The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-08

DR., W. p. Megrail had heen a physl-
clan and surgeon for ten years. He eH-
amlned Kiers body on November 2, 1886,
In the evening, II was at Kiels house.
He was accompanied by Sheriff Franz
helm, DR.. j. \, Campbell and others.
Kiel was a large man, weight $50, age
elXty, feet inches In height. The
body was carried onto the porch, where
the autopsy was carried out. a small
cut on back OF head was found, aborSan
inch long, not deep, II was a fresh
wound, supposed TO have been caused by
falling ON stone. There was wound
on the back, five and one-fourth Inches
below the neck. circular wound, APP
parently upward, tmsa-eighths inches
IN diameter; 1t was q little blackened.
In the wound was fibre Of clothing. 1t
was a quarter Of an inch from the heart
at the front the wound was about seven-
eigh!hs Of an Inch in diameter.
II was a gunshot wound Could NOT
say what kind Of projectile II was There
were no powder marks. The outer gar
ment he had taken home; there were no
signs of powder. The projec,ile passed
through from rear to front One reason
was The character of the wound, circular
In rear and ragged in front; another rea-
son, the indentatIon of flesh at the back.
and projection in front where the bullet
passed out.
The doctor identified the blouse, having
put wax seal upon 1t after examlna'
ton. He believed the vest shown him TO
he the one worn by Klel also the shirt.
The holes In the clothes correspondent
with the wound inflicted on Klel, There
was but one hole In the blouse. 1t evident
" having been open when Kiel was shot.
The vest and shirt had holes front and
back. These holes correspond with the
passage of the bullet In and out.
The witness had probed the wound
and found piece OF dark blue fibre. pos
sIbly brom the blouse, also few iibres
of the check goods like the shirt worn by
Klel. The doctor produced the flbres
which he had extracted from the wound.
The bullet passed through the spinal
column, cutting off the spinal cord, the
bullet, wlndpipe. the large artery leading
from the heart and passing out between
the lungs The organs were examined
and found normal. In his judgment
KEEL had met death from gunshot
wound.
with Prosecuting Attorney Meyer as a
subject representing KieD Or. Megrail
showed the location of the wounds on
KEEL.
To Mr. schuck. the witness said death
ensued from an Internal hemorrhagt and
the severing Of the spinal cord Con-
sclousness would cease with the severng
of the spinal cord. The voluntary mus-
cles relaxed and became rigid six hours
after death. He could not say that Kiel
fell with arms outs.retch5d. He did
not believe Kiel had time TO place his
hand over the wound. He had no time
to know or appreciate what hurt him.
The man was struck by the bullet from
the back The bullet followed almost
direct course through the body, from left
to right, slightly
Gould you judge how Klel was stand
ing. straight or at an angle?"
"The gun must have been almost d.
rectly behind him"
Gould he have been shot from an ele-
walton of fifteen feet?"
Possibly; the bullet could have been
DETECTED. We do no. know that the bull
let was not DETECTED"
TO Mr. Sommervll'e, Dr. Megrail said
he could not say whether Klel was lean
ing, stopping or standing straight when
ghO.