Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-16
COOPER TRIAL STARTS
Medical Terms Freely Hurled
about Court Room.
Drs. stone, Allen ana Durdick Wit
nesses for state--Nature of Dead
Mans wound shown In Great
Detail.

cd with the murder of James williams.
also colorcd, on the night Of December
o. last, in Winooski, went Off, on the
whole, rather uneventfullY. The only
features of the day were somewhat
heated REORGANIZATION of Or. LYMAN
Alien, one Of the States witnesses. by
Y. A. Bulard ana the exhibition of the
blood-stained clothing worn by Williams
ON the night when he was stabbed.
/ Cooper, the respondent, sat bolt up
right in his chair with hardly a change
Of position throughout the day. His only
sign OF emotion was when court ad
iourned at five o'clock yesterday after
noon, and then he grinned. The room
! filled gradually with spectators until at
the close of the afternoon session there
was standing room only even the chairs
reserved for the grand jury having been
filled.
/ The crtire morning was occupied with
drawing tho Jury The original panel
/ was exhausted and a number Of tales
mon clllod. three Of whom were among
ihe twelve men finally chosen, They are
| capt. W. w. Rockwell John w. Coffey
and /. w Hatch. all OF this city
! In drawing the jury much the same
/ questions were put to all OF tho mon.
/ Only one out OF the score and more
questioned OBJECTED to capital punish
ment and that was Capt. w. w. Rock
| well, but 1t developed that he would not
! let his belief Influence him in bringing
| In verdict in the case In hand None
OF the panel expressed any artipathy to
! the colored race.
! The States case is being conducted by
Attorney General John G.. Sargent OF
Ludlow and States Attorney H. p.
Shaw. Brown & Hopkins ard Y. A. Bull
lard appear for the defense The after
noon opened with n motion by MI.
Brown that the witnesses for the State
be excluded from the room and tho
state began its cRse by calling the first
Witness II. NJ. Mcintosh.
MIR. Mcintosh had prepared u plan OF
the houses al 1885 and 80 West Spring
street, Winooskl, the former being the
one In which Williams was found. The
plan showed the location Of many Of
the articles of furniture in the rooms
and the position of the houses with re-
ference to each other.
Mr.. Mcintosh testified that on Deem
her 70 he went to the houses in COM
pauy with the States attorney and
peared to be blood strains in No. 13s on
the floors of several rooms and out
side in tho snow by the steps. There
were also stains on the steps of No.
| SO. which appeared to have been par
TALLY washed Oft
The direct examination Of the witness
Was conducted by Mr. Shaw and the
discrimination by Mr. Brown. Both
brought out at great length the exact
appearance OF the stains the position of
the rooms with reference to each other
ard the exact location OF each article of
furniture
Or. h. II. Stone Of the State Tabora-
tory Of liygiene was next called He
testified that he performed an AUTOPSY
on the body of Williams at the Fanny
Allen hospital December %. He was as
sisted by Or. c. F. Dalton. and two other
doctors were present.
Or. Stone described a. length the exact
| nature Of the wound which he found. Ac-
oording to the testimony the wound was
! located on the inside of tho arm, about
! two inches down from the armpit. and
was about an inch and half long The
wound went along the chest, downward
and to the front. The pericardlum, or
covering of the heart, was opened and the
| heart itself "nipped." TIE wound ex-
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suit from any one OF the other causes
taken singN.
l1r Lyman Allen was next called by the
state lie testified that on the night Of
December % at about nine o'clock he per
formed an operation on the man IN Ques-
ton. He found the wound to he much as
described by Or. Stone. The patient had
lost Il great quantity of blood and was
IN critical condition. He sad that in
his opinion death resulted fror, hemor-
rhage. pneumonia and bronchitis.
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