Fullhart Murder Trial.
m. OXLKY ON TIHAL FOR HIS LIFE
The Cn o Ably Prosecuted by County
Attorney Klrkpulrlck , C. II. Jlol-
tomb ami J S. Klikpatrk'k ,
and Defense Conducted
by Wall and Dean.
Tim case of the murder of W. JI.
Fullhart , who WAS found dead 18
miles north west of Ausolmo , on
the 24 of lust November , was oom-
menoed Monday withe Judge II. M.
Sullivun on thu bench. All day
Monday and until 10 o'clock Tuca-
day won oooipiod in scouring a jury.
The regular panel was exhausted
on the first day and talcHtnon had to
be celled to iill up the jury. Judge
Wall , for the defense , objected to
the sheriff summoning the talesmen
and the court appointed E. Taylor ,
ox deputy under Sheriff Leisure to
servo as special deputy for that pur
pose. Thu following is a list of
the jury finally chosen : G. T. Rob
inson , Broken Bow ; Godfrey Nan.
HelCaliaway ; II. Wilko , West Union ;
Jas. May , Callaway ; T. D. Gill ,
Genet ; Quo Cox , W , P.
True , Georgetown ; J. L. King ,
liyiio ; Jason Evans , Sargent ; W.H.
Mauk , Borwyu ; S. P. Young , Louiax ;
JUH. Cosner , Broken Bow ;
It IH stated that there are CO wit
nesses for the state and 48 for the
defendant , making a total of 108
witnesses to examine before the
case can go to the jury , it will probably -
ably take the entire week.
Among the witnesses for the do.
fondont aru : Everett Oxloy , fatUer
of the defendant and two brothers ,
George and Emmy of Chambers and
A. L. Spearman of Louisville and
George Kiugo of Springfield Neb.
A half brother of Fullhart , J. B.
Shidler , of Cuba , Kansas , arrived
Tuesday morning , and he expectn
his brother toduy , who bus been
detained at homo up to the present
by sickness.
Thu witnesses on both sides wore
excluded from tle court room dur
ing the trial by order of the court
The first witness called was Wesley
Riohardeon , who after being sworn
testified substantially as follows.
Have resided 13 miles west of
Anselino since Nov. 10 ; moved on
Nov. 10th from 11 miles north of
Broken Bow ; have a familyconsist
ing of a wife and one ohildinovod ; to
Great & Sloggott's ranch , 13 miles
northwest of Ansoliuo. Will Great
was living at the ranch at thu time ;
lie has a family , consisting of wife
and four children. I took his place ,
Reached there Friday , Nov. 10th , at
10 o'clock a. rn. On Saturday , the
17th of November , worked around
the house with Mr. Great ; Sunday ,
thu 18th , was at home all day.
Weather on Sunday cold ; snowed
Sunday evening. Monday , the 10th ,
worked about the place ; Mr. Great
and I were at homo all day ; Tues
day , chorod about the place ; Wednesday
nosday , took t'unoo down north ot
house ; Thuisday rolled up wire ;
Great and I worked together. Fri
day I wont to Ansolmo , and Mr.
