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ing ansWered ans e'e exactly description. Obtained
yesterday at the fiat in Sixty. seventh street By
Ter had left the house on Friday morn
s Sesk se asse ns mn5Ss sHa hs h
was Of dark blue chinchilla and threadbare.
His under coat cutaway Of q dark salt and
I,epper goods. The vest was Of narrow striped
sue ana I"fH bacH os!Sde eSna sh wore Els
tie was OF a dark blue. and the trousers were
Of dark goods wit stripe OF q brownish red
running lcngthwise. Both shirts wero clean
with tho exception Of the blood stains
There w was ' White six kercSisf ABOUT % his
case in Ills pocket. Miller was short sighted.
Although no one has seen the body who
know Miller. there can be NO doubt OF his iden-
Coroner Hill of Hackensack arrived at about
Go'clock. and nfter making inquiries. decided
that nn inquest was unnecessary.
The hody was taken to the morgue OF Under
takcr Nabis. ut Fort Lee
THE Sun reporter took the news Of tho sui
Bcrghold will 20 over to Fort Leo to-day with
John Rauhauser. and formally identity the
body.
Possibly the murderer was insane. The
story q the girrs M strugg,e fpr her life and he.
M Dr. Ssee Conway made Sn
uon yesterday morning. The only cuts that
had been seen were those that had nearly sew
cred the girls head from her body. DR.. Con-
way found no less than eight others. There
& ss as left se up i Gss w' % nrS'asy e .RisS eSs
the lower part OF the .sa.mo arm. On the
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SCENE OF THE luRDrn.


Gne srs Hssr @ e5SOaehs IT. ths
S9Sns $, Thsy had p%r9ba5Iy % drunk @ sEo each II
NARY him; % Or psshsps S ~ = tsisld hssssli sS
Psr ara Without s l.. ~I;ne s5sRst SsSs
81 % the
FssFs R Ss9d
sSt fs iol; st SG q ssyssso
boed 5ss HHqoa oash she ne sopss
sns ps sroand tSae ana
blood. Ths t5aii lsd finally into the other bed:
t%isted ana %he .d ars hns
sTs hs sSe
US ;s: S,
said yesterday. il his purpose was anything
After she died the murderer pulled the bed
her SIDE % underneath the i Clothes $40 How Re
nnd q the eff eaa @ fo% mse
sVs ssssss sShvst said ,eserd., tas.
she was going through the hallway at about 8
O'Clock IN tho morning, and she saw Miller
come out Of the apartment, lock the door, and
hang the key on nail In tho closet in the hail.
where members OF the family always hung it
He did not appear to be in tho least disturbed
There was nothing in his action to create sus-
picion. He bade her good morning In cheer
ful tone and walked on What direction he
went In she does not know The police yes
terday. while DR., Conway was making an
autopsy on tho body, searched the apartments
and and tie 1sf Lny LnTsy the bloody clothing Miller loft
:. The theory that jealousy was the motive for
ser; She says that il the SIX Years that Miller
Minna s continusiy E He hated to see @ her tS IN the
to a man he would ask her What she had said.
Has as %1as sister okes on all h ths
as q big brother" Rose said. that was all But
he seemed to think more OF her than
q brother. She never told me he had asked
her to marry him I am very sure she would
have refused him II he had. he was so home
" and she was so handsome. Once In while
he had flts OF insomnia. and then he would
say he guessed he would 60 crazy and he
guessed he would commit suicide"
Rose Rauhauser also said that Miller read
the papers to them evenings and took great
delight In reading stories OF murdered women.
He used to remark then: "Oh, Minna. what
should I do II you were ever murdered"
He did not drink much and spent nearly all
Of his time In the house. He taught Minna to
play on the piano. Rose said she was surprised
She felt sure he had killed himself
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REPUBLICAN CONFIDENCE.
Nh. PLATT sAYs HE NEVER WAS 80
SURE IN HIS LIFE

