The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-20

finger at all; then he couldn't use
his arm. Then he had difficulty with
his speech. He could understand,
but couldn't talk; all he could say
was yes and no. Lastly the leg was
paralyzed. After four or five days
he couldn't move right hand at all.
Then he had paralysis in right foot.
This was all due to the wound on
the left side of the head, in the Ro-
wandic area. Gained DR.. SearleS
Concent in everything he did.
Counsel for defendant object be-
cause the defendant is not present.
Any other organs of the body out
of order? Looked at the intestines
They were healthy and normal in
every way. The liver seemed to be
all right and normal. The body was
opened above the chest on one side
to experiment on the organs in the
chest and found them normal. The
heart was all right and in the prop
er position. Took heart out and
examined the valves. They were all
right. There was nothing to inter-
fere with the blood passing through.
Then | examined the lungs, cut out
the top point of the right lung. Cut
it all to pieces. There was nothing
in it. Couldn't find anything the
matter with the body. Then l took
the head; sawed right straight across
the head through the brain. Then
sawed around the head on the left
side. Found pus. Pus extended
downward and forward. Took a
knife and cut down in the brain in
the same direction as he sawed
around the head This one wound
was the cause of his death-the
wound in the Rolandic area
Doctor, how did the wound in the
brain compare with. the point of pick?
Exhibits cast of skull)
When did you make this cast?
At the time of the pOst-mortem.
How did you make the impress
sion?
By pressing soft puddy in the hole
and then made impression. Cast of
the hole in the skull.
Objected to. Objection overruled
Have you ever seen wounds in the
skull? Yes. A large number?
Yes, Reason for stating that wound
was caused by a pick, shovel and a
hoe which made impression? The
hole was too small for shovel; not
too small for hoe. There are other
reasons why hoe didn't go in. On
account of depth of blade of hoe.
Triangular hole. The scull is "A or
12 inch thick. This mans was 3s
of an inch thick. The hole was
broken straight into. The hole was
too narrow to allow the point of a
hoe to go into as far as depth of the
hole. At the post-mortem / had ex-
act impression of pick axe and COM
pared it.
What caused the wound?
The pick-aXe, as 1t was exactly the
same shape; of that l am positive.
DR.. F. G. Frisbie was on the wit
ness stand when court adjourned at
4:30 p. m. Attorney F. P. Kimble
stating it would take fully half day
to cross-examine him.
Thursday Morning.
On Wednesday night the jurors
wanted to go to the revival meetings
and when they found out that they
couldn't they wanted to get shaved,
so Mr.. Schoell came over and shay
ed them
When Mrs. Leona Lord walked in
the court room, she looked rather
nervous and very pale, and. after
shaking hands with Mr.. Lee took her
usual place. DR.. w. T. McConvill
was at the defendants table, and
DR.. Harry B. Ely sat next to him.
DR.. Frisbie recalled: The shape
of the wound in the head was trian-
gular, and was / 9s inches on one
side, l p on the other side and Is
inches at the base across bottom.
Cross-eXamination- - How many
times have you sworn and testified
to this matter? Before this time,
once at Honesdale, two times before
Grand Jury and l think two times
at Equinunk.
Attorney Kimble objected to his
argument before the jury. Sustain
ed.
Is your reason for believing that
the pick did the injury indictive or
deductive?
A. Deductive.
Q. On what day did the pus make
its appearance?
A. On the 4th day. Paralysis
made its appearance on the 3rd day.
Q. Did you not say that if a per-
son had the strength of II men he
could not drive shank of the hoe
in the head, breaking both bones?
A. A man wouldn't swing a hoe
over and make a death wound A
man of average strength would be
unable to WELD a hoe and break
skull of the man with shank of hoe,
so as to. break both bones of the
skull, and make wound such as this
one was made. exhibit made from
cast showing size of wound was now
shown, but this was objected to. OBJ
lection sustained.
What is now and has been Mrs.
Silas Lords physical condition dur
ing the past year?