Great stretched wire ; Saturday
wont to Mr. Murphy's ; live mile :
northwest of Groat'a ranch. I left
at 8 o'clock ; Great went with mo ;
wo wont to tell him about eome
cattle which wo had taken ap ; wo
went from there to Fullhart's place
four miles from Great ranch. When
wo got to the Fullhart place , we
wont to the door and knocked , bu
received no answer ; wont north to
the tank ; saw four head of horses
and a colt there ; ground covered
with sleet and snow. Examined for
tiaoks around the house , and found
nothing but horse tracks. Dee
fastened on outiido with rope on
nail ; unfastened door and went into
house ; found ho was not there
Wont duo east from house , 9 long
line of fonoe , along Hide of road
thought we might find him eve
there. First saw sled with wire on
it , and Mr , Fullhart's dog ; got uj :
oven with the sled , and found Mr
Fuilhnrt's body , with brad Iving to
tbo southeast , on right side of faou
was 0 or seven feit northeast o
aled. Three rolls of wire were on
sloJ. Wire was stretched on the
fence within about two rods of hi
body ; two wires were stretched on
tbo fence ; posts all set half mil
west of his body ; no wire strctchd
west of body ; keg of nails just eas
of him , where ho finished stretching
wire. It was throe-fourths of
milo east of Fullhart's houseuitoho
to the sled with rope and singl
tree ; sled facing east ; body clothe
with throe pair of pants , undershirt
two outaido shirts , vest , coat , wit'
blanket over his shoulders. Th
blanket wan folded and drawn eve
bis shoulder , and tied in front wit
string ; blanket balf way over hi
bend ; cap 0 feet southwest of him
Wounds on right back nido of hea
and loft ear. Faoo and head oov
. .ered with blood , also ground whor
head lay , for quite a space ; in
ted quite a lot of blood. Mr.
" " \wttB with me. We di4 no
body nor touch it' 'Full
pair of felt boots and
"jn bis foot ; overikoos
well worn out. Wo looked for
evidence of a struggle , but found no
trucks at all , cxou pt his little dog's
trauka. Great and 1 wont homo ,
got our dinners , and I wont back
and staid with the body ; got back
to the body about half past two ;
staid until sundown. It was in the
Hatne condition as when wo found it.
J went homo to supper ; Great ,
( Jharloy Street and another man
oaruu and staid while I was gone.
G. S , Bail * , Filley , Willie Mar.
tin were there when I got back at
0:30 ; we all staid through the night.
The sheriff and county attorney
came between 9 and 10 o'clock that
night. The next thing done with
the body was the next morning ,
when the sheriff examined it a no
moved it. Thu body was frozen
stiff , pud had a very bad smell. I
did not go to Ausolmo when the
body was taken ; was at the inquest.
Charley Street hauled the body to
Annolmo. 1 moved to tbo Great
ranch Friday , Nov. 16th. About a
week after I wont to Groat's place ,
a person came looking up some laud ;
his name was Barnes ; ho Hrovo out
from Ansolmo with Kirk Eldredge's
boy. It was on Thursday after 1
got there ; Thursday before wo
found the body. Barnes went to
HOC a piece ot laud between Groat's
and Fullhart's ; Great went with
him ; Great wont on horseback ;
man and driver went in buggy.
Grout loft tbo ranch and wont to
Fullhart's on day that I moved in.
Do not know which direction he
went ; was not there wben he left ,
or when ho oamo back.
Cross-examined : Moved into
house with Groat. Great staid
there two weeks , or a little longer ,
after I moved. I leased the place.
I have an interest , I am not related
I refer to Mr. Groat. Owners are
Will Great and Jim Slogaett. I
am not related to either ; they are
not related ; I lived oil Hloggett's
place before 1 moved ; wont to Mur
phy's to notify him that Great had
some of his cattle : written notice
was given. I think Mr. Great had
had them taken up two or throe
days when we gave tbo notice. They
were taken up on the Friday before
we found Mr. Fullhart'a body , on
the 23d. I was not presort , but
was living on the ranch ; was not
present whtm Fullhart's horses were
taken up for running on the hay ;
there were thirteen Horses. I was
ot present. Great did not take a
written notice to Mr. Fullhart ; do
ot know why he did not ; ho gave
Murphy a written notice. Ho wont
on northeast from Murphy's to Full ,
hart's , three aud one-half miles ; he
oft homo at 8 o'clock ; got to Mur
phy's about 0 o'clock ; did not stay
over five minutes. When we got to
Fullhart'e ranch , wo knocked at the
door ; we were on horseback ; Great
rapped on'door ; I was on my horse ,
two rods away , in plain sight ; could
not see the fastening on door , on
account of well ; saw slate on door ;
small alato about 8x10 ; did not no
tice the slate tbo first time I was
there ; Mr. Great did not stay at
door more than about ono minute.
