The Somerset reporter., 1901-12-05

i in fact roughened in its process oi
manufacture aud that little marks
ar lef' giving to each firing pin a. in
diYiduality Of its own. Int al exami.
nation Of all the firing pins show thai
each had its own characteristic marks
and that no two were alike. a. no two
objects 10 nature are precisely alike tina
On III" Ierrlp firing pin when taken from
the rife he found certain little circum-
feren3rs and near the center a heavy.
"eli-1efued circle; that within the cir
Gle was a somewhat irregular shaped
hsure roughly resembling a capital l.:
that near one end Of the l. we're thre,
little marks resembling claws. also with
In the circle; that without the circle was
figure resembling a star; that upon ex-
aiming the primer Of the shell found b,
the dead mans body, the same mark
we're found upon il; that upon firing
other shells from the same riff the sam
marks were found that the other firing
pins show marks but none correspond
i1g with those found upoa the TerriJ
firing pin and primer; that the mark
upon each particular primer correspond
with the marks upon each particular fl
Ing pin which struck il; that By means
Of microscopic camera photographs Of
the several firing pins and primers had
been taken by him, which photographs
were shown to the jury, aud which did
IN TACT show the marks upon the firing
pms and the same marks upon the prim-
ers. DR.. ClOutier also testified that h.
had made similar examinations and found
the same results. On the part Of the
defense other experts testified that they
had examined the shells under d micro.
scope but could not discover any differ
ence, but it also appeared that three doc
tors had examined twelve shells IN les
than one hour, and the state conteuded
that II those doctors had used stronger
microscope and devoted more time, they
would have discovered the same things
that Drs. Whittier and Cloutier discov.
cred, and that the fact that the photo
graphs show the pictures and the partic-
ular marks is proof positive that the
marks must have been there, as the eX-
perts called by the defense admitted.
After the indictment was found at the
September term, the county attorney, AS
matter Of courtesy. allowed the attor-
neys for the defense TO have their ex
perts examine the Terrio rife and all the
other rifles used by the State, also the
shells, piece Of lead, Jacket from the
shoulder, Jacket from the clothing
knives, suowshoes and everything which
the State would offer 10 evidence.
1t appeared in the trial, however, that
none OF the experts called by the defense
had examined the firing pins OF any OF
the rifles under the microscope and had
examined none of the shells under the
microscope previous to coming TO court,
which somewhat detracted from the
weight of their testimony. The invest.
CATION and presentation on the part OF
the State was fully and fairly made and
presented to the jury. TerriO selected
his own counsel, who were paid by the
county. They went over the ground
personally with detective employed by
them, and all of them were paid by the
county for their time and expenses il
so doing. There is no question as to the
eminence of ability of his counsel or their
detective, and the county furnished all
the witnesses they required or desired
II is only fair to assume that they brought
to light everything in Terrio's favor.
The case was fairly tried on both sides
and the jury who heard all of the evil
dence and examined the photographs, re.
turned their verdict of guilty. The pre-.
siding justice ia everything the motion
for new trial said that on the whole ht
agreed with the Jury. If the public had
heard all the evidence in the case, We
have no doubt they would have rendered
| the same verdict.