Fergus County argus., 1900-12-19
HIS POOR NECK
IN JEOPARDY
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book-bntler have spread on the eedgeI
of German-English lexicon.
notwithstanding his appearance
Griesmeyer Is far from dead to his
surroundings. When speaking Oft
case In German he gestlculates vehe
mcntly and his eyes flash fire. II
took duy and n hnlf to get jury
A special venire had To be made out
aud the sheriff subpoenaed people
from twenty miles around. The
twelfth Juror waa not secured unit
after all the challenges uf both the
defense and prosecution had been eX.
hausted. Many were disqualified on
account OF having already formed an
opinion M To the guilt or innocence
Il the accused The jurors nrc VIII
liam Beatty, Robert Sharp, Robert
Morrison, Morris Benton, james Cor
coran, J.T. Clegg. j. T. Wunderlin,
II. W. Chase, S, l.. Woodbury., A.
Boatwright, g. y. Alton aud W. l..
Halbert.
During the course Of the trial yes
terday Attorney Blackiord more
than intimated what Griesmeyer's =
defense would be. lie made the SEN
sationul statement that he would
undertake, and desired. to show that
Alfred Inklc died, not from wounds
made by n knife welded by the de-
iendant, but from lack OF proper sur
gtcal attention as he lay gaspingi the
presence oitwophysicians. mother
words he charged, in substance, that
il the right things had been done for
the wounded man it would he Il case
today, OF Inkcl IN the flesh instead Of
lnkle in the grave. This was after
both Doctors Atcbison and Long had
testified that the man was weak and
dying, and that in their judgment
nothing was possible in surgical
science to prolong his life. The de-
Tense will also undertake to prove
that lnkel had made threats against
Griesmeyer and that the latter acted
in sclf.dcfense against an attack by
n larger and much heavier man.
Along these general lines the trial il
now heing conducted. The court
ana Attorney Blackford frequently
disagree as to the competency of evi-
dcncc, with the attorney, So far, on
the short end OF the rulings.
The first of the states four witnes-
SEES examined on Tuesday was Irene
Desy. an employ Of the Montana
Hardware Co. His testimony was
substantially the same MS has been
twice printed in the ARGUS. lie told
again about coming out OF the from
door OF the store and scing lnkel,
whom he knew, standing there rcbadly
wounded. He took lnkCl inside the
store where the latter said; I'm n
dead men. Go forthc thcdoctOrquickly."
Inkcl was carried to DR.. Atchison's =
Office, near by. and laid on table.
Desy swore positively that lnkel
identified Griesmpyer ~ the man who
stabbed him, and he also testified
that Inkel made an effort to rise from
the table on which he was dying to
attack Griesmcycr, saying: THAT IL
the man who stabbed me. Lctmeup,
can whip him" In his chest was "a
noise of gurgling blood. lnkel repeat
edly besceched the doctors to dusome-
thing for him. Both Doctors Atchi-
son and Long told him hc was past
help and would die in short time.
On cross-exuminution by Attorney
Blackford Desy said he did not know
that Inkel had made threats against
Observation-Disclosures To kill him.
He also stated he did not know that
Inkcl had threatened to catch the
defendant out ana whip him. lie had
seen lnkel, with several breeds y,
pass the store between 3 3and 4o'clock
the same afternoon. They were in II
wagon und were talking loud, but
the witness could not say that they
were intoxicated.
DR.. j. i. Atchison gave practically
the same evidence that he testified to
on the preliminary examination. He
described and located the sever
wounds on Inkels body, saying tina,
the wound in the left chest, betweer
the first and second ribs, was thefata
one. There was a large incision II
the lung, which permitted interna
hemorrhage, and the result was tha'
the man was literally drowned IN hi
own blood.
During the hecross-examination OF DR.
Atchison Mr.. Blackiord, after |
lengthy and technical series of ques
tions In which anti-septic gauze ant
a big medical work Ia the hands q
the attorney played an importan
part, said:
al desire to show that the woun
was not fatal; that the deceased di
not come TO his death from tn
wound, but for the reason that nt
thing was done by the physicians t
check the hemorrhage."
He attempted to read a.oud frol
n text book OF American surgery, bu
was ruled against by the court, In e
feet that while the book might be IA
authority, the authors were,not pr
sent at Inl,els side and could not t.
in the book what they would hay
dome i'm his case. The solid lOOkin