The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-23

derer had been caught some so miles distant from here
after desperate resistance in which he received
wounds and that he would be brought INTO the garrison
on the morning OF the Sth. About o'clock OF the
morning of the sth, number OF Indians in and
stated That the murderer had died Of his wounds the
night previous, and asked for wagon 10 bring in the
dead body. This refused but blanket furnish
cd them in which to wrap the man. and Indian sent
after him. About III o'clock the corpse brought in,
and a careful post morlem examination made by the
intelligent and gentlemanly physician of the post Acting
Assistant Surgeon j. CooperMcKee, Who at my request
furnished me the following inmate and interesting ac.
eoun Of the anatomical operation witnessed the whole
process, aud particularly observed the integuncns
which bound the heart separated free discharge
blood, as II the incision made upon animate
body:
Fonr DEnANoE, N. NJ, Sept ., 1858
SIR IL gives me pleasure 10 furnish you with the fol-
lowing concise account of my examination Of the body
of the Indian brought into the post yesterday that
the murderer OF Maj Brooks negro boy.
The about five feet two three inches high
and not over eighteen years old The body perfect
ly fresh and plant in life. There rigor tao,tis
anywhere except little in the left elbow. The
face and hair were daubed and smeared with mud and
dirt. Alter washing and examination, found the fol
lowing wounds The most marked immediate
ly over the left eye, involving the eye, we'll the
ridge above it, The integuments were much lace
rated and the bone extensively shattered The
weapon must have been very close and the ball
a very irregular one to have made such wound
The ball did not pass out. Another bullet wound -
very regular over the region oil the stomach,
running upwards. Another, very irregular, through
the shoulder blade into the cavity of the chest This
bIed freely Another regular wound Just above the left
coar-bone Upon opening the cavity OF the chest and
abdomen found that the ball which had entered
the region OF the stomach had passed upwards wounding
in its the left lobe of the liver passing through
the diaphragm into and through the right lung, going
out through the ribs and shouder-badc There
quantity of aooagad blood in the cavity Of the chest
and aey considerable heat ~ tie inesne This wound could
not have been Immediately fatal The ball above
the left collarbone had penetrated into the nteguments
of that region, and not wound Of much import.
Upon opening the cavity of the Uranium, found bat
tered and atened slug lying in the brain the wall
of the skull opposite TO where it had entered having
passed directly through the BRAIN tearing and decorating
its substance by its iuegularty This wound was inn
mediately fatal
The wounds were all fresh there being not the least
sign Of suppration The blood was uncoagulated the
skin perfectly natural The uninmed eye still preserved
its natural appearance All the organs and tissues were
healthy The blood had not graytted settled in any
par of the body. From these evidences / am certain
that the man had not been dead eight hours. am
of opinion that he first shot through the liver and
lungs by rifle ball while he in a reclining position
probably asleep This not being fatal he despatched
by pistol held near his head This the nmedi-
ately fatal wound.
The Indians asserted that he had been badly shot
days ago and had died last night after lingering with
his wounds. The anatomical evidences which never
dccelve-prove positively to the contrary. They also
assert that he died some forty miles from this post The
evidences indicate that he murdered in the neigh
borhood. The man who shot the negro boy was known
from bis appearance TO be ut least forty five years old
This man was not eighteen No one here had ever
seen him before, and ALL upon looking at him, said i'm
medatey, and without hesitation, that he not the
murderer.
They have thus added another murder to their long
account of crime, not to say anything of the sehood
and deception attempted TO he praosed upon the gov
ernment.
With high respect am, sir your friend, truly,
j. COOPER MCKEE,
Acting Assistant Surgeon u S. A.