The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1884-11-18
CORONER's INQUEST.

The Coroner's inquest over the body of L.
q. Patten, which was adjourned on wednes-
day evening to permit of a post-mortem
examination, was resumed yesterday morn
ing in the outer rooms of the Hall of Lodge
LIE Progress F. and A. M, whittier the body
had been conveyed the previous evening
The autopsy was conducted by Drs. McKib-
bin and Emerson, and, at it's conclusion,
the jury assembled in the adjoining ante
room, where were also present His Excel
lency the Attorney General, and w. r. Castle,
counsel for the prisoner Bridges. The evil
dence given by the physicians was as fol-
lows:
DR.. R. McKlbbin, being sworn, stated that
he had conducted post-mortem examina-
tion, assisted by DIR. Emerson, on the body
of Leonard r. Patten he had found 7igoy-
naOrtis distinctly marked there were three
external gunshot wounds the first wound
was a inches above the navel ON the median
line the second wound was over the ninth
rib, at the intersection of line drawn per-
pendicularly from the axilla, and second
horizontal line drawn from point inches
below the left nipple third wound was
two and upwards and backwards from it.
Wound No. 1, in the abdomen, allowed of
the introduction of fore-fnger. From this
wound large quantity of blood sozed.
The skin was scorched around wound No.
2. The ball passed along the rib and did
not enter the chest it made wound No. as
it passed out, the distance from It's entry to
it's exit being about 216 inches
On opening the abdomen, the peritoneaI
of fluid and clotted blood. The ball that
caused wound No. was found to have ira
versed the wall of the abdomen, passing
downwards and backwards little to the
right, and it entered the abdomen, and was
found lodged in the soft parts, lining
the right side of the pelvic cavity,
from whence it was extracted, making
in its course a large wound in the right
external lilac artery, producing death
by causing profuse hemorrhage. The nature
OF wound No. / must necessarily prove
speedily fatal. The pistol-ball (produced in
Court was handed to me by DIR. Emerson,
and by me to the Coroner.
DIR. n. B. Emerson, being sworn, stated
that he had heard the statement made by
DIR. McKibbin in regard 10 the post-mortem
examination of the body of L. r. Patten,
and that he concurred in that statement.
He had extracted the ball produced in Court
from the locality previously described, and
had given it to DR.. McKibbin, whom he saw
give it to the Coroner. The result of wound
No. would necessarily cause speedy death,
and, in the opinion of the witness, cuused
the death of Mr.. Patten.
This closed the evidence, and the jury
retired, and at 1890 AM, after an absence
of ten minutes, returned with the following
verdict:
That Leonard r. Patten came to his death
ON the 18th of November, 1884, in the city
of Honolulu, from the effects of pistol bull
let discharged at him by Hiram A. Bridges
In testimony whereof the said Coroner and
jurors of this inquest haYe hereunto set
their hands and seals the day and year afore-
said.
Signed: David Dayton, Coroner; John FL.
Patty. VIM. B. McAllister, John Il. Water
house, Jr., G. Hasselmen, j. Ell. Fisher, Geo.
w. Smith.