Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-21

the action of heat, sustaining to a con-
siderable degree his theory of suicide.
Here is Charles Northy. come out of
the grave to do penance for the wrong
ne did to his benefactor, Edwin Coop
ell Here is the truth and it is spoken
by Charles Northy. 1t is a voice from
the grave"
MIR. Heath attacked the good faith
and ability of the physicians who per-
formed the autopsy upon the body of
Charles Northy and he charged one Of
these with suppressing the true facts.
He charged the government witnesses
with making experiments that had no
parallel to the cause and asserted that
the witnesses had admitted their
wrong He attacked the method pUr-
sued when the body of Northy was ex-
humed End charged negligence on the
part of the government witnesses. He
referred to the autopsy as being
"bungling by bungling experts" Some
time was consumed by Mr.. Heath in
describing the mechanical features of
the experiments, which he claimed
were wOefully neglected by the govern
ment witnesses. Mr.. Heath said that
boasted military experience i'm the Ma
tional Guard. CHhat he called play SOL
diers') made his experiments upon the
human cadaverS under the most un-
fair conditions. "Bowdoin College
might have been saved two mic. corpses
if DR.. Bradbury had seen the experi-
rnents upon an old sheep skin made by
Prof. Knight-the result was Just the
same-and just as unfair" said Mr.
Heath
Mr.. Heath. using the revolver which
fired the shot that killed Northy. dem
onStratcd the manner in which Mrs.
Cooper would have had to have held
the revolver If she shot Northy. and
also as the weapon might nave been
held by Northy in the act Of suicide.
In making these demonstrations Mr.
Heath was assisted by Mr. Goddard
The skull of Northy was also produced,
and by mechanical examples Mr.
Heath attempted to show how inpossi-
bic it was for the revolver to have been
held in the position alleged by the
State.
Considerable time was consumed by
Mr.. Heath i'll going over the medical
expert testimony and he endeavored to
refute the theory advanced by the gov
ernm5nt's witnesses that the bullet that
passed through Northy's brain caused
Immediate and complete paralysis.
With the section of the dining room
wall, the rocking chair and the cush
ion. Mr.. Heath demonstrated the man
ner in which Northy died. according to
the governments theory, and attempt
ed to show its many Inconsistencies
and short-sighted reasoning.
few minutes after l o'clock. Mr..
Heath vas interrupted by the court.
who made reference to the tine limit
agreed upon. Mr.. Heath asked for a
brief extension Of time and he was l.
lowed to finish his argument
Mr.. Heath then made the closing
plea Of his argument. lie said that it
devolved upon the government to prove
the corpus delecti' or that Il murder
had been committed. He made refer
ence to the follies of this woman and
said that for that sin she was to be on
ly tried in one court-her husband. and
that she had been tried and forgiven
if not acquitted.
He impressed upon the jury the great
responsibility which they were about
to exercise and he asked for honest,
thoughtful justice for his client. He
said that -hc did not make plea for
mercy, but he asked for justice. He
dwelt upon the mistakes of circumstan-
tial evidence and admonished the jury
to give due consideration to every
ph;,Sc of the case and the evidence that
justice might be done.
Mr.. Heath concluded mis- address at
1.2s o'clock and court adjourned unit!
} o'clock.