Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-19

shooting. He,saw the boy that forenoon
and he did not see anything about him
| to indicate that he was blue or despon-
| dent, either on that DAY or the one or
two months preceding.
| Mrs. John Albee was recalled and
said that shetheard Mrs. Cooper's testi-
mOny and that whatever she heard did
not change tht testimony given in di-
| rect eXamina ton.
Mrs. John Drake was recalled. Wit
| ness said that she heard the testimony
Of Velma and Lore Cooper but that she
did not wish to change her testimony.
Mr.. Heath objected to the method pur-
| sued by the county attorney in calling
witnesses for this purpose.
| Mrs TrunanlE,llis was recalled. Wit
! ness heard Mrs Cooper's testimony.
Witness refIted some Of the testimony
given by the accused woman. 1t was
not important and referred only to a
| part of the conversation made at the
supper table when Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Cooper We're guests at the Ellis
| home.
Truman Ellis was recalled and cor
roborated the testimony of his wife,
the preceding witness.
The county attorney asked that the
section of the dining room wall be
bl ought in ana a recess of five minutes
was taken.
Deputy Sheriff Willis A. Pinkham
was recalled in rebuttal. Witness said
that he accompanied Detective Martin
to the Cooper home after the tragedy
and that Edwin Cooper located the
rocking chair in the dining room in the
| position in which he saw young No;thy
| in it. Mr.. Pnkham impersonated
Northy on that occasion by sitting in
| the chair and rchearsed the experiment
before the jury, the section of the din
| ing room wall and the rocking chair
being used as exhibits. Civil Engineer
Getchell was called to take measure
| ments of the chair in its relative posi-
ton to the wall and these measure
| ments were recorded eby the court re-
porter.
Coroner Henry W. Plummer who
was present or the OCCASION when Ed
win Cooper performedsthis experiment.
was called and he corroborated the tes-
timony of Mr.. Pinkham."
| Edwin j. Cooper was fcalled to take
| the measurements of the counterfeit
Of Northy (Mr. Pinkhaim. but Mr..
| Heath withdrew him as he said that
| the double and contradictory measure
nlents would be confusing.
Mr.. Pinkham returned to the stand
and was cross-examined' by Mr. Heath.
| 1t was shown that the witness was a
| much larger man than Charles Northy
was. Northy weighed about $50 pounds
and Mr.. Pinkham weighs over 200
| pounds. The witness was excused at
AS o'clock.
| The county attorney called DR.. V. F.
Bradley of Norway, a physician and
an expert upon revolver shooting and
| practice. Witness testified to his ed
| ucation and general experience in the
practice of medicine and also recited
ms experience in revolver and pistol
| practice.
Witness said that ne had performed
experiments upon a dead body at Bow
doin College IN company with Drs.
| Whittier and Goodrich on April Of
this year Witness said that seven ex-
pcriments We're performed by firing a
| revolver at a dead body Witness de
| Scribed these experiments to some
| length; it was brought out that the ex-
1 pt'lGlltllIS were cbllluc1cu 10 deter
mine the effect Of the pistol shots up
on the skin tissue, with special refer
| encc to tn" presence Of the DlaCkened
area. singed hairs, gunpowder grains
and powder burns or stains. /.
| The witness examined the skull of
| Charles Northy and said that he dis
! covered d hair on the interior of the
brain case. Witness was asked several
| questions that called for the opinion
| Of the witness az an expert. Witness
| said that if d shot WIS fired while the
| revolver was i'll contact with the head
it would be impossible for a. hair to be
carried through the brain.
| Mr.. Heath objected to the admis-
sion of this statement. but the court
| over~ruled the objection and exceptions
were allowed.
| The witness examined the plans
drawn by Civil Engineer w. 3. Getch
| ell. The direct examination was coil
| cluded at 515 o'clock.
| Mr.. Heath conducted cross-examina-
| ton. Referring to the dead body used
| in the experiments. witness said that
ne di,i not know how long the body had
| been in the college or how long the
| person had been dead. The witness
1
maintained his position that when the
muzzle of the revolver is pressed close
| to the skin the laCeration of tire tissue
| is plainly visible.
During the cross examination the
| WitEcss admitted that his notes. (Which
were contained in q small booll) were
| not complete and he was not able To
give the exact location Of the first shot
fired in the series of experiments upon
the dead body. Upon perceiving that
| the witness was not positive aS to the
results of some of his experiments and
| the crOss-examinatiOn was. therefore.
particularly exhaustive.
| At 545 o'clock Mr.. Heath asked for
five minutes to determine the location
of these bullet holes mentioned in the
experiments.
Court adjourned just before 6 o'clock
| until $50 o'clock this morning.