Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-24

VIM. j. Forsythe was excused be
cause he felt preju against the de-
PENDANT
Joachim III. Mertens. shoe dealer
of Buffalo was called. He had formed
an opinion but was open to a reason
able doubt and was accepted as the
18th juror.
Robert J. Adams local contractor.
knew of the case only from reading
about it. He had formed an opinion
but was acceptable to both sides.
The roll OF the jury was then called
ana found complete.
Mr.. District Attorney" said the
court. Il desire to learn Of can. how
long time you anticipate it will rc-
of your case"
Il hope To complete it by tomorrow
noon, was the reply.
And how long will it require for
your Defence" Justice White said t.
Mr.. Titus.
That depends upon tn. turn things
take. We are not prepared to say
Frederick Halter, assistant district
attorney, began the presentation fuI
the prosecution at :. Is. lie reviewed
the assassination Of the President. his
illness ANA death. The prosecution
would cndeaVor to prove, said he, that
the defendant had been for several
days prior TO the shooting Informed Of
President MCkinley's movements: that
he entered the Temple of Music at the
Pan American grounds with a weapon
concealed beneath Il handkerchief in
his hand; that he appeared before thc
President Ia shake hands with him ana
fired the fatal shots that resulted in
the death Of the chief Executive
Samuel j. Fields. a civil engineer.
was the first witness. He was chief
engineer Of the Pan-Amcrican Exposi-
ton and visited the Temple Of Music
on the day of the crime To take meas
urcments Of the positions of articles
at the time it occurred.
The map or ground floor plan Of the
Temple WAS offered in evidence. 1t
showed the position ana direction Of
theaisle in which the President stood
and the place each of the receiving
party occupied. The witness told the
relative positions and distances be
tween each. His croSS-cXamination by
Lawyer Titus was brief.
Percy y. Bliss was the second wit
ness.
He testified that on the day follow
ing the crime he photographed the in
terror if the Temple Of Music at tn,
district attorneys request. The photo
graphs. which were very large ones.
We're passed to the defendants counsel
and later passed to the Jurors
Dr u f.aHrlprI of Emf III, H.,
was then called. testified that he per
formed the autopsy upon the body Of
President Mckinley. He described the
loca ton Of the wounds in the stomach
and the direction of the bullet Back of
the stomach. he said, was a track into
which | could insert the tip of my fin
gers. 1t was filled with a dark fiuid mat
ter The search for the bullet was not
continued after the cause of death had
been ascertained. The cause of death
was a gunshot wound. The other organs
of the body not affected by the wounds
We're in a normal condition.
On CrosS-eXamination witness said tin"
autopsy was performed nine days after
the wound had been caused. The process
Of heating of the wounds in the stoma Il
had begun. The tissues beyond the stom-
ach had been affected by gangrene The
kidneys showed changes which could on
| ~ have been caused by "A wound during
life. The wounds in the stomach. said
Or. Gaylord, were not necessarily the
cause of death. The fundamental cause.
was the changes back of the stomach.
The real cause was absorption of the
broken down matter of the pancreas.
There was nothing known to medica |
science which would have arrested the
progress of the changes caused by the
passage of the bullet through the pan
creas
rs it or is it not true that antiseptics
are used to prevent Inflammation ?" was
asked by the counsel for the defence.
1T is not, was the answer.
Judge Lewis closely cross-eXaminod DR.
GAYLORD on the question whether anti
| Septics were used to prevent infamma-
ton: The doctor explained that inf!am-
| nation resulted from bacteria entering
| the wound and that antseptics wer. used
| to kill these germs Judge Lewis tried
| A AX~KAY