New-York tribune., 1883-12-17
4 WOUND IN R0SE KEISERS HAND.
NO NOTICE TAKEN OF IT BY THE CORONER
DIR. HAMMOND on sUICIDEs-MRs. DUNN DENTI
THAT HER HUSBAND Is A GAMBLER.

DR. HAMMOND on sUICIDEs-MRS. DUNN DENIES
THAT HER HUSBAND Is A GAMBLER.
In the room where Rose Keiser died, in the
windsor Hotel on Thursday, Mrs. Dunn received TRIB
INE reporter last night. She dressed In robe Of
sot material and she answered the inquiries that were
made in q tone which low from suppressed emotion.
When asked II her husband cared TO add anything 10 the
statements which had been published she answered that
he would not submit second series Of interviews but
that in his behalf she would speak
II asked him this morning why II that he had not
denied the reports Of his gambling Mrs Damn continued,
and he told that he had been so engrosscd In other
subjects he had forgotten TO do He denied to
however. that he had ever gambled in the St James
Hotel or that he had been acquainted with Baron Stern
phil DAILY, James Kelly in fact with any of the men
with whom II asserted that nc played He ddplGv cards
at the Blossom Cub but only in friendly games lie never
won S. 900 from any man. Ny husbands mother never
visited Miss Keiser IN his company during the entire time
Of their acquaintance. Mrs Dunn regarded the woman
merely In the light who made tasteful sou
nets fOf her and helped her about her rooms when she
was more than ordinarily inirn. While was In Saratoga
she made an attempt 10 shon me- ana several hohhs a-o
she sent her card Nh Dunn asking for inter
view. lie refused to bcr bat She saw his mother aud
asked where George When Mrs. Dunn asked whether
she 10 good by to HIM she drew revolver a4d
noDrishing il, EXCLAIMED That's the Kind Of gOodby III
say NV husband many times cnduaNOrcd 10 save her
from the life she leading aud tried 10 induce her to 70
did you everhear Of Miss scrtrcaeaing tocommit
No. shc ALWAYS threatened 10 shoot ny husband"
Mrs. Dunn had noticed, 5ne said, Gi ater ht revolver
was discharged there quantity ui blood on .dls7
undertaking shop II was observed ihht there was an nr
the skin between the thumb ana fOrciiuger or
The right hand. This abrasion treated and In con
sequence not seen AZ the examination rnadc ny Dep
Jenkins after the body had been dressed Tor
burial Mrs. Dunn that the woman went toward the
door with the evident intention oi going out Just before
the shot was fred. Miss kciscr standing with AcI
right side close the dOOrs0 close that Mrs Dunn did
not notice that revolver had been drawn untn the re-
panels of tho door a level with Miss Krsci's head.
Near the side there aew spots as though the blood had
been spdttcTcd against H. Inc icNolN'I was IodAu De
DR. William A. Hammond said that the cases Of women
committing suicide by means OF pistol exceptional
ones They usually drown or poison themselves. While
he thought that the direction which tac bullet took across
the head, creating fracture on line with The entrance
of wound remarkable IN suicide, IL was not HpO,
sible. al have known instances where persons III
frenzy have attempted tOCDmnt suicide, have aimed
at the head and have not gazed it, he said. The
Hov M blood from a wound In the head Is extremely
slight exccp I'm where the mcnnCea artery has
been severed when the blood would sur from the wound
with violence that would scad the fluid considerable
ds ance artery Is not severed the brain acts
scrt OF sponge and prevents the RAPID flow or blood"
Is il ieiy that the blood FROM the head would follow
quickly enough 10 stain persons hand afcr the shot is
drcdi"
hand TO drop Instantly. Even mad the artery been
cut do not think the blood would have followed 30 6OOn
Whether the artery could determined by the
color the blood II was Of bright red color then 1t
"ad the blood stained the hand OF a suicide, would the
flow have been sufficiently strong 10 have similarly
stained things at some distance ~
Yes and the stains would not have been in spots, but
In streams , 49,, , ,
suicide by pistol for the flame OF the powder TO
burn the SKIN the wound and leave grains OF powder
When Dr Hammond was informed that Miss Keisers
bodV Lad been prepared for burial before the Deputy
Coroner had II, he sd The COrOners' laws OF this
State VILE"