Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-26

The party was then conveyed back
down the stream, their attention being
called to the Sias camp on the island.
When the Thomaston road was reach
ed, the jury alighted with Deputy
Sheriffs Bucklin and Bullock and walk
ed down the path that leads to the Ma
tional Home. This path, it is alleged
by the State, is the one which Vananh
took in going to and returning from
the Hardy camp, and also his own
camp where it is alleged he kept his
supply of liquor.
A trip was also made to Co. B. bar
racks where Vannah quartered and
where he was arrested by Night Off
Ger Corbett of the Augusta police
force on the night of the murder. This
completed the tour of inspection and
the jury returned to this city.
Afternoon Session.
Court opened at P. NJ. and Dr.
w. H. Harris, medical examiner for
Kennebec county, was the first wit
ness called by the State.
Did you perform an autopsy on
the body of Edward e. Hardy" asked
County Attorney Fisher. II did"
'Who assisted you?" "Dr. L. L.
Mann" How many bullets did you
extricate?" Two"
Won't you describe, Doctor, to the
jury the position of the bullets?" Wit
ness stated that one bullet entered two
inches to the right of the median line
between the seventh and eighth ribs,
passing down through the anterior su-
perior spinona process of the ileum and
lodging under the pelvic cavity. The
other bullet entered the left thigh, 10
inches below the point of the hip,
passed through the left thigh, infict-
ing a wound of entrance in the right
thigh and finally lodging about an
inch and half internally in the right
hip.
Death was due according to witness
to hemorrhage by one of the bullets
severing the superior mesentary ar
terry. Witness further stated that the
bullet entering the right chest pass
ed through the liver, thence through
the mesentary artery and through two
coils of the small intestines.
I'm what condition, Doctor, did you
find the organs of the body asked
the county attorney. Il found the
heart normal, both lungs free from
adhesion but somewhat tubercular;
kidneys had undergone consider
able degree Of fatty degeneration.
Witness stated that the stomach was
removed and given in charge of Cor
oner Henry w. Plummer. In your
opinion, Doctor, was death due to any
other cause than the bullet wounds
mo, sir.''
Judge Maher Cross Examines.
You say yau first saw the body of
Edward E. Hardy on March 22?" Yes,
Sir" What was the general direction
of the tive bullets in the body of
Hardy?" THE two wounds We're par
allel but in opposite directions"
Mrs. Hardy In Tears.
Mrs. Cora Hardy, wife of Edward
Hardy, was seated in the rear part OF
the court room, clad IN deep mourn
ing, and frequently during the cross
examination Of DIR. Harris her face
was covered with her hands, and she
was sobbing pitifully. When the blood
stained clothes that were taken from
the body of her husband were exhib-
tied she cried like a child, while he
mother sat by her side comforting
her.
In contrast to Mrs. Hardy, Nannah,
who was seated in the prisoners dock.
remained motionless, his eyes glued on
the witness stand. Not once did he
OH show signs of emotion
when the blood stained clothing of
Edward Hardy and a piece of flesh
the wound of entrance on
the chest of the dead man were eN-
hibited. He was calm and collected and
hardly moved a muscle.
In further cross examination of DR.
Harris by counsel for defence witness
stated that there We're three wound
of entrance and one of exit on tn
body of Hardy.
Whether or not, Doctor, would i
he possible to determine which wa
the first shot that took effect on the
body of Hardy" asked County Attor
ney Fisher Judge Maher was on his
feet in an instant Il object" TIL
objection was overruled by the Cour
and the witness was allowed to an
swer: THAT would be impossible
DID you examine lHe hulietS tiose
ly?" Il wouldn't want TO answer tha'
question. My opinion is that hoth
were fattened, although it might be
that only one was flattened."
WAS there anything about the ma
ture of the wounds that would indi
cate which was the first one in
ficted?"
II shouldn't want to answer that
question"
Whether or not in your opinion
it would be possible to state which
was the first one?"
Il don't think so,' replied the doc
tor.
Or. Mann Testifies.
DIR. Lewis l.. Mann was the next
called. Witness testified tha'
he assisted Medical Examiner Harri'
IN performing the autopsy on the
body of Hardy and that having heard
DR.. Harris testimony from the wit
ness stand as to conditions found ho
would agree with him in every way
Witness stated that he was called t. |
the Hardy camp on the night Of thf
shooting who was there" asked the
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