TIE U.aen lees.e Clss Funs sasA - Ne
Oaly olA,oOe-Mr. Hewitt Writes . l.et.
ter which fieases Repubiicsas.
Ex-senator Thomas Collier Plat says bs
never was so confident Of anything In his life a.
he is that Fassett will be winner on Tuesday
next. This expression Of his views was nads
yesterday afternoon after the professor In
charge Of the weather bureau In the Equitable
building had announced that election day
would probably be fair and cold" The
Tioga chieftain Interpreted this to mean that
It would be fair for Fasseh and cold for Flower.
That the Republican confidence is pure bluf
scientifically shovelled out the Democrats
have no doubts. But Mr.. Plat and his SUBJ
ordinates are mighty good actors for all that.
Col George Bliss made his first visit Of tho
campaign to headquarters yesterday after
noon. He also was confident
Gen. James Woful Hustled went 10 Peekskill
He will return on Tuesday afternoon. John
Dwight is paired and will not leave headauar-
ters. In the evening the returns will be re-
ceived in the parlors usually occupied By the
Republican State Committee
Something has been said about the heavy
campaign contributions Of the Union League
Club It was authoritatively announced yester-
and @ his s friends on the committee had sltsr
raising only S14OOO. Thl6 laQ Deen turned
over to the managers OF the Republican head
quarters In the Fifth Avenue Hotel;
This letter. turned up at Republican head.
quarters last night:
Wditian Hess Esq, I.zSS Leninosn~ ssssA ay.
.DEAn SIR: In reply 70 your letter Of the
27th inst. I am very willing 70 say that do
not believe the defeat or election OF the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor will have the
slightest influence upon -, the presidential
election next year. You will readily see that
II we are to give our votes In view OF future
contingencies. without regard to present con:
ditions. we shall never be- able to secure good
government The control now possessed by
machine politicians will be perpetuated and
the right OF suffrage will lose its value. and
and for the people will cease to exist q. Yours
truly. w. ~. %. ABRAh 5 HEWITT.
Mr.. Hewitt il 8 member Of the County Do.
mocracy, ia the Third Assembly district
The trouble existing between Typographical
Union No 9. otherwise known as Big Six. and
the New York Tribune has been practically
- RESOLUTIONS sign.ssdl n.ssdl,b by william J: Brennan.
tary. and =, by the Executive oo%mit-
q o. tho SS''sa eif9rts .oi John T. &liSoIiandr.
Mr. Platt, and other Republican leaders to ad-
Just the differences and thank them. Pending
further negotiations the Tribune office has
been declared open to union printers.
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MRS. sYMoNDs's PROPERTY.
II was Attached by Her Erother, with the
Approval OF Her Son,


Approval OF Her Son.
George A. Drandroth OF Sing Sing. who at
tached the property OF his sister. Mrs. H. O.
Symonds for $4,000 on Thursday. said to q
reporter yesterday: "As tho trustee Of my SIS
ter. 1 advanced her large sum Of money
nearly $4,000. am responsible for that
amount; Mrs: symonds has Of late years be-
whose. sole aim. 1t seoms. was to get, posses
sion OF her properly. and was Obliged TO pro-
tect her and myself Her husband and shc nre
separated, though not by process Of law. 20 that
th step have taken Was forced pt on
friend. Ihope that these y pr9ceedings wiz cause
at Los Gatos, has, already been seized. ~ the
Sheriff and could soc no other way Of. induc-
ing her to return East than by making the
move have made; MEs. symonds still has
hs" has been aS9 dene @ IN f fTiendiy way dn and ior
and daughters"
Mrs. SyInonds's son, who is the medical ex.
aminer Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
said yesterday that he was perfectly satisfied
with what his uncle had done.
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BABYLON. Oct. 3l.-A lively scene took place
this evening In George H. Smiths barber shop
on Main street. While several customers were
being shaved Miss Finner OF Sag Harbor en-
tered tho shop and asked Smith to step out
side. as she desired to speak to him.
Smith grew red In the face. became excited.
and told the woman that he was too busy She
then drew whip from her cloak and began to
strike him. He had received several blows on
the face and neck when his assistant inter-
Then she left.
the lively scene that Smith had wronged her
and that In horsewhipping him she had simply
given him his deserts.
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THE MURDERER AND su1c1DR

