Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27


 Gallagher, of this city, 1ho, with pr. l. W. Withers, held an autopsy over tAe body after 1t was brought to Pine BluE, proved two Of the strongest witnesses offered hN the state. They went into detail, describing each wound in Duuean's body All ladies were excluded from the court room and Attorney Holmes, of the prosecu- tiou, undrs saed. The doctors used him ir describing the wounds They marked his skin with black chalk ard their demonstration proved one Of the most interesting featarts Of the trial.
 The chair occupied by Duncan and that occupies " Day on the car of the tragedy were exhibited in court. Attorney Holmea sat ;n "Du3cs1i.a a rocker" The physicians traced the course of each bullet One pulltt .n- tered under the left urn, between the shoulder and elbow and lodged in the left shoulder. The prosecution brought forth testimony from the sur Gcons to prove that Duncan threw un his left arm over his face to protect himself and that .his was the first ballet fired into his body. The phy- &icians said tha, the bullet ranged down after striking the limo. An otacr bullet was shown to have en- tered the left shoulder, passed through the upper lobe of the ie.t !uuG, seyerinG the aorta, the big art cry to the heart. It passed thlan.sh Che middle lobe of the right lung uNd out of the body between the t&Hd and fourth rib, at the right side. The straight and it ranged at an angle of fifteen degrees down. This was brought out by the state to strength en it's contention that Duncan was shot while seated in a chair. The next wound described was where q bullet entered the body, two and one half inches above the right nipple, struck rib and detiected downward and cam. out an inch from the wound described above, on the right side, The fourth wound marked was three inches below the left nipple. The bullet passed through the abdomen and came out on the opposite side of the stomach. The last wound de- scribed entered the body three inches to the right and above the navel, passed through the body and lodged i'll the spinal cord. This wound or the wound received in the left should CT were both fatal. the surgeons stat cd
 Attorneys for the state during their de terminedly to prove that Duncan was in a chair when the bullets were fired into his body. The testimony of the surgeons was an intimation of this and the state rested it's case, witf. several rebuttal witnesses in re~ serve
 Day on the Stand.
 Court took recess for thirty .4iin utes, during which period Day and his counsel held q conference, re- sulting in Day taking the stand when court reConvened.
 I111 ty.in1 to posed, but his extreme nervousness caused much comment among the spectators. He was requested to re- late the details of the tragedy. He said he was 34 years old, was born in Kentucky and spent a greater part of his life in that state and Arkansas; is a mechanical engineer by trade and has been with the Bluff City Lumber Company for six years. Had com plete charge of the mechanical de- partment. Day said his relations with his employers were pleasant un- til March l. when President Ruther- ford wrote him letter. asking him to explain loss of time at the mill and why the mill was shut down so often. This letter was introduced as evidence
 The letter was never answered and was followed on March 19 with one from Mir. Rutherford asking for his resignation. Day gave as reasons for not answering the letter that Duncan had told him not to answer it; that Duncan told him this the morning af- ter it's receipt Duncan told Day, ac- cording to the witness statement, that he would see Rutherford and straighten out the matter. The let