New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-08-01

the bullet was downward. That
from past experience and his
knowledge as an expert, j. ID.
Bohannan had been shot while he
slept.
That a person receiving such a
wound would die instantly and
that no possible movement could
occur.
That blood was only found on
the pillow.
Deputy Sheriff w. Wattigny
testified that Mrs. Bohannan had
phoned or requested that he been
sent for stating that she had
killed her husband.
Chief Of Police Tanis Provost
testified that he went with
Watingny, who told him Mrs.
Bohannan had sent for him.
They both testified that Mrs:
BOhannan met them at the gate,
went with them into the house,
showed them the body Of her mus
band, and stated that she had shof
him in self defense, and that he
was sitting up when she fired.
DR.. Shaw recalled in the after
noon again testified as before.
This was the testimony OF the.
State.
The first witness for the de-
Tense was DR.. J. w. Sanders who
being asked: Gas an expert
and from your experience gained
as Coroner is it your opinion that
death is instantaneous after
person has received wound as
you have heard described and
could there be any movement. "
Replying, DR.. Sanders stated
"that he did not consider that
such wounds caused instant
death in all cases, that his ex-
perience had been quite the con-
trary that there always was some
movement and that In the major
ity of eases that had come Under
his observation where the brain
had been perforated as Bohan-
mans had been, persons had liveG
for hours, sometimes days. some
times recovered entirely.
Just here Senator Burke, cOun-
sci for the defense read into the
record (using a standard work
on medical Jurisprudence an ac-
count Of an accident in which a
man by a premature blast OF
giant powder had driven entirely
through his skull and brain a
tamping iron three and one-half
feet long, thirteen and one-half
pounds in weight and one and
one-quarter inch in diameter that
afterwards the man picked HIM
self up, rode a considerable dis
lance in a wagon, climbed a long
Hi"lt of steps, gave long lucid
and complete account Of the ac-
cident and finally recovered and
that the only permanent injury
was the loss Of one eye.
DR.. M. F. Morvant of Jeane-
rette testified that he aided DR..
Shaw at the inquest that sur
geon's scalpel inserted into the
wound and following the course Of
the bullet took an upward course.
That to have shot Mr.. Bohan'
nan while his head was on the
pillow she would have had to
press the pistol which was used
deep into the bed clothes and
mattresses. He testified to the
probability of movement after
death.
DR.. Boykin of Jeanerette asked
same questions as those pro.
pounded to Drs. Sanders and
Mo want, gave similar testimony
The testimony Of Drs. Sanders
Morvant and Boykin was brought
out by the defense to contradlc
shat given by DR.. Shaw.
Dr.. Paul N. Cyr Of Jeanerettt
testified that he saw three spots
of blood on the sheet about
foot below the head. This testl
mony was elected to offset tina
of DR.. Shaw who had testified
that he had found blood only OF
he pillow.
In testifying in her own de
tense, Mrs. Bohannan told OF
continuous quarrel between Bo