Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-02
HINGES ON BULLET.
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'Vitdorae taken from Grogon's
""os' When these vertabrae were
washed, particles resembling lead wero
'ep"Sited in the basin. These particles
Sh"Weu scrrated marks which corre-
snoilu TO similar marks on the bullet
SHOWN to the jury
me h'st Of the fircarm experts pro
uCced by the government was Mr.
James w. Clark Of Springfield. for 10
wears connected with the Smith G.
esSon Revolver Co. of that city. He
identified two of The rcvolvers, one be-
"n%lng To GroSan. Il pearl handled re-
NolNer. and another belonging to East
man. black handled revolver. as hay-
ing been made by his firm and the mod
ern variety. He produced Il skeleton re-
NciVCr of the same make and showed
that ii cannot be discharged unless the
person graSped it with the so-called
pistol grip \ safety lever in the
back Of the handle prevents the dis
charge unless the grip is the regular
Cnc.
The revolver was carefully examined
by the jury and repeatedly tried. All
such rSNolvCrS are center fire. the cart
ridge being discharged by pin. 4
split open barrel was also shown to the
ju'y SO that they might see the riflng
Here the deferce suddenly sprang a
sensation. Mr.. Elder arose and said
that If il We're proposed by the govern
m1nt to show that the bullet produced
BY Inspector Murray Claimed by the
government to have been the one taken
from Grogan's body was a canter-tire
bclla,. the defence would relieve the
A,Of ~
that score. We agree that the bullet
that Ar. Murray produced is a center
fire bullet and also that it is rincd like
Il center-tivc bullet
lii spite OF this admission by tile de-
fence the attorney general said he
would go on to show the difference be-
tween a rim-fire and center-f fire bal
let and also the mechanism of the re-
vOlver. The witness gave the number
of the pearl ndled. or Grogan's re
yolver. as S0.33,0 and the black handled,
or Eastman. revolver as SLASH. Under
cross examination the witness admit
tea that if the pistol was gripped con-
vulsiVely it might go off.
Wm. NJ. Thomas Of the Union Metal
lie Cartridge Co. of Bridgeport, Conn,
said that his firm made both rim-firc
and center-firc cartridges. He identified
cartridges taken from the box found on
the night Of the shooting on the Clark
estate, as a center-fire Smith & Wcsson
cartridge. Another cartridge taken
from another box. found at the same
time. he identified as 4 rimfire cart
ridge.
The center-fre cartridge was marked
L. NJ. G, while the rim-fire was mark
ed with the single letter L. Another
cartridge found in Il box on the Clark
estate was also identified as rim-tire,
but he said it was made by the United
States Cartridge Co. of Lowell.
The witness explained to the jury the
difference between a center-fire and
rim fire cartridge. The latter cartridge
shell was made of copper. the primer
was in the rim and the bullet had a
shoulder. which is well outside the
she'll The centcr-fire cartridge had q
shell made of brass. the primer was in
the center of the cartridge. while the
bullet was straight with no shoulder.
The jury were permitted to take 4
number of the different kinds of cart
bridges when they went out to dinner.
/ AT the opening Of the afternoon SEES
nounced that woman VINO was want
ed to give testimony rs to Eastman $
attitude toward Grogan. was too sick
TO appear. 1t was agreed by me coun-
sci mat she might testify at some fu-
ture time.
John Grogan. brother Of the deceased
VINO testified. yesterday. then took the
stand. He admitted that entries on his
.
Nct;ovcrn was hired had been retrGced
by him to make them more distinct
since the hearing in the lower court.
The ret3acings were shown TO the jury
through Il microscope.
ExDcrt Thomas of bridgeport. then
rcstmed his testimony and said that
bullets for the rim fire were made
wholly of lead On the bullet produced
~ Inspector Murray he noticed lliiinS
s1,cll MS if il had been fired through
Smith 6, Wesson center ire reNoiNef'
He said il would lie impossible 70 ire
| 4 S2-calibre rim fi,e b3'l2t through
nodnrn Smith & WcrsDn revolver rs
tie shell could not enter the champeF.
| on the ether hand center ire cart
| ridge could not be fired IN a nm Hfe re-
volvcr such as Eastman said he had IN
his hand when the fatal shot was iired.
Wm. Maynard Of Cleveland, ONO,
| mother expert on firelrms said ne had
mea sured the bullet offered by inspect
| n Murray. Before he had Il chance 10
| continue his testimony the attorney
| ,,perol gold. "It appears now to ne
| conceded by the defense that the Duilel
offered by Inspector Murray could not
have been fired by the old revolver ana
| I desire to show that the bullet must
have been fred from q center iire re-
volver of the Smith & Wesson pattern
| lust such revolver as has been SHOWN
| in this case.
| Mr.. Elder. the leading CounSel lof tne
defense. said: Il tried to admit 'iiS
morning. and | shall endeavor to 90 so
again. that we not only agree that the
bullet offered by Murray must nave
been fired. but that it was hred ir"iai
| p center fire revolver of Smlth
Wesson pattern and of 32-cahprt.
| Mr.. Knowlton, interrupting: VI t,,c
pattern of the black and pearl ht'h''i'
revolver offered in this case?
| Mr. Elder repeating after the 49,
nov general: "Of the pattern oi "
black, the white and the pearl ha'iuie>'
revolver in this case"
| The next witness was capt. rI"eto.
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