Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21


what the defense would attempt to
prove, Attorney Trindle closed and A.
M. Clough, coroner for Marion county,
was called to the stand.
Coroner Takes Stand.
According &c the story of the %oroner,
he went out to the scene of the shoot
ing about midnight and found a man
dead in a field about twenty rods from
the main road. This stubble field was
about three miles southeast of Turner.
The body was lying on the left side,
feet slightly drawn up. He said he *
amined the wound but not the pockets
of the clothes. He took from the clothes
q pocket knife, a pipe, purse with nine
ty-cents, and Il pencil. He says he found
nothing about the scene except the
! splotches of blood, and a SIS inch rope
eight or ten feel long. He found the
clothes were ordinary working garments
overalls, jumper, and thin shirt.
In his examination ne found that the
buckshot had entered the heart but did
not go through the jumper, which was
open. He said men named Funston,
Bates, Will Moore and G.. A. Baer were
present then.
The examination for the state was
conducted by Assistant District Attor
ney Heltzel. On being asked on cross
examination TO produce the clothes worn
by Moore, Coroner Clough said he did
not think they were of any use as evil
dence and burned them. This brought a
frown from Judge Kelly and a shock
of surprise to the attorneys. Attorney
Trindle stated, during a recess of the
court this morning, that if he had the
coat that was burned he could prove
that Moore was in the habit of carry,
ing q gun.
Moore Had Rope
The defense asked the coroner if he
found any heavy article on the scene
(meaning a pistol) and the coroner re-
piled he did not. He was asked if the
coat as he found it could hold a .32 OF
.3S caliber gun and he replied he
thought it could. Asked if Moore's
clothing was loose or tightly fitting he
replied that it was loose all over.
He was asked to describe the wound
and said he found it to be in the cen
ter of the breast with a radius Of three
and one-half inches. There were twelve
small bullet Roles and the charge enter
ed straight from the front. The body
lay with the left hand under the body
and the right arm down on the side by
the hip. The rope was found doubled
over the left arm.
Coroner Clough was asked what he
did with the pocket knife and he said
he gave it to Mrs. Moore. This brought
another frown from Judge Kelly and
a smile from the attorneys.
The coroner was dismissed to get the
rope and bring it in as an exhibit.
DR.. Fisher Testifies
DIR. f. f. Fisher was the next wit
ness called and his qualifications as
an expert physician and surgeon were
admitted without going into details.
His testimony relative to the location
of the wound and it's size was the same
as that of Coroner Clough. He said he
made an examination of the body and
that he found places where three bull
let's had gone in so close together as to
make one hole, and in several other
points two had made one hole. He prob
ed the holes and found they extended
six or eight inches straight back and
were of such a nature they would cause
instant death to any person receiving
them.
He showed on a diagram where the
bullets struck and pointed out how
some went through the base of the
heart and the stem of the right lung
Just below where the bronchial tubes
entered the lungs. He said the nature
of the wound was such that any one re-
Geiving it would drop in his tracks and
De able to make no voluntary move
ments, and never utter a SOUND.
DR.. Massey, of Turner, was next call
ed and he said he knew Moore and that
he was called about l1:30 o'clock that
night to attend a man who was shot.
He said he found the man in a field
south of Turner, and that men named
Ben Funston, Will Moore and G. A.
Baer were present. He said he found
the nan was dead and made only al
cursory examination. He saw the eOro-
ner examine the body but found no
weapon. They examined the ground by
lantern light but did not find it torn
up as might be expected if there had
been a fight,
Heard His Father Tell Of 1t
In looking over the ground he said
he found three splotches of blood scat
tered along for about six feet. On cross
examination by the defense he stated
that the blood splotches were parallel
with the line of bushes from behind
which Moore is said TO have come. He
said they probably were caused by the
spWting blood during the act of fall
ing or reeling after the shot. He said
Moore's clothes fit him comfortably.
Gerald Owen Bradley, step-son of
-. f. Bradley, aged Is years, was next
called by the state. He testified that
he was at home on the evening of Al
gust % and that his step-father was
also at home. He said that he left the