Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-01-11
TIE CORONADO INQUEST.
Killed by an Uaknown Eans

oiSS
yesterday described in these col
columns, was held yesterday in th
Justices Court Room. Jack Fur
long, the FIRST with ess, testified al
follows:
/ knew Dolores Coronado in hi
lifetime. l saw difficulty that he
had with Ed. Pixley on Christmas
morning back of 4. Livingstone
saloon. The trouble started in as
josh, Dolores squaring around with
everybody he met. He was drunk,
so drunk that he staggered. l did
not hear of any agreement to fight.
saw Pixley and Coronado going
out into the alley and | followed
them out. They put up their hands
and went TO fighting. They ex-
changed blows with one another.
Pixley hit Coronado in the nose and
he was already bleeding at the
time. Pixley had been drinking
but was not as drunk as Coronado.
The blow did not knock Coronado
down. Pixley struck Coronado
three times about the face and once
about the body Gin the belly.)
Witness Withdrawn.
DIR. Lee being duly sworn de-
poses as follows:
am a physician and surgeon. l
was called upon to make post NOR
tenn examination on the person of
Dolores Coronado to ascertain the
cause of his death. I held the au-
topsy and ascertained from it the
cause of his death. The cause of
his death was directly from hem
orrhage of the brain. | ascertained
this fact from taking off the top of
the skull and removing the brain.
The right hemisphere of the brain
was completely covered with coag-
ulated blood. The hemorrhage &C.
Cured between the brain and the
membrain. The condition OF the
left hemisphere was comparatively
healthy. 1t began to feel sympa-
thy with the right hemisphere.
There was a confusion on the
scalp about three inches above the
eye above the center of the head. |
1t was probably two inches in cir
cumference. The scalp was black |
from the breaking of small blood
vessels. The skull under this con-
fusion was yellowish green. This |
was the only external injury 1 |
could no ticeon the skull. A blow |
from the fist could cause such a |
confusion as / found on the head.
A kick from the foot could possibly |
cause it bat | do not believe it. l
think that whatever produced this
was yielding substance. A man
could not fall and strike his head
upon the floor and produce such an
injury. Ny judgement and belief
is that it was caused by blow
from human fist. 1 believe the
external injury seen on the skull
was sufficient to cause the condition
of the brain. Such a blow would
have knocked the deceased down.
The direct cause, believe, was
hemorrhage of the brain, indirectly
caused by strike from a human
fist. Ii the person were greatly
under the influence of liquor the
blood vessels in the brain would
be ruptured more readily by blow
than ii the person were in his nor
NAL condition. l first saw tie de-
ceased on the night OF the 9th. of
January; he was then unconscious
His face was pinched and wan.
There were no marks ON his face.
The left eye was bloodshot and /
understood lie had suffered the
most excruciating agony from the
eft eye. ] was called by a younger
brother of the deceased and Robert
Gordon.
Cross Examination:
Morphine would have aggravated
he case. think the blow would
rave knocked him down.
s, L. Lee, NJ. D..
JOnn EQrlong recalled. T RAJ