The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Was the last Witness on tho Stand.
Testimony Gets Racy Later In the Day
Large Crowd Attend fhe Proceeding
Witnesses for the Defense Will b
Heard This Morning.
The trial Of Art Ingram and his wifi
Nary began yesterday in the distric
court. They are charged with the muir
Ter of L. ]. White on the night of Mon
lay, March i.
Long before O'Clock, the hour set TO,
he trial, men, women and children be
ian filing in and filing up the seats il
he court room. Half of the norniuz
session was taken up in making I'D thu
lury. After several men had been dis
missed by both Mr.. Amidon and Mr.
Bentley, the following gentlemen wer.
selected 20 decide the fate of Art ana
Mary Ingram: Colonel NJ. Bryant
stephen Siade, o. L. Drake, John Walk
n, Theo Kerr, Chris Shuff1eberger. Nil
ton Dublins, H. W. Porter, ]. S. Beck
with, James Grimsley, J. W. Porter am
|. y. Stage. The jury is an intelligent
looking body OF men and from the in
serest with which they heard the evil
uence it is certain that they will de-
eide the case structly on the evidence
submitted. Two Of the Jurors were sol
diers in the late war, one being a Fed
eralist and the other Confederate.
After the jury had been completed
County Attorney Amidon read the
charge preferred against the accused 10
the jury. He stated in a brief talk sail
en- points which would be borne out by
the testimony soon to follow. He said
that the panel in the door which In
gram claimed that White had kicked
out would be proved TO have been done
by Ingram He would prove that the
marks on the panel exactly fitted In
grams shoes, while the nails in Whites
shoes were further apart.
Mr.. Bentley deferred addressing the
jury until later. He asked that the cas-
be dismissed for the reason that the in
formation was not properly verified by
Jr. Amidon; that it was indefinite and
Cid not state public offense. Judge
Dale quickly overruled Mr.. Bentley's OBJ
lection
DR.. Fordyce was the first witness call
&c in behalf of the state. Mr.. Amidon
asked him il he saw White on the night
Of March l.
Yes. sir
Where did you see linn?"
Lying in the middle Of the track Of
the Missouri Pacific yards
Doctor, please describe the wounds"
There was wound ON the forehead
and the bridge of the nose was broken.
There was fracture of the cheek bone
Just below the right eye and wound in
the back of his head
Were the wounds which were in
ficted in the face fatal?"
Not necessarily so
He said that he removed the poker or
gas pipe from Mr. Whites head. He
also helped dress the wounds after Mr.
White body had been taken TO the
city building. He turned the case over
"a DR.. Shuts, who was Mr.. Whites fam
lily physician.
Mr.. Bentley cross examined DR.. For
dyce. He had brought a human skull,
vertebra and an occipital bone in and
desired the doctor to show here the pok-
er had penetrated Mr.. Whites skull. The
doctor told where il had entered. also
pointing with his finger 10 the place on
the skull
Mr. Bentley catechised the doctor on
anatomy TO some length, the doctor ap-
parently answering the questions to his
satisfaction. After the class in anatomy |
had been dismissed, Mr.. Bentley said:
Doctor. did you see the officers take
watch. purse and a knife from Mr.. |
White while he was in the city build |
ing?"
Il did not pay much attention. l was |
busy washing and dressing Mr.. Whites |
wounds"
What was the size Of Mr.. White?"
Il did rot pay much attention. He
probably weighed $50 pounds and might |
have been five feet ten inches in height"
He said he never saw Mr. White stand
Ing but thought he might be as tall az
Mr.. Stage. Art Ingram was brought in
font of the doctor. Mr.. Bentley asked
him if he was larger than the defendant.
Did not think he was. Would Judge
that they We're about the same size"
Or. Shuts was next called 20 the
stand. He said he had been the family
physician OF deceased l. j. White He
was in the city clerks office when some
one notified him Of the accident and call
ed him down stairs.
Witness inserted his finger IN the
wound and judged that the gas pipe had
penetrated about four inches. The polk
sr had entered little to the left of the
center of the head, in the rear. The
hole might have been deeper. The effect
If such a wound would be the paralysis
# the right side of the body. Also found
,ther wounds-a cash over the right eye.
he bone below the eye broken, and a
lalf moon cash in the flesh so deep that
witness inserted his little finger therein
This wound alone was enough TO knock
i'm senseless. Whites nose was also
'roken and he had two slight wounds
n the scalp. Witness described the !
hook and lingering death of the victim
nearly forty-eight hours after he was as
allied He never regained consciousness
or did he speak.
He was taken 10 a room on West /.
Douglas avenue. He was af:erward re-
moved to his home on North Water
treet where he died.
Cross examination by Mr.. Bentley-"I
ould not detect any effects of liquor
he dying man wasn't in a condition -