The Washington times., 1905-04-10
TRIAL OF SOLDIER YOUNG
AT LAST UNDER HEADWAY
CONTINUED from First Page, /,
many years and that they were strone-
ly prejudiced in the case
death Due to Shock

death Due to Shock
DR.. Glazebrook, the deputy cororo,
was the first witness called. and he +es.
titled that on July I, 1904, he performed
an autopsy upon the body of Policeman
Smith, which disclosed a wound near
the center of the abdomen Beneath
that was bruise upon the intestine
with evidence of considerable beno
orrhage, but no punctures, nor couId
any missile be found. "As usual 7 CON
tfnued the autopsy to the rest OF the
body said DR.. Glazebrook, "and found
that he was a sufferer from q chronic
disease of the heart, which undoubtedly
had much to do with the death, the con-
dt1cn being such that the poiiceman's
heart was unequal TO the strain
therefore, concluded that the death was
due to shock
On cross-examination Attorney Rieb-
er asked whether the fatal shock could
have been caused by the surgical onar
alton which followed the shooting. but
Dr. Glazebrook declared his belief that
everything possible had been done bv
the surgeons. tz1
DR.. Vaughn Disagrees.
Il found hole in the wall of the
abdomen 50 large that I could insert
my thumb" said DR.. George Tully
Vaughn, chief surgeon of the Georges
town University Hospital, who gave a
description of the operation performed
upon the dead policeman, much simiIsr
to that gwen by the deputy coroner. He
differed materially from DR. Glazebrook
as u The cause of death. Smith yorn-
1ted great quantities of blood e1ch day.
until the third or fourth day, when he
vomlteo as much as Il quart or two
quarts, and death was due to loss Of
d declared
Did You suppose that there was a
bullet in Smiths body before you per-
formed the operation?" asked Young
counsel
Yes" was TIE reply.
=, DID Nsu ever see gunshot wound
Ike that before?"
No; l cannot say that 1 have"
Cause of Hemorrhage.
THAT hemorrhage-it was very un-
pose caused it?''
The vomiting might have been
caused as an after effect of the ad- |
ninistration of ether" said DR.. Vaughn. |
but the ether would not have produced |
the blood in the stomach. A rupture |
caused by the missile, might have
caused the hemorrhage."
Did Net See Who Fired.
Walter D. Wier could not identify |
Young as the man who did tho shoot
ing. but said he saw one of party of |
soldiers fire at Policeman Smith. 'I was
within about foot of the policeman"
said Wier, .'and l saw only one shot
fred. The soldier being about ten or.l
twelve feet away at the time Wier
did not know that the policeman had
been shot.
On cross-examination Wier said that
the policeman, after telling the soldiers
10 move on, pushed one of them into
the roadway OF the bridge. Asked wheth-
er he was sure the shot from the
soldiers revolver was the one which
struck Policeman Smith, Wier said he
had seen the flash.
With the close of Wier's testimony
court adjourned until 1:30 O'Clock.
Read Four Counts.
In his opening statement of the prose-
cution's side OF the case against Young,
Assistant District Attorney Turner read
from the Indictment the four counts
under which the soldier is charged with
calling attention to the
fact that it is unknown whether the
wound which caused Policeman Smith s
death was caused by a bullet, by a wad, I
by a missile of nature unknown to the
grand jury, or in manner and by
means unknown These constitute four
ways OF stating one oiiehse' saiu MI.
Turner. ,
John Jacob Smith, the victim Of the :
was a policeman of the Sew
enth precinct said Mr. Turner, land s
he had been connected with the force |
for upward of twenty-five years On !
July last he was stationed on Aque-
duct bridge, part of his duties there
being to keep the crowds moving and
the way clear for pedestrians. In the :
course of that duty Smith approached
the soldier Young, who. with two or
three companions, was standing near
the Washington end of the bridge, and
told them to move on. One of them
was rolling a cigarette, and told the .
policeman to wait a minute.
Young Began to Shoot.