Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-09
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the grand jury to understand He said
he intended them to understand that
he not only saw the man was shot hut
that he saw the wound later. East
man said he did not attempt To rive
| any connected account to the grand
jury. as he was not clear CONCERNING.
| exactly what took place Eastman 1d-
mltted that he asked the doctor who
| dressed his wound If It could not have
been self-innicted and his grand f,irv
testimony was read 10 show that he
had said the wound was from Groyan'g
revolver
Eastman said that he did not know,
where he picked up the old revolver
The attorney general read his grand
jury testimony. In which ne said he
took II from the step.
The attorney general had him rcpeat
the question which the police officers
put to him while In the cell at the STA
ton as to what he would saw if q
witness had been found who had acen
scuffic over a large revolver After
repeating this Eastman said he could
not say whether he told the officers
that there was n acunie before or after
b" corrected their statement that th,.
siruggl" was over small revolver
rather than a large one. The attorney
general tried 10 make him say that \
shot was fired after the struggl- took
place. but Eastman replied that as far
az NJ remembered there was a shot
fred during the struggle but none af-
forwards
The attorney general ended his cross
examination with one more attempt to
introduce as evidence what Crogan
said as ne lay on the ground. but again
the court ruled II out.
Mr. Elder then took NJ the redirect
examination. which consisted In read
Ing largely from testimony given BY
Eastman before the grand jury for the
purpose Of showing that it agreed very
closely with that given by Eastman at
the present trial. Eastman left the
stand AZ 1870 after being under exam
lnation since II o'clock the previous
morning.
After procuring a photograph Of the
Clark estate. showing that II was pos
siblc % see the hen yard and the back
windows. the first expert witness on
frrarms for the defence was called
COZ. Charles a. Il. Dimon. mayor Of
Lowell. and manager of the United
States Cartridge 90. He said that he
purchased all lead for bullets. bat was
not allowed to state the results Of ex-
pcrinrnts on lead for alloy He said
that hc examined with much care, last
October. the bullet given by Officer Muir
ray which the latter said had been
taken from Gr0gans body. He weighed |
the bullet and found that il weighed |
S2i. grains. Re said ii had scratches |
ana saw marks on H. and that while |
examining il he put his own private |
mark on the side Of the bullet with q |
pin. He made a similar mark on 4
piece Of paper which was shown to the |
jury. lie said he saw a deposit on the |
bullet through microscope which !
looked like sawdust and grease.
Like DR.. Draper. he also experiment. |
ed in firing cartridges at outing shirts |
and also through beef and sheep bones. |
He differed from DR.. Draper in the re-
suit Of his experiments and could find \
no trace Of powder marks on tie shirt |
at distance OF over three feet. Bullets
frcm 32-calibre center fire Smith &
Wesson cartridges shot through sheep
bones We're badly SCARED.
Col. Dimon was shown the bullet pro /
dnCcd IN officer MURRAY last week ANA |
said that II differed from the one ne saw |
at the grand jury. in that he could finn |
no saw1Ust or grease at the end Of il. IL !
said that :be bullet he saw IT the grand |
jury could not have come from the rim |
fire revolver. FINDER cross-eXaminatioH !
~. said he was sure ne marked the bu lei /
at hiE factory. but could MOI remember |
un which side he marked il.
AS to the shot holes in the shirt cvpe.i- |
mcnted with. witness said that he could |
not find any powder marks around tn. |
holes made by the bullet fired Sc inches |
away from the shirt. Tie would not say.
THAI there might not be powder |
marks there.
James r. Barns Of Lowell. also come IL
said that so-callcd safety reVolvers were |
liable Ia explode through fouling in the |
cylinder
Nearly 100 exhibits in shirtinCs held a
different distances and fired at with diff
fereHt revolvers were brought into court. |
The court did everything in its power tu
hasten the case and the attorney general |
allowed all the exhibits to 20 in without
examination and the jury will look them
over n their leisure. Under CroSs-eNani- |
nation Burns admitted that i so-cailed |
safety revolver could only be discharged |
pressing down the safety lever. |
pulling the trigger slightly and then at
tempting to turn the cylinder.
W. Il. Meyser of Philadelphia. an e. \
pert in firing. was asked as to the eff, I
of soft bullets made OF pure lead ul
striking bones. The question was object |
ed to by the government and the court |
was divided on the question of admitting |
it. there being two judges on the bench. |
The ruling was that there being diYIs- |
ion in the court, the decision should b. |
in favor of the defendant. that tho |
question was admitted. Witness said |
that the effect on such bullets was to
until tomorrow.
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