The Portland daily press., 1901-02-05

rubbsrs or the other one.
Dr John n. Thompson testified that
he had made the post mortem examina-
ion OF Ciiford Mosner's body the
morning altar the murder. The body
was lying In this parlor, In ths 'front.' part
OF the room. 1t was lying ON the back,
the head resting on an old chair cushion,
and tilted forward. First series OF OBJ
servatlons was made. The body was en-
tirely dressed, excepting that the body
was In Its stocking fest. Blood was 90
Gaping from the ears and nose. and the
hair was thickenef and matted with
blood. Jhs wounds ON the head were as
follows: On the front OF the head was
compound fracture Thsre was break
OF the skin on the right side OF the head,
another wound on the left side, and
bruise mark. On the tank OF the head
was a raggedsaoAl wound. There was
fracture OF the skull under this scalp
wound. There were other marks on the
head. On the back OF the left fore arm
was bruise.
IL was found that the whole frontal
bone was broken into a good many pieces.
On the right SHE under the bruiss on the
right temple the brain was lacerated,
and pieces OF bone driven into &c.
The wounds were caused by some blunt
instrument.
Any one of the blows oa using fracture
was sufficient to GAUSS death. There was
no indication OF any choking. When the
doctor saw the body he should say the
man had been dead fully tive hours.
From the contents of the stomach wit
ness said death had come two or three
hours after the last meal was eaten.
Witness said that death had been caused
by blows on the head.
ON cross examination DIR. Thompson
said that the room In which the body was
found looked as though struggle had
taken place. 1t was not possible Co say
positively which wound had been received
first. 1t was his opinion, however, that
the blow on the right of the back OF the
head was not sufficient to have felled
man, but the blows on the front Of tns
head were delivered after the man had
fallen to tine ground, and had been struck
by some one standing over the body.
The witness said that there must bav .
been some squirting up OF blood from
these wounds on the front of the head.
On redirect examination DIR. Thomp-
son said that the greatest bleeding had
been from the wounds on tue back OF
the head.
deputy Sheriff Charles Dunn, Jr.. said
he had assisted In the arrest Of the negro,
"Bill" Hands on the morning after the
murder, and accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Plummer he went after him.
Mr.. Dunn said that on the nsgro's hat
ana back and side of his overooat were
found blood spots.
MIR. George Libby, counsel for Hands,
at this point objected to the admission
OF testimony affecting his client until it
was shown that he had been identified as
being with the man on trial previous TO
the murder.
County Attorney Whitehouse said that
1t was the purposs Of the state to identity
the whits man as being with the negro
on the day OF the murder.
Tine court allowed the examination to
procsed.
articles found on the negro, which came
from the Mosher house When the negro
rea,he1 the jail the negro's picture was
taken.
Joseph b. Kelly, now confined in
States prison, was the next witness. He
has bean there three years and two days.
he was sentenced for four years and six
months, for larceny from the person.
Witness said he knew GraffAm:, and first
met him in Portland jail, and next saw
him In ThomAston prison. He worked
In the same department with him and
often was with him. He talked with
him a good deal.
Before Graffam left state prison
Gratfam made n statement TO him.
When asked the next question, Kelly
said that he came here under compulsion,
and was told he must come here, but
that he didn't want to come,
MIR. True-So you know that you can
refusa to testify II you desire to do so. Do
you understand your positionS
The county attorney objected to MIR.
True's GROSS examining the witness in
this way.
Mr.. True went on to explain to Kelly
that he need not testify II he didn t wish
to do so. Mr.. True said that it did not
seem fair treatment Co make this
man come here II ne didn't wish to do
so. MIR. True said that the witness could
refuse to testify II he wished to do so.
Judge Hill said that the man could
proceed to testify II he wished to do 80
Witness could refuse to answer any ques-
tion that he did not wish to answer.
At the conclusion OF this statement
Kelly said he was perfectly willing to tss-
tify.
The county attorney-"Will you state
what GRAHAM said to you about this mat
serf''
KeIly-'Hs said there WAS an old lady
who had son who wasn't very bright
The son was peculiar, and he never
talked any unless you asked him a ques-