Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-12-05

go and take bath he refused because
it was cold. Brown then hauled him
away and assaulted him aud further
up the hall he saw Swan kick him
twice. lie. also saw Brown koenlipg
down with his knees bearing all his
weight on his chest. The witness then
turned away in disgust and the next
time he saw Pisa be. was dead, IIe at
first followed Brown, Oakes and the
italian to the bath-r room. Two blows
were delivered outside, aud he saw the
kick delivered inside, before he turned
away. He thought tho Italian was
squirming. He did not zee Lynch
until after the man was dead,
Theodore p. Butler, an employe at
the State Hospital. On October 9th
he saw DR.. Hammond coming out of
the morgue and had the grave dug by
three of the patients. He afterward
met Lynch, but saw nothing Of the
alleged assault. He identified the
body taken out of the grave as Pisa's.
Dr. Harry L. Clayton Of Philadel-
phia, who was at Farnhurst on Octo.
Der 9th, remembered the death Of Pisa.
He was talking to a patient, in the
wash room opposite the bathroom. A
mute. who appeared to be excited,
called him, took his arm, and when he
went to the bathroom door he saw
Pisa on the floor, Brown, Swan and
Oakes around him. Pisa had his hand
to Browns throat and he kicked him
Clayton in the back of the head. He
noticed his condition and said "for
G--'s sake let him up; hos dying.
and Lynch asked Clayton if it would
aa ff ~ IN ha hak t,t
and he said as only matter Of resusi-
tation. The man was put in the tub
lthe witness did not think violently
and he (Clayton) noticed he was ex-
haling slowly and had him taken out
Pisa wds then taken across into
another room, when he was practically
dead. DIR. Hammond was then noti-
fed, but by that time life was extinct.
He was then carried down to the
morgue by four patients.
Clayton said he was present and as
sisted materially at the post mortem
examination. He explained what was
done at the post-mortem. He said DIR.
Hammond told him to examine the
heart and that was the first time he
knew anything about heart atiliction.
| He made an examination of the heart,
which indicated that that organ had
been over taxed. He also noticed
several bruises which were superficial.
He examined them, however, one in
particular, and thought that it was
produced by some force applied TO the
body.
On REORGANIZATION Clayton said
Pisa was lifted--and not thrown--into
| the bath tub. He expressed a desire
to see the brain, but did not make an
examination of them. The bruises, he
said, were evidently new.
Dr. John II. Hammond, resident
physician at the asylum, testified.
On the morning of October 9th he was
called to attend Pisa, and when be got
there he found the man dead. When
he inquired how he. died, the reply
was that he died in the bath. He
ordered the body moved TO the dead
house, where the post-mortem was
held in the afternoon. He called on
Dr. Clayton to assist him, as he Ham
mond) had sore finger and was afraid
of blood poisoning. He had the heart
and a portion of the lungs removed, on
account of their peculiar appearance.
Bits of coal dust were squeezed out OF
the. portion Of lung which was re-
moved. He also examined the liver.
The heart was saved and shown to DR..
Hancker, when he returned on Monday.
The witness swore that it was Pisa'e
body that was examined. On cross
examination he said he did not expect
to find any bruises and did not look
for any at the post mortem.
DIR. Howard Oge stated that on
Thursday he saw the heart. which was
shown to him by DIR. Hammond. He
could scarcely tell what the condition
was, but he thought it was little
fatty He was present at the post
mortem and said the skull and two
ribs OH the right side were fractured.
He did not examine them, any further
than to look at them. lie thought the
fractures in the ribs we're made but a
short time before Pisa's death. He
stated that one kick would have been
sufficient to break the ribs. The frac-
| turein the skull did not interfere with
the brain. 1t was caused by force.
That, the witness said, could have
caused death. Death, too, he said,
could have been caused by a person
jumping on the stomach with the
knees. ,F..
DR.. James II. Walker, the coroner's
physician. stated that he identified
Pisa's body last Friday. At the post
mortem he found the tissues on the
right side of the head deeply congested,
but not so on the left side, also frac-
ture extending from the junction OF
the right temple bone extending back.
1t could, he said, have been caused by
Il blow of any violence. The skull was
thin. The fracture might have been
caused by the man falling on the floor.
/ ba DfT hnI
in contact with some hard substance.
Owing to the condition of the body
no external bruises could have been
noticed. He could tell nothing about
the intestines they were so decom.
posed. He found the ninth and tenth
ribs fractured. Here DR.. Walker ex-
hibited the skull and broken ribs.
He stated that he found no evidences
that the man had died of any disease.
The heart, he said, comes within the
normal heart. The left arm showed
signs of having been bruised before
death, showing signs of great force.
The witness said the force of one
man jumping on another's stomach
would be sufficient to produce death.
The fracture of the skull, no stated,
was recently made. ..-
DIR. E. g. Shortlidge, who assisted
in the post mortem, corroborated Dr.
Walker. He said there were no exter-
nal signs Of bruises. The skull was
fractured on the right side.
The arm had evidently been bruised,
he stated. The wounds, he thought,
were made a short time before death,
The fractured ribs or the fractured
skull were sufficient TO cause death.
Ono kick might have broken both of
the ribs or from the force of the knees.
Dr. Black, president of the asylum,