Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-20


of the skull in the same region. He made
post -mortem in that case.
Mr. Hayes followed Mr.. Ward in the
cross examination of DR.. Walker. He
asked the witness if the carrying of
Pisa into the bathroom could have
fractured the skull or the ribs. Dr.
Walker did not think it could. When
Pisa was thrown into the tub. il he
was thrown against the side with suf-
ficient force, it might have caused the
fracture of the ribs.
Witness did not think that the decom-
position of the brain could have gener-
ated gases which would have caused
separation of the sutures.
DIR. Walker was the last witness Of
| the day.
1t was 6 o'clock before court took a
recess until 10 o'clock Friday morning.
There was no diminution in the size
of the crowd in the courtroom Friday
morning when the prisoners, Brown,
/ Swan and Lynch, entered, Immediately
preceding the jury.
| When the prisoners came into court
there was craning of necks TO see
them Some of their friends were in
attendance within the bar of the court.
DIR. James Walker. who was on the
stand Thursday afternoon, was recalled
and examined by Mr.. Cooper When
asked about ths effect of broken ribs
on breathing, he said that force ap-
| piled to a mans ribs would cause
spasms Of the diaphragm, which would
| be sufficient to cause death! IL a
mans hands were at the person S
throat it would intensity the shock. If
man went around two or three
days with ribs broken, every time he
breathed he would feel sharp pain.
MIR. Ward asked if he only knew the
facts in the case so lar as he had heard
them from the stand. The State OBJ
jeced on the ground that it was not in
allowed. DIR. Walker said that he based
his testimony on the facts ana on his
experience.
DIR. Evan G. Shortlidge testified that
he assisted in the post mortem examina-
tion on Pisa's body. His testimony
was in corroboration of DIR. Walkers.
In is opinion, after hearing the evil
dence, Pisa had no medical treatment
before death. The Court, however,
upon Mr. Hayes application, struck
that answer out. 1t was the doctor Is
opinion that that fracture of the skull
was caused Immediately before deatH.
Death would necessarily be the result
of shock. Such fracture of the skull
week before death would have caused
evidence of disability. A man so in
jured would hardly be able to walk
around and eat is meals.
Pisa could not have stood erect with
fractured rib, without complaining
Of pain. From the evidence that Piss
held on to the bench when the mer
went to lead him down the hall, tnt
doctor thought that he could not have
had such injuries.
Mr.. Hayes opened the cross examina
tion. DIR. Shortlidge from the evidence
as to throwing Pisa into the bath tut
did not think that the fractured skull
was caused by that The fractures o
the ribs could have been caused b,
that Direct force more than the meri
placing Of him upon the side of thu
bath tub must have been used.
Excluding all the evidence, DR.
Shortlidge stated that he could not ga,
exactly how long before death thu
wounds were caused.
Mr.. Ward followed Mr.. Hayes il
cross examination. In answer to hin
DIR. Shortiidge said that he though
the fractures were made more thar
an hour before death. The fractured
skull alone might have been made TIVE
or three days before death, and th'
same with the fractured ribs.
The fracture of the skull might hav,
caused shock sufficient to have caused
/ death. A man may live year after
fracture of the skull. The skull wa
rather thin. The red substance in tn
fissure of the fracutre could not hav
been anything but blood. II had no
decomposed and was bright red. II
, his opinion the blood was forced ii
before death. but might have gone il
afterwards. He did not make micro
! scopic examination of the red sub
, stance. but in his opinion ii was blood
, Upon redirect examination by tn
/ attorney general, DIR. Shortlidge sal,
that if both fractures had been mad
at the same time. instant death woult
have resulted.
In case one fracture was made thre
days before tho other, instant dealt
, would have followed the second. MIR
, White asked the doctor concerning th
, heart, but Mr.. Ward objected to tn
| question. IIe said that no issue hat
been raised on the heart. The attorney
| general did not press the question, AM
announced that the STATE closed.
/ The defence was surprised at tn
sudden close, but was ready to opel
, in few minutes. While they wer
getting ready, the courtroom audienc
| sent up a hum They became quie
] as Andrew G. Gray, the young attorney
| prepared to make his opening to th
jury. He stated that the State hat
! not called all the witnesses which haC
appeared before the grand jury. Mr.
/ Gray spoke of Thomas Oakes' testi
/ mony and of his contradictions, bu
Mr.. Cooper objected that he must no
argue the case at this time. Chic
Justice Lore told Mr. Gray not t,
] argue himself The Chief Justic
J stood up during Mr.. Gray's opening
} Mr.. Gray said that the defence woult
call DR.. Harvey L. Clayton, who hac
/ also seen the case. He then stated th
: story from the defenee's standpoint
They would show that Pisa was dan
, gernus and violent, strong and mus
, cular man. On the morning of Octobe
9TH Brown went TO give Pisa bath
| Pisa resisted and Brown, under th
rules, got another man to help. HI
and Oakes took Pisa down the hall
, Pisa caught hold of railing, ant
! Brown pulled his fingers off. Near th
, bath room door Pisa got loose, caugh
Brown by the throat. slipped and fell
, and dragged Brown down upon him
, In the scrimmage there Oakes dii
nothing to help out his fellow keeper
| Pisa kicked DIR. Clayton in the bacl
of the head Neither Brown nor Swai
were on Pisa. DIR. Clayton saw tha
Pisa had over. eYerted himself and sal,
r to get up. Pisa was helped on biz
feet and the men stood around him