The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-23

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Scntt Jackson, who was sitting behind and
little to the right.
Jackson threw back his head with bra
vado. but his eyelids refused to open frank
iy. They hung half over the eyeballs. He
could not look the witness clearly in the
eye. Mrs. Stanley gazed on him without
emotion. She seemed 10 hold him in such
littleness that she utterly ignored him: So
she looked for perhaps ten seconds Then
she wheeled back and faced the jury.
That Is Scott Jackson" she said.
A murmur arose in the court room, quick
ly checked by Judge Helms gavel.
Attorney Crawford did not cross-examine
Joseph E. Parry a Greencastle druggist,
and Isaiah Mermillion, Of the same place,
were called to identify Pearls handker-
Jackson's valise. Lieutenant Atkinson, of
the United States army. stationed at Fort
Thomas. was then called and told of find
Il heard at $50 O'Clock on Saturday that
the body had been found. The sheriff was
at the spot already. Drs. Gibson and Heyi
soon arrived and the coroner and police
sergeant came later. We stayed perhaps
half an hour, until the body was removed.
Near, the neck OF the body was spot
side of my hat There was a depression on
the embankment as if a body had lain there.
In the spot where the neaa wS1d is have nSen
there was another pool of blood, directly
under the privet bushes. The corset was
found on top of the embankment near the
II saw lieutenant Saffarans pick up kid
glove which had been tramped into the
noon and saw that the leaves were spotted
with blood. They were perhaps twelve
inches. above the ground. ! dug into the
ground and found that the blood had soaked
in ten or twelve inches.
'sWere the leaves of the bushes scat
tered?"
How were the blood spots on the privet
bush leaves compared with the first pool
of blood found on the embankment.
Directly above 1t, and twenty inches, per-
haps from the ground"
.!Did the spots seem to have been made
by bloody substance being raked across
them?"
al object" said Crawford.
'Or was it by squirting OF blood?'
81 object" Crawford repeated.
not in order. and Colonel Nelson said he
was perfectly willing to withdraw them.
DR. CAROTHERS'S TESTIMONY.
DR.. Robert Carothers, who conducted the
autopsies on the headless body. the
next witness. He wore bishops collar and
looked very professional. He testified that
the body was that of a woman, perfectly
healthy till her death. He also testified to
finding the unborn child. 1t was of about
five months CESSATION, and he thought it
was quickened. 1t was a male The stub
of the neck indicated that decapitation was
done cleanly, with a sharp instrument, ex-
cept at one part Of the neck. in front and
was contracted. The witness believed that
the person who cut on the head had some
knowledge of the art. 1t could be done with
a dissecting knife about two inches long.
Nelson asking the witness IL he could judge
from the drawn condition of the skin and
it that the woman was killed by having her
head cut off, Crawford's ground was that
Nelson made suggestions that forced the
witness to admit that the skin and tissue
presented a certain appearance.
Nelson fought the objection, but the Judge
sustained However, on the question being
put in another way, the witness said he be-
ieved that the girl was decapitated alive.
what you think" said Nelson. Would the
if death had taken place before decapita-
fion?',
tor.
Gould blood have spattered up, on the
privet leaves if the body was dead before
mo, SIR" answered the witness.
1.-The wonan's DEATH -was caused by hem
orrhage, superinduced by severing of the
arteries. We removed the stomach, heart.
stomach was sent to DR.. Crane, of Cincin-
natl, for analysis. None of the other or
wssh sopsy by did hf sOa the
stOmach?"
eat the first one"
did you find any cuts on the body?'
There were deep cuts on the left hand.
| The skin was scratched and the wounds
were open. The cuts were deep. They Were
made, / think. while the person was alive. y
"Can't you be more positive?" asked Col.
Il object to any such question as that
| interrupted attorney Crawford.
Judge Helm thought the prosecution had a
right to. ask the physician to be positive IL
he could.
H. "a
positively that the skin would not have been
retracted.
"Was there any coaguation of blood in
Nowhere except in the pulmonary artery.
one-half inch from the heart. There was a
small clot at that place"
THE CAUSE OF DEATH
eff the wop.an was dead some time be.
| fore the head was severed would not the
blood have been coagulated, and didn't the
| cutting off of the head cause the death?"
..Yes, the severing of the head caused the
| girls DEATH"
The witness prefaced many of his replies
| with 81 think" and Colonel Nelson again
| asked him to be more positive.
| The young physician said there was evil
dence of a criminal operation having been
attempted If such an operation had been
| attempted by means OF instruments the body
| would have shown the fact.
| With DR.. CarOthers still on the stand and
| the attorney for the prosecution debating
| as to whether they should ask another
| question, court adjourned at noon until
| O'Clock.
At the afternoon session there were many
| vacant seats in the court room, the interest
| in the case seeming to languish somewhat
| owing to the fact that most of the testi-
mony was routine in its nature and wei
| known to the public. DR.. Carothers was the
! first witness examined In the afternoon
| After two questions by Colonel Nelson the
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| strong effort was made to break down the
testimony of the morning. but nothing could
| shake him in his belief that the body was
/ decapitated while yet alive. 1T is generally
| understood that DR.. Heyal, United States
army, who is now on his wedding trip, viii
| at the proper time testify for the defense
| and break down both Coroner Tingley's and
| well understood will testify positively thai
| the woman whose headless body was found
| at Fort Thomas was not killed there ant
/ will give unquestionable reasons for these
| conclusions
DR.. GILLESPIE TESTnFIES.
| Dr. r. ]. Gillespie of Greencastle. was thef
| placed upon the witness stand, and severa
letters which he received from Scott Jack
| son were handed TO him to identify. TIL,
letters themselves have not yet been Offered
] in evidence, and the defense is not allowed
| to see them Jackson stretched his necl
| somewhat in an attempt to get a glimpse o.
| the letters There were eight letters, ant
they seemed to cause a good deal OF worr,
| to Jackson, who moved uneasily about dur
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