The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-18

i Continued. re r |, ION don't think
the gun Fwas Held agai ~ the hssd;
]. Ut Krause was the shape ot the
wound oyaland ALSO no burning
of the hair and tdssh Mons that 4
saw. Wouldn't swear that the gun
was not held against the head At
the inquest Mrs. Krause said that
Krause had said il he could not get
cured that he would sooner kill him
self. and 50 that il bis head did not
quit aching he would 90 crazy.
Think that the heart OF Krause might
have continued to beat for maybe
five minutes after the injury was
received AS long as life continues
there may be muscular action either
reflex or voluntary. 49,. ' w.
- Redirect: Mysopinion as to this
case was that the reflex action was
simply culver. The witness here
explained to the, jury the case spok-
on of in the morning about the iron
going through a man 8 head and the
Imam living thereafter. He stated
that the iron passed principally be
tween the +: ,ntal lobes of tie brain
and destroyed very little brain It's
'lsue. Witness also explained--by
drawing a diagran-the difference
between mamillian and fowl blood ;
in the blood OF a bird the corpuscles
are much larger than those in the
h uman, or mamillian, they are also
: o. different shape.) In my opinion
f eitner Of the shots would have pro
ducea immediate loss Of muscular
. action. & .,.., So ~
DR.. May, called for state: Live al
Adrian and am a duly licensed phi y
!sican-am graduate OF Iowa State
University. Was at the Krause nome
about five o'clock in the evening
Jan. Z, with the coroner. Or. May
was member of the coroner g jury
His description of the appearan &C
of the house both upstairs and
down, the dead body, blood stains,
etc, YVES about the same as that Civ
On by other witnesses and needs nc
repetition.) My opinion is that
there were two shots fired into
the head. My opinion also is that
q death was practically instantaneous
and that all motion was suspended
Immediately after the first shot
My opinion is that gun was hello
within six inches vf the head wher
fired. At the inquest. Mrs: Krause
Said there had been no one there on
the 9Th. Her general appearance
and conduct appeared somewhat OK
Icited-not very much-nervous
Saw her have 'sspell"% at the clos'
Of the inquest when informed tina
she would have to 60 with the mar
shal-she broke down. and cried
fell down on her hands and knees
on the porch. I next saw her a few
minutes afterward at Holbr,ok' s.
decided it was hysterics-her pulse
was all right.
Recess until morning.
Thursday morning:
Characterization of Dr.. May
Told of probing wounds in head
with stick-passing it through the
head My opinion was that the
gun was probably held against the
head-very close anyhow. Some
parts of the brain may be badly
damaged and yet the person live.
There are cases known where bull.
etts have gone completely through
the head and the person recover.
> Never heard Of a case however,
: where such a wound as this one
8 was received, that the person lecov'
. cred. Here a technical description
of the principal parts Of the brain
8 and where located was given the
: jury An injury to one part Of the
} brain is much more serious than an
, injury to another. An injury to
D the base Of the brain will cause a
\ quick death while an injury to the
? upper portion might not. Witness
f repeated much Of the testimony Civ
> en- by Mrs. Krause at the coroner's
!, inauest-that Krause had been act
. ing differently for a time-about
: their quarrel and Mrs. Krause being
> forced to leave the house, etc. Not
{ iced some Of the brain substance
, that came from the wounds in the
. head, but in the condition it was