The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
THE MURDER CASE.
Conclusion of the coroner's In
quest.
Verdict Found Against o'Hare.

The coroners jury resumed its sessions in
the O'Hare murder case at 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. The following is the gist of
the testimony
DIR. George Fl. Cummings testified that he
and DIR. Gerrish made the autopsy upon the
body of Rose O'Hare. The face and neck
were purple showing good deal of conges-
ton of the venous system There was one
three conered wound very near the outer
corner of the lip extending through the SKIN
so you could see it from the inside. There
We're one or two bruises apparently fresh
upon the thigh, one near the groin about two
inches long and one or two on the right ell
bow On various other parts of the body
were semi-healed bruises. The general con-
dition of the body was that of a woman in
perfect health, weighing about 175 pounds,
scalp there were three very marked black
and blue spots where the blood had poured
out On the front edge Of the parietal bone
was bruise about the size of half dollar.
On the posterior edge OF the same bone was
another and over the back portion OF the
head there was a bruiSe of the size of quar-
ter of a dollar.
On opening the skull the blood vessels of
the brain were found intensely congested.
The brain substance itself was perfectly nor
NAL in every part except that it was con-
geeted. 1t was perfect brain, well formed,
no injuries of any kind. The skull itself
was in perfect condition, with no fracture.
The throat was examined to see if there were
finger marks, there were none external. The
bones and cartridges of the throat were in
perfect condition. The contents of the chest
were exposed and the heart was found per-
fectly normal in every respect, nothing
wrong about it. The right lung was slightly
congested, that is there was more blood than
would naturally be in it in person just
dead On the left lung the pleura was adhe-
rent all over the.chest SOFT had to be torn off
that was something old. The lung on that
side was purplish and almost in the
condition we call hepastize tiled II In the the
organs organs in a normal condition except
one ovary was slightly diseased and the
uterus slightly larger than normal. There
was no odor in the mouth or any other p0r-
ton of the body or brain of alcohol. | should
doubt if YOU would find the odor so long
after death if she had been using it. The
blows on the head were probably caused by
a blow with some blunt instrument like a
club or bottle. The blows on the head might
have caused death by concusslon OF the
brain, shaking up the, particles SO as TO
cause death. The purplisb look of the face
and the congested state of the lungs indicate
a probable suffoeation. 1t must have been a
sudden death. The heart was perfect. From
my examination of the case should say
death resulted from suffocation, but still
there are possibilities that the blows were
severe enough to cause death by conclusion
of the brain. Still L feel pretty certain il
was from suffocation.
The jury returned the following verdict:
STATE OF MAINE.
| Cumberland IS.
At an inquest held at Portland, within the
county of Cumberland. on the tenth and twelfth
| days of july A. ID. 1886, before James S. Gould
one of the coroners of said county. upon view o.
the body of Rose O'Hare, there lying dead by the
oaths of Edward X. Guenther, VIM. H. Miller, H
?. s. Goold, James A; Hall, 3. c. sprague and A
p. Welch, good and lawful men, who, being
charged and sworn to inquire for the State when
how and by what means the said Rose O'Hare
came to her death, upon their oaths say: that the
said Rose O'Hare in our opinion came to hel
death by means of violence administered in and
upon her person by Terence O'Hare.
In testimony whereof the said coroner and the
jurors of the inquest have hereunto set thei
hands and seals, the day and year above named
JAMES s. GOULD, Coroner.
n. p. S. GOoLD,
EDWARD X. GUENTHER,
WILLIAM H. MILLER,
JAMES A. HALL
b. G. SPRAGUE
A. p. WEIGH.