New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-19
TIE CASE OF FANNY WHITE.
EXRUNaTlON AND POST MO2TEW EXAM
NATION.


tined to dreadful Dotorety, even beyond the grave.
On Friday morDiDg lat, within an hour after she ap-
pesred in robust heal h. the members OF her houehold
found her pr and desc by her bedside her face
and neck b!a kened with the traces Of violent death
Her husjsnd- for we are tod tina. sic married,
AID lad dtey en3esvo ed to a.ons for past sins BY
yiItuous lie, and th. dspenia.)n Of liberal charity
wes summoIed, aud physicians called in, who alter d
paltial auropsy decided that enc died of ap,pexy.
The medical gentleman gave certificate 10 thai effect
and the proposition Of sone of the friends call in the
Coroner was oveIuied. On the following morning,
the mourning husband announced tbs Gece4se Of his
wife in the newspapers, and on Sunday tie nains
were followed 10 the grave by Of those to wnom,
the Ley day OF her career, shs sustained the reI
ion hip of friend and patron, AMI assisted to mount
the a1der Of ambition who Are e2ii 10 have mouTn'd
her demi;e with unieigued SORROW
Der husband is repone TO nave cen greatly shocked
VIXEN the news Of bi3 wifss death reached him. the
fearful nature of her takingof producing profound
impression. But in the ndst Of bis gief vague RI
moIs began to circulate that al not right. IL Tas
sd that she had recently made her will aud that the
accommodations Of her criminal hal been conveyed
to HIN who had made Der an LO,est wouan; then
the singular failure 10 comp with the Law requrnga
Coroners inquest to he reid in cases q sudden death
was commented upon; and eventually, as the story
patfed through the town. il gre to prodeous proper
tons Ill people hes fay hat the woman had been
p0is ned Anonymous letters were sent to Coroners
ard hers and at length i. ordered tnat tue body
be dsnl,Ied and subjected ID ths usual chemical tests.
Yesterday, in the 6iogy Desd-House of Bsllsyue
Hosl ital this duty entered upon. An that re-
mo.led Of her WHO fer many years held high revel in
the hale Of pleasure, whose Wit flashed ADD whose
wine flowed for Of the orem9tt m7n oil the To- n,
| whcfe voiee was believed to be potential with per-
| sopsges prominent in tie State and Federal G)verl
ments, AMI whose pure furnished The means Of ele-
yaiug her friends TO Legisa i've hcnors-all that WAS
Ef. Of that beautiful, winning, wicked woman, lay
stretched upon a COMMON plank, in the rigid embrace
Of death ard eLvloQed in TIA ceIouen's Of the grave
| crowd Of curious, cartlsss stadents, aid feS
rrayer Pl ofesso1s Of Surgery and Chemistry among
them CaInochan Bronson, D)iemus, and B1lton, were
GROUPED around the corpse about 10 enter upcn their
work. Decomposition had uot yet seized upon the
BODY and al confessed a it presented the pcrfsc ion
offemale symmetry. Various opinions gare expro5sed
&c :, tie caase Of its tilgplr preservation bat We
do no. ca1e to repeat them. How the surgeons did
their wolk tLey will .ell in their oEn words:
| posr-NoRrEN EXAMINATIONS or me roDY oT rANyr
WHITE.
Prof j. NJ. Csrnochap, Prof. j. o. Bronson, and Dr.
Bouon conducted the invest gaiop ~ ;he prtsshct OIL
| a Lumber Of eminent medical men, with the iolO"ilg
results: No rigOT nOrtes; body III e rtmaTklbe STATE
of reservation; form beautiful and i1Cly ronrd-d Gya
large deposit Of adpose tissue color Of skin -llkei
presenting a rosy INT upOn the cheeks mHdve PLAN
sold Iii on ring finger OF left hand NJ examination
of the eX erior signs Of confusion dscOyefdDe
| evidences OF previous examination were lr'-enti
VI opening the thorax the heart was iound earaed
from its envelope, IN normal SLATE viii the exception
of an increased deOsit Of the a' around the ri ht ven
| tricc; both lupgs were intact, aihtsonsi color
| frightened and tifsue more dense than nat
! bral, presenting Serious condition the
| apiece of both lungs presented obsolete tdb.IchJls
deposits; opening the abdominal cavity, IN Their
evidences Of the previous examiL alton were found his
liver, spleen, and kidneys were normal, and portion
of each preserved for chemical examiutioni the
stomach and inteeut appeared in healthy cOnduO1
| and were removed eutire for exam marion by Prof
| Doremus; the sesophagus and portion Of the
tor gue and some muscular tissue were also removed
for like purpose upon examini AZ the head and fi'e
sign OF confusion, but evidences Of the previous ex
animation discovered; the pupils of tbs eye
dsted; upon turning back the scalp gbou midway Of
The pOserior hsp, email spot Of echymosis was OBJ
served but no spot IN relation TO II on t1e exterior
suIface could he discovered on the cavarium, how
ever at the angles Of junction Of the andoidal aud
ssgita suures at the back Of the head, sro, OF
ecbyInoss nearly inch and half in diameter, wss
observed corresponding with the sPct upon the scalp
| the skull iteef however was in nowise injured;
| upon removing the oalvarium q portion Of the left
hemisphere Of the brain showed considerable guam
thy Of exttvasated blood beneath the arachnoi on
a similar condition found 20 exist large qpsn
tity Of thin da blood was found extravasstsd be-
meath the aracbnoid throughout the cervca and half
i the dorsa portion of the spinal marrow.
In reference 10 he coDguated blood found upon the
tku sorgeons ssy that no opinion can be formed aud
lie presence ind atee nothing The confusion which
| produced 1t may have happened some time since. Tne
pos-uortem shows nothOg yet in the leas. degree
suspicious but remains for Prof Doremus 10 deter
mne whether or not there is poison infnsed il the
vital organs The resrt Of his labors cannot be made
| known for several days.
| THE STORY TOLD BY THE FAMILY.
| The story Of Mrs. Whites death is told by Mr.. J.
b. Blapkman, her husbands brother as fellows:
| :" On Friday morning she took breakfast with her
husband aud niece, and or two others and parted
from her husbar at the street door, between eight and
nine O'clock III the morning, being then apparently
IN Der usual good health She then, 1t lie Supposed
imme diaely up her room and pros .edsd
according 10 her usual habit TO make her bed aud ndy
the room. The bed was found TO 10 made but the
holsters ard pillows bad not been placed uponit About
eleven O'Clock Of the servant girls went NJ the
and found her kneeIing by the eide of tbs bsd
handkerchief III her hand her face ard neck badly dis
colorsd and apparently dead. she called the other
| want girl, and the two laid her out upon the
bed and immed latey cent for DIR. Reisig,
WHO lives on the opposite side Of the
street, and another ply siciin. DIR. Rel
sig cane over q, once but found ahe was dead
y me Of the neiRhbors also called IN and
xDger sent 81 Mr.. Blar kma0s office, No. Beck
man street. Mr.. Blankman's brother sent in various
directions after him. and he al bis. found attending
to his duties in Of tbs cOute. lie appeared 70 be
terribly shocked when the news Of his wiies death
was communicable him. He immediately went nome
with his brother In carriage. The relatives Of the
deceasedtwo bro.bers and nisterwere alec Gent for
at once. The next morning, ut the request OF Mr..
Bankman ard his brother, examination Of the body
wac made by DrB. FDnel aud Sands in the presence
~ d. Da.EA IlH H.