Great said I guess ho is not there.
saw Great look at the slate ; saw
him road it ; it was right by him ; it
was the second tima we were at the
door ; wo went to within three or
four yards of the tank ; wont to
tank to see if Fullhart was tharo.
Wo talked about nothing iu going
to tank ; went immediately baok to
house ; we talked on our road baok
to the houeo ; wont into the house ;
tied horses about one and one-half
rods from door , in front of house ;
went into the house ; road on the
elate ; both rend at the aamo time ;
went into the house. The door waa
fastened with a rope wrapped
around a nail. Great went iu firat ;
there were two rooms in the house.
Wo went in both rooms ; when we
looked into second room wo want
out. A kind of a bad in the room ;
looked to see if Fullhart was in
there ; an old door ou the northwest ;
do not know whether it was used.
The fastening could not have been
made by a man on the inside ; ex
atninud bed enough to know
whether anybody was in thero.
Qunstion ; Did you not state in
the preliminary that Great looked ,
and you just called for him ? Ob-
looted to , and objection sustained.
Were in the bouse two or three
minutes ; wont out together ; think
Mr. Great abut the door ; fastened it
with the rope about the same as we
fouud it ; went east. It was ou our
way home , and thought wo might
find Mr. Fullhart , and because ot
tbo writing on the slate , llavo
soon the slate at the inquest ; ( slate
exhibited ) witness identified the
slate as the one he saw on Fullhart's
door , The writing the same as
when I saw it on the door , oxoept
the lower part of tbo writing. Wit-
nose , read the words that were ou
the slate when he first saw it.
"Wo are straight east , ono milo
along the posts " We went about
three-fourths of a mile cant ; first
thing we saw was the sled with wire
on it , and Mr. Fullhart'a dog. I
I did not mean to say the face was
entirely covered with blood ; what I
meant was tout there waa blood on
his face , in his hair , on right nido efface
face , also run down on loft side efface
face , alongside of nose. Did not
feel of the body at all , at any time.
Could tell it was frozen stiff by
looking at it ; all I know about it
being stiff or frozen was by looking
at it. The snow or sleet began to
fall on Friday night , a week before
Mr. Fullhart's body was found. It
was first a heavy frost , everything
covered white. Garments were not
as clean as mon usually wear. Tbo
name of the land agent I think is
Barnes ; think ho was from Kansas ;
Imvu not seen him since. He wont
west between our place and Full-
hart's , to look at a piece of land ;
did not go with him , and could not
see him on his road for more than
one-fourth of aluilo. Great went
away from the place on the 10th 'of
November. I was not there ; he
told mo ho wont away. Great told
me ho wont to Fullhart's after bin
dog. This was Friday , the 16th of
November.
Redirect : Fullhart's horses had
been there at the G ranch off and
on all week ; the sheriff opened
the clothes of Fullharl ; saw thu
body when examined , a few blue
spots on the body , on the stomache ,
on the righ' side , quito a loud scent
from the body ; noticed it before
the body was moved ; could detect
it 5 or 0 ft. away before the body
was movedwas ; more pronounced
after the sheriff opened his clothing ;
I took him by the arm and turned
him over ; the body was stiff , from
my judgment thought it waa mostly
frozen.
Rocross examined : The odor
was from the body and not the
clothing ; do not doubt but the
clothing would smell a little bit ,
First I knew Mr. Fullhart's horses
was in Sept some time , I was up
then at work ; Fulluart was not
there with the horses ; Fullhart did
not toll me that thry were his horses ;
saw 13 horses of Fullhart's second
time I was there , all I know about
thorn being Fullhart'u horses is from
hearsay. If tbo party that told me
they wore Fulthart's did not know
I was misled. The dog was a litlo
black one , it was email , I saw the
tracks ot the dog around Fullhart's
body , but did not see them around
the bouso.
Court's question : Did it snow
on Friday night ? No sir , the sleet
and snow fell Sunday night , ex
cused.
