The herald., 1898-10-28

tion. Cross-examination developed the fact
that the stone where LePage sat and other
I points in the vicinity had been called to the
attention of witness by Mr.. Shinn, the at
torney for Clark.
TESTIMONY OF OFFICERS
Chas w. Fleming deputy sheriff, testi-
He'd to visiting the Joe Hunter house on the
day the body was discovered. He saw no
shotgun or other firearms or shells about
the premises. He observed shirt hanging
on the water hydrant in the yard by the
Kitchen door. 1t was dry. He did not know
what became of the shirt.
Sheriff Burr swore that he saw nothing OF
the clod of dirt said to have had blood on it.,
or the bloody silver cut from the kitchen
floor. The shirt he had seen, but he could
not tell whether the spot on it was blood or
net. He thought little about it. When he
saw the shirt it was hanging in the closet
Thursday. He supposed all the clothing had
been brought to the city in response to his
instructions, but he had turned over every
thing to the clerk of the court and could
keeper had been left in The house and it was
not until after the discovery of the body
that the door was locked.
| w. l.. Sheldon, Il deputy sheriff, was also
one OF the officers detailed to go to the Hun
ter house on the day the body was found
There was stencil under the house. From
Ieggshells which he observed he thought the
eggs were rotten. He afterwards concluded
the odor came from the dead body No
shirt or razor had been pointed out to him,
nor had clod of dirt or silver with blood
on them been seen by him. The stains on
the oor and carpet he had seen.
f.. Il. Clark, the father of the defendant,
was recalled and testified further regarding
the measurements taken by Hemphiil and
himself. lie confirmed the testimony of
Hemphill as to the points from which the
line of vision was not interrupted by the
clubhouse and said the northwest corner CT
the Hunter house could not be seen from the
rock testified to by LePage.
Mr. Clark also testified as to measurements
under the house. In his opinion it would
have been impossible for one man to place
a dead body where that of the Chnaman
was found. In attempting to conceal evil
dences Of crime he could not say what
strength one man might exert.
| Being asked regarding his sons physical
ability, Mr.. Clark said Harry had a fall
when 2 years old, and his hip trouble dated
therefrom. Nevertheless, Harry had be-
come a good bicycle rider.
| EXPERT SURGICAL TESTIMONY
| DIR. Paul Bresee testified to possessing ex-
pert microscopic knowledge, and he said
| ~ Wouiu NC ILL upOSslDlc w ueteIIllHc WuetHel
clots or dirt or slivers of wood bore blood
stains or not without microseopcal eXamina-
ton. BY chemicals, it could be ascertained
| that such stains were due TO some animal
| fluid, but to decide definitely that there was
blood the use OF the microscope would be
unavoidable.
DIR. g. w. Murphy took the stand on the
opening of court In the afternoon and was
asked to describe the wounds on tile body
| of the Chinaman, as observed by him at the
autopsy. He said the wound on the face
was one large, Jagged, hole, ranging back
wards and upwards. The entire interior OF
tie brain cavity was filed with fragments
OF bone, blood, shot and flesh. The arteries
| had been completely severed. In such a
| case the blood would gush out with much
| force, squirting for great distance, and the
hemorrhage would be very rapid. One-thir-
teenth OF the weight OF human body was
blood. Five quarts of blood would perhaps
be the amount in the body OF man weigh
ing l3O pounds. The second wound on the
body of the Chinaman was in the collar
bone, about half as large as that in the face
The shot had torn the ""'nr mart Of tho le..
lung, fractured the second, third, fourth and
| fifth ribs near their attachment to the back
bone, and the cavity OF the chest was filled
with blood. The doctor could not tell what
proportion of the vital fluid was left IN the
body of the Chinaman and what had fiowec
from the wounds outward.
| DR.. Murphy agreed with DR.. Bresee in
saying that the only way in which it woule
be possible to determine absolutely the char
acter of blood stains would be by microscop
ic examination, though chemical analysis
would assist in the formation Of an opinion.
On cross-examination, the doctor said the
winding OF bandages around the head and
neck of the Chinaman's body would have
stopped the flow of blood and caused it to
remain in the internal cavities.
| DR.. +. d. Bullard testified to having had
experience as an instructor in the medical
college in surgery and microscopic investiga-
| tion of stains to see if there was blood on
them. He agreed with his professional
| brethren as to the means of determining the
nature of stains suspected OF being caused by
blood. He told of the negative and positive
tests available to the profession in the che
| ical investigation and also as to the sub
seGuent microscopic examination which it Is
customary to make of fluid stains suspected
Of being due to blood. 1ronrust, fruit
stains and some others were often mistaken
for blood.
| The doctor, at request of Mr. Shinn, ex-
planned the difference between the corpuscles
of human beings and animals, and the hem
orrhage which would follow the severance OF
|
gained a point by cross-examnation, the
witness stating that a wound like those de-
scribed would be almost instantly fatal and
that hemorrhage would cease as soon as the
heart stopped beating
BRIBERY SENSATION SPRUNG.
| Mrs. Mabel Noyes, who has been paying
close attention to the trial of the case, being
present day after day, swore that she was
present last Thursday, and on passing from
the court room, saw Spanish woman in con-
versation with Aurelan LIE Page. Being
asked to state what was said, she replied
"The Spanish woman asked LIE Page if he
had money enough. The boy replied that
he had. A Chinaman had given him money
the day before and Joe Hunter was to give
him more next day."
Mr.. McComas asked her: "You have been
present every day."
Mrs. Noyes-Yes, sir.
| McComas-Been taking considerable inter.
est in the defense in the case?
Mrs. Noyes-In the interests of justice.
McComas-And you regard the interests
of justice identical with those of this de.
fendant?
Mrs. Noyes--Most assuredly.
| Mrs. Helen McInerney, an old lady of Hi.
bernian extraction, who has also been in
daily attendance at the trial, and whose in
terest in the defendant has been equally
pronounced, attempted to corroborate Mrs
Noyes' statements with respect to the con
versation of lie Page with the Spanish
woman. She said she had been in attend
ance from desire to know what was goinl
on, in the same manner that others had
come. In her statement, however, she just
reversed the story, saying that lie Page had
| v,;d that loo Huntar bo RI o,,oY hin, ~, o,a,