Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-06

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Wadsworths had no ground whatever
for their theory, which they were pro-,
mitigating, to the effect that a kick from
a horse was the cause of S%everson's
death.
Court at this time adjourned to $50
this morning.
This morning the court ruled that the
testimony of the witness might stand,
and the witness proceeded to narrate the
circumstances attending his visits to the
Wadsworth ranch after the killing of
Severson.
On cross examination by Mr.. Boucher
the witness admitted hat he had had a
grudge against Wadsworth for several
years: that he had trouble because Of
some of Wadsworth's cattle trespassing
on his land and crops: he said he was a
squatter upon the land he occupied, and
while he was not very unfriendly toward
Mr.. Wadsworth, he was not as friendly
toward him as to some others of his
neighbors. He was questioned closely
lis to the conversations had by him and
Mr.. Read with Wadsworth and his wife
on the morning Of their trip there, after
the killing Of Severson: the details Of
the happenings after they arrived there;
the examination Of the body in the cor
raj, the position in which it lay, distance
from the stable, and other particulars.
The cross examination was in progress
when court adjourned at noon.
This afternoon the examination of
the witness Young was resumed, and
was progressing when the TRIBUNE went
to press. .."
WEDNESDAY,.
The testimony Of the witness Young,
and cross examination, was finished at
about five O'Clock last evening, and the.
state then called upon Dr.. V. H. Stick
ney. The doctor then testified that he
was a practicing physician, and a resi-
dent Of Dickinson for twelve years. On
the 23rd Of December last, he said he
had been called to Medora, and on the
afternoon of that day made an autopsy
on the body of Edward Severson. He
testified that the first examination was
of the face of the deceased. There was
a slight abrasion of the cuticle perhaps
as large as a quarter of a dollar, upon
the left side of the nose: there were no
Indications that the deceased had re-
ceived any bruise or injury on the head,
which would have existed had the man
been killed by the kick from a horse.
The prosecution then attempted to
bring out the fact that had any such in
jury been received by Severson, the
bruises or d~iscoloration resulting there
from would have been evident at the
time the autopsy was had, and that the
tendency of such bruise or discolora-
ton would have been to become palmer
and more.marked after his death:the de-
Tense objected to this testimony, and the
court sustained the objection: MI. Miller
said that his object was to show that at
the time Siverson was found dead there
could have been no bruise on the head,
such as might have resulted from the
kick of a horse, or it would have APP
peared at the time the doctor made the
examination of the body: that this being
the case, the statements of the Wads-
worths that Severson had been so killed
could not have been predicated upon
any appearance of the face or head:
should it be attempted to be proven by
the defense later that some one did see
a bruise or discoloration, he desired to
have testimony to show that such con
dition could not have disappeared.
Judge Winchester held that should
the defense go into the matter, and pro-
duce testimony that any bruises were
seen On Severson's face and head, he
would allow the prosecution to go into
the matter as desired. Until then, he
said he would sustain the objection Of
the defendants counsel.
DR.. Stickney's testimony told further
of his discovery of a bullet wound, such
as might have been made by a bullet of
IS calibre, such as the prosecutions tes-
timony holds was the missile which
caused Severson's death; the ball had
entered one or two inches below the
point of the shoulder, crushed the bone
Of the ARM passed into the body, through
the tissues of the left lung, severing
nearly in two the aorta, or large artery
leading from. the heart, passing on
through the right lung, and passing out
slightly below and to the right of the
right nipple, ranging slightly forward;
from appearances, the left arm Of the
deceased had been hanging at his side,
when the ball entered; the wound, he
held, would have causeda as nearly instan-
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