Chna. Street sworn. Live about
10 miles north went of Ansolmo ;
had known Fullhart about 8 years ,
was on my place the daytho Full-
lart body was found , Great came
on that day ; I drove my team to
Wm. Hough's aud put it up there.
lie hitoliud up to his spring wagon ,
we went around by Groat's place ,
wont to the body with Great and
Hough ; the head of the body slightly
down hill , sled facing east-J ; miles
east of house , body had a great
amount of clothing on , 2 or 3 shirts
2 pair of pants one overhauls a
shawl i over shoulders , folded in
four i thiaknesses ; badly bruised
around the head , face lying on side
was there from 3 p m. to U a. m.
the next day. Peter Filloy , John
Bales , Hugh MoDermont , Ira Fos
ter county attorney and sheriff cainu
while I waa there ; I took the body
to Aniolmo and deposited in a buil
ing tboro.
Croat examined : Lived iu county
since ' 83 , lived near Broken Bow
part of the time , relatives live near
there now ; Fullhart's house north
of west of my place. Gloat's resi
dence is 2 $ miles from my place ;
Great told me firat of the death of
Fullhart , do not remember the date
exaotly ; it was on Saturday before
thu body was moved to Anselmo ;
no ono waa with me when he told
me , I was in the fluid gathering corn
between 1 and 2 o'clock ; I told him
I would get Mr. Hough while he
went to Mr. Johnson's ; I went in
Hough's spring wagon , Hough resi-
doe about 4 miles from Fullhait's ;
I did not eon the body examained ,
I hauled the body to Anselmo , no
one was with me ; I did not see the
clothing taken from the body ; 3
overalls , 2 shirts , under shirt , coat
aud shawl over the shoulders aud
head 4 thicknesses ; did not observe
any oder about the clothing or body.
I helped load him m the wagon ;
did not help carry the body iu the
bui'ding ' ; waa not in the room until
body was prepared for burial ; ob
served no oder. The loom was 40
or 60 feet long ; I was 4 or & feet
from the body , paaaod in and out
and looked at the body ; quite a
crowd was thero. I flaw the body
first time on Saturday ; last time saw
the body waa on Monday at the in
queaf
Redirect : Blanket over tba body
when iu the wagon until j got to
my place wben I put a heavy duck
wagon sheet over it. Tha body
was about the centre of the room
when placed for the public to view
it. Excused.
John Bales sworn : Live 4 miloa
west of Auselmo. lived there 12
years ; had known Fullhart prior to
his death 8 years ; saw him 25 or 30
times in the last two years. It was
the custom of Fulleart to carry fire
arms ; have scon him with a revolver ;
it was about 44 colt , pearl l.andlo
cap and ball , saw the revolver last
time about the 10 of Nov. ; had it
with him to Murphy's ; Murphy's
place is 3 miles from FultharlV
I was at Murphy's the 24 the day
the body wns found ; went to Full ,
hart's ; a sled , wire on it , Fullharta'
body , I not there about 7 p. in. and
staid until about 10 a. m. next day ;
The body was east of the Fullhart
house about a mile m Custor county ,
Nob.
Cross-examined ; Had known
Fullhart about eight years ; had seen
him 26 or 30 time in past two years ,
at his house and around at the
neighbors' ; know about the sword ,
pistols , guus , two revolvers , a rifle
and an old shotgun. Did not HOO
the sword at tbo time I saw the
guns ; saw the eword at another
time on the wagon. Did not ex
amine but ono gun for thu maker ;
one was the Colts ; ( witness described
where the uatno was on the gun ) ,
Had shot it ; was 44 caliber ; loaded ;
used it 50 or 00 times , I owned it
for a while. Excused.
Ira Fostet Live at Anselino ;
have lived there for 17 years ; have
held oflico of deputy sheriff and
constable ; am now constable. Had
known Fullhart two years. On the
24th of November , at Ansolmowent
out to Fullhart place with tbo sher
iff and county attorney ; found Kull
hai't dead throe-fourths of a milo
east of his house , alongside of fence.
