The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-09-22

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a drink which I did. did not hear Balm
. say he was the best man. There was
/ something said about some one being the
best looking man but 1 did not pay much
attention I thought they were joshins.
did not say 10 any one that Balm said he
could whip Flynn II was about ten
o'clock when 1 left the saloon"
DR.. j. NJ. Hoskins was the next wit
ness. He said:
i am a practiciHg physician in this
city. l was called to attend William Flynn
the night he was shot, cannot now tell
day of the month it was. 1t was be-
tween one and two o'clock at night He
was at Gertrude's house on fremont
street in this city. The house is in the
third block south of Doulas avenue He
was sitting in large chair and the front
Of his clothes were saturated with blood.
l examined and found that he had gun
shot wound an inch above the right nip
pie. The bullet had passed through the
body. I have some experience with gun
shot wounds and will give ii as my
opinion that the wound was made with
forty-five calibre gun.
The witness was here shown F1ynns
coat and vest and he was asked to point
out the place where the ball entered and
where it came out. He pointed to the
hole on the brast of the coat and then
turned it around and showed where the
ball had come out in the back about two
inches below the collar. He showed that
the place on the breast of the coat where
he hal ho6 rod mo- -Iar- h.,Tv, I'D
and he gave as his opinion that the gun
from which the ball was fired has held
within four feet Of Flynn's breast He
thought it was not more than two or
three feet. He said that when he saw
Flynn he was throwing himself in differ
en1 positions and moaning from pain.
He was bleeding TO death. l think at one
time that he he said to some of them
that he was going to die but l did not
pay very much attention to what he was
saying. / think he died from kenmore
age caused by the wound. DR.. ave came
in later but do not remember that Flynn
talked any after DIR. Cave came.
At this point in the evidence Mr.. Ami
don asked the defendant TO stand UP. and
he told DR.. Hoskins to look at him. He
about his (Amidon's) size. The doctor
thought he was. Then followed long line
of questions to get the doctor [ oadmit
that if the ball had gone through Flynn's
body and struck the wall two or three
feet higher than his head that the gun
must have been three or four feet from
Flynn and two TO four feet lower than
where it struck him. This was evidently
TO show that Bayn was sitting down when
the gun was discharged, but DR.. Hoskins
held to the theory that II the ball ranged
upward 1t would depend on how close
Bayn was to Flynn when the shot was
fired as to how low the gun was held.
This point became so interesting that the
attorneys asked young James Conl yto put
on the coat and then they would draw
lines from Mr.. Comfy TO an maginary
hole in the wall of the court room and
surmise where the gun was held when
the shot was fired. Mr.. Amidon sat on a
chair and asked Dr. Hoskins to place one
hand over the hole in the coat where the
ball had entered and the other over the
place on the back where ii came out and
then tell him If the gun would not have
to be held about there, indicating his lap
The doctors position was on the opposite
side of Mr. Comfy from where Amidon was
sitting and he said he could not see
through Mr.. Comfy to tell whether Mr.
Amidon was holding the gun in lire with
the holes.
To a question of John Adams DR.. For
dice admitted that Bayn might have been
sitting down and Flynn standing up when
the shot was fired but when the county
attorney placed Mr.. Sonley nearer the
wall and asked him If the gun might not
have been held a considerable distance
above that indicated by Mr.. Amidon he !
said it could IL Flynn was naer the wall |
when the shot was fired.
Innes Miller was called and was ques-
toned by County Attorney Eckstein.
What is your name?''
"Lucinus Miller"
Where do you liver
"I live at sls South fremont"
do you know Ralph Balm. the defen- /
dant in this case?''
Yes, sir, l have known him for about 1
three years"
Did you know William Flynn
Il have known him 70 rtwo years"
do you know how tall Mr.. Flynn was?'
He was six feet two and half inches .
in his stocking feet
Did you see Balm and Flynn on the 4
fifteenth day Of this month p
Yes. they came to my house. Kirk
Johnson was with them"
Anyone else?'
NO. there was nobody else with them
How large is the room they were in
at the time OF the shooting?"
Tt is about twelve by twelve feet"
Where does the piano stand?'
1T sands against the south wall"
How many doors are there TO that
room?"
Two. a double door leading 20 another
rom and one leading to a hall"