Year: 1874

from the renee. L found the first piece. |


William Aleshire. Know where Mrs. |
Tilton resided last fall. Was there the |
next day after the shooting The first |
thing l saw was the place where the blood |
was. Saw them holding the stake-think |
this is the same stake. Went down the
hill some little distance until found
where person could stand so as to
shoot the ball through the fence and hit
the boy. l went out to see what could
learn about it by seeing the ground, and
l came to the conclusion that the ball
had come from the orchard. Saw the
mark on the top rail- We found another
mark on the stake which we supposed to
have been made by ball or slug New
er used musket, but only small rifle.
Think the mark on the rail must have
been made by slug or some missile not
round The rail was too rotten to tell
certain about it.


Cross examination. Had heard part of
the evidence before the Coroner, and
knew the theory of the State, and went
out to see if there was evidence on the
ground to sustain that theory. Was pre-
disposed in favor of that theory. (Here
the plat was shown to the witness, and
he explained the localities at lengthy


Re-examined. When l went out pre-
disposed in favor of the theory establish
ed by the evidence before the Coroner, 1
found all the circumstances to corroborate
that theory, as 1 supposed


DIR. A. B. Monahan l am practicing
physician and surgeon. l was called be-
fore the Coroner's Jury at the house of
Andrew johnson. Found the head of
the dead boy to have been penetrated by
some missile, the same going from the
left temple, backwards and rather up
wards The ball entered at the left tenn
! pie and came out at the back of the head
above the ear. The missile could not
have been round The orrifce was so
large that I could pass the finger in. My
impression is that the missile must have
been nearly square. All gun shot wounds
make an orifce where they enter, about
the size and shape of the missile. | was
satisfied at the time that it could not
have been made with round ball. The
orifice on the other side of the head was
ing been torn out. The boy no doubt
| died from the effect of the wound. Ner-
vous paralysis was the cause of death.
1t was probably instantaneous, but not
necessarily so, but death would ensue i'm
mediately.


Cross examination. The wound was of
irregular shape, and give it as medi-
cal opinion, that it could not have been
made by round ball. (There was much
evidence as to the direction in which a
person would fall when shot.)


r. W Hubbard l am Sheriff of jack
son county. l and Mr.. Ewing arrested
Mrs. Tilton, on the oath of November
last, about dark The first 1 saw of her
she was standing in the hall door of her
house 1t is a frame house, with hall
running through near the centre.
went in at the hall door next the road.
l went around the house, and it was dark,





and Mrs. 'Tilton and John Ewing were
talking l asked her if she had any fire.
arms about her house. and she said she
had shot gun, and brought out the
musket now in the room. l examined
it and found it had been recently fred.


Cross examined Think the musket
had been recently fred but cannot tell
how long it would be before any per.
ceptible change could be discovered.


Re-examined. Went back in day OF
two and examined the house-found q
bar of lead and a can of powder. (They
are produced and identifed.) Irvine
DUNCAN was present at the time. Also
found some gun caps. The caps and
canister of powder were given to me by
Mrs. Tilton the night she gave me the
musket-the night we arrested her. CA
slug and musket ball were exhibited
which witness thought came out of Mrs
TiIton's trunk, which was brought to hel
at the jail Knows the ball came out o.
the trunk.


John NJ. Ewing. was deputy Sheriff
last November, and placed Mrs. Tiltor
under arrest l went to the front dool
and knocked, and she came and opened
the door When I arrested her she ask
ed me what I arrested her for. Ella Til
ton was there. When l first saw her she
was in the kitchen. Examined the
rlusket. 1t was damp, and must hav,


been fired in the past five or six hours.


THIRD DAY.


r. s. Mathews. Have had experience
with fire arms. Was year in the rank.
: in the army. Used the Springfield rifle
After that l acted as Adjutant, and after
!. wards as Major Soon after musket il
; fred there will be greyish color arounC
the tube Afterwards it gets hard. l
the atmosphere is dry, it would remain
the same for some hours. If damp i
might remain day or two. There wer,
} orders in camp forbidding the firing o
, muskets, and we often examined tht
guns to ascertain if orders had been vic
lated.


Cross examined Never made an!
e particular test to ascertain the length o
3 time since a gun had been fired.
CA double barreled shot gun was eX
3 hibited to witness, and he was asked
= either barrel had been recently dis


charged He said the right hand barre
e had been discharged recently, perhap