The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-22
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No. 82."
"Did you succeed in finding the ball?'
"Yes, here it ID" He passed it tothe
squire, who in turn handed II to Mr..
Topper.
"Dr. Snow" said the latter, "can
you tell how long the deceased lived
after the shooting?"
II found the bullet lodged in the
heart; therefore death must have been
instantaneous.
"Did you find any other marks Of
violence?'
"In addition to the wound which
proved fatal I found another, which
was only superficial.
"Did you find that ball also?'
"No; it only passed short distance
through the body and emerged again"
"Can YEA describe the direction
which it tc.h?"
"Flon tie trent toward the back"
SLOW was tho Lody dressed?"
"ln u Iightdress, and it is notice.
able fact that though there are two
wouns there is but one hole through
tue = -. lltVt.
Ibid the fatal bullet pass through
that holc:"
st would seem that it did, but as
the nightdless is a loosely fitting gar
ment it is impossible to say, as the two
wounds are SO close together. ;"
Mr.. Barnes whispered to Mr.. Topper,
who then continued:
"Was this last wound above or below
the other? What wish to know is, was
it high enough for the bullet to have
come from pistol fred from the lawn
and through the Window
eyes. thought of that point, and
therefore measured the height Of the
window sill from the ground and from
the floor inside. found by these meas
urements that the sill is about five
feet from the lawn outside and only two
feet above the floor within. The wound
which we are now considering is above
the fatal one. though only slightly so,
and is so located that if the deceased
had been standing it would have been
about four feet above the floor, and SO
two feet higher than the window sill"
"Then, in your opinion, that wound
may have been made by some one on the
lawn?'
II am sure that it would have been
possible. Of course it might depend on
how near Mr. Lewis stood to the win
dow"
As the doctor was about to withdraw
Mr.. Topper stopped him by asking:
"Will you please tell us if you found
any marks, scars, you know, or birth
marks, by which the identity Of the
corpse might be established"
Nothing whatever. The face and
head have been burned beyond all pos
sibility Of recognition.
"Were these burns Of such nature
that they may have been the cause Of
death?''
81 should say not, but of course if
man were burned as badly as that no
might subsequently die, though not SO
quickly"
Mr.. Topper, addressing the squire,
said:
II suppose there is no doubt as to the
identity of the body, but in the face Of
the fact that the features are so much
disfgured it would perhaps be as well
to seek some evidence in this direction.
II have no doubt" said the squire,
chat Miss Lewis may be able to help
us better than any one, though will
say this much myself: When first saw
the body lying by the chimney and
leaned over it, noticed that there was
a name OH the nightdress i'll large let
ters''
II saw that Also" said DR.. Snow.
sit is in indelible ink aud done with q
stencil plate. As might be expected,
the name is John Lewis
"That in itself seems almost conclu-
sive," observed the squire, "but we can
ask Miss Lewis about the matter when
she is called"
DR.. Snow was then allowed to leave
the stand.
Now" said Mr.. Upper. "if we
can we must try to discover the time Of
the crime. l believe, squire, you are
the one who last saw Mr.. Lewis alive.
Can You tell at what hour that was, as
near as possible?'
II went to see Mr.. Lewis on the
night of tho murder and was in the
patlor with him nearly an hour. must
have gone about O'Clock, for it was
but half past when reached my own
home"
Then, Of course, he was alive at
that hour. The detective, Mr.. Barnes,
has described to US the tracks which no
found i'll the snow and also the diseoy-
cry of the two pistols. These, he thinks,
were fired at the time when CT immedi-
ately after the SHOW had ceased falling
last night. Whether either of these shots
caused the death of Nj Lewis or not, at
least it is possible that one of them mado
the flesh wound which DR.. Snow bas
described. 1t will be well, therefore, to
fix tho time when the snowstorm
ceased
JEFF Harrison was then called and
swore to tho facts which he had related
to Mr.. Barnes, and added that he had
again questioned his daughters and
that they substantiated the opinion
which he had given.
The next person called was Sarah
Carpenter. She came in from all ad
joining room, as did all the witnesses,
it having been considered important
that enc should not hear the testimony
Of the Others prior to being examined.
Miss Carpenter sat down rather stitfiy,
and it was evident that she was Il reluc-
tant witness.
"YOu are servant az Riverside
FARM asked Mr.. Topper.
Il assist Miss Lewis in taking caro-
of the house, but do not call myself
servant" was the reply. The lawyer
had evidently gained her i'll will at the
outset, but he took no notice Of the as
pcrity Of her manner.
"Are there any servants at ALP
II suppose So
"Elow muny?"
II don't call any of them servants,
There are four men who work on the