The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-12
THREE DOCTORS
DECLARE MOLINE
IS NOT INSANE.
State Scores in Rebuttal Evi.
dence Against the Defense's
Insanity Plea
InT|mATl0n THAT CAUSE Of
DEATH was NOT POISON
Hypothetical Question Put to Expert.
Indicates Ruptures In the Walls of
Both the Stomach and the Heart
Sufficient to Cause Death.

Both the Stomach and the Heart
Sufficient to Cause Death.
Rugby. N. D., March l2-The intro
ductton OF rebuttal evidence BY the
state was continued this morning in
the case against Charles Moline.
charged with the murder Of his father.
Three physicians, Sorenson Of Rugby.
Jones of Devils Lake and ThynR Of
Willow City. were called to the stand
and all three declared that in their be.
lief Moline was perfectly sane now.
as we'll as at the time Of the murder.
The Introduction of evidence will
be completed this evening. Argu-
ments will be made Monday and the
case will probably 60 to the jury that
evening.
The case against Mrs. Ida Moline
has been continued till the June term.
of the district court.
Evidence introduced by the stats
in rebuttal yesterday was by neigh
bors Of the Moline family. They de.
clared that in their opinion the defend.
ant was sane.
The Hypothetical Question
| The hypothetical question asked BY
the attorneys for the defense yester-
day regarding the cause Of death, Is
rather interesting. The physician de-
clared that 1t would be impossible to
tell the cause Of death from the con-
dition Of the body, which is set forth
in the following question:
Assuming doctor, that on the 22nd
day Of January, 1910. the body of q
dead man was found by a physician
lying upon bed in his own house,
the said deceased person being at that
time entirely clothed, and said de-
ceased person being a man of about
the age of 81 years. and weighing
about 165 pounds.
THAT said doctor removed all, Of
the clothes from the deceased body,
and after having removed the clothes
from the deceased body proceeded to
make postmortem examination upon
said dead body, for tho purpose of as
certaining the cause of death.
THAT at said time he made an in
cision from a point about the position
of the naval to point near the ster-
mum in the abdominal cavity. and
opening up said abdominal cavity
made an inspection of the contents
thereof, and upon such inspection, it
was found, that upon the posterior
part of the stomach of the said de-
ceased there was rupture through
the stomach wall Of sufficient size so
that two fingers could be readily in
serted into the said rupture, but that
said physician did not make an ex-
] animation of said rupture 30 as to de-
termine its form.
THAT it was then found that the
contents of the stomach had oozed
out through the said rupture. and
i portions of the stomach contents we're
found to have pervaded to the cardia
/ end of the stomach, and to the point
where the duodeneum connects with
the gall-bladder connects with the
stomach, and also to a point where
the lymphatic duct connects with the
stomach.
THAT the said physician discover
ed that surrounding the seat of rup-
ture of the stomach there was slight
inflammation extending approximately
one inch in all directions from the
seat of rupture, and assuming furth-
er, doctor, that the said physician
who made said postmortem examina.
ton Of the perotieum except by three
inches from the line of incision into
the abdominal wall as hereinafter de-
scribed, and that except for the rup-
! ture of said stomach. the stomach
was in q normal condition. and only
showed postmortem changes.
Assuming further, doctor, that
upon an examination Of the heart Of
the deceased there was found to be
in the right auricle of said heart q
rupture through the entire heart wall
over the right auricle, which rupture
was of such size so that the index
finger could be with ease inserted In
to said rupture. and that considerable
blood was found in and about the
point where said rupture Of the heart
appeared.
Assuming further. doctor. that no
other abnormal conditions appeared
in said heart or were discovered. ex-
cept the said rupture hereinbefore de-
scribed.
Assuming further. doctor. that
from an examination Of the lungs
there appeared to be no LESSONS or
scars upon said lungs. and the walls
Of said lungs appeared to be perfect
ly normal, and the lining membrane
of the chest cavity appeared to be
normal, having thereon no LESSONS or
wounds of any kind.
Assuming further, doctor. that
from an examination # the mouth,
tongue and lips, the same appeared
to be in perfectly normal condition.
Assuming further. doctor. that the
eyes and nostrils were in normal
condition. and that all of the organs
hor ;n1 NO voontionod u,oro IN ~np.
NAL condition except as herein this
question before set forth.
Assuming further, doctor. that no