Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-08

could live with the wounds
:. could not say. But l do nc
think that it would be possible fo
: him TO survive longer than 4
hours at the outside. The one i
the lower portion of the abdome
would not cause death as soon a
the one in the upper, as the latte
q caused internal hemorrage, an
he could not have lived wit
such a wound as the one in the in
testines, and these liberation
S would not have proved fatal a
2 soon as the cutting Of the mesent
, eric arteries or their branches.
f, want to correct myself and use tn
! word cutting instead of laceratin,
the intestines. / describe tn
, mouths of the wounds as bein,
, smooth. "
The defense then took the wit
ness for crOss-examinatiOn and L,
testified as follows: 81 held tn,
examination four days after the
death of the subject, as well as
can remember. From the appear.
ance Of the wounds it would be q
hard matter to tell how old the
wounds were, except by general
decomposition and other matters
of preservation of the body. From
the time the wounds had been
made it appeared only short
time up to his death as there was
slight inflammation in the upper
wound, the walls OF the abdomen
were not swollen much about the
wounds, as a matter of fact not at
all, but in general it was slightly
distended. The intestines were
not swollen. / examined to see
the length of the wounds on the
inner side of the abdominal wall,
they compared in length with the
wound on the outer side, about
half the length, particularly the
one in front, the lower one was a
little longer-that is more than
one-half to three-quarters of an
inch in length, the lining Of the
abdomen was penetrated in the
front wound. From my examina-
ton of the body could not as
certain the treatment which had
been given it, prior to death as for
his general appearance, the wounds
appeared as if they had not been
treated at all. He was in stature
about six feet high and l Judge
that he would weigh about 1856 to
200 pounds from general appear
ances. The position Of the slight
wound or abrasion of the skin |
spoke of in my direct examination
was made under the left NIPPLE
little to the right-and opposite the
wound penetrating the abdomen,
about two and one-half to three
inches from it,"
At the conclusion of the Doctors
testimony court adjourned for the
noon recess.
After the lunch hour court recon-
1ened, and the State placed w. w.
talrburn on the stand as their next
witness for the prosecution. The
'eaders of the Press will recollect
hat he was the man who brought
n the news of the stabbing. He
estified substantially as follows:
My name is w. w. Fairburn;
ny age is % years; occupation,
aborer; residence, Lewiston. III
vas acquainted with G. M. LARA
zee now deceased; l am acquainted
nth the defendant James Long.
have known him, Long, about
We weeks, perhaps six. l saw the
between the deceased and
he defendant on the 22nd day of
lugust, 1899; will state in detail:
tuesday,, at noon, on the 22nd day
I August, when we were at dinner,
hey were playing a poker game,
hat IS Long and M. NJ. Thompson.
thompson stopped for dinner, and
took his place, and Long I
OF to stealing chips from Larrabee;
hen Barrabee laid his cards down ]
nd told Thompson to come and 1
AXE his hand, that he did not l
want to play with that kind of a I
nan. We went out to work, and {
bout half past three in the after
Don we heard them having some {
ind of dispute inside the tent.
.ong came out and went up to s
hild's saloon, and in about a half t
our came back by where we were t
-orking on Larrabee's building s
nd went into his liquor tent, then ]
lme back in just minute, and as +
e passed us said, 'There'n come
time. ! mean the laborers by i
ls'-Wade Blevin, w. +. John v
IN, William Mccarthy and my v
'lf He passed, going back into t
arrabee's tent, about ten minutes C
six. and when we quit work we y
ent into the tent. | heard Long j
* Larrabee how much he owed {
i'm, and Larrabee told him, and t
ong disputed the account, and n
Iva Fields spoke up and said: h
Wait until morning, when YOU p
'e both sober, and then settle it, "
ld Long said, i guess he's right o
hen Long called the boys up for 81