Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-10


wise In healthy conditions; next day
assisted in taking out the stomach and
then examined throat again, and eX
amined trachea and hyoid bone found
the left side of that bone had become
loosened so that by little pressure it
would pass under the other side; re-
moved the stomach: found no wounds
on the body; it would require consider
able force to do the injury done to the
throat; man can do such injury with
his hand. person with "A rope might
also do it; also by stopping on the neck
but the hyoid bone could not be so in
jured: this injury could not be self in-
llicting if during life it would cause
death if continued long enough; the
pressure would be hard enough to stop
the breath in a very short time; two or
three minutes of such pressure would
produce death: the fracture of this bone
If the hands were taken off soon enough
would not produce death: she had on u
corset, underskirt, drawers, hose and
elastics; did not see !any blood on box
OF clothing; body had lain there iudg-
ing from the condition four or five
months HE body with favorable
weather might reach such con-
dition in five or six days perhaps;
| placed the lungs in water to see
whether there was blood in them, if so
they would sink: think that the lung
of person dying natural way would
sink; had there been any blood on the
body it was SO decayed that it could
not be seen; found the upper portion
of the body very moist while the lower
portion was dry; we get this condition
in strangulation and Suffocation tie
injury to the hyoid bone was caused by
some external pressure; can't see ANY
other way than by the hand.
DIR. Downie sworn: Am 47 years o.
age; have practiced medicine II years
was acquainted with Eliza Palmer; IN,
attention was called to a dead body il
a barn on the premises Of Palmer Jan
3lst. In his further testimony DR.
Downie corroborates the testimony O
| Dr. Suydam fully. the only diScrepanc,
being that DR.. Downie noticed a con
fusion on temple of body with some eX
travasation not mentioned by DR.. Suy
dam.
Mrs. Marietta IIildreth sworn: Liv
near Alma; am - years of age was &C
lquainted with Eliza Palmer: remember
the time she was missed; she lived nea
the r. r.; Mrs. Palmer and Ed Paine
kept house: saw Palmer there on thai
day; he ate dinner there: also saw hin
in the evening; she was to make IN,
dress by Thursday morning 80 that
lcould have to goto Ithaca TO the fair
came after my dress Thursday mornin!
accompanied 10y my husband; we wer
in buggy; we turned up to Palmer
house for me to get out; | got out o
| the buggy while he went down town t
get shaved; it was g o'clock i'm TN
morning; | went TO Palmer house:
Wrapped at the door, 10 one answered
thought Mrs. Palmer was in the bacl
room OF kitchen; the door was locked
saw Palmer coming towards the houS
| from Pollasky's store: when he came N
he said good morning i suppose yOt
want your dress said ''yes-is Mrs
Palmer at homeY" Palmer said mo sh
| had "A telegram that her brother lies a
the point Of death and she took tn
early train and has gone to Port Hu
ron lie went and got the skirt
said Il wonder if it is done and Pal
mer said yes, all but the hastings;
| he asked if he should get paper to d
it up in; said mo- will take it up {
my brothers and take out the hastings
II want to wear it to the fair =
woman came up just as was goin
away; think it was Mrs. Passmore;
was in hurry, | did not go in tn
house ut all; | did not see into tn
room; did not pay him for the dress
did not have any conversation in Pal
mer's presence as to how much sh
would charge; Palmer came from tow
just as was getting into buggy an
asked them if they were going to tn
fair, and Mrs. Palmer said Ed think
he is going alone but | will show hir
that can go as well as he. d
not know how he knew how much wa
TO pay;he acted natural; Mrs, Paine
acted well OH Saturday; spoke of bein
: nervous: | knew the time by remem
: brance | said | would pay her whe
saw her.
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