The San Francisco call., 1897-08-14
HOW H0FFMA
WAS WOUNDED
The Prosecution Has Not
Yet Finished With Its
Witnesses.
DR.. Gallagher Closely Cross
Examined by General
Barnes.
His Expert Testimony Fully Oorrobo-
rated by That of DR..
Morgan.

Judge Trout had possession of his court
room for an hour yesterday morning, so
the Fige case was not taken up until IL
O'Clock. Testimony OF experts took up
the entire session of the day.
General Barnes continued with the
cross-examination of DR.. Gallagher.
did you ever examine the hat exhib-
tied here which is said to be that Of Hoff-
MANI"
81 did not.'S
please examine it a. to the hole and
black mark on it. Are you able to char
acterize that hole and mark?"
at is ragged hole"
"Can you express an opinion as to what
made it and what direction it came from
the top or bottom?''
1T is bullethole and the bullet passed
through from the under side OF the hat"
"W hat in your opinion made the black
mark"
.'The smoke and heat from the pistol"
What distance from the hat was the
pistol held?'
within three inches"
Gould it have been held as close as one
incn?"
After pointing the pistol at the hat the
witness replied, mo, l don't think it
could"
what distance with black powder
could the pistol be held 10 make a powder
tattoo irrespective of smoke marks?"
About three inches"
At this point OF the proceedings Mr..
Ach was III front Of Judge CampbePs
desk, talking with him. General Barnes
objected to this, saying: III that CONVEX
satIon is going into the record l would
like to be in on it." Mr.. Ach replied with
some warmth: "Oh. have seen you do
it half dozen times" You have never
seen me do it." retorted Barnes. Mr..
Ach returned 10 his seat carrying with
MIN the hat TIE general objected. as be
was not through with the hat. IF you
want the hat cine and get ir," said Ach.
Mr. Barnes remarked that he hadn't
taken the hat and didn't propose to
turn it, but he wanted the witness TO have
the hat.
The clerk of the court took the hat
from Mr.. Ach and returned it to the
Judges de k
The witness continued and said pistol
held within 2H inches would make moth
ing but smuGge and leave no tattoo of
powder but if The hat had 'fuzz" on it,
that would be burned.
You spoke of a black rim on wound
No. 3-what caused it2'
Il blink it was the grease or lubricant
on the bullet"
"W nat led you to believe that?'
"On all bullet wounds | have found
there has been the same mark.
"Have you had occasion to notice at
what part of the body suicides generally
direct he weapon?'
II have not"
Have you noticed where murdered
men generally are wounded2"
mo, SIR
Isn't it fact that the vast ma ajority of
suicides direct the pistol at the head?"
This question brought a torrent of OBJ
iections rom Mr.. Ach and Judge Murphy
a, it was asking something beyond the
knowledge of the witness. Tney were
sustained.
From your observations have you
noticed that the wounds of murdered men
are generally IN the body and suicides in
the heaGP"
Eyes, in murders the wounds are gen.
| orally in the body and suicides in the
| head"
What did you mean in your tes timonv
when you spoke OF part OF the wound be-
| ing inverted and part everted? Last night
| took some OF your phrases and good
dictionary and found out what some OF
| your tech nical terms meant, but l want it
| appear in he record"
The witness explained the terms and
the court remarked, 81 don't understand
yesterday that you did, and 1 was glad
! you knew more than | did"
DR.. Gallag her eX planned again his mean
ing of the terms and told how he &C.
counted for the condition of the wound
Judge Murphy asked the witness ques-
ton in regard to the wound, and Judge
Louderback obj cted 10 the prosecution
breaking in with questions during the
cross-examin alton. Mr. Ach said the de-
tense had teen allowed to ask witnesses
questions during the direct examination
and no objection was made but if they
wanted 10 make that rule he was sati fed
if they would live up to it themselv
General Barnes said: II have no objec-
ton to, Judge Murphy except that he left
the bench. We have been chewing the
rag considerably, as your Honor SO beau
tifully expressed il"
| The witness continued and said he had
| found no powder tattoo on the wound in
the tenn Pile. but that the thick hair would
have prevented that. From the conGi-
tion in which he found wound No. 8 it was
his opinion that the muzzle OF the pistol
had been held about three inches from
the skull. He found no smudge or powder
tattoo around wound No. l.
I'm your opinion how far was the pistol
held to make wound No. 1?''
Outside OF twenty inches"
Gould you get your index finger In the
wound ?''
tNo, it is rather large and stubby, but
could have put my little finger in it,"
The witness was asked to make dia-
gram of the wound, and while he was
drawing it General Barnes en- aged in con.
versation with The court. Judge NJ urphy
jokinglv made the same objection to this
that Barnes had maze to the similar
action of Ach.
1T there were smudge one and half
inches in diameter found around the
wound, what, IN your opinion, was the
distance the pistol must have been held Y'
About Two ana half inches, but if
there had been smudge the beard would
have been singed.
''Was it possible for one to walk around
after receiving these wounds?'
II will have 10 admit that it was DOS
sible, but extremely improbable"
A Hypothetical! question as to the prob
ability of Mr.. Hffman's having been
able to travel to Rothcnild's room if he
had received the wounds in the conversa-
tion room was objected to, but on being
reframed received the answer that it might
have been possible, but was not probable.
us il your opinion that he must have
been placed there by some other means