Evening journal., 1890-08-28
LAST EDITION
THE M'KEE INQUEST.
THE JURY MEETS AT THE COURT
HOUSE THIS MORNING.

Anna Mckee met in the grand jerry
room in the Court House to hear evidence
with reference TO the manner of her
death.
The coroner had summond between
thirty and forty witnesses and every
thing was on the qui vlve as to the posi-
BILE result of the examination. Drsi
Maull and Fahey, the examing physi-
clans, were present, Dr. Maui having
q skull by which he exemplifed the
effect of the injuries.
The state was represented by Attorney
General John Biggs and Deputy Attor-
ney General Davis, and the defence by
Messrs Lore and Bird. At 1890 Fore.
man .McCorkle took the chair. At his
left sat Coroner Gamble, and Attorney
General Biggs. Proceedings wera some
what delayed by the non arrival Of some
Of the jurymen and witnesses, and the
actual proceedings did not begin until
10. 45Eo'clock.
Examination of witnesses.
The first witness called was Funeral Di-
rector j. A. Wilson, who testified TO the
fact that ne had buried Mrs Anna Nc
Kee and had seen the body when it was
taken up.
Dr. d. W. Maull was then called and
stated that DR.. FaheY and himself had
found confusion in the scalp on the
frontal bone. Removing the scalp he
had found a small area of redness on the
frontal bone and also slighter one on the
temporal bons; that they had then re.
moved the skull by saw and chisel and
found the brain was not Injured in any
particular He held up the skull, with
a portion of the vertabral column, and
showed how the fracture of the neck, as
disclosed by the incision of the knife
along the spinal column occurred. He
said that the fracture of the neck was the
cause of death. 1t looked to him as if the
wound was the result of fall
and subsequent twist of the
neck, and would cause death Instantly
1t would have been a matter of impossi-
bility for p black jack to have made the
wounds, as there was no cup shaped de-
preston. He had a black Jack at the
cemetery to see if it it any in
denton, but did not use it, No man
would have been able to have fractured
his wife's neck in that manner By blow
He could not have fractured that axis.
Ii was the result of a fall and q subse-
quent twist.
He spoke in very positive manner.
and the fact that he had the skull there
served to make the matter much palmer
than it would otherwise have been.
At this juncture George g. Cleland
was excused from serving on the jury on
account of being related to George w.
Mckee.
Dr. John Fahey was next called and
corroborated DR.. Msuii's statement. He
further stated that he did not get to the
scene Of the accident until about half an
hour after it occurred, and when
he examined her pulse and found
she was dead, be only made a
superficial examination, and thought
that all that was necessary. He said he
had revisited the spot the next day and
i mad seen stones in the stream, but that
possibly the wound ia the head might
\ have been caused by striking the bridge.
/ In his opinion the cause of death was
the broken neck
Willard f. Davis testified that on thu
! evening of the accident he and his family
were driving home from Brandywine
Springs, and on nearing the scene of the
accident the party in the carriage saw
light he was told by boy that a lady
was killed. He hitched his horse and
went down to the stream and found the
body on the bank dead. He found Mr..
\ Mckee very much excited He went for
DR.. Lawson and then ordered Mitohell's
4 ambulance. The clothing of the dead
Fl woman was wet, and she had every ap-
q poarance of having been in the water
q He had not seen Mr.. aud Mrs. Mckee
prior to that time. He noticed that the
dashboard of the carriage was bent out
ward as if someone had fallen over it,
crushing it down
A. L. White, young man, testified
that on the night of the accident he was
going in the opposite direction from that
n pursued by Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee. He
u met them at the FIRST bridge, which is
n about $50 yards from the scene of the
accident. The horse was walking and
Mrs. Mckee was driving. but she was
sitting in the left hand side Of the car
rage There was no indication of any
thing wrong when he saw them
William Bracken was called and dis
missed as he could give no direct evil
dence.
Lizzie P. Brecken testified that she
heard screams on the night of the acct
dent about the time the accident
occurred, bur heard no distinct sound or
word. The screams seemed to come
from someone who was in great distress.
At the time Of the screaming she was
1t her home. which is about 800 yards
from the scene Of the casualty, She
heard the screams twice but could not
Il locate them, nor did she make any effort
at the time to ascertain their cause.
Patrick Haley gave evidence that he
heard screams. He went down to the
stream and found the body lying on the
bank, with a sheet over it, and several
persons standing around. Mr.. Mckee
was apparently in great distress, and
NJ his grief seemed to be genuine.
John Lucy was next examined. He
said he lived near enough to the scene
n of the accident to hear screams. He
heard them as he was standing in
the yard after supper. He went to the
gate and waited until he saw a light
moving down by the stream. He then
81 went down there found the body on the
ii bank and Mr.. Mckee in great distress.
M Several persons we're there before him.
He had seen nothing and heard nothing
but a continuous scream, and he said
II that under ordinary circumstances he
d could not have told whesher the horse
was RAINING away or not.
Mrs Ellen L. Derriekson testified ia
hearing the screams from her upstairs
sM window. 1t sounded as though someone
was being hurt She heard them two OF
S three times. She heard no wagon OF
other noise whatever. She thought the
NJ roise was produced by boys fighting.
Isaac B. Neil. the man who found the
black jack, which started the idea OF
81 foul play, was then placed upon the
# oAan5 He said ha was in Fll,ton On h Z