Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-04

ture hanging on the wall between the
window and kitchen door,
A. Il DO"
@. And was that harp ornament
hanging upon the picture?'
A. II think it was"
The witness was excused at $40
o'clock. DR.. Sukeforth was on the
stand nearly seven hours and he made
an excellent witness.
The government next called the last
Of its five medical expert witnesses in
the person of DR.. Mathew s. Goodrich
a regular practicing physician of Wat
vile.
Witness said that he went to North
Whitefeld in November last in COM
pany with Drs. Sturteyant Smith and
Sukeforth and Coroner Plummer and
was present when the body of Charles
d. Northy, Jr.. was eXhumed. Witness
said he witnessed the beheadng of the
corpse. He said that a close examina-
tion of the wound was made and
minute search for burned and Singed
hairs. Witness said that he used a
small pair of forCeps and parted the
hairs for close examination of the
bullet hole which he found over the
third right frontal convolusion.
q. did you see any singed hair?"
A. Il did not see any
Witness was asked to give his opinion
as to the several stages of singeing Of
human hair and he did so in much the
same manner as the medical witnesses
who have testified previously.
q. Did you see any powder burns
or traces of powder in the skin ana tis-
sues?"
A. Il did not"
The witness was asked if he was ia
Iniliar with the skull of young Northy
and he replied that he was The skull
was brought into evidence and idcuti
fed.
q. Were you present on several
"rcasions when Prof Whittier perform
cd experiments upon n human brain
cncascd in Northy's skull"
a. Yes. sir
&. "NoW. doctor. in your onini,,
what parts of the brain of Notify wcr.
pierced by the bullet"
Mr.. H'ath-"I object-this Witness
never even saw the brain ana he is moi
competent 10 give an opinion of This
Find merely because of The flct thai
he has seen the skull and certain oy
pcrincnts upon Il preserved brain"
The court attorney answered that DIR
Goodrich had qualified as an cxpcrl
and vas capable of giving expert or
"opinion" testimony.
Mr.. Heath asked for the privilege Of
croSs-"XamininS the witness as 10 his,
qualifications.
Th" county attorney Withdrew the
question.
q. What was the direction of the
builct through the head? You need
not nam" the brain parts injured"
"A: i should say that the bullet went
inward. backward and downward.
The witness gave the comparatiye
measurements as given by previous
witnesses.
At THIS point recess was taken ana
IN" courtroom was cleared for the
convention of the April term of the
superior court for kenncbcc county.
AT 1890 o'clock the trial was resumed
and the with 50 was crosq-cxamined
as To his qualification to act as an OK
pert upon the anatomy of the human
brain.
Witness admitted that he had not
made any extensive study. of the brain
since 1859 and 1880 in the medical
department of New York University.
Witness said that he WAS never an
Instructor in any medical school, but
that he had made somewhat Of
specially of external surgery of the
brain. Witness said that he had never
extracted bullet from the brain. Mr..
Heath submitted to the court that the
witness was not an expert upon the
brain. but the court ruled otherwise
and gave the opinion that tho witness
was capable of giving expert or
""pnion' testimony in the case on
trial.
Th" county attorneys question as to
what parts of the brain were injured
in tho opinion of the witness, WIS
peated. After dcliberation the county
attorney Withdrew thc question and
put it in another form. although it
was substantially the same. Mr..
Heath objected.
The court allowed question and Mr..
Heath asked for exception.
Witness named the several parts of
the brain which, in his opinion. were
injured by the passage of the bullet
from the right to the left side of the
skull. The opinion Of tho witness was
much the same as that given by pre-
ccding witnesses.
Witness was asked to describe the
functions Of the right and left inter-
nal capsules of the brain. Witness
gave the scientific subdivisions and
their respective functions, and cor
roborated the testimony of medical
witnesses previously examined. Wit
ness said that the motor area was To-
Gated in the middle thirds and con
trollcd the arms, legs, face, etc. Wit
ness thought that an injury sustained
to the middle third of either or both of
the internal capsules of the BRAN
wssuld produce instant paralysis.
q. "To what extent"
a. complete paralysis"
q. "And would the injured person
bc absolutely motioneSS?
a. "In my opinon-ycs."
@. "'Then person shot through the
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