A number of parties were watching
tboro. Wo took our lanterns and
examined all we oould ; looked to
the wounds ; did not move him until
the next morning ; be had built fence
east add west ; commenced east of
house ; set posts and strung wire ;
fence near where body waa fouud ;
fence east of body , but co not know
bow far. Wire stretched within
about a rod of body ; there was wire
stretcher , hanimor and keg of nails.
Body was lying in direct line with
onoo ; first post about fifteen feet
from body ; set west of that one-
fourth of a mile ; next inorniug ex
niniued the wound and the ground
around the body ; searched the
clothing , also unfastened the cloth
ing and blanket around'shoulders.
He had a white cloth around his
nook ; clothing opened in front and
thrown baok ; body was not in very
good condition ; akin looked "potted ;
noticed odor wben sheriff unfay
timed the clothing ; spots were on
I ho stomach and breast. Went to
tne house diruotly after the exami
nation ; door was open ; Armstrong ,
Kirkpatrick , Filley , and one or two
others ; Armstrong went iu first ;
fouud a Winchester rifle , double
barrel shot gun , a cap and hall navy
revolver ; think it had a wooden
handle ; am not sure , as it had rags
wrapped around it. I eaw a sword ,
also revolver aoabbard , hauging on
some old harness in the house ; scab
bard waa of leather. Wo followed
tbo alod tracks from the sled back
to the house that was the sled
which the wire was on ; alod about
12 feet from body ; there wore two
tracks , one made with foot with
felt shoe or boot , or rage wrapped
around it ; the other a small track ,
about No. 8 , middling plain aud
clear ; tracka by the side of sled
track ; the other looked aa though
it was in the lead the ono with the
muiUed shoes on ; one by the side
aud close to it all the tine , the other
in front ; one track kept oHtside of
sled , the other looked aa though it
waa in front , like he had bo n lead
ing the horse ; found no inotal box
therethere ; were harness there ; some
on the fenoe and corral , soinu in the
house , half act in stable ; on piece
of board , nailed onto a post , 5 feet
above the ground Found blood
on the harness hanging in the stable ,
single set or half of double set of
harneaa. The blood spots were on
the cookeyo that hitches onto aiugle
tree , on and of tug ; did not aec any
others.
Crosa-examined : Examined spots
on the harness ; they showed very
plainly ; they were a little dark ,
brown like ; ray best judgment is ,
that it was not paint. The blood
stains would cover a space about the
size of a quarter looked like finger
marks ; thiuk it had been on there
for some time. Haruesa were iu
the open shed ; stock iu corral
there ; stock could get to the bar *
ness. The stains oould not coma
from an oil barrel. Have built wire
fences ; have aeon paint ooine off ;
have seen people cut their hands on
wire fences. Sheriff Armstrong
and Kirkpattick were with me. One
track aeernod to have been made by
a boot wrapped iu oloth ; did not see
the tracks made ; one track in center -
tor of runners , the other outsidu of
tracks ; they ooald not have been
made by the lama aboe. Murphy
firat told mo of the death of Full-
hart. I went with Mr. MoDoruiott ,
the sheriff and the county attorney ;
tcld who were thora when he
roaehed the body ; sheriff and myself -
self examined the body ; house waa
in a terrible shape ; bad odor ; the
condition of clothing unclean ; w
smell about the body ; some about
the clothing ; oould tell the differ
euoo ; the clothing amelled aa
though it bad boon smoked for
1 about six mrtnths ; the body like a
dead body. " Found Winchester litlo ,
double barrel shotgun , old ( soil's
navy revolver , cap and ball ; door
'closed ' , but not fastened. Court
question : "Tho tracks had been
j made before the last snow , but in
, the sand ? " Answer"Did not
, say the tracks were made in the
) snow. " Excused ,
II. L. Ormsby sworn. Lived at
Broken Bow for nearly 3 years * am
agent for railroad company and ox
proas company ; have been agent for
12 jcarH. Ouo of my duties is to
k op record of weather at this place ,
for the government and the railroad
company. I take the temperature
three liniof each day at 7 a. ra. , 2
p. in. and 9 p. m. ; ( from Nov. 15th
to 25th , the rcicord , as shown by the
thermometer , was introduced ) have
been keeping this weather record
for nearly tbroo years. Excused.
