Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-20


The forenoon session opened at 90
o'clock and DR.. Bradbury. vino was on
the stand when court adjourned
Wednesday afternoon was recalled and
his cross examination by Mr.. Heath
was resumed. Mr.. Heath took up Il
line of questioning regarding the cX-
perimcnts made by the witness with Il
revolver, Il duplicate of tn sn-calIcd
Cooper revolver" upon Il human
cndavcr Tho witness testified that he
made sHy"n experiments in al ana
thes" he d"scribod IN great. detail Th"
Witness illustrated his "siinruny by
the use Of The "xhibit revolver whicl,
fired the shot that Killed Nortty. Six
of the experiments performed. by tn
Witness were made with the r1u2zl,. Of
the revolver held in contact with tn"
head of the cndav.r nmi one the re-
v"lvor was held 4 inch from contact
In every cas-" the hlackcncl area about
th' bullet h"l" varied in size ana gen
cral appear,In, g. ana SinE.'d hairs We're
r"ticenblc .ud GIai,s Of powder We're
detected in tn tissue about the wound.
Ia several cases the skin tissue was
torn AMI Iac,1dtrG externally ANA III
two instances the scalp WAS l;ilcd from
the skull for 4 small area. ana imbcd-
dcd between the skull ANA IN" scalp,
witness found unbutHci grains of pow
Ger. SOma of thcSy experiments were,
made upon portions Of the bu.sy other
rha.l the head. but whore the relations
of the bones and tissues we've similar
tn those existing between In" skull an
the scalp. In these latter experiments
the result az regards size and appear
"ncc Of hole and powder burning WAS
very much the sam" as that reported
III the earlier experiments. Under Mr..
HtathS careful and thorough cross
examination, the witness alter, q much
of the testimony given on Wednesday.
Iuring this examination the witness
a"mittcd that he went to brunswick
on Wednesday night in company with
Prof. Whittier and DR.. Goodrich ard
made further examinations of the re-
suits obtained ny the experiments
uron the dead body and he changed
other testimony given in direct exam
nation, as 4 result. Witness said that
he made no measurements of the skull
upon which the experiments were per
formed for the purpose of comparing
il to the skull Of Charles Northy. The
croSS-eXa mindtiOE was concluded at
1890 O'Clock and County Attorney
lrlgn examined the witness in re-
GIrect. The witness changed lis tes-
timony TO some extent. The witness
Was finally excused 1T 1910 o'clock.
Dr. Goodrich was recalled in rcbut-
tai and he corroboratcd parts of the
testimony of Dr. Bradbury regarding
the gXDprinpntC 10 ho
cadaver with a duplicate of the Coop
or revolver" The witness was ex-
cused at II O'Clock and the county at
t"ncy recalled Coroner Henry w
Piummer. Witness was examined By
Mr. Heath and said that when Mr.
l,in<ham was placed in the rocking
ctair by Edwin Cooper. the exhibit
cushion was not in tho chair
/ The witness was finally excused and
, County Attorney Leigh announced that
! the government had no more witnesses
to call III rcbuttaI
| At this point the usual mid-scssion
recess was taken.
When court came in at the conclu-
sion Of the recess. counsel for both
! sides were in consultation with Judge
Peabody.
At 11.%0 O'Clock Mr. H aat!1 recalled
Prof Knight in sur-rcbuttal Tho Wit
less described Somc experiments made
early IN the morning with u duplicate
oi the Cooper" revolver. sncts being
hred through sireepskin book covers
The appearance of the. blackcECd area
was given and witness was excused
without Crass-cxamnation and Mr.
Heath announced that tnp IC,,,r,oo v,,u.
closed. At 11.4O o'clock court ad-
J"urncd until O'Clock. This long mid
cay recess was given for the con
Icniencc Of Counsel Heath to prepare
lis argument.
Mr.. Heath's Closing Argument.