The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30

yes, from the second room to about
the center of the first room.
rs this the gown Mrs. Lowe had on?'
asked Nichols, handing Buckmaster q
dress.
Yes
Can you show the bullet holes?''
Yes, here on the right side
Were you present at the hospital
when an operation took placer"
Yes
Did you see any bruises?"
Were they black and blue?'
Family blue"
They might have happened a few
| hours before?"
| Yes"
Did you have conversation with
Mrs Lower"
Yes
What did she say?"
INSISTED II WAS AN ACCIDENT.
On Monday l said to her, I wish you
would tell me the truth about this. will
your and She said no. Later she said
don't want you to think this was any
/ thing but an accident"
/ How was her body marked?"
There We're black and blue spots
about three inches in diameter on the
back and front of her body from head
to foot"
What caused Mrs. loves death?"
| "A gun shot wound"
BUCK MASTER CROSS EXAMINED.
On cross examination Judge S. H. Al
len said:
Can you tell where the wound was
on Mr. loves head?"
Yes, on the right side I think" said
DIR. Buckmaster.
Was there one or two wounds?"
There was entrance and an exit
4 wish you would examine Mr. Lowe
now and see il you can see where the
ball entered and left the head"
DR.. Buclkmastr walked to where Lowe
was sitting and examined his head and
found two scars which he located for the
jury
do the scars show that the bullet
ranged up or across the head?"
Across the head"
Where must the revolver have been
held 2"
DR.. Buckmaster described the position
of a revolver with his hand. holding his
hand slightly back of Loves right ear.
Judge Allen held the dress up for the
jury to see and Mr.. Buckmaster point
ed out the bullet holes and blood stains.
He pointed to three blood stains and one
on the left shoulder of the dress. The
bullet holes were in the right side of the
dress.
Would you judge these spots on the
back of the yoke of the dress to be
blood % asked Allen.
Yes, SIR replied the witness.
Does this SPOT on the back look like
powder burn?"
1T might be-
How could Mrs. Lowe have gotten
any blood from her wound on the op-
posite side and back of her dress?'
She was throwing up blood and her
fingers were bloody and it would be an
easy matter"
Have you ever given any special
thought to the position of the blood
stains on this dress and how they got
th .aNo."
DIR. mcguire TESTIFIES
DR.. c. A. Mcguire was the next wit
ness called He was questioned by At
torney Nichols.
Did you take part in the autopsy?'
Yes replied DIR. Mcguire.
In what condition was her body?"
Bruised on the limbs. thighs. Shout
ders, abdomen, foFearm and back
What did you find during the
autopsy?'
saTwo wounds on the right side and
bruises. We made notes of what we
found"
Dr. Mcguire explained from his notes
what the autopsy revealed. THE bullet
which entered at the back near the hip
ranged across and down but little The
second bullet entered the abdomen over
the right hip and ranged back and down
a little"
What would be the natural position
of the revolver from which the shots
were fred?"
DR.. Mcguire indicated on Nichols
body as he stood UP how the revolver
would be held for the first wound in the
back. DR.. Mcguire held his hand in
front of him close to his waist showing
that in such a position a bullet could be
fired from a revolver and range as the
bullet did in Mrs. LoLwe's body.
The superstition would be that the
second bullet was fired and produced
the wound in the abdomen in front
while the person shot was lying down.
DIR. MAGUIRE CROSS EXAMINED.
On cross-eXamination Judge Allen
said: would it be possible if Mrs.
Lowe stood and the position of the re-
held in the same position and Mrs. Lowe
changed her position to produce the two
wounGs?"
1T would be possible"
III the parties were standing close
together"
Il don't know about that There were
no powder burns to show that the re
volver was held close to Mrs. Love-
Are you an expert on the use of fire
arms7"
NO; / couldn't hit barn if was in
Does this spot on the back of the
dress look like powder burn?''
No"
Mr.. Lowe was told to stand up. and
Judge Allen said How would a man
the height of Mr.. Lowe have to hold
pistol to produce such wound as You
found?"
IF he held the pistol in a natural po-
sition she would have had to have been
some distance away. assuming that the
1 individual shot was standing up. If
! Mrs. Lowe was standing and the party
who fired the shot was standing, then
the pistol must have been held at the
waist line
IF two parties were struggling would
| it be possible to produce such wounds?'
4 think most any position might be