Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-10-22

The county attorney here introduced I
piece Of the skin from Edgar Radcliffe'l
throat showing the cut, which he tool
from jar Of liquid, and Dr.. Bradbur,
identified It.
i Did you examine the internal organsi
Yes. There was no injury to the brain
The lungs were congested, and f1llet
with frothy serum.
From your examination, what did thu
boy die Of?
Suffocation.
What did you do with the stomach
Removed It.
What did you see in 1t?
Pieces of potato, pieces OF apple
freshly eaten.
Characterization: Would the In
juries to the body and limbs have beel
fatalP
Not necessarily, that is, not immedi
ately.
Should you expect to find the mai
alive in an hour and half?
might.
Mr.. Swasey questioned DR.. Bradbur!
as to how the assailant must have stoot
to make the wound in the throat. DR.
Bradbury did not wish to state.
Mr.. Swasey produced fragment o
corrugated iron, and asked If such ma
terial might not have made such q cut a
that in the neck. DR.. Bradbury replied
that 1t would not. The edge of TIL
wound would have been rough.
DR.. J. G. Littlefield of South Parl!
testified to going to the mine the night
of the explosion. Dan Winslow notified
me.
went with Mr.. Wheeler, the coroner
There were others there. The boy wa
dead, lying on his right side-and thu
doctor described his position.
Did you hear Everett make any state
ment relative to what had happened tina
night?
DR.. Littlefeld related Everett's story
as told before. Everett there stated tina
he thought 1t was Radcliffe whom be
had shut in.
DR.. Littlefield also stated that he as
sisted in the autopsy, but was not ques
toned about it.
On cross-examination Mr.. Swasey ask
ed II the appearances were that Radcliffe
had struggled and rolled over. The
doctor could not say 80. He was further
questioned about the blood spots and
the situation of the body.
You assisted at the autopsy?
Yes.
Would such injuries as the shock and
the injuries to the lower limbs, be fatal!
Not nooaooo inn al q folu
Wouldn't he be likely to struggle in
his sufferings, and thrash about some9
He would.
Professor F. G. Robinson, professor OF
chemistry in Bowdoin College, testified
He was shown the knife, and stated
that he received the knife and pail from
Sheriff Hubbard on the 18th of June.
There was blood on the knife which de-
termined to be human blood.
What did the stomach containp
1t contained digested material, alcohol,
embalming fluid, undigested food, pieces
Of apple, pieces OF potato, pieces OF pork.
Was the embalming fluid similar to
the sample furnished you by Miss
Thayer?
Yes.
Asked to describe the pieces Of potato
and apple, he stated that in his opinion
they had not been in the stomach more
than an hour before digestion ceased.
Cross examined, Professor Robinson
located and described the blood spots on
the knife, locating them pretty we'll over
the surface of it,
On redirect Professor Robinson stated
that he extracted alcohol equal to about
half an ounce of whiskey. Also that
alcohol taken into the stomach passes
very rapidly into the circulation.
After Professor Robinson's testimony,
which occupied only few minutes, the
state rested it's case, but Mr.. Swasey re-
called Charles 81. Colby and asked him
if he knew whose knife this was. He
said it was Ed Radcliffe's.
William j. Wheeler was also recalled
by Mr.. Swasey, and asked about the
bundle of clothing which was found in
the junction of the road. He said it was
decided that it contained Ed Radcliffe's
clothing.
Mr.. Swasey then opened the case for
tha dafance aayinO that he had eXDeCted