Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-19
THE COOPER TRIAL.
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The pillow, which was found under
NorthyS shoulders. was produced.
The witness said that he had made
careful examination of the article pay
ing particular attention to the blood
stains. Witness said that he found
l. or 20 drops of blood along the edge
Of the pillow within an area of about 4
inches. A number of other blood spots
We're found in other places on this pill
low and witness said that from their
appearance he judged that they had
fallen from above and struck the cloth
in 2 slightly slanting position.
The direct examination of the wit
ness was concluded at 1890 o'clock and
The cross-examination was begun by
the attorney-general. This lasted but
l. minutes and after a brief series uf
questions in redirect examination the
witness was excused at 1855 O'Clock.
Civil Engineer W.-B. Getchell was re-
called by Mr.. Heath and identified d
plan which he 0he witness drew of
the line Of the head Of Northy $50 as
sumed) to point III the Cooper dim
Ing room. The plan was placed upon
the records.
At this point the usual mid session
recess was taken.
The trial was resumed at t145
O'Clock. The examination of Civil En-
eincer Getchell was resumed. Witness
said that the plan shown represented
the vertical position in which rcvol
Yer would have to have been held to
have fired 81 shot allowing = drop Of
one inch in five inches, terminating at
the point where it is assumed the head
of Charles Northy was, while he WAS
sitting in the chair in the dinIng room.
a second plan showed the horizontal
line, with reference TO the same propo-
sition; all leading to the single propo-
sition as to where the revolver was
held to inflict the wound sustained by
Northy. assuming that he was sitting
in the chair when the wound was sus
tanned. There was no cross -examina-
ton and witness left the stand at II. so
o'clock
The next witness WAS George K.
IIadlock Of IsleSford. Witness studied
law at the office of Senior Counsel
Heath and he stated that no had sue
ccssfully passed examination for en-
trance to the bar. Witness was pres
cnt at the preliminary hearing and said
that since that time he had worked on
the case to some extent. Witness said
that he had measured the chambers of
| Il duplicate Of the So-callnd Cooper
revolver and found them TO he 32-100
of an inch. The other parts of this
revolver were mcasm Cd. Witness said
that in order to secure Il bullet in its
natural state when it left the barrel,
| he fired into a barrel of water. Two
bullets fired in this manner We're pro-
duced and offered in evidence. The
bullets measured 3l-1O0 of m inch and
| their general appearance hal under
gone marked change. Several tar
gets composed Of leather AMI blOtting
paper wer, produced. These were used
| by the witness in tn" performance Of
| certain experiments with - calibre
revolver and cartridges such as were
purchased by Mrs. Cooper lii the CO.
gan store i'm Augusta. There We're a
ialge number of these EXHIBITS ana
| thelr Identification consumed a con-
| siderable portion of the last half of
/ the session. From the testimony Of
| tho witness it would appear that these
|expcrimontS were similar to those per
formed by Prof Whittier, who testified
for the State, and Prof Knight, a wit
ness for the defence
| At 12.2j O'Clock. the jury was retired
from th;. room ana the counsel for the
ldcfenCc argued his right to oit'r in evi
d,nce Il portion or the calf; head to
! show the effect of Il revolver shot
The attorney general oppoS ID tn" ad-
mission of the evidence and said that
| there was not enough similarity be
tween = human brain and a Calf'S brain
TO allow tn" admission Of tn" evidences.
| IT'h" Court ruled that tn" evidence
would bc admitted and court N journed
until : O'Clock.
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