The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-31
Prosecution Has Rested.
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uer. and if there be any discrepancy be-
tween my present statement and that
written statement, l SHOULD prefer 10
stand by the written statement"
%. Do you want your statement?"
"a. l do not care for my statement
now, 1 believe l can give it as the
statement Is.
Three and one-half inches, Carefully
measured, not estimated), to the left of
the left nipple and behind it and ia
below a horizontal line running through
that left nipple there was one wound
That was about "a long in a horizontal
direction and approximately half an inch
from above downward 1t looked like
the wound had been enlarged from the
original wound. l spoke of that to the
coroner, and he said to me, 1 enlarged
that wound from a round wound, which
was about IA in diameter, L could not
make the probe enter into the chest cav
lty, and l enlarged it a little to see if
the probe would enter.
There was one wound IL inches to
the left of the left nipple, Ia inch below
a horizontal line running through that
left nipple. 1 attempted to probe that
wound to see if the probe would pass
through between the ribs, it did not pass
through. The explanation to me is per-
fectly clear At the time the examina
tion was made the body was in a differ
ent posture from what it was when the
shot was received.
There are two sets of intercostal
muscles running between the ribs, one
downward and backwards and one down
wards and forwards, crossing each other
like lattice work"
"a. Do you mean to say the position
Of his body was different then when it
was laying on the back from what it was
when the shot was received?''
a. Probably the sliding of the skin
would make valve like movement of
the opening through the skin over the
opening through the muscles and between
the ribs and it was on a different plane
from the opening in the skin, so that
the skin hole moYed-sliding a little bit
to the side of the rib and muscle hole"
q. Just i nthat same connection, ex-
plain what would have been required, or
what would have produced that change or
that obstruction. as you have explained"
"A Simply the sliding of the skin hole
away from over the muscle hole. For in
stance, as he stood up his arms were
possibly in a different posture from what
they were when lying on the back. When
he lay on his back his arm dropped back
so, and were in a different posture, from
what they would be leaning forward or
standing backwards, and lying on his side
would make it in a different position
still
4 then opened the chest by dividing the
rib carriages Tor gristles) near where
they join the bony part of the ribs and |
examined the interior of the body.
''In this left side of the chest cavity |
there was a very large quantity OF blood. |
| stated in my written sworn statement /
that there are approximately two quarts. |
but there was no attempt to measure II /
a. all, and there was more than two |
Quarts IT was simply taken out by /
large syringe in order that we might ex
anime more closely the condition of ar /
fairs inside After the greater bulk of /
the blood was taken out, then examined /
the condition of the internal organs.
'aThe left lung IS divided into two seq +
ments or lobes as we call them by ifs /
sure passing nearly horizontally into the |
substance Of the lung and near the tor /
part of that lower lobe of the left lung |
and near he top part of that lower lobe |
of the left lung was a ragged, discolored /
opening. which admitted the end, as ! |
recollect, of the index finger. That open
ing admitted the end of the index finger |
and il passed entirely through the lung |
from left to right. and in this search ! |
found an opening through the large blooI |
vessel (which we call the aorta) and
which distributes the blood through the |
body. There was a perforated wound |
going through the aorta from left to
right, not completely cutting it across, not |
seyering it, but simply perforating it as
a bullet would perforate a large rubber |
tube if shot through 1t.
AT that time | had not noticed the |
wound in the right lung, but found that
subsequently Then following the track
of the bullet, 1 finally found the right |
seventh RIB smashed into several frag- |
ments The ball stopped here between |
the rib and the skin. The wound OF en-
trance on the left side was IL inches |
to the left and behind the left nipple and |
IA inch below a horizontal line passing
through this left nipple. 1t entered a
space between the sixth and the seventh
rlb and cut out about one-thIrd OF the
width of the sixth RIB on its lower aspect.
f1his was not measured, only estimated).
1t then traversed the course ] have de
misunderstanding the lower lobe of the
loft lung and the oorta, passed across the
chest nearly horizontally. smashing the
seventh right rib into several fragments
and lodging in the tissues between that
seventh rib and the skin. The muscles
were blood shot, discolered and puffy. 1t
did not perforate the skin on the right
SIDE. it lay between the right seventh
rib and the skin.
Then searching a second time to see
II there was anything that l had over
looked. found a perforation OF the right
lung ut its lower posterior border.
Estimating as nearly as | can the d.
rcction of the bullet wound, it entered the
sixth intercostal space, passed nearly hor-
izontally across the chest, smashed the