The New York herald., 1872-11-04

rrsak Pauf dry goods Of q west Twcnty.second
street; Joan Bohanz, uphostercr, Of 1s2 Third ave-
nue.; JOIN Van cott Of % Pitt street; John p
schmev ger, OF 200 Third avenue; Ebert Van Cott
iurnit dre, Of lsl Canal street; Isaac Lewis Jr,
clers- OF 100 East Fifteenth street.
TIE jurors having been sworn, Coroner Young
mv de few pertinent remarks about
, THE Ek0RMlTY OF THE OFFRvCE
ncy were called upon to investigate and the nee
use OF pistols and other deadly weapons which had
long prevalled among the lower and r0wny classes
then In en s ococs next Friday
ing at the Coroncr's office, City Hall
P0sr-hORTEM EXAMINATION -
At the IOstmOrtom examination were Drs-
Marsh, Vandewater Hardy and M. H. Henry. Dr.
Marsh made the examination, assisted by Dr. Van
EXTERNAL APPEARANCES.
Head.-A circular opening quarter OF an inch IN
diameter with blackened and inverted edges was
found on the left side OF the nose, opposite the
inner cautlus a left eye, evidently the point OF en-
trance OF a bullet; . lacerated wound, one inch
in length through which the skull was seen to be
cOmminutcd and brain substance protruding, one
and half inches above and one and hall inches
point OF exit Of q bullet; an irregular opening
about one and . half inches above the occipitai
protaberance was found, through which the
bullet; four aSrasions on the lore.
head and fOur on the face, nasal bone
fractured; echymosls Of both lids Of right eye.
circular wound, with inverted, backened edges,
four inches above the elbow the point Of entrance
OF q bullet, which, passing through the arm pene-
trated the humerus and made its exit; an Old
cicatrix was found, two inches in length by one
inch IN width, two inches below the left nipple;
another cicatrix was found two inches to the lett
OF the median line and three inches below the left
nipple. probe was then passed IN the wound at
the left OF the nose; 1t passed upward, IN
ward, backward and to the right to
the extent Of six and O half inches On examining
the scalp q considerable quantity OF extravasated
blood was found at point extending to the wound
over the right ear; the calvarum was then exam
ined; beneath the unrO mater was found some slight
extravasatiOn OF blood more particularly marked
over the right pOsteriOr lobe OF the cerebrum; a
small cl0t was also found over the anterior lobe of
terror. The brain was then removed; the cere-
bellum medulla Oblangata and base Of right hemis-
phere was found to be extremely lacerated,
few fragments OF bone having been driven into
tnem fracture OF the right parieta was found, ex
tending from two inches to the right OF medan line
to the base OF the skull; there was also
found a fracture OF the nasal frontal Orbitus,
plate Of rontal occipitai and sphenolradl pd
left Of the nose, ss, ana passing through the
right anterior lobe OF cerebrum, made its exit
at the wound described as over the right ear,
comminuting the parietal and temporal bones at
Its point OF exit. Another ball entered the Occi-
pital bone, passing through the cerebellum and
through and lodging In the body OF the sphen0id
bOne causing q c0mminuted fracture Of both Occi-
pital and sphenoid bones. A bullet was found
below the left nipple. The lungs, heart kidneys
and spleen and other organs we're found to be
perfectly healthy.
Death, in the opinion of the doctors, was from
compression OF the brain from fracture OF the
skull the result Of pistol shot wound Of the head.