Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-07-04


Q. In your examination Of the
body what was the condition of the
interior Of the chest. A.. The right
lung was scraped and there was q
large blood clot in tho pleur.l cavity.
all you could hold in two hands. scoop
fashion. There was hole through the
lung that you could insezt the tips
Of tive 6ngs.s. There was . hole in
the middle part Of the two lung cav
tiles. this was small punctured hole
and this was located within the sack
around the heart. the psricardium.
The hole in the front part Of the
anriele. there was hole. probably IN
inch and . half Or two inchss long. II
locked Ike q tsas< The wound in The
hack a4 ths.. chssf wall. you could In.
cert the tip Of the imde1 6hess: Thsss
wac also . blood elot in tie pericas.
dium and also in The left plus.l cavity.
Q. Was th;s wound. tAsss two
Aoles that 700 found 10 The s.rf.c.
~of de body caussd by he one IN,
.tramens o. were they two ssparat.
wounds, A.. Tkers~ was ono wound
directly through the body.
Q. From which side did this in.
strument causing the wound enter the
bodya A. From the front.
9. Will you state from your ex.
animation that It was from the front
or the backa A. My opinion 10 tha,
it was from the front.
Q. And the instrument passed dir.
ectly through and came out asain1 A.
Yes sir.
Q. Do you know on whom you
performed this autopsya A. On the
body of Fred Blumsun..
Q. Do you know Of your own ex-
perience, Doctor. what the result in
q man 10 Of wound Of that nature
A. Well. it would be death.
Q. How soon could you s.y tha,
death probably result from wound ol
that kinda A. Il might be instant.
ly from the shock or it might be sew
eral seconds or a half 4 minute or q
minute. 7e54 z.-fr5 .,. S~
ID Gross Examination BY Gallagher.
Q. Doctor. have you ever had any
personal experience with wounds Of
that sort. through the hearth "A.
have seen ona case before; the woman
was shot through the heart. ! saw
her alter she was dead. -, 49,
q. Int i. fact in medical science
person receiving a wound like the
one found on the BODY Of Mr. Blum.
sun, the person receiving that wound
might live for some little time, there
aftera A. 1t is SO repotred. ~
Objected to by the counsel for the
State for the reason that there is no
information. that the witness is quail
flied to testify to this. Objetcion over
ruled. lt d, 5-..= fl. No.. ..a...
A. There are cases of this kind.
Q. Now, Doctor, from Your ex-
perience as surgeon and from your
study of that science. would you be-
lieye and is it your opinion that it is
possible for man to live for some
considerable time after receiving such
a wound as the one this man received?
"A. think they could.
Q. Is it possible for a man after
having received wound of that sort to
move on considerable space, to run
or walk? A. Numerous cases of that
kind have been reported. In my op-
inion they could.
Q. And it is SO reported in the
works on surgery that are in good
repute among the medical profession?
A. They are.
Redirect Examination by Halliday.
Q. Now, Doctor, you say there are
cases of this nature reporteda A.
Yes sir.
Q. just what do you mean by tina,
statementa A. In the systems on
surgery; books on surgery; Anatomies,
etc, there are always cases of this
kind; they are given as illustrations.
Q. You are familiar with these
books and cases, presumea A.
am with some of them.
Q. Now. you say case of this ma.
ture. Just what would you call case
Of this nature? A. 1t is fact that
there is one place in the heart, tina,
by experimenting with animals and
such cases as are known, causes in.
slant death. There is another case
noted where it was sutured and the per.
son got well. There are cases where
there are injuries to the heart and
have got we'll without any suturine.
O. Whist do you r,san by tba,
term. srtu:;ngs A. That is sewing
up.
Q. You state there are case. re.
ported where the person has lived 70,