Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-28
THE TERRIo TRIAL
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vestigated the case, was the first wit
ness at the morning session. He de-
scrjbed his visit to AsQuith and his ex-
animation of the body on the road
where it was found. He differed a little
frern preceding witnesses as to the
snow on the body, stating that he did
not think there was much on it. al
though there might have been. The
body was covered with green boughs
which he removed. He identified the
crushed shell as the one found Oh the
hody, and which he took into his pos
session. He stated that at the pre-
liminary hearing this shell, not the
crushed. had fitted the rifle said to be
Terrio's. The body, he stated, was froz-
en- and attached to the snow So that
an axe had to be used to raise it. The
snow under the head was badly stained
with blood and honeycombed. The eyes
protruded. The cap was found near
the pack. The left hand pocket was
turned wrong side out. The body was
removed to Asquith station and placed
in a storehouse belonging to the Hol
lngsworth & Whitney Co. No one was
allowed to enter the building unless ac-
oompanled by the coroner. From AS
ouith the body was taken to Jackman
on the train where partial autopsy was
made by Dr. Meloney. The clothes were
cut from the body with a knife by the
doctor C:unshot wounds were found
in the left and right side and in the
right forearm. There was a stab in the
neck. The wound i'll the arm was larg-
err on the inside and that in the back
was smaller than that in the side. The
inquest was held in the hotel parlor
after which the body was turned over
to the undertaken.
State exhibit A, an envelope, had
been found in the pack and contained
q letter and chain.
| On cross examination the witness
stated that the forehead was crushed in
about a half inch. At Asquith while
the body was in the sun a small amount
OF blood oozed out from the back of the
! head
The crushed shell was scraped the
day it was found, with a knife and a
bright mark was made. This when
shown the witness was blackened to
v hat he considered a dark bronzed
color.
| Mr. McGillicudy questioned the wit
ness very closely regarding just what
was done with the shell. The witness
| stated that the county attorney placed
the shell in the chamber of. the rifle
more than once. He did not know why
this had been done. The rifle was
given the witness so that he could
demonstrate what was done with the
shell. He showed how the shell was
! placed in the chamber, the lever forced
up, closing the opening and then
thrown out by pulling the lever down
again. This was the single process OF
lacking" shell into the chamber and
ejecting it with an ordinary 1920 Win
chester rifle.
The witness stated that there was
small wound near the joint of one
shoulder and he did not see where the
bullet making this had come out. He
| believed that the bullet that entered
the back came out in the breast. When
asked if he had not stated at the pre-
lminary hearing that he thought the
bullet that entered the back came out
at the shoulder he testified that he did
| not think he said so, but that at pres
ent no would not so explain it. His
opinion regarding the wound in the
! forearm was also somewhat different
| from the statements read to him from
the testimony of the hearing.
! In answer to questions from the at
torney general, he stated that he
thought the wound in the head may
have been made by striking down with
the but of the rifle that was shown him.
| In answer to Mr.. McGillicuddy, the
witness stated that the hammer might
| he let down upon the shell by acct
Gentally pulling the trigger while man.
| ipulating the lever. He did not see the
county attorney snap the hammer in his
presence but he admitted that his at
tention was not especially called to the
hammer.
| Mr. Cover not being present, Mr..
.sneiders testified that the shell was
accidentally crushed in a package of
papers and was first discovered in his
office. Mr.. McGiilicuddy interjected
that he understood that the State claim
cd the shell was accidentally crushed
rs the defense claimed that the county
attorney had accidentally snapped the
| hammer of the rifle while testing the
shell.
DR.. z. c. Meloney of Jackman, who
made superficial examina ton of the
body at Jeckman, testified regarding
the wounds he found. He considered
that the wound in the forehead had
been made with a blunt instrument
that was angular and that it might
have been made with the butt of the
rifle shown him. The wound in the
back was small and that in the breast
very large. The wound in the throat
he thought had been made with one
thrust, but he did not remember the
shape of this.
On cross-eXamination, he thought,
the wound near the joint of the should
or was similar to that in the back, and
he had no knowledge of where the bull
let making it had come out.
On redrect-examinaton he stated
that he considered that the. wound in
the head and the one through the body
might have caused death. In answer
to Mr.. McGillicuddy, he testified that
the wound in the shoulder would not
be Immediately serious: the one in the
body might knock the man down, but not
cause instant death; but the one in the