Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-04-02
THE COOPER TRIAL.
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what if vas. 1t may have been gun
noN.1er but am of the opinion that it
was dust and particles of charcoal. My
examination was made with mlscro-
scope
O-"Did you or did you not test these
suspicious traces chemically to identify
them?"
Al did not
O-"Would you be prepared to Sa!
that the traces and minute particle :
are not gunpowder marks?
Al would not say that they were."
O-"Didn't you testify in direct tex
animation that they might be gra ms
of unburned gunpowdcr?"
Al did, but 1 qualified that te sti-
nony by adding that my opinion was
that the particles We're dust and char
COAL
Q-"These suspicious traces We're
very closely grouped about the bullet
hole, were they not?'
| Ayes, sir
q And charcoal plays an imp' rtsnt
part in the manufacture Of gunp' TWder,
does ii not
Al am told that it does, We S, sir
Counsel Heath contin ucd this line Of
the marks about the wound wcrt: pow
der stains and iInbeddesl grains Of I'M
burned powder. but the witness did not
recede from his position. and he declin-
ed to say positively what the marks
We're
Mr. Heath asked the witness to re-
hea,sc the details Of his exp Hrn,ent ;
with the needle. which he inserted
| :
he supposed. the course of the bullet
as it passed through Northy's heaul.
Q-"You performed these experime hts
. quite II number Of times. didn't YOU
doctor?'
Ayes. sir"
Il Q-"How many times would you
say"
Il Al do not rcmembcr.'
ri Q-"At these times, is it not a. fact
that the doctors who are summoned to
testify in this case by the govern
K Imcnt were present"
9 A--"Wen. | think that some Of them
n were at times.
II Q-"Can't you remember who they
:. were?'
d Al think that Drs. Goodrich. Smith
: and Sturtevant were present on some
!, occasions.
r Q-"How about DR.. Sukeforth?''
t Al don't remember that he was
: ever present when this particular cx-
Il iperiment was performed"
Il OWL you say that he was not
: present"
h Al don't remember"
vi Q-"HoW much time did YOU spend
with these doctors in experimenting
h ened?"
= 40. ! could not say"
: Q-"Wcll. approximately"
!. Al viii say l. hours altogether.''
= The human brain was again introd uc-
:. ed and it was to have been shown to
: the jury. but Mr.. Heath objected.
v This brain is hard and dry" he
lsaid. why. think it would crurnble
e If handled roughly. l submit to the
court that the exhibit is not fit to be
used"
Prof. Whittier said that the brain
was too dry. and he was instructed to
y return it to its formolin bath and To
have it ready for exhibition at the af-
t"rroOn session.
Witness was requested to reIeat in
y more detail, his story of the expert
|
II pistol ard the scalp Of Northy This
l. recital occupied considerable time, bur
70 nothins; new or important was brought
out. IN answer 10 Il question p,u by
Mr.. Heath, the witness said that in his
. opinion complete paralysis would
" result If the internal capsules were
i nunctured on whatever level
u Q-"Thc paralysis would manifest it.
10 Gil ~,
jured capsule. though. would ii not
- doctor? For instance: if the right in
" tcrn.u capsule We're injured it would
" he the loft side that would be paralyz-
, ed, wouldn't it,"
- Ayes, sir
= Q-"Would it make any difference
whether the injury t. the internal cap.
:, sue vas sustained high or low?"
y An my opinion it would make II,
as difference"
). Q-"Which part of the capsule is tn,
y motor tract?"
A-"The middle third
Q-"You mean that the motor trac
~ is just one-third the size of the entir
70 capsuler"
80 A-"No. sir. I mean that it is no
h, a mathematical third. The subdivision
no of the internal capsules are made upo,
he scientific principles. The thirds are no
IN necessarily equal in size"
IS: Q-"What is the front third called
tie mean the anterior third?'
of A-"The silent third; it has been s.
of called"
En- DIS it not because the motor pow
ie- er lies in this middle third"
A-Generally speaking, I would sa
it is
CT Have You ever read or heard O
case where the internal capsule O
nee the brain vas injured. in any one q
on the thirds. where paralysis did not re
ion sult:"
ms Al never have"
,dy Q-"no you think that the capsul
'di would be injured in the silent third
I'd 10. and paralysis would not ensue imme
vas diateiy""