The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-18

the eyelids of Mr., Keller and asked him
| If he could see and Keller said, I can
only see a shadow
| There wassa fiutter Of excitement when
the Chief in answer to a question by Mr.
| Van Wrinkle said that when Barker was
at Keller's bedside, he, Barker, said to
the clergyman: keller you know me?'
! but Mr.. Keller didn't reply.
| so" almost shouted the lawyer when
Barker said that to Mr.. Keller the min
lister didn't answer?'
| mot a word said the Chief and Mr.
Van Wrinkle gave a triumphant
look at the jury while Barker's
| face wore a scornful smile.
DR.. Adrian A. Strasser, who was called
to see Mr.. Keller on the morning of the
tragedy, described the condition of the
clergyman in the usual medico-technical
| style, bristling with long Greek words
which threw Stenographer Nugent into
fit of shivers. Standing up, the doc
tor shaved, on his own head, where the
bullet entered Mr. Kellers. He probed
the wound and removed a bone from the
| face as well as the bullet. Around the
| wound there were powder stains
What did that indicator asked Mr..
| Erwin.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle objected on the ground
that the witness had not shown that he
was an expert in gunshot wounds To
| prove that he was the doctor cited many
cases which had come under his own
experience.
AS result of this injury, what is the
| sight of Mr.. Keller?" asked Mr. Erwin.
"Object," and it was sustained
/ IA
hibit. 1t was glass bottle containing
the right eye of Mr.. Keller, and the law
| yer asked the doctor if it was the same
but Mr.. Van Wrinkle objected, complain
| ing that it was done to influence the
jury, and he asked the Court to direct
the prosecutor to keep it out of sight.
We'll do SO if you are afraid said
| Mr.. Erwin.
II am not afraid of you in trying a
case" hotly replied Mr.. Van Wrinkle.
The Prosecutor then tried to get the
doctor to state from his examination of
the wound and it's direction in the head
whether or not the bullet had been fred
from behind, but Mr.. Van Wrinkle OBJ
Jected. The Court permitted the ques-
ton and the doctor said
1T was fired from behind"
iAS uoctor ueScriDeu Wnat TOOK place
| at the bedside of Mr.. Keller when Bar
ker and the officers were brought in. He
SAID that there was a little dispute be-
| tween DR.. Exton and the Recorder, who
wanted to come into the room at once
before the doctors thought the injured
man could stand the strain. The witness
contradicted the Chief of Policies evil
dence about Barker speaking to Keller
| and the latter declining to answer. On
the contrary, said the doctor, the minis
| ter replied: II don't know you"
On cross-examination by Mr.. Van Win
| kle, DR.. Shasser said that Mr., Keller
| diagnosed the location of the bullet him
self. Coming to the bullet Mr.. Van Win
kle suddenly asked if it was not true that
| the man who did the shooting was not
| behind his victim.
NO" replied the doctor, che was shot
| from behind''
'Supposing he was living down would it
make any difference?
mo, impossible When the snot was
| nred Mr. Keller's back must have been
turned to the man who fired it,.
MISS Roome having testified that when
she heard the shots she saw a man stoop-
| ing over something on the sidewalk, the
| the gutter, Mr.. Van Winkle asked how
was it possible that Mr.. Keller's back
was turned.
"Stand up, DOCTOR" said the lawyer
| sand now I'm facing you, and suppos,ng
| you were Keller, where must that man
have been standing who fired a shot to
penetrate as this one did?"
| Behind me and to the right" was the
| emphatic reply, land in reference to Mr..
Keller the man who shot him must have
| been behind him.
A dramatic scene took place at thie
| point. Handing the doctor the pistol Mr..
| Van Wrinkle said to him
| Here is Mr. Wall, who will represent
illustrate the direction"
! Il object" said MIR. Erwin.
| Supposing. We will allow this said the
| Court, and the illustration was about to
| take place when the doctor asked for a
definition of direction and he talked
Of spheres and he made the statement
| that a straight angle was 1870 degrees. .
To straighten things out, the Court per-
mitted Mr.. Wall to cross-examine the
doctor and Mr.. Van Wrinkle to pose as
| face with his associate, Mr.. Wall slightly
turned his head and said
DO you mean to say that standing as
we are face to face, and my head avert
| ed that it could not be possible for a
man to fire shot when standing directly
J in front of another?"
/ The doctor wriggled among mathemati-
cal terms, Zines of degrees, points, 2
angles" etc, etc, and finally gave it
up by admitting. that he couldn't say.
| tNo, you don't know anything about
| it,, commented Mr. Wall, and the audi
| ence laughed
so what we have come down to is that
| you don't know whether the man who
| shot Mr.. Keller faced him or not?' ie-
sumed Mr.. Wall.
| ..I object said Mr.. Erwin tsto this line
| of cross-examination,'' but Mr.. Wall in
| sisted and he was sustained. The doctor
/ said that in his opinion from the point
/ of entrance of the bullet and the line to
its point of exit, the shot must have been
/ fired from behind.
DIR. James Extor, of Arlington, was the
next witness. GIe said at the outset that
he had much experience with gunshot
wounds. He was called to Mr.. Keller, 8
house on the day of the shooting and sub
etantially corroborated the statement of
| the previous witness about the minister S
! injury. The doctor was asked the same
| question about the conversation in the
| sick room and he said practically the
same as DR.. Shusser. He emphasized the
| fact of the reply of Mr.. Keller to Barker
/ when the latter asked If he knew him.
.sYou heard Chief of Police Tolen say
! that Mr.. Keller did not reply Does that
! change your opinion?'' asked Mr.. Van
/ Wrinkle.
mot in the least" said the Doctor
! DR.. John D. McGill was the next wit
lSness, and he said that he had made a
! study of wounds, and he had examined
/ Mr.. Keller yesterday in a room in the
court room. The doctor talked about the
| points OF entrance and exit and then
/ explained the course of the bullet
4 ibid you find powder stains on Mr..
| Ke1ler's face?" asked the Prosecutor.
/ There were an on account of these
| stains the pistol must have been close.
should say about fifteen or twenty