Dr. R. C. Talbot called. Lived
in town since 1884 ; have practiced
medicine for 32 years ; for 22 years
in thin state. I was present at the
coroner's inqiest at Anselmo of W.
II. Fullhart ; found a cut through
the scalp , above the oar ; another
extending fiorosn , through and below
the ear ; the first , 1 inches long ;
the other 2 inches long , with the
ono across the ear. I could not
have told from what direction it
came , without further examination.
We stripped the skull , and found it
fractured from the medium line to
the front , and about 2 inches of the
skull crushed into the brain ; it wan
in several pieces , some of which
wont into the brain. The skull
was fractured a little behind the
line ever/the / ears , and depressed ;
tbo.fisuture extended to the front ,
the frcuiro was trom some external
blow ; from the appearance it was a
blunt instrument of some kind , with
an odoo ; that would out through ;
the instrument must have been of
Hoirie size , as the cut and crushed
skull must have been made at onetime
time ; had a weapon , or saw a
weapon which could have produced
the wound iv large revolver ; I took
the revolver , ; uid by placins the
butt of the revolver over th ) de
pressed portion of the skull , the
trigger guards fit over the out in
the e.ir with proper force the re
volver would have made the
wounds. He hero descriobed hov
the Diow could have been stuck ,
A bu let of wood or steel might
have been shaped to have done
it ; could not been , done with a ham
mer with ono blow. The blow was
of considerable force The blow
would kill a man instantaneously.
The adges of the pieces of the skull
bone had been crnshed into the
brain substance. A postmortem
examination was made by Dr Day
aud I. Dr. Williams was pies-
ont. The other organs of the body
were healthy , Blood extended
from the wounds over the left side
of bia face , but very little blood
was in the body wben we opened
it. A little clot was iu his heart
Found four thicknesses , of coats or
vests , one of which was leather ,
three shirts , three pair of socks , ono
pair of shoes and \vrapped around
thorn ; cloth of some kind around his
neck A blanket was lying there ,
two pair of canton flannel mittens ,
very little signs of decomposition
No decomposing odor about it.
Could not aay definitely the num
ber of days ho had been dead.
Dr. Talbot , taking the degrees of
tempaturo for eight days prior to
the inquest in consideration , as
shown by the table , the body might
have bean dead two y ars. Ac
cording to all authority a body
ceases decomposition when at freeing /
ing point. And according to the
record exhibited of temperture in
that period of time it was below
freezing point.
A blow of that force would
knock a man down 1 hardly know
whether a body onnld have been
thrown from a wagon in a runaway
so as to have produced such a
wound.
Decomposition is destruction that
goes on after death.
I think I said at the coroner' * in
quest that the body had been dead
three or four days. The clothing
wore old. Did not notice the
blanket particularly. One of the
garments was leather In the bank
where we out the clothing off ,
There was no odor of decomposi
tion. There was an odor peculiar
to all dead bodies when you open
them. There wad an offensive odor
from the clothing. I could not tell
from what position the blow struck ,
if from human agency. Had 1
known or thought about the con
ditions of temporturo intervening
at the inquest I would not have
stated the body had been dead throe
or four days.
