The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

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 The pillow beneath the womanS head was saturated with htood, Miss Whitaker testified.
 "How much blood would you say you sav@ Inquired Prosecutor Frank r,sCowan,
 "I would say there was moro blood than I over saw before from one patient" replied Miss Whttta' ker.
 "Dld you see any cuts on the headp"
 "There were three deep cuts on the forehead" said the witness, Sho then demonstrated to the jury tho size and location Of these jagged wounds,
 No Trace ee 0auHc
 Miss Whitaker testified that when the victims clothing was re- moved she found no trace of tho guAae, A towel, she said, had been wrapped around the woMNn'S chest,
 Defense counsel ErnoSt l., Good speed asked if the sight of so much blood had made Miss Whitaker feel weak or faint and she replied "No,"
 In reply to another question, she testified that she saw traces of gravel in the head wounds and in the hair,
 Referring to previous testimony that pr, Joss had delayed his wite'S blood transfuslon by demanding the matching of . prospective donors blood, 0oodspeed asked;
 Tn extreme emergencies do they stop to typo bloods"
 She replied that she had heard ot cases where they didn't stop to do SO.
 Medical Examiner Edwin '. Pratt testified he bandaged the woman doctors head with gua8e, stanehing the flow of blood from 27 wounds, the night of March 27 when she was found unconscious in the cellar of the century-old Joss mansion ct Richmond.
 with proper caFo on the way I believe that the gNu8e would have stayed on the wounds untC tho wo- man reached the hospital, I applied tho gauge with that object in view" Dr. Pratt said,
 He said that eoagulated blood should have Suffieed to hold the gauge over the wounds,
 pr, Pratt said he, pr, Joss and Deputy Sheriff Lloyd UMherhind moved the woman to the ambulance which was to carry her to . 0ard- iner hospital, pr, Joss elNmhered into the vehicle beside her, leav. Ing his friend Russel Ring to ride with the driver. the witness said,
 When the unconscious woman was removed from tho vehicle, blood still triekled from the wounds which were not covered by bandageS, ae- cording to Miss Margaret Aebert, hospital nurse,
 "There was no gause whatsoever on the head, on the blanket or on her." Miss Hehert said, She added that when Dr, Joss hopped out ot the ambulance there was blood on hts coats, vest, shirt and on both hands, She described pr, Joss aS appearing very white and anxious looking"
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 Miss Hehert said pr. Joss wife was taken inside the hospital where Q donor with her type blood was waiting to give Q tranSfusion, But she said Dr. Joss insisted the blood be osS-matched to double check its suitability. This required 4S minutes during which the voc man died,
 When q medical-examine said an autopsy must be performed, Miss Hebert said, pr. Joss said that was one thing his wife would not have wanted.
 During yesterdays trial, a sharp. blood-stained rock was shown to Sheriff Charles w. Messenger of Sagadahoc county who said 1t re-, sembled one found in the Joss eel lar the night of the crime. Prosecu- tor Cowan pointed to the fact that the stone, hough blood-spaered, otherwise was clean while the cellar was dusty and dirty.