The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-17

e.,..uso N. W special to the Phila-
30 dated the 18th, has the fol-
Thc community is greatly excited
Owns o,ic,od barharous and unauthorized
y ,u -. - ,n examination made by Mrs. Dr.
rIdor ON the body OF Miss lmogenc
el'n'o ~ Vas accidentally and fatally
ew''' Christmas day by +. w. Gates.
RI couple were to nave peen mar
49, on January Isl, u. Csnost'' ~.
The most sensational stories are
e., some going so TAR as 10 aliege
~" DR. Elder used the knife on
e. Tcwis's body before she was dead.
wv = said Mrs. George Castle. who
WY me house where Miss Lewis was
mnr Elder began The poSt-mortem
yy Miss Lewis's body was anywhere
lo'' There were a number of pco-
81 az house. but despite their protesta-
:" ~ ~, cleared the room and locked the
Che soon called for an apron, and
.O.' 81, Tor towels and any soled clothes
- rere in the house. After she had
&, tho room for some time Mr.. Castle
o~od ON the door and said, Whats 90
y an in therei' The reply came from
rider. ooh, nothing, we are only
frobing for the ball.
"A Mn Castles daughter was in the room
~ before the examination was begun.
IN mt my hand on Miss LewiS's face" she
iii land il was warm and felt quite
Ka;ural. heard gurgling in Miss Lew
. throat. = "Thc doctor must have made
<,omplete pOSi.mOrfcm examination" said
H. Castle, "ss there was an mciSion
a sde nearly the whole length Of the body.
I'm Of Miss Lewis's undertaking were
|kaked with blood. A pail was used for
|4pme purpose. aud where il was cmptied
*icces OF flesh were found 10y MIR. Castle"
4 Coroner Taylor says that as soon as notl-
III OF the accident he summoned jury
hid went 10 the house, where he found
frs. DR.. Elder Just sewing up an incision
bade in the body Of Miss Lewis. DIR.
Eder had performed some kind OF an
<feration. " Whether she took any OF the
rcans Of the body, do not know" said
IN Coroner. "Shc certainly had no au-
horlty TO do anything Of the kind. She
IN had the body removed from the sit
|<1nr-room into the parlor, and had the door
ecked. | ordered her 10 finish sewing up
IN incision. and said that the jury would
Nv the body. She objected, and did not
ant the Jury to 90 into the room. She
II MI taken the ball out from the back OF
cHisS Lewis'S neck, where it lodged. The
lIepund certainly would not have produced
ksth.
- \. There is great indignation here con-
2kFning Or. Elder making an abdominal
animation. II was wholly uncalled for.
a2te had no right TO interfere with the body,
nd. according TO some Of the provisions
I'D The new code, she could be prosecuted
~ Miss Lewis's friends. Every one, am
informed, oil jccted 10 DR.. Elder assuming
- much responsibility, but it seems to have
lIade no difference. The doctor left soon
nf4er my arrival at the house."
"a did not make q complete pOSt-nOrteDl,
jonly as far as searching for the ball was
foncernod," said DR.. Elder this afternoon,
a. to any additional examination, SIM
Div made an incisiOn of four inches for
good and sufficient reasons. / did not
take any Of the organs of Miss Lewis's body
away with me. Before l finished my eX-
aminatiOn the people came into the room,
and did not complete ii. did not make
any report TO Coroner Taylor. was called
70 go To the house. tried to reSuscitate the
unfortunate girl, but without avail. Isaw
her eyes twitch few times. | lowered
III head and raised her feet; in fact, did
The best that ! could in the case"
4 when asked il she heard the gurgling in
His Lewis's throat just as she was about TO
Mgin the examination she said: Il did
hfar the sound two or three times. 1t
must have come from blood or air in the
>Rachea, as far as | know. The body was
Bid when | began the examination"