Evening journal., 1895-11-25
DEATH OF NAT WALLS.
DR.. Corkran Says 1t Was
Caused BY Meningitis.
yoRAHAEs oAPTORs TESTIFY

Relatives OF the Dead Man and Hts
AssaiIant We're in Court ro-day-It Was
Nearly Noon Before the manslauKhtsr
Case was Resumed-oniy -Four wit
nessen Testified.
At II so o'clock this morning the jury
drawn 70 try John Moraban for killing
N thauiel P Walls resumed its place In
the box, and Morahan was placed In the
dock The prisoner WAS attended by his
brother and sister ia law and his board
ing house mistress The widow and
| daughter Of the dead man were also
within the bar enclosure
Arthur Parrady, lad, WAS the arst
witness called FOR the state He saw
Morah0n a. Walls at tho p w 4 B
station on the night Of September 90
He was walking along the platform on
bis way from work Hearing cries.
he aaH MorahAn running and
stepped out and held him
until Dillon came up aud relieved him Of
hiA charge. Morahan said: I'm 20
along" Subsequently the witness saw
Walls over IN the hospital room IL was
at the Poplar street Ell OF the shed that
/ hs fscted the capture Of Morshan.
Raymond Davis testified that he saw
Morshan running rapidly toward this foot
OF Poplar street and some men In pursuit
Altar Parrsdy got bold OF him witness
also took bold OF him. He also heard
| Morahan aay, "Ill 60 along
Under cross examination he said that
when he frst heard the cries he thought
/ they were made by railroad man playing
Policemen Joseph Howgste said: Il
6rst ssw MorahAn In Detective Jones'
OfRcs On the way TO the police station
in the patrol wagon he said that Walls
/ invited him into a saloon to take q drink
aud, after he had accepted the treat,
Walls refused to pay for it They had
few words and later met In tho DEPOT
said to him that 1t would have bean
bsttsr bad they not met the second tine
He said, Yes, wish had not met him
the second time
DR. Nlllsrd T Oorkrsn testified that
Walls died OF meningitis lie attended
nim from the time Of his removal home
TO that OF His death. The post mortem
disclosed q rsdiatsd fracture Of the skull
above the left esr and q blood clot
formed There was also q oongestive
state OF the membranes covering the
brain Ia his opinion the meningitis WAS
caqsed BY the blow which produced the
fracture
be said that the wound was not
necessarily fatal
Mr. White-'I will ask you whether
or not that fracture as you discovered It,
would necessarily, without medical
stterdance. have produced the meningitis
which produced bis death2
"As the case fell into my hands, exist
ing as It did. the condition
that existed then would necessarily
prove fatal A fracture may extend
one half way around the skull
and not produce meningitis Ia my
opinion the same condition that pro
| duced the fracture led up Co the menin
gifts that produced death IL would
REQUIRE a considerable blow TO produce
suoh a fracture. It could not have
BE- en- produced by a man falling upon 9
smooth surface but a projection could
have caused It Such ss injury AS Walls
sustained would not necessarily cause
ua consciousness. He said that he could
not say positively that it did In
this Particular case. There wal
nothing to convince him that
uuc6nsciousness was produced at the
time OF the injury he FIRST saw
Walls between 10 and
I cluCh Ou Nuu aAI AonOWAh
the assault At that time he was mol
rational. but he Was not Unconscious.
Mr.. Blggs-"Wss It not, in youi
opinion, very unwise for a man In thai
condition to bs removed from the hos
pital to his homsl'
This was objected to and ruled out OF
the ground that it was not Ia the line o.
cross examination.
Mr.. Biggs-''Assuming that he was
removed from the hospital to his home on
the morning on which you found him, may
It not hsve had an important bearing
upon the condition in which he then
was and the condition OF meningiti:
which followed"
Mr.. White again objected and
leRg gtby argument followed which LASTED
until the noon adjournment.
eThen the question was ruled out;
Tue general jury was discharged unit
Wednesday morning.
The Grand Jury's visit.
The grand jury will visit the aims
, house At Farnhurst on Wednesday
superintendent Mccoy will give thl
visitors turkey dluner
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