Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-30
THE COOPER TRIAL.
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Counsel Heath. in putting questions
MAS ,"ading the witness, and suggest
jig tie form and substance of the re-
lIcs made. Mr.. Heath said:
II 90 not intend to lead the witness.
il your Honor please. but | am only
trying to get at the truth and find out
Just what this witness wants to testi-
~ to. | submit that my questions are
, entirely proper
Judge Peabody replied:
Il nave tagen notice Of the method
Of questioning Of the medical witnesses
by the counsel for the defence since
Monday and have been expecting OBJ
jections from the governments coun-
sci. / think that Mr.. Heath has been
putting his caestions in the line Of
making an argument"
Mr.. Heath explained to the court tl3t
he was attempting to show that it did
not lie in the power Of any man. be he
physician or layman, to determine the
extent of a wound in a human brain
by thrusting his fingers into the BODY
of the laceraticn and make no further
examination, either by dissection of
the brain or otherwise.
The court gave permission to MI.
Heath to pue his question more direct
Is. In reply, witness said:
81 cannot tell you-I don't know.
At this point the usual forenoon re-
cess was taken.
Mr.. Heath continuing his line Of
cross examination asked the witness:
"Would a person who was paralyzcd
by al injury to the brain capsules he
T. IN Of Hif.ip
move the limbs. even to the extent Of
two or three iucbes?"
Witness answered
~ would not think so-no. SIR
1t lIas\hcrn shown in the examination
of Jasper Gray last week that when
Mr.. Gray entered the dining room Of
the Cooper home and saw young
Northy lying mpon the floor. there was
- very apparent movement of tn" legs
and feet. This may have been due to
s,,aemndir. contraction of the muscles.
Nr. Heath asked:
Doctor. what IS the function Of an
anclIrISm needle :"
Al have never had occasion to use
il in my practice. II is used to tie off an
artery in surgical operation"
Q-"You used Il probe in your exam
nation of the wound in Northy's head,
did ynu not
Ayes. sir
o-"Was the other end nr this instru-
m"Ht which you have now brought into
court. tho handle of tn" probe or was
il needle such as you drG'ribed:"
Al should call it an ancurism
rccdlc."
. Are YOU sure. Sii >?
A-"Wcli, y"". pretty sure"
Til" cross-examlIation of the witness
was concluded at l1.f5 O'Clock. In rcdi-
rect examination County Attorney
Leigh asked the Witness who began the
conversation when witness visited Mrs,
Alice Cooper at the home Of Henry
Copper IN the afternoon or early even
ing of the day of the shooting. Witness
sail that Mrs Cooper did by asking:
"WiIl IL, live
wow then, doctor regarding this
,iScolnrati"u about the wound In
Nurthy'a bead: do you think that you
could have removed tn" diScoloration
by the application of warm water and
soar. =
A $50. sir, | don't think 50"
In cross .'xalnination. witness said
that the diS"ulorati"u extended below
III" :Crficc Of tho skin. Mr.. Heath
><1rcw i chart upon the blackboard of
the four layers Of the skin to assist the
rucrlory of the Witness.
Witness affirmed that the discol"ra :
tion sunk below the first aud possibly
below the second layer The witness
was excused from further examination
just at noon. He was under cxamiI;I-
h,.In Wednesday,
over 81. hours.
The government called az it's mkt
witness The chief medical expert. who
viii appear for the prosecution III tho
trial. The Witness WAS Dr. Frank N
Whittier. professor of bICtcrioloGy OF
Eowtoiu College. Brunswick. The Wit
moss was sworn aud in answer to ql"S-
touS from the county attorney gave hts
experience. in study and in practical
work. Prof. Whittier said that duriu1,
the past eight years he has had an
opportunity to study over loo heads.
skulls ,r brains and that he has t"ati-
fed III q number Of capital trials in
this state and elsewhere.
Question Ivy Mr.. LciCh-"Now. pro
f"SSor. tell the jury in your own Ian
EuaEr What You know about the head
OF Charles u. Northy. Jr.'
Prof. WhitticS said: 81 received tn"
head uf Charles D. Northy. ,Ir., from
the hands Of Coroner Henry W. Plum
uer Of Augusta Nov. rs last I WAS in
formed Ivy him that tho head delivered
IL me WAS the one severed from til"
rcmans of Northy at Wht"feld.
later held a conference with Mr.. Leigh
tthe county attorney. and as u result
of instructions received from him, !
made an examination of the head at
No:thy. [ first made an examination "f
the bullet wound in the right side of
the head. [ foun,! no powder on the
hair ami did not see any hairs that IN
my opinion We're at all snged. | later
examined the hairs under microscopy
iC lens Of IN diameters and found no
powder ~ traces Of smuggling.
Il also made careful examination
Grin Pains