St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-05

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they are there
1T is tense cover, like base ball
cover?" 1.
Yes, it's tough, but hardly like a
base ball" g
These membranes hold the brain
mass in solid shape?"
''They are somewhat elastic
when a blow is struck upon the
skull fracture may be made?"
Yes
IF you struck this head so as to-
produce fracture would it show on
the opposite side of the head?"
Yes .
Nov, take the case of an empty
egg shell and you strike it, will it.
break where the hammer strikes it?
Yes n
But take an egg shell full and
strike it on one side, will it break on
the other?'
81 don't think you can apply the
same principle; it would be harder
thing to produce. The egg shell is
not elastic
1.-THE skull is not a dry, hard sub
stance in a living person, but is
green?"
Yes"
And more or less elastic?"
YES"
And will give to a blow before
it will break?"
Yes"
$50 it requires much harder blow
to break a living skull than dry
one?"
Yes"
The principle of contre coup can
be applied to a living skull?"
Yes"
THAT is not so with a dead skull?''
81 have never tried it,
THE brain, as 1 understand you
in your testimony, was taken out of
the skull before. the fracture was
discovered?'
Yes"
1T is more than probable that
there was an injury to the brain, be
sides each one Of these fractures
Yes"
Did you examine the brain after
these fractures were noticed?"
Yes, and before it was, removed
from the cavity
dura mater?"
NO"
After looking at the body, what
did you do?'
The dura mater was opened and
the brain removed
DR.. Nippert was then questioned
at great length in an endeavor by
the defense to prove that the tract
ures were made before Miss Ging's
death, but after hours OF tedious
cross-examinatiOn nothing was clio
tied except that the fractures were
made subsequent to death.
DR.. RusselI's Testimony.
William Russell was examined by
Mr.. Nye as follows:
You are a physician and surgeon,
doctor?"
Yes, sir, have lived here for
Twelve years.
Were you called to the scene
where this woman's body was found
on the evening of Dec. 3, 1892"
Yes, sir
cat what time were you notified to
go there?"
Il think it must have been about
O'clock
When you got there had the
patrol wagon reached the place."
yes, sir, it was there when 1 ar
rived"
and how many people were out
there at that time?"
"Oh, I should think about nine or
ten"
What did you find?"
II found the lady lying on the
ground, and [ made an examination
of her, and found a pool OF blood
right under her face-she was lying
on her face--and I found 81 pool of
blood underl.crth the side of her
face. She was lying diagCually
across the streaC, with her head
toward the west and her face
toward the south, the southeast
facing Lake Calhoun. She was par
TALLY on her right side, with the
limbs a little drawn up, fexed, the
left limb fiexed little more than
the right; the left hand was pro-
truding in this way Gndicating).
Lying mostly on the right side, and
the left had extended little over
the body in front. I did not notice
the right hand particularly, and for
that reason 1 think it must have
been partially concealed The body
was lying partially on a robe, with a
little portion of it projecting from
it, from the back, as near as 1 can
remember. The hat, I think, was
lying a little back Of her, toward the
ShoulderS-a little below the head
on the shoulder, as I remember She
was dressed in dark clothing; she
had on a sealskin cloak and nittens,
and under the sack, or the SeaIskin
cloak, was light waist. The
clothes We're partially drawn up, so
the calves of the legs were revealed
revealed so I noticed them-reveal-
ing her stockings. did not observe
any blood on the sacque; but there
was blood under the sacque, on the
light waist. 1t was saturated quite
a little, around the back and here
Gndicating). 1 did not notice the
robe particularly as far as blood
was concerned
Dr.. Russells testimony was cor
roborative of that of privious wit
nesses as to the position of the body.
DR.. Hill was the next witness.
His examination consumed but a
few minutes. The same general
questions were put to him as to DR..
Nippert. He testified on the same
line as his colleague, and was certain
the fractures were produced after
death by the pistol wound.
Harry Gilbert, hostler of Goose
mans livery stable, the man who sent
the horse and carriage to Miss Cling
the night of the tragedy and afterward
saw the horse and carriage come into