place, there
were quantities of blood spots.
Marshal Fowler was one of the off,
GERS who arrested and when making
the arrest he saw Feihl take dirty
red handkerchief from his pocket and
pass 1t to his sister-in-law his brothers
wife, and asked her to give him clean
one which she did.
On cross-examination he said he
found none of Yerkes' goods with
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