River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-09-25

Had on light clothing. Mrs. Walden:
he had only one suit. Pictures were
kept on shelf in front room. l attend
ed the examination. The body was
lying near the center of the kitchen
ON her back, lower limbs extended,
upper limbs flexed, wearing apparel
undisturbed. The principal wound
was fracture of the skull extending
from near the right auditory passage;
the skull was crushed in clear to the
sagittal suture, caused by heavy
blow with some heavy instrument;
apparently a second blow across from
the other side crushing in the parietal
/ bone down u within 215 inches of the
rim of Jhe ear. The result of the
blow IN the right side would be in
Simultaneous fall; with the other struck
first she might stagger. There was
short bruise upon the face that could
not be done by falling upon the floor
must be upon something; it had lit
tie the appearance of being burned.
/ Had on cotton drawers, called tight
ones, and not disarranged--no part
was disarranged. She must have been
dead nearly or quite f0rty-eight hours;
could not have presented that appear
ance in twenty-four hours. There was
| nothing in the appearance of the body,
clothing, position or otherwise, to in
dicate an outrage. The crushing in of
the bones, the width of the fracture
would indicate that an instrument =
inches in diameter was used. The
contents of the stomach as elected
showed that they could not have been
in the stomach more than about 3
hours--perhaps about Il or 2 hours.
The bruise on the neck did not extend
more than 4 around; did not indicate
| checking or Strangulation.
DIR. c. NJ. GOULD SWORN.
Reside i'll River Falls. Was not
much acquainted with the deceased.
Attended the examination and made
notes thereof [ agree in all particu
lars with DR.. Davis. l think the
wounds were caused by two blows
with a heavy instrument. The blood
blister upon the neck was probably by
effuSion before death.
Notes of Ecdmindtion.-1 Position of
the body: Prone upon the back, arms
akimbo, elbows resting upon the floor,
hands pointed inward and downward
to right and left by procondriac
regions, thighs aud legs somewhat
erected, head to the east.
2 Appearance of body: Advanced
stage of decomposition, general bloat
and surface blisters, due to the de-
composition, a bruise upon the right
and left olecranon processes, and two
small ones upon the interior external
lateral aspects of the left forearm, a
cash about two inches long over the
right inferior maxilliary bone, a bis
ter of considerable size in which eff
fusion of blood had occurred, extend
ing about Il around the neck across
the thyroidal region. Two fractures
of the skull, one upon the right ex-
tending from the Zygnomatlc
process below to the eminence OF she
parietal bone above, the one upon the
LETT parietal bone across the vortex
of the head encroaching upon the
sagital suture to the eminence of the
right parietal bone, face greatly dis
figured and discolored from effusiOn.
The ejecta from the stomach upon the
floor, about the mouth, face, and neck
presents the appearance of food but |
slightly digested, as though it had not
been infested more than an hour and |
a half or two hours. Detection from
the bowels, and urine from the uretha |
had occurred. The above are all the
marks of violence found upon the
body.
8 Appearance of clothes: Consist |
ing of dress, skirt, cOrScts, chemlse,
close drawers, and stockings, none of
which were in any way disturbed.
DIR. E. BALLARD SWORN.
Reside in River Falls. Was not ac-
quainted with the deceased. l made |
the first examination. | agree with |
the report of DR.. Gould as read by |
him, but do not agree with him as to !
the effuSion in the neck, that having |
the appearance of being caused by an |
injury received before death. | think |
the body had been composed or placed |
in position after death. | WAS the |
first person who touched the person or |
clothing of the corpse, except the |
mother who turned the cover from the |
face. The position of the corpse was |
as stated. Imade an examination to |
see if any outrage had been made and |
found her clothing not disturbed. l
made further examination to see II
any assault had been made, but the |
advanced state of decom position pre- |
vented. The quilt covered the body |
except the face and feet; the pillow |
was against the top of the head. per-
haps partially under, but mainly !
against the top. The most of the |
blood was under the head, but there |
was trail of blood from the body to |
the closet under the stairs, as though |
a bloody cloth had been from under. |
The blood upon her foot may have |
come from that. It is impossible to
say which blow was struck first. She
would have stood very few seconds
after either. Could have been given
while lying down, but not at all prob
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