The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-05
Butte department.

Inc wound was about three inches be-
| low the right nipple and about an inch
and half to the right. He appeared
! to be very much shocked. The wound
was washed and dressed and the boy
put in bed. The wound was dressed
every day or two. After ne had been
at the hospital for some time he had
hemorrhage of the lungs and then
pneumonia followed as the result of
the wound and that was followed by
pleurisy and death resulted on Dec. 2.
What was the original cause Of
DEATH" asked Mr.. Wines.
His injury
WAS the wound itself necessarily
fatal?" asked Mr.. Cavanaugh on
cross examination.
Il couldn't tell at the time"
DR.. Murray said he did not determine
the depth of the wound when the boy
was first brought to the hospital. hut
an operation was performed a short
while prior to his death and the doc
tor concluded from the examination
then made that the wound appeared
necessarily fatal. The operation was
performed on Nov. 27. An opening
was made in front, another at the back
of the chest cavity, so that the doctor
could see through and determine the
nature of the wound and the condition
of the chest wall and cavity. The wit
ness said such an operation was a very
common one.
rs II not possible that he contracted
pneumonia from other causes, while in
the hospital?" asked Mr.. Cavanaugh,
on cross-eXamination.
ut is possible for a man to have
pneumonia at any time"
The doctor said the wound had pune
tured the lung and Mr. Cavanaugh
wanted to know how he could tell
that the lung was injured when he
could not tell how deep the wound
was.
When ] cut my finger it is not
necessary to run Q knife up to the ell
bow to determine that the finger is cut
upon the surface" was the reply
on redirect examination the doctor
gave further testimony about the ope-
ration and said he had to cut a piece
OF rib out at the back in order to make
the opening large enough to clean out
the cavity.
Coroner Richards was called as a
witness and identified the knife which
had been in his possession since the
inquest and the knife was offered in
evidence and examined by the jury.
Mr.. Wines said the only other evil
dence he had was the dying state
ment Of Lynch and he thought the
preliminary testimony as to the adj
instability of the statement should be
given in the absence of the jury. but
Mr. Cavanaugh objected. and Charles
Little was called to testify about the
dying declaration. He said he was a
stenoErapher.
Also an attorney, are you not?"
asked Mr.. Wines.
Yes sir"
Mr.. Little said the questions were
asked by Mr.. Booth and the witness
took the statement down in writing.
The statement was taken on the even
ing of the day on which che cutting
took place. Mr. Booth asked Lynch If
he expected to recover and the boy re-
piled that the doctor told him he
would die and he beloved IT and said he
wished 10 make a statement of the
ARRAY.
f. $. Booth also testified about talk
Ing the deposition and the fact that
Lynch did not expect to live. The
statement was then admitted in evil
dence against tho objections of the de-
fense, and Mr.. Wines read II to the
jury. In the statement Lynch said
that as he was going up stairs on the
afternoon of the 9Sth of October he
round bar Of Sapolio % the steps
and took II up to use on the kitchen
hoor. Mansfield came up a few min
utes afterwards and told him that he
would knock his head off. Lynch told
knock his head Off and backed away
from him Mansfield then went back
down stairs and Lynch went on scrub
hing tho kitchen floor. In so doing he
swept little water down the stairs.
as he had frequently done before.
Mansfield then came up stairs and
rushed at him with "A knife i'm his hand.
When Lynch saw the knife he picked
up broom and hit him on the head
WEh II. They cltnched and Lynch
was stabbed. Mansfield backed away.
ana then went at him again Tie jump
81 out or the window and ran IN to q
doctors office. Lynch said he was 10
Years old and that his parents lived at
No. go Granite street. St Paul. He
had not been in Butte long and only
worked at the hotel for a short time.
Mr.. Wines announced that the states
testimony was about all In and court
adjourned for the day. Judge Sheer
made a departure from usual court
rules In murder cases 10y permitting
the jury 10 separate. The Judge soid
and very truthfully. that II a fury
could not be trusted 10 be honest when
they were allowed to separate they
could not be trusted when locked IN.