Medical expert testimony in the Kelley murder trial / by Walter Channing.

  • Channing, Walter, 1786-1876.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Medical expert testimony in the Kelley murder trial / by Walter Channing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Help the doctors, of Thee I beg, For they are pulling the county's leg. If they much more my caranium drum, They will put the county on the bum But, good Lord, have mercy, and lay not up a feeling. It's the best and safest way to do the sin of stealing. Have mercy on the ladies who practice salts and pills, And show them how to do like men, to send in nice big bills. Forgive the sheriff, of Thee I pray. And help him on election day. And if a vote or two is bought. Make his life—as jailor very short. As high sheriff he will pass. Though he has the manners of a big jackass. His wife, God bless her, I don't think, Has driven him crazy, to rum and drink. God bless the attorney-general, and the county attorney, too. And should they go to Heaven, don't place them in the zoo. God bless the judges, so solemn and calm, And keep them from spiritual and bodily harm. God bless the jury, one and all. The young, the old, the large and small. Give them grace to consider the case. And on facts and evidence their opinions base. God bless us when we are laid at rest. And take us to the land of blest— The land that ever is the same. We ask of Thee in Jesus' name. Amen. Kelley's letters written in the jail, of which the writer has examined about twenty, are similar in tenor to his conversation. They show only a fair amount of facility of expression, but are