The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-10

COULD NOT HAVE MOVED.
The witness did not think such thing
possible. All functions would be stopped
except breathing. The wound would have
caused a very great shock. An ounce of
blood would have been forced into the
passageway marking the bullets course,
in about eight seconds. The blood did not
come from a meningeal artery, for in that
event the clot would have been between
the skull and the dura mater. The mid
die cerebral artery was the one probably
cut By the ball. The prosecution used the
, witness to indirectly point out the mis-
takes made in the post mortem. He
thought it proper, in making post mortem
volutions affected and the arteries injured
by the bullet. The blood clot ought to
have been traced to the arteries.
According 10 the expert testimony OF Dr.
Fletcher Mrs. Hinshaw could never have
uttered the words. ..Will, is that your" at
tributed TO her by her husband, after she
had been shot, much less grapple with
and fight burglar through several rooms.
The Isle of Riel.. as 1t is known, would
scribed, either by friction, by shock or by
a hemmorhage.
The, prosecution was. in a fair way to
introduce evidence by the brain expert to
prove that Hinshaw inflicted his own
wounds and while some Of this was headed
off. yet an effective portion Of It went went
handled large number where the wounds
were self-infiicted. However they were
cases among the insane. In the shape
given description of Hinshaws wounds.
The cuts on the right arm We're not as
deep as on the left. They were deeper in
the center than at the points where the
weapon entered and left the flesh. The
slashes in the breast were superficial and
be REGULAR bof most OF the oen
in the breast ranging upward and the
one ranging downward, were pictured.
These wounds, the witness thought, cor
responded to seif-inaicted ones.
An attempt was made to bring into evil
dence the substance of a letter received
to inquiries made by the Indianapolis Doc
tor concerning the post mortem. This let
ter. the witness stated. had found its way
into a waste paper basket and afterwards,
no doubt, into the hands OF the indianapolis
garbage man, where it was gone beyond
all recall. The defense objected to the
Doctor testifying on this point and the
matter was waived for the time being. The
prosecution was seeking to show the par
tisanship of DR.. Dryden to the Hinshaw
cause.
Attorney Spaan sent for a copy of Whit
house g. Beckner's work on medical .Juris-
prudence wishing to prove that he had
right to introduce evidence by DIR. Fletcher
to strengthen the States theory that Hin
shaw's wounds were self-infiicted. The au-
thorty quoted indicated that seif-inficted
knife wounds are always in front, and are
nearly always parallel seldom being
''criss-crossed." Had an adversary used the
razor the hands and .i,5s abdomen , OF & the III, in
The pillow on which Mrs. Hinshaw
rested her head when she, was shot was
shown to the witness In his oplnGn1 t1 the the
blood clot, SO often referred to in the case,
was formed.
MR.. SMITH AN EXPERT. TOO.
Mr. Smith took the expert in hand for
cross-examination, and he soon showed that
he, too, had become as we'll posted on ce-
rebral surgery as the leading counsel for
the prosecution. He put DR.. Fletcher
through a rattling cross-examination. and
convinced many who heard it that the doc
trine of cerebral localization, to which DIR.
Fletcher so tenaciously clung. was matter
of dispute among the different medical
schools. The Doctor told the defense that
the clot. such as that in Mrs. H;nshaw's s
artery in the brain would not contract as
rapidly after an injury as an artery In
some other part of the human body. 1t is
a wise provision of nature that makes the
severed portion of an artery quickly con-
tract in order to prevent the spilling of the
entire life blood
orally circulated that he had been en-
ployed by detectives on the case to assist
in the post mortem. The post mortem had
been delayed day on the strength OF this
statement.
DR. Fletcher insisted strenuously that
when the motor area of the brain was in
mitted that there have been cases where
the shock to the brain was greater and
where much more damage was done TO the
brain tissues. and the sufferer walked or
talked, but he held that in such cases the
motor area was not affected. Mr.. Smith
then asked him IL the eminent doctors did
not differ on this doctrine Of cerebral local.
zations; If many of them did not deny 1t
almost entirely. The witness did not think
so. Then Mr.. Smith referred >him TO DIR.
Brown-Sequard, and gave a quotation TO
show that this eminent authority admitted
that the doctors disagreed. DR.. Fletcher
informed the attorney that Brown-Sequard
died before cerebral localization was devel-
oped. At the most, Brown-Sequard gave
the brain pathological not surgical atten-
tion. The witness admitted DR.. Raney was
an eminent authority on the brain. There
upon Mr. Smith showed by Raney that
there were three schools on cerebral local.
ization. one of which held that all localiza-
ton was a myth. To this school Brown
Seauard and Colt, both authorities. were
denied that Raney had done much in brain
surgery DR.. Starr was also admitted by
the witness to be an authority.
us 1t not fact. Doctor, asked Mr..
Smith, "that cerebral localization was re-
jected on the continent of Europe?'
mo. sir" replied the witness a.,
DR.. Starr was Immediately quoted by the
attorney to show that ii was fact that
the theory was not accepted on the conti-
nent. DIR. Fletcher said 1t made no diner
ence, and the attorney was content to rest
with that.
his own cases were successful.
''Then. Doctor" continued the attorney,
.even with your great Skill two times you
hit it and one time you miss?
"Yes," replied the Doctor.
A FAMOUS CASE CITED.
On the statement by the expert as
to the exact location of the motor area. Mr.
Smith cited authorities to show that the
area was not exactly defined; that 1t was
not confined to one convolution, nor was It
divided by a fissure. The witness also ad-
mitted that the assures of Rolando and
Sylvius and the longitudinal fissure were
always in position, although the convolu-
tions might differ in various brains. Con-
volutions do not always lie in the same
place. But the witness insisted that the
general area could always be determined.
The defense then referred the Doctor to
the famous Marlowe case in New Eng
land, where a man retained consciousness
after a cr0wbar had been driven through
his brain, up from the jaw. The witness
answered that there were many cases
where consciousness not destroyed, but
in such events certain parts of the brain
pin was driven through boys right eye
into his brain cited. The lad never lost
consciousness and for five minutes the peo-
pie around him didn't know where the
breech pin was. The witness said there
may be paralysis without loss OF conscious
ness or loss OF consciousness without par
alysis in brain injuries.
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