The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

church Sunday and in the aftsrns..
had enjoyed a walk. DR.. John
Boothby, a we'll known Jackman nhv
stefan and a medical examiner, teeL
the stand. DR.. Boothby was III.
physician first called to examine Nj.
son Bartleys dead body and to are..
the wounds of John A. Burke the niyAt
OF the murder He described hi. vi.it
to the blow down where Bartleys
body was found. The opening To Ia.
cave or blow down so called was "a
inches square and the cave itself wa.
about 31 feet high. from the outsis.
Is feet long and width on base 3h Ia
four feet He told of what he saw
inside the blow down, that Bartl.,
Law upon his back, left leg straight ar
nearly so. his right leg drawn ap, hi.
shoulder close to the bank. lsfs arm
extending down the side on a In.
with the body, the fingers away frou
the chest by q few inches and hk
forearm at right angles, no supeeyt
from one inch above elbow to the n,
of the fingers. DR.. Boothby thousht
from one inch above the elbow The
left arm was resting against the wah
of the cave. The right arm extend
ed out with hand Is inches away. Ne
thought the body could not have been
dragged in DR.. Boothby described
the clothing on the body substantial
" as it had previously been deserih-
ed. the coat drawn up to a bunch be-
tween the shoulders, his pants drawn
ND enough to show the white nader
clothing above the stockings and
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shirt sleeves had been. The loose
papers found in the cave were Hear
the opening. A check book ana
pocketknife were thought to have
been found in Bartleys pockets. Later
5000 was found in a trousers pocket
and a bag of peanuts. He helped
undress the body and made examina-
ton of bullet wounds at base OF brain
and just above left eyebrow. He
found a dark stain directly under the
head where BARLEY lay, or beside the
head not over four inches aeress. Be
side the wounds already described \
few minor abrasions were found else
where on the body. The first aatepsy
was performed Sunday after the bsdy
was found on Saturday. Upon eHsH-
ing the skull it was found that Aal-
let had torn the left lobe of the brain
very badly and had dropped 10 the
lower part and into the base OF the
brain. The other bullet from the
rear tore the cerebellum badly. fis
two bullets had passed very near each
other. The bullets were turned over
to DR.. Sawyer. DR.. Boothby tessthss
that the left eye and cheek were biht-
cred around the wound, also nst
grains of powder were noted. AT the
back where the wound was made there
were likewise powder grains IN the
hair but none were driven into the
skin. He was questioned somewhat
with regard to the autopsy On the
stomach. Death was due he testified
to the effects OF bullet wounds. He
didn't see how the wounds could be
self inflicted. DR.. Boothby testines
as to the second autopsy performed
sixty days later that the hard tissues
were we'll preserved. Present at
this autopsy were DR.. Whittier or
Brunswick, DR.. McGrath OF Boston,
both noted specialists, Dr. Stinchheld
| of Skowhegan and DR. Sawyer OF
Madison, both medical examiners
some of the county officers the under
taker and Miss Sullivan, stenograph-
or of Boston. Dr. Boothby teatihed
with regard to John Burke, that he
was called to attend him. the man ac-
cused. about 9:25. the night OF the
murder, that Burke was sitting IN ms
chair smoking a cigarette, that he was
suffering and was getting ready 10
j have his clothes taken off. lie stat
i ed that there was a bullet wound thfu
the outside muscles of the right leg,
seven and one-half inches on the top
side of the leg above the knee Jolnt'
with the outlet about six inches from
the knee Joint. The wound on the
upper side of the leg was blisteres
with grains of powder round the bis
ter: not much bleeding the first night
but considerable the second day.
There was a slight discoloration on
the underwear where the bullet pene-
trated. Under cross examination MI
Pattangall called particular attentloh
to the testimony last winter Oh Dr.
Boothby relative to the position OF
Bartley's shoulders in the cave. Dr.
Boothby thought he meant In the pres
ent testimony, he presumed, that ref
erence was made to the top of The
shoulder touching the wall of the cave
DR.. GAIA was called to demonstrate IN
the hands OF DR.. Boothby, the position
in which he found BARLEY. as at the
trial last winter. The witness was
familiar with firearms and beheTes
that the wounds in P'rtlev's heas
were made with 38 caliber bullets ana
thought the bullet wounds in the leg
of Burke were 80 or 80 calibeE but
not possibly, a twenty-five Manssr
automatic. The oft quoted and much
talked of Rigor Norris was again The
subject at this point in the crsss e1-
animation, DR.. Boothby believing thai
the stiffening OF the muscles hela tAs
left arm up off from the chest. Ths
time in good health for rigor morris
to set in was from 31a hours to sl1
hours. He thought BARLEY nust
have bled from to minutes before
the body was put into the cave ana
that there was nothing to account for
the position OF the arm except Tgor
mortis; there was no support for hs
arm which would hold it in the posi-
ton found, but thought the arm must
have been supported at some time 10
have been held in the position IN
which it was found before rigor nor-
tbs set in. He thought support must