The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-30

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mot over two weeks old
Do They Cause Death.
| Don't you know that hemorhages have
| caused death? Now tell me how great an
area OF hemorhages did you find In the
| boys brain?
What caused the death?
! II believe traun1atic shock, because |
don't think the hemorhage was sufficient"
Il i poss'0le'
1t is not probables 5z.5
II don't think So" -
Yoa % c knsws eah ws as mot ef
| six or seven hours before? 8s III
THEY might have bcen.
Where were the two blows inflicted.
! that YOU say you know were delivered
&on the right eye and behind the left
ear
Court then nd journcd until $3.50 o'clock,
| with DR.. Brodnax on the stand -.
| At $3.50 o'clock court reGonvened. Inc Inc
| jury was sworn. and MIR. rage continued
| his re- examina ton.
WAS there any evidence Of any vice
on the body Of the boy?
| mo sr saw nOne'
,The vice was here explained by Or.
you gave It as your opinion that
the, death Of the child came ans i from tra l
|
Because the shock could have caused
| death and because found no other
cause. :"
(Mr. Smith objected to Mr.. Page lead
! ing the witness-exceptio noted.)
I "IIow does the blow upon the brain
cause death?' !,
by concussion.' E -,
could 1t not cause death by shock?'
Explain difference between extravasa-
| ton and clot?'
| "Clot. would press in the brain; dXtrar-
vasa ton would spread out.
Would extravasation cause death IN
stnntly?''
Eyes, by nerve shock. Y =,
| would It produce death by pressure =
"What did the nuidity Indicate TO your
1T Indicated that It must have oc-
Cured within SIX to twel ase hours ara
ton. had the extravasation grown !'a4 3l
IBID you ever know Of a brulso that
| lasted IL month q
T"Not in my own experience.'.s8
How severe & bruse have you known
IT have seen some very severe bruises"
II desire to change my testimony of
4 this morning. / have looked into the mat.
ter. and find that bruises sometimes
| last for months. ] said the bruises OH the
! child had possibly been on him for two
weeks. now say they may have been
there for months. Z,
What is the color of .bruises?'
First stage is blue or purple; then
yellow.''
No Razor Strop.
DO you think that the razor strop
| could have caused the blow on the head p
mo. 1 do not think so. It must have
been done with some heavier inst rument."
tMr. Smith objected to leading question ' m
Nv hat were the colors Of the bruises
Two purpllsh. one greenIsh and one
What blow caused the ex t
THE blow on the left side was the
| one lin my opinion"
What was the size Of the bruise?.
zone inch by two-thirds Of an inch"
"1s traumatic shock immediate IN It's
/ effects?'' # Fl S%s
Yes 55 VI Il
WAS the blow that caused the shock
then received shortly before his death?"
Yes
was this blood on the child blood or
\ blood and wa ter p 5s5l s$57s 4s
&'1t was blood. think.
us not camphor and ammonia vola-
tive ..5 Il.
What would produce ttraunat!c shock
4 in one case would not, produce 1t in an! an.
other; IS that not So?
| Yes, sir; that's true. "9ls&
/
] "D Did You you not tell Mr.. Seal, a news
i paper reporter, that there were plain:
indications OF evil practice on the body
/ Of the boy,?,' rs S3i
you have refreshed your memory, and
! you now say that bruises last longer.
than you thought -" 3,
Yes. sir; they last q month mo 71A or several
4 could a fall have produced the 4; fatal rs''t
| blow?'' .ila s.g
Yes, I think so..''s 55
4 "4is a matter of fact, you will not say
/ positively that 1t were not produced by
the iron ring on the razor strop?
7S'.No, sir, i cannot say positively
| do you think that the condition Of
the boy could be brought about by
1T might be, but I have never at. at
tended a child for It." S7
(Herc followed q technical discussion.
practiced by the child. Mr.. Smith, OF
| counsel. caused DR.. Brodnax to say that
I the boy might have been addicted to the
evil habit. and that the textbooks 3 az
possible and probable.) 8
| DR.. Brodnax then stood aside.
Mr.. Lums on the Stand.
Mr.. John Lum was then called. fs
Where do you lIve?" l2s5 81
mo. 1924 East Sixth Street.
lido you &h!!oW AZ o. - Sff-8
&"Yes. II VII g
"Did you know Ralph smlth?' .
/ eyes. D
.sWhen did you last see Ralph?''
ut was on Tuesday, the day before the
death. Smith asked me II ! wanted q
bull dog, said, Yes. ! went there
| died l got the dog, and I saw the boy.
/ said, How are you, my little man "
| The boy was sitting In the back door.
| L saw no marks OF injury upon him.
Cross examined by Mr.. Smith for de-
! tense:
.'How far do you live from the smiths?"
1.-THE next door, although there's u
| lot between u.s.
| Smiths 2" 4.
1 happened
lyon had frequently seen the boy?"i
| Eyes, saw him often. and he looked
| like any other little boy
Have YOU seen him playing IN the
"'l' i've seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the