Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-08

know that the strap attached to tie
wagon was the one which had held the
COW to the wagon, because he did not
see tie COW hitched, and did not COM
i pare the halter on the cow with the
i strap on the wagon. Halters we're Of
ten made to have a strap or rope snap
ped on.
4 Dr. Megrail was next called. and tes-
tilted to his examination Of the body,
with Dr. John A. Campbell. He de-
scribed TIE body and
THE WOUNDS UPON IT
"a cut about an inch long on the right
side of the scalp. behind. probably
caused by fall on stone. There was
another wound on the back, five and
quarter inches below the cccipital
protuberance Of the spinal column. This
wound was little blackened, and in
the wound was little substance which
afterwards turned out. under the micro
scope, to be fibres of clothing. The
witness produced a microscopic slide,
| with these fbres in it. In the breast
/ there was wound at the .juncture of
the third rib. The wound in the back
was three-eights Of an inch in diameter.
and in the breast seven-eightS of an
inch in diameter. TIE wound was of
the class of "gunshot" wounds. There
were no powder marks On the body or
on the outer garments, which had been
particularly and especially examined
for that purpose. The projectile en-
tered the body from the back and pass
ed out Of the breast, and the witness
stated clearly the facts which led him
to the conclusion. The witness de-
scribed and identified the clothing worn
by Kiel at the time of the murder, and
also described the course of the bullet
in the body. 1t cut the spinal cord, the
gullet the bronchial tube and the
aorta and also passed through the
lungs.
The cross examination was by Mr..
Schuck.
The witness said
DEATH ENSUED
from an internal hemorrhage and TIE
severing of the spinal cord. Conscious
| ness would cease with the severing of
the spinal cord. The voluntary mus
Giles relaxed and became rigid six hours
after death. He could not say that Kiel
fell with his arms outstretched. 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 al
most a direct course through the body
from left to right. slightly.
Gould you judge how kiel was
standing, straight or at an angler"
THE gun must have been almost di-
rectly behind him.
Gould he have been shot from an
| elevation Of fifteen feet?"
Possibly: the bullet could have
been detected; we do not know that
the bullet was not Detected
To Mr.. Sommervlle DR.. Megrail said
he could not say whether Kiel was
leaning, STOPPING or standing straight
when shot.
DR.. ]. A. CAMPBELL.
DR.. ]. A. Campbell, who accompanied
Dr. Megrail, was next examined. He de-
scribed the wound in much thessame
language used by DR.. Megrail. There
was a slight wound on the back of the
head in addition to the bullet wound
through the body. Death would ensue
Immediately from the gunshot wound
He observed the clothing worn l'y
Kiel, and read from notes. He had en-
knit jacket, vest, shirt and an under
shirt. The doctor examined the gar
|
ed very much like those worn by the
murdered man. The organs Of KIei,
with the exception of those penetrated
by the gun shot, were healthy.
To Mr. Dryden the doctor said he ex
amined the body about or p. M, be-
fore the arrival of the Coroner and Dr.
Megrail. At that time the body was
lying on sled in shed. squire
Schultze and a man named Brooks were
present In putting his fingers in the
, wound he pushed through the clothing.
He said the bullet entered from the
rear, and gave the reason advanced by
DR.. Megrail. He did not note fragments
of the garments in the wounds when he
made the first examination in the a.
ternoon. The fragments found by Dr.
Megrail might have been pushed into
the wounds by the witness The
course Of the bullet was inward and
little upward, from left to right,
slightly.
Speaking of the course Of the bullet
witness said it could be DETECTED. This
DETECTION would be right and left, ar
above and below. Witness had seen
no evidence of DETECTION in this case.
The resistance would be about equal in
either direction. The course of the bull
let was SIedully upward toward the
right. Death Of Kiel had resulted
from the severing of the spinal cord.
He believed death would result instan-
taneously from such an 47ljury There
had been exceptions, though. The wit
ness did not remember the Miller case,
| in Wheeling, to which the witness re-
| membrane was invited.
The witness believed Kiel's death was
instantaneous. It was barely possibly
the arms would be thrown out invol-
| UNFAIRLY. 1t would not be possible for
the victim to disarrange his clothing
in falling. When the spinal cord is cut
the man would fall with his hands in
the position at the time of death. unless
the fall should cause a disarrangement.
To Mr.. Sommerville witness said he
did not know how long Kiel had been
dead when he made the examination in
the afternoon.
At the conclusion Of DR.. CampbeIrs
evidence there was a recess and the
jury was given turn in the hall.
THE REMARKABLE TESTIMONY
| OF William Bowers. Brother of the Ac-
cused-He Testified to the Tragedy and