Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-07

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Evidesce OF mrs, sandersoa .
Her sos-verdics or she Jary.
Coroner Brodsk commenced the In
quest on the body Of George sandsrson
at 8 P. NJ. yesterday. The autopsy was
hsld a. II A. NJ. The result will sufi.
GENTLY appear from the condensation Of
the testimony given below.
It 10 only necessary here to state thai
the autopsy made IL perfectly apparent
that Mr.. sanderson placed the muzzls OF
the pistol to his own head and pressed
1. 30 closely a. to exclude the air. This
would not only prevent the burning OF
the fssh and smuggling Of the hair. but
would fully account for the blurred ap-
psarsnce Of the wound at the point Of
the bullets entrance. The autopsy, In
the opinion Of the jury. cleared every
suspicion Of murder from Mrs. Sander.
SON.
Following II . condensation OF the
evidence taken:
Mrs. T. K. Howe testified to CONVEX
sation between deceased and his vile IN
the forenoon OF Wednesday, after which
deceased said. 81 wish I was dead, and
I will DO carried to the boneyasd In o
few days. deceased asked witness II
| abe did not think II o pity that such
Qood.for.nothing men like him were
allowed to live, while good men were
dying OF every day. Hs then turned
and said that he wished to God his wife
would attend to the business herself.
She opened her purse. threw the money
on the money on the floor and gave
| him. witness thought, $50. Deceased
took Il aud got to the door and said.
Goodbye, Annie. ~Roodbye;" slammed
the door and left. Witness stayed there
till s p. n. At $3.50 deceased had not
returned. This witness testified that
deceased was living in the house. but
not a. Mrs. Sandsrson's husband, they
having been divorced. Mrs. Ssnderson
told witness when she got the divorce
that she thought they would have to
separate; deceased said. annie. how
will poor old George get his livinRP'
and shs said she could not pat him out
and had always provided for him. 1t
was thrse-quarters OF an hour alter Wit.
ness left the room before she heard the
shooting.
DIR. Kirby testified to making an
autopsy OF the deceased. There were no
marks OF violence upon any part OF the
| body except the head, and both ears were
flled with coagulatsd blood. One inch
and q fourth from the top OF the right
ear was found Q wound. evidently the
point OF entrance Of the bullet; three.
iourths OF an inch from the tip Of the
left ear was found the point OF exit; In
serted q probe in the point Of entrance
and passed It through very freely. Then
examined the skull; frontal bone wal
| shattered from near the point OF en-
trance clear across the forehead to the
point Of exit; removed the skull and
found the brain q entire mass OF jelly
with the exception OF the back portion;
found no powder marks on the outside;
found powder Immediately under the
| skin near the point Of entrance; found
unmistakabls signs Of powder in the
brain matter and skull. The range
of the bullet In this case was the
natural range that IL would take
by o person shooting himself ;
point Of exit IL halt an inch lower
than tho point OF entrance; II q person
was sitting down q ball would naturally
range downward. The opinion OF wit.
ness was that the pistol was held closely
to the head and pressed hard at that;
| had the pistol been fred at the distance
| Of two or three feet there would have
been no signs OF powder In the brain.
The wound could have been inflicted by
another than deceased; moro probably,
| however, il was inflicted by himself.
| The pistol must have been pressed very
closely to the head.
DR.. Aiken testified to assisting DR..
Kirby in the autopsy. This witness
considered the case n OF suicide for
the reason that the pistol was held very
firmly to the temple 30 as to exclude the
air, forcing q great portion OF the charge
of powder into the brain, exploding
there, causing the large fracture across
the frontal bone; would have expected to
Have found the hair sinRed and parts
burned II any air could have got into
the muzzle OF the pistol, and the least
movement OF The person would have al
lowed some air to have got into the pis'
| toll and caused some burning or smuggling.
II the pistol had been placed there by
n other person than the n shot,
there would have been amovement that
| would have allowed air to enter the pis.
| toll. Why witness thought o portion oil
the powder exploded in the skull. was
| that Il would require Q great deal more
force to produce the long assure through
the thick frontal bone than to drive a
conical ball through the thin bone at the
temple. Il
Witness was called to attend deceased
ten or fifteen minutes after the ahot was
fred. He was dying then, was inssnsi.
BILE. Mrs. Sanderson was passing In and
out Of the room. sobbing and crying
quite loudly.
Nelson Allan, Chief Of Police, testified
10 being called to the house where the
shooting was about Ave minutes after
Il occurred; to finding the body lying In
q large pool OF blood; Mrs. Sanderson
was knesling beside him, his head In her
hands holding II up; she was crying and
sobbipp; noticed the bullet on the door;
picked il up; 1t was. about IS inches to
the right Of dscsassd's head; noticed q
pistol lying under his left hand partially
covered BY his coat sleeve; picked II up.
The pistol and bullet wers identified.
DR.. Robinson testified 10 attending on
deceased shortly alter the shooting. cor.
roborating the evidence Of DR.. Aiken.
John Hoban identified tho pistol %
ono he had seen In possession Of dc.
ceased: talked with deceased In the EARL.
er part Of the day-about ! o'clock P. n.
he had some money. and said he was
going 10 take II to the broksrI that be
did not think stocks could 60 any lower.
II II did he had something to fall back