Dr. Clinton Day'sworn : Resid
ed IL Broken How two years , physi
cian , practiced over nine years ;
practiced at Morna before locating
here. Waa at tbo Fullhart inquest
at Auielmo , made < xaumation and
found wounds on body , one wound
on loft side of head little above
and back of the ear. External ap
pearauoe had the appearance of a
Women suffer
ing from female
troubles and
weakness , and
from irregular
or painful men
ses , ought not
to lose hope If
doctors cannot
help them. Phy
sicians are so
busy with other
diseases that
they do not un
derstand fully
the peculiar ail
ments and the
delicate organism of woman. What
the sufferer ought to do is to give
a fair trial to
which is the true cure provided
by Nature for all female troubles. 1
is the formula of a physician of the
highest standing , who devoted his
ivhole life to the study of the distinct - .
tinct ailments peculiar to our mothers - .
ers , wives and daughters. It is made
of soothing , healing , strengthening
herbs and vegetables , which have
been provided by a kindly Nature to
cure irregularity in the menses , Leu-
corrhcea , Falling of the Womb , Nerv
ousness , Headache and Backache.
In fairness to herself and to Brad *
field's Female Regulator , every
suffering woman ought to give it a
trial. A large $ i bottle will do a
wonderful amount of good. Sold by
druggists.
Sen J for a nicety Illustrated fie : book on the subject.
The Bradfleld Regulator Co. , Atlanta , Ga ,
cut about ono inch in lougth , and
the other wound had the appear *
auuo of a torn wound made through
the car , in front of first desuribed a
slight wound in front. The com
pressed portion two inches square ,
the skull was fractured over aud
around in front of the medium line.
On removing the scalp found tbo
woundiu _ front ot the ear was not
deep. The compressed portion of
the skull was broken in fine pieces
and pressed down on the brain sub
stance. Think some of the pieces
wont on the brain but were not
pressed down into the brain. The
wound could have been indicted by
a blunt instrument. A great deal
of force was necessary to produce
such a wound. Such a wound
would cause immediate death. The
wound on his head caused the death
of this man Fulluart. The wounds
might have all been inflicted with
ono blow. The force producing
tliesG wounds came from behind
above , downward and forward.
The other organs of the body were
in a normal condition. There was
Homo blood clot in his hair and left
eye was filled up with blood clot
and blood bad run down over the
forehead. The brain substance was
not frozen but the fluid beneath the
skull was frozen. Did not examine
as to whether the body had been
freezing and thawing. The rate of
temperture from thirty-six to forty-
two degrees above zero would pre
serve a body I would aay that
with the t mperturo ranging from
four degrees to forty degrees above
zero for tbo eight days previous to
inquest he might have been one
weak and it might have been two.
The temperture was sufficient to
preserve a body. A body frozen
solid will not decompose. First
decomposition is internally , attend
ed by gasaes , in the abdominal
cavity. The age effects decomposi
tion. In young persons decompo
sition § ets in earlier than in older.
State of health might exoellorate
decomposition , afllicted stomache
might. I think I a in able to say
that the wounds was effected by
some ono. I cannot conceive of
any way a person might bsve been
thrown to produce the injuries
found. I Think it impospible
Court adjourned to 9 o'clock to
morrow.
( CONTINUED NBXT WEEK )
Horse Rncr > < with Train.
i German papers relate that Captain
Baron Holzlngr recently covered a dis f
tance ot fifteen kilometers
( nine and
u quarter miles ) on horseback la
twenty-flve minutes. His horse had
been especially trained for the ride ,
having boon fed on a prepared food.
Instead of oats , for weeks. The rld.j
was accomplished without extraordi
nary exertion , and the horse was fit
for more work at the finish.
To Explore tlin SontU roliir St-as.
The duke of Abruzzl
proposes to
start from Buenos Ayres In 1902 , on a
voyage to explore the south polar seas ,
In a snip which will be specially built
In Italy from his
own plans and speci
fications. He has
selected
as his com-
and panloiia Vlttorlo Sella , the geographer ,
several youujj officers of the
Italian royal navy.
Country's Qrrutett Uolil Cuini.
Cripple Creek Is the greatest gold
camp in this country , and its produc
tion is very great. The core of the
gold country theru Is a strip of ground
six miles long by three miles broad.
Out of this comparatively small area
of ground { 20,000,000 iu gold will betaken
taken this year.