New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16

because went straight down to the Coroner's
Office. They teephoned to all the coroners but had
not found one when left. When got to the ho-
tel little after 6, Coroner Martin was there
How long did i take you to enter the room after
hearing the shotp
81 was much startled and could not say pos
itivey; but it was very SOON"
"Was there time for any one in the room to have
stepped back from the doori"
"Oh yes. heard no footsteps, though, but then
probably would not have heard them in any case,
as the carpet is soft and the door thick"
1t was stated in the hotel that Dunn sent down to
the Blossom Club for Coroner Martin to come up.
WHAT THE CORONER AND DEPUTY CORONER SAY.
Coroner Martin said the inquest would be held on
Tuesday. 1t was not strange that no autopsy was
made. 1t not necessary in cases of suicide. The
wound was trifle back of the right temple and the
bullet took course directly across the head
"Is not this course extraordinary If the wound
was self-infictedr asked the reporter.
"No, not especially So"
did you ever know similar casep
Mr.. Martin thought moment and then replied:
"No, never did"
custom to hold autopsies in cases of suicide But,
he added, had known doubt existed that it was
suicide / would have opened the head. did
had been already dressed for burial. There
fracture caused by the bullet on the left side
U %o fhs the emDe
colOred, did not notice whether the skin was
Inc reVOlVer Is -callDIe, anu nulnDcieu o,NU''
At the Colt agency it was said that it was of the
old style, and that the combustion OF the powder
would not be perfect.
The undertakers assistant, who dressed the
body, said that the right side of the face
was black with powder. When he washed
the forehead he did not notice that the flesh had
been scorched, or that any unburned powder had
embedded itself In the flesh.
STATEMENT OF DIR. RANNEY.
DrJames w. Ranneyof II East Forty -sixth-st., is
the family physician of Dunn and his mother. Direct
" after the shooting Detective Scofeld summoned
Dr. Ranney to the hotel The doctor said last night
that he found Miss Keiser lying upon the floor The
housekeeper, a chambermaid and Mrs. Dunn were
bending over her. Dunn himself sat on a sofa near
by. His face was pale and he seemed like a man
bereft of reason said DR.. Ranney "Scoheld asked
him questions about the affair while attended to
the dying woman. He gave his answers IN q
cool and collected voice. L was SO much
taken up with the woman that L did
not remember what he said. Miss Keiser was still
minute it ceased to beat. The wound was IN the
upper part of the temple. The hole was large
and was clotted with powder and blood 1t
might have been a suicide or it might not
for all ] could tell. In the evening l met
Dunn in the lobby of the hotel and spoke
woman and said she had been the mistress of
another man in Utica before he knew her. She was
crazy in her infatuation for him. | said to Dunn: :
You had better give a statement of this matter to
the police the fact that there only three OF
you in the at the time will be sure TO give rise
to suspicious in the public mind He said: w Ill not
the letter she left be sufficient to clear mep told
him thought not. He Immediately went to the
police station in Fiftyrstst. This was shortly be-
FORE midnichtO