Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-24

tors seemed to tire and left the room
fore noon adjournment.
Attorney Heath explained to tn"
court that he considered every bit of
Mr.. Carys testimony most essential
as he was the first man on the scene
and. rs nc understood il. tn" condi-
tion Of things was changed soon af-
ter The shooting occurred.
Adjournment was taken at 12.35
until 1.2O o'clock.
The hearing was resumed at LIB. Hf-
| ter the noon recess ana SclcCtman Jas
Der s. Gray Was called to the stand.
| Attorney Heath closely questioned the
witness about the movements of Or.
Smith in probing the wound and his Of
forts to alleviate the suffering of the
injured hoy. Then he followed with
asking the witness to describe, as near
as he could, who camc To the Cooper
home during the afternoon and carly
evening on the afternoon Of oct. TO-
The witness stated that the first man
- arrive after he and ".ihCp" Eldr-dG"
arrived was a. l.. Stins0n. Witness
tried to have Mr.. Stinson stay ut tn"
home aud guard the body While h"
telephoncd the authorities from III"
Four Corners store. Stinscn took Il
glance At the body ANA said he would
get someone and Il Mr.. WinE;ltc under
took the task.
Witness then described his tcIcphon-
ing tp the authorities ana to Mr. Norihv
or his sons injury. later returning to
the home ana taking charge until the
"""ninE ANA took charge Of the home.
can you give me the names of the
person or persons who came to the
house during the afternoon" asked
Attorney Heath of the witness.
After considerable ponderinE the
witness named the following: Charles
i. Nor:hy. Sr., rrs. Smith and Sullc-
forth. Sheriff Doyle of Whitefield. Mar
ceIus Partridge. Benjamin TrihIr,
Charles Achorn. NJ. T. Dutton. Edwin
Eullock. Edwin Cooper. Henry Cooper.
Henry Ware. +. O. Moody. J. J. Long
fellow. Arthur Marston and the two
Partridge boys. They looked in"
said the witness, some of them even
going into the dining room"
Tho witness could not state wro actu-
ally moved the body. but described the
securing Of the mattress and the max
ing Of the injured lad as comfortable as
POSSIBLE after having received the au-
thority from Coroner Plummnr. The
witness finished his testimony at 2.25,
after having been on the stand nearly
three hours.
Dr. a. II. Sturtcvant Of Augusta, was
tn" next witness. He testified that he
lad praCticrd medicine for the past five
ycarS with the exception Of 4 summers
study IN London, Eng. and that he had
been tho county medical examiner for
tn" past four years. or thereabouts. He
performed the autopsy on the body of
Charles - Northy, Jr., on tho morning
of oct. II. assisted by Drs. Smith and
Sukcforth.
When II" arrived II the Cooper home
on the morning of oct. II he found
the body lying in the dinnnE room.
the same room in which young NOrthy
met his death. and aftcrward perform
"a the autopsy there. His first obscr
walton was the finding Of the bullet
y ouud in the head. small hole, cvi
IDENTITY a bullet wound, IS of an inch
- diameter, Pa inches from the poiEt
and ~, inches from the external angle
nf the right eye. on tn" right side OF
The head He also found a swelling
~ the head, upward ana backward.
In his own way. with little qucs-
tioninG the withoss. in terms medical
described his procedure during tn"
autopsy. the examination of the scv-
,ral cavities of the body and the find :
ing of practically all of them in a nor
NAL condition. In regard to the bullet
| found in the head he described it as
Icing a distance Of about five inches
from the point of entrance, tke bullet
taking a downward course of about
one inch
An inCiSion was made at the point
| IT entrances Of the bullet. and a mi
mute examination made To sec if powder
marks were in evidence ana the Wit
ness said that there were none found,
hut that there was a slight discOlora-
| tinn near the wound.
| The exact measurements etc. the
doctor said We're in his office and will
he given to the court stcnographer
Attorney Wenth waving tn" right to
| can tine witness again on this particu-
lar point.
| The next witness was Willis Pink
| ham. who accompanied Coroner Plum
mCr to the scene of the tragedy and
who afterward made the arrest. Mr..
! Pinkham and Coroner Plummcr had
! several interviews with the prisoner
| about the affair in which she always
practically told the same story and
which is substantially as follows:
| The night of the tragedy soon after
we arrived at South Windsor. Mr..
plummer ana myself visited Mrs.
| .-.---...1.,. >, II LII q nix with her tho