Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-19

Lepley fell, that projected up about
two and one-half inches?" he was
asked.
/ Yes, but not so much as that. 1t
was about even with the top of the
ground"
| Thompson Confirms Jackson.
Thompsons testimony confirmed
Jackson's, altho there were minor de-
tails in which they differed. Thomp-
son said Pell passed around Lepley TO
get in front of him. The blow Pell de-
| livered Thompson described as slap.
On cross examination he was asked:
Would you say Pell was angry!
HE acted that way"
| "Why do you think 500"
"By the language he used. which
was not fit to. repeat here" Thompson
also said Lepley fell on his back.
Nurses on the Stand.
Misses Laura Gibson and Myrtle
Campbell, nurses from st. Thomas
hospital, were next put on the stand.
The former was on duty when l.epiey
was taken there, but she had little TO
do with his case, as she went OIL DUTY
at o'clock She testified she hathed
him, and helped put him to bed. she
said she gave him no stimulant.
Miss Campbell took charge OF the
case at 0 o'clock. She said she gave
him small quantity of strychnine,
four cold baths, and put an ice cap on
his head. The strychnine, one Thrift
eth of grain was given, she said, at
midnight. She said the doctor was
telephoned when Lepley died.
An attempt of the defense to get
detailed statement from the nurse re-
garding the conditions OF Lepley's
ewes. was not allowed by the court, on
the objection Of the state.
| Doctors Como Into Case.
Or. A. C.. Conway, who was the first
to see Lepley after he was brought 10
the Jail, testified he was called TO see
| whether it would be necessary 10 re-
move him to the hospital. lie DECIDED
after making hurried examination
/ that 1t was. He said that was the sore
| purpose Of his visit. He noticed the
! confusion back of the left ear, ana
blood oozing from the ear. Lepley was
unconscious all the time. and was TAX
en- to st. Thomas hospital.
Physician Tells Of Injury.
DR.. w. s. Devine, was the second
witness called this morning. He SAID
! ne found Lepley lying unconscious on
the jail floor. His condition, from the
examination he made, seemed to indi-
cate q severe wound back OF the LETT
car, and perhaps q fracture OF tne
skull. He saw blood oozing from the
ear. and DR.. Conway told him that q
stimulant had been administered. Lep-
lev was taken to the hospital at once
he said
Regarding the post-mortenl he said
he removed the scalp of Lepleys head
and found two lines Of fracture, one
extending from the rear toward the
front, just back Of the ear, about four
and one-half inches long, and the 9TH
er extending vertically from the lateral
fracture down back Of the ear. Also
smaller "a" shaped fracture back Of
the ear. He said there was no de-
preston Of the skull whatever.
1 He said the confused surface of the
skin was oval shaped, and the place
most swollen was about the size of
dollar. He lifted the skull and found
hemorrhages in the brain. He said
lconcussion Of the brain and hemorr-
hayes caused Lepley's death.
| Cross-Fire in Examination.
A part Of Bradford's cross examina-
ton of DR.. Devine developed into
|cross-fire between himself and the
doctor.
"You did not make q thorough ex-
animation at any time, did you?" he
was asked.
.vae, s,,ff;cfanfn
ibid you examine the confusion at
the jail?"
II did,
"Was it swollen then?"
"Yes.''
did you discover any fracture Of
the skull?"
II did not"
"You did not know then that .he
1 skull was fractured until the post
mortem?"
"No, except the indications Of frac-
ture.''
1"What did you do, except to feel OF
his head?"
Everything that physician would
do. He was cared for and taken to
the hospital and made easy so that ma
ture might have a chance 10 assert IT.
self, and he was so placed as to re-
Jlieve the blood pressure on the brain.
He was given stimulant of strych
nine and nitro-gl ycerine. More stimu-
lants would have caused rush Of
blood to the head, which was to be
avoided"
An effort on the part Of the defense
to show Lepley had a weak heart
was not allowed by the court, altlo the
defense brought out that DR.. Devine's
examination of any heart weakness ex-
tended no farther than what was in
dicated by the pulse beats. The defe,.se
failed to get from the witness the ad-
mission that falling on a stone would
produce the fracture, altho he SAID
such fall might break the skin or
cause confused wound.
Officers on the Stand.
Sheriff G. S. Hutson and Officer Joe
Edgar were placed on the stand the
former both last night and this morn
ing, the latter this morning. The sher-
if was brought in to give. evidence re-
lative to the taking Of measurements
from which the plat Of the ground was
made detailing the scene Of the crime.
| Edgar, who was with the natrt,l
wagon when Lepley was brought to the
| Jail, added nothing new to evidence al
ready introduced regarding Lepley's
condition. With DR.. Devines tcsii-
mony the state rested its main case,
sltho it will hive evidence to intro
d, ce in rebu.til.
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