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

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of such an injury.
The defense asked several questions
as to the DOCTORS knowledge of gunshot
wounds, his familiaritywith text books
or medical works upon the subject, and
as to whether or not all gunshot wounds
differed from each other in some par
ticulars, OF in their effects. The doctor
stated that while they differed in par
ticulars, they were classified by medical
writer's as affecting certain different
parts of the body, and that their prob
able results were based upon general
medical knowledge-that certain condi-
tions would produce certain effects, and
that an injury of the kind he had de-
scribed would produce, in his opinion,
such an effect as he had stated.
The testimony then proceeded, includ-
ing details of the trip to the Wadsworth
ranch after the autopsy, and the search
of the corral where the body was found,
to see if any trace could be found of
where the bullet had struck after pass
ing through the body. This testimony
was in progress when court adjourned.
This morning DR.. Stickney was on the
stand during the entire session. On
direct and cross examination he detailed
fully the situation at the corral and the
stable door when he made an inspection
Of the same: insisted that death must
have been instantaneous, and no volun-
tary action was possible on the part of
Severson after he received the shot that
proved fatal; that the indications from
the bullet as found in the door, and from
the wound were that the boy stood in
the stable, where he says he did when
he fired.
When court adjourned at noon Mr..
Miller was still examining the doctor on
redirect. The defense will, when they
come to put in their case, call DR.. Stick
ney to give further light on the affair.
Court adjourned at 3 p. m. this after
noon, SO us to give the court officers who
desired it an opportunity to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Watson.
1t looks very much as though the
Wadsworth case would take all of next
week.
Judge Bartholomew spent some time
in the district court yesterday afternoon,
listening to the testimony in the Wads-
worth case. Mrs. Bartholomew is a con
slant attendant, and follows the testi-
mony closely.
Last evening William M. Keller plead
ed guilty to illegally disposing Of mort
gagged property. He was fined $40 and
costs, the costs amounting to, over 5000.
There We're some extenuating circum-
stances in connection with the case
which his attorney, Mr.. Boucher, urged,
and which were recognized by States
Attorney Allen. Hence the light punish
ment.
One important element of proof in the
Wadsworth CASE is the course of the
bullet as it entered the stable door after
it passed through the body of Severson.
The testimony SO far tends to prove that
after passing through Severson's body
it entered the stable door in such a way
as to indicate that the rifle must have
been discharged in the stable, about
where the boy said it was. If it was,
then Severson must have stood about
where the boy testifies, and must after
death have been carried or dragged to
the place in the corral where he was
found. The prosecution will contend
that the boy could not alone have dragged
or carried the body where it was found.