The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-15
LEBECK g. CORN
124.126 Wyoming Ave.
WILKES-bARRE.
THE WINDISCH TRIAL.
A Number Of Witnesses Give Testimony
In tho Case.

When court convened yesterday MORN
Ing, the case against George Windisch
was resumed before Judge Woodward,
In a crowded court room. A number or
witnesses were examined, but their tes-
timOny merely corrObOrated previous
witnesses in their statements as to the
appearance and location of the body.
Charles Heitzleman testified that he
saw the body when it was found. He
saw the whole Windisch family to-
gether on the morning when the mur-
der was supposed to have been COM
mitted. Could not hear what they were
saying, but thought that they were
talking angrily and quarrreling.
Professor w. II. Dean, of this city,
testified that he Is chemist He ex-
amined the shirt brought to him by
" Illiam Bauer, September 13 last, for
the purpose of finding If the spots We're
blood stains. Cut pieces out of the
clothes and labelled them. Cut from
the miduie large stain or clot Of CO.
agulated blood. He also cut blood spot
from the toe of a rubber boot brought
to him. 1t was blood spot of a man.
NAL, a warm blooded animal, which
suekles- young. Cannot tell positively
whether this Is human. blood or not.
can just say that 1t Is consistent with 1t.
found that 1t was mammal blood by
the blood corpuscles. / ascertained
that 1t is mammal blood by the micro
scope First, the blood is disintergrat-
ed by water with a little glycerine and
then put under the microscope. 1t
makes no difference how long after
wards, as long as the blood corpuscles
are present we can always tell. Pro-
1onged wearing Of the garment with the
blood on, will destroy it or blood can be
removed by hot water or ammonia,
otherwise the corpuscles can be detect
ed after ten years.
DR.. C. J. McFadden was then sworn.
He is physician Of Pittston, and was
called to the Windlsch house to ex-
anime the body of Mrs. Windisch on
Sunday. The head was badly lacer-
ated, and there were cuts clear down
to the skull. one over the right eye
brow and one on the left side of the
skull 1t could have been done by a
chisel. The left ear was cut in several
places, and the cause Of death was
hemorrahge caused by the wounds.
Deceased was healthy woman, evil
IDENTIFY about As years of age. She had
probably been dead about four or five
days. The body was in the condition
of rigor mOrtis. This rigOr sets in about
twelve hours after death and remains
thirty or forty hours after that, when
ucCOIupOobtiOu oCto AL. Al CtaSc vi dCCl-
dent or violence, rigor remains longer.
DR.. c.. J. Barrett, Of .ttston, was
then called. He had examined the body
and found that there was q cut on the
head, and one on the forehead; 1t ap-
peared pointed at the top and narrowed
at the base and looked as IL made by a
chisel. tried the end Of the chisei in
the wounu In the forehead and It fitted.
The wound was about an inch deep. The
body Of the woman was laying on the
paper which laid under the carpet, and
when I saw the body pieces of paper
stuck to the face of the deceased, being
held there by the coagulation Of the
blood.
The body appeared to have been dead
about three or four days. The cause of
death was hemorrhage. I made the
autopsy on the Tuesday following. The
woman's head was covered by numer-
Gus wounds. there being thirty-seven on
the scalp. adj Of them being in the vicin-
ity Of the ear and top Of the head and
one was on the back Of the neck. Both
ears were sliced downward to the bone.
The temple bone was fractured on both
sides, q small piece Of bone at the base
Of the skull was broken on. Dr. Bar
rett was subjected to q long cross-ex-
animation. but his testimony was un-
changed.
AZ the afternoon session of court
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