Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-27

| ne WOuI0 reopen his DldCKSlllllH SllOp
next Monday morning. This is well
come news to the people here, for Mr.
Cooper is an expert workman, enjoying
4 large patronage and has always borne
one Of the best of regulations.
Permanent ball. to insure the appear
ance of Mrs. Cooper before the grand
jury, in January. will be furnished in
Augusta, tomorrow, and Mr.. Cooper
said, today, that there would be no
difficulty i'll securing it. as there had
already been found six persons, includ-
Ping himself. who We're ready to sign the
bond,
MI. Northy was interviewed by u
Journal reporter, this afternoon, he be
ing in Windsor during the progress Of
the coroner's inquest. He had little to
say in regard to the tragedy in which
his son met his death, but did express
himself satisfied with the progress
made in the investigation Of the affair.
! He has been suffering. for the past few
days with bad cold.
The report that some person had
heard the talk made between Mrs.
Cooper and Charles Northy. at the
| Coopcrs Mills church, the Sunday night
before the crime, has been in circula-
| ton here. the past few days and upon
investigation it was found that the
story was probably the hallucination of
some irresponsible person. All the per-
sons who have been known 20 repeat
the story, with the exception of one,
were interviewed and denied the
authorship of the report. The one who
was not interviewed, is a resident OF
Somerville and could not be found.
| Or. A. r. G. Smith of North White
field, was also seen by the reporter and
he said that the statement voiced in the
press that he stated on the witness
stand the wound was covered with
cIotted blood, so much so that the ex-
act point of entrance could not be as
certained and that he washed the
wound were incorrect. and that some
one had evidently misunderstood his
testimony. What he did say in regard
report, that will be handed in by the
doctors as their report and is as fol-
lows:
The small intestine was found to be
normal; bladder, about two-thirds dis;
| tended; tn" large intestine, distended
| throughout nearly its whole length, with
gas: appendix. normal: stomach: small
amount of fluid in cardiac end; slight en-
| largement of spleen; right kidney. nor
NAL; left kidney normal; liver. normal
both in size and texture.
| First came TO the Serious membrane
about the heart not perforated: heart Il
shelf normal; valves, normal; both riEh'
ana left ventriClcS. and right and left au-
riclcs, normal: both lungs. normal.
Entrance of bullet. two and one-quartei
(2lO inches upward and forward from
upper angle of right ear: upward am
backward from external canthus of righ,
eye two and one-eighth co inches; bull.
inches upward and backward Of uppel
angle of left ear. and four and one-hali
GiL) inches upward and backward Of out
or canthus of left eye; entrance on right
inch i'll diameter: course of bullet. trans
versely and downward about one incl
from entrance to exit; exit through skull
measured three -fourths CD of one inch
transvcrscly, and one-half 90 inch yer
ticaIly, in its diameter
The cerebellum lifted up and found tC
be normal
| Tho corebrum normal, except for shot
wound through it.
| No Commissions on scalp ut point of on.
trance and exit of the bullet: at exit
bone slivcred: bullet was found cVterua
to external surface of parietal bone, anC
| imbedded in the muscles.
| Anterior to entrance of bullet hair wa
singed and curled up over an area o
about one inch in diameter and the in
teguement discolored for about one-hal
% inch anterior to margin of wounC
made by entrance of bullet, and abOu
one-eighth % inch postericr to woun'
made by bullet
Crucial ipcision made at point of en-
trance through wound made by cntranc
Of bullet disclosed no discoloration, N
imbedded powder. and no wounded tissu
about the said wound.