Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-01

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bottom?" e. You answered: II dont
think so from the position the pulley
and the singletree were lying IN
| Now why is it you say you think shs
rope was caught in the curbing instead
of this reason?
| A. 1 don't know unless l misundeT-
stood in the other examination, as l
was telling how the pulleys was AFTER
we got through working with them
as I don't know what position they
were in when We commenced to work
with them"
REGARDING the injuries OF Hibbe, as
disclosed by the post mortem exam1n-
alton the following testimony was
taken from Mr.. May. =
@. DON'T you know, Mr.. May, chat
Harry Hibbs came to his death by be-
ing struck from behind on the lower
mart of the head and that is what
killed him.
A. No sir, I don't know it. 1
don't know it. I have heard what the
doctor said was the cause of his death
and that is all l know about it.
@. You were there at the house
when he was drowned, or fell in the
we'll, and can you account for anything
that caused his death if as a matter
of fact his skull shows that he was
struck about two inches behind the
ear by an instrument about as large
apparently as a hammer.
A. No sir, I cannot.
@. He could not have got that in
the we'll, could he?
A. I don't think so. There was
nothing that I saw there that he could.
DR.. w. G. Matchan was sworn and
testified that he had made a post o
tenn examination of the body of Harry
&. .Hibbs. The lungs showed signs
that the deceased had been drowned,
and DIR. Matchan gave it as his opinion
that Hibbs was alive when he struck
the water. There was a wound ON
the head that would cause death,
about two and a half inches slightly
downward from the external meatus
of the right a From the appear
ance of the wound it was inflicted by
some such instrument as a hammer
or a monkey wrench. There were
slight wounds on the face which might
cause the person receiving them to be
stunned for a few seconds. The de-
ceased had bled from the left nostril
only. There were no bruises N. the
right side of the face. The bruises
or the face were such as might have
been the result of falling forward and
a little to the left if struck the fatal
blow that had been described. The
condition of the blood in the body
would Indicate that death ensued very
rapidly. The wound at the back of
the head was one that had been re-
ceived during life time. The monkey
wrench found on the ground neal the
we'll was shown the witness and he
vas asked if that instrument could
have inflicted the wound, and he an
swered that something of that nature
might have done so, but he thought it
might have been n larger. The
fracture, he thought, was caused by
something having a distinct and out
1no6 c,,rfo0a orl -1t Eroro Nv s-.tk-,
ment like a club.
Mrs. Hibbs, the widow of the de-
ceased young man, was recalled. She
stated that when she first reached the
well the ropes were lying on the
ground. She could not say whether
the rope was fastened to the curb, as
she did not recollect much about it.
She said she did not know from her
own knowledge whether any one
struck Harry Dr. pushed him in the
well or not. The following testimony
was taken on this point: 81.
Q. AS far as you know Mr.. May
could have struck him and thrown him
in. the well and you not have known
it.
A.. I don't think he could have.
@. Mr.. May was out at the barn
with Mr.. Hibbs about half an hour.
was he not? A. About that time.
q. Then could he not have struck
him and thrown him in the we'll dur
Ing that time and you not have known
it. "A. No. .
y. Can you see the we'll from the
house. A. You can just see the ton.
@. You can't see the well at all?
A. Not the curbing, just the poles.
q. If there were twenty men stand
Ing about the we'll you could not see
n of them from the house. A. No.
Q. And when you say no, you don't
mean to say that it could not have
happened but that you don't think il
happened? A. I rang the bell at 10
minute after q ond Mr. NJ. -.