Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-18
THE COOPER TRIAL.
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desired that the identity Of this sub
stance De determined. While he orig
/ inally thought that there Was human
| irair upon one of the bullets. he now
was under the impression That TIE
substance was varnish or wood fbr,
or both, which would tend to show
| that Il mistake had been made i'm sub
siituting the bullet tnat passcc. through
The head Of Northy ana one taken
from the wall in the kitchen.
| The attorney general stated that
! Coroner Plummer had testified that he
i could identify the bullets by a distin-
gushing mark and the sraI;ing Of Mr.
! Hcath'S motion was opposed
! The Court decided that a micro
scOpic examination OF the Two bullets
would be permissible, to which o9in-
ion the governments counsel offered
10 further objection. The question
was referred to Prof Whittier. who
said that the examination. W auld have
tp be chemical. The Court would not
cCnscIlt to this on the grounds thai
tine character of the exhibit >.GulI b,.
changed.
The jury was returned and Mr..
pert WitncsS-Dr. @. c. S. Davies Of
Hugusta, Il graduate Of the Maine
" dical School. Witness also studied
extensively in foreign countries. Wit
lit s. was connected with tn, state III !
sane Hospital for seven Nc;.rs, ana
!l..de Il study of the human Drain. The.
witness testified To making measure
intntS of the lOnnOin brain, ALREADY
i'.u 0duccd in evidence. Tho measure
ncnts were put in evidence by Mr.
ltcHth on Monday.
Q-Did You study that brain to any
extent and try To lit il into the skull
Of Charles Nnrthy?
Al did.
Q-And what kind of a f;t was it?
A poor fit.
Witness was asked limo Of uups-
tioas very much jiiic those propuundcd
I" Dr. Gcrrish ANA his answers served
to corroboratr the testimony given by
IT,, latter In fact. the entire tcati-
mony of DR.. Davies WAS substantially,
the same as that given by Dr. t;crri$h
hut not nearly as cxhauSliV.. ar rX-
tended. The direct examination WAS
concluded ut 1l50 o'clock, aud the at
t"ln"y general crnSs-CX:jEiucl. Wit
ness said that in his experience H.
had diSSected about II human brains.
principally pli"r 10 10 years ago.
From an examination of the bullet
holes in the Northy skull, witness Was
of The opinion that the course of the
bullet passed under the corpus col
lrSum. Witness also said that in his
Judgment, the bull t passed through
the right Internal capsule. This WAS
in contradiction, in a way, TO The tes-
t:mony of DIR. Gerrish. The witness
was then excused at 1905 o'clock.
The next witness WAS Dir. ". 7. Gid
Clhgs of Gardiner. The witness gave
testimony largely cOrroboraIivp Of that
given by the two preceding Witnesses.
Witness is Il graduate Of thu medical
Department Of Harvard University ana
studied in London. The witness trsti-
fed that he has been in tn practice
Oi medicine for 81 years, anl he now
n.akes Specially, of surgery Wit
rcss said that he mad attended eases
Of bullet injuries to the brain. The
rest of his testimony was largely cor
decorative Of that given by DR.. Ger
l.~h. NIr. Heath asked th4 witness; if
ne mad been in attendance upon Mrs
cooper during the Trial, ana if 50, q
tnc request OF the Court. The witness
answered III the Affirmative Has sh,.
hCt 7 a well woman or not?" asked Nr.
Heath She has been a sick woman,
answered Dr. Giddings. III. direct cx-
animation occupied but Il minutes
and the attorney general cross -exam-
ined.
The nCXt witness was Dr. Yelling
ten Johnson Of Augusta, a graduate OF
bellevue Hospital Medical School Of
New York. The testimony 1f this wit
hcss was very much The same as given
by Dr. GidGinGs. Til" witness testified
tt"t he made measurements of the
brain preserved in formllin. Tho
measurements wer" placed on record
ana We're the same as thos' given by
DIS. GrrriSh ana Davies.
AT this point the usual noon recess
WIS taken.