Millor had seated himself against ono OF the
largo trees. facing the river and the scene of
h3s crime. and had shot himself to death. The
final wound that ended his life was bullet
hole in his temple. but It seemed that he had
madc at least two attempts to kill himself be-
ioro that. There was n cash inches long
in his throat that had apparently been made
but little while before he fred the shot.
and q fresh stab wound on the right side Of
the throat. and when tho Coroner examined
tho body he found three email stab
wounds over Miller's heart that were
not 80 new. Over these wounds in
tho chest Miller had placed a folded
towel. .ond blood had soaked into this and
dried. Fresh blood from the wounds in the
neck had flowed down within the mans cloth
ing until It met tho older blood on the towel
The cont and vest were unbuttoned An
American bulldog evolver Of 81 2-calibre and .
paper with seven or eight cartridges in It lay
beside him. He had two copies of yesterday
he had carefully torn out the story Of his crime.
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APPEALS TO HARVARD FOE REDREss
Nr. Francis L. Abbot Accused OF PlaS1aE
Ism by n Cambridge Professor.

pr. Francis E Abbot Accused Of PlaSiAS.
ism by n Cambridge Professor.
BOSTON. Oct 31.-Lterary circles are sgog
over controversy which involves the reputa-
tion Of two widely known Philadelphia writer's.
and. incidentally. the President and Fellows
aud Board OF Overseers Of Harvard College.
The direct issue is between Francis E. Abbot,
Phi. D.. Of Cambridge. and Prof. Josiah Royce.
assistant professor in philosophy Of Harvard
College. DR.. Abbot says that Prof Royce ac-
cuses him tAbbot) Of plagiarism. and appeals
to the Harvard corporation for redress. Prof.
Royce is the author Of many well-known philo-
sophical works, among them the Religious
Aspect Of Philosophy" He is also an editor Of
the International Journal of Ethics. and in the
first number Of that magazine. which appeared
about year ago. Prot; Royce reviewed book
tSe ssa o
bis appeal for redress DR.. Abbot says OF Prof.
sSs TSe main sM purport and intention o, tho ar
ticle were not at ali To- critieise philosophy
but s ths p the
destroy or lessen The circulation o. iis
break down his lite sary % %reputatlon By any and and
every means. even to tho extent Of sspersing
never @ eYst BEEN the sishtess PERSONAL % collision. @ A
tensions which DIR. Royco cllumniously i'm.
putes to me. But II had made pretensions as
high as the Himalayas I deny his authority to
post me publicly. to act as policeman in the
republic OF letters. and to collar me on that ac-
count A college professor who thus mistakes
his academic gown for Q policeman's uniform.
and dares to use his private walking stick for
the policemans bludgeon: Is likely to find
himself suddenly prostrated by a return blow.
arrested for assault. and unceremoniously
whose uDcton he has nudeous, anG apsd
without waiting for the tiresome but quite in.
regular rttonH tstompissions have treated Di;
points Si view. m The legal point Of view must
an author Of plagiarism and holds him up un-
and ISLANDERS his title to the product OF his own
BRAIN acts contrary to law Yet this is pre-
cisely what Dr. Royce has done in accusing
mo falsely. and as q certain matter OF fact. q
borrowing my theory Of universals from
HegoL His accusation Is made with as many
sneers and as much insult as could well be
compressed into the space"
Dr. Abbot llls forty-efght pages of his
pamphlet endeavoring to show that Prof..
Royce's review was not a criticism In the true
sense but u libel. instigated by professional
Prof.. Royce says: can only Soy that have
not changed any OF my opinions ns to Or. Alb
bots book. although Dr. Abbot Is wholly wrong
in supposing that my review OF his work con-
tanned. or was meant to contain. anything IL
hel!ous. Into any personal controversy with
Or. Abbot cannot now eIter.'
The sun., 1891-11-01
BROOKLYN.

Mary J. Linton hss begun suit for absolute divorce
from Charles B. Linton, brother Of Banker Edward y
Linton. The couple were married twenty.four yeArp
ago, and have three children.
The Rev Dr.. j. H. Cunning has dsoidsd to become the
Church. III: salary was hIed a. "a coo. with ths ~
. Boston insurance company
Robert Walsh. the twentyyenr,old son Of Principal
from his home. a13 McDonough street since Monday.
He agrniunte OF the Poly tecLnc !nstute and for
hye months had been employed by Appleton / Co. lie
had been In bad health for some time.
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Actors a.d Singers Arr.ve.

Among tho passengers on board the Fuerst
Bismarck. which arrived yesterday. was Herr
Adolf Brodsky. who comes to America ns violin
soloist and concert master Of the phony Or
chestra. OF which Walter Damrosch is the
conductor. Herr Adalbert Matowsky OF the
Court Theatre. Berlin. 40 members OF the
Of the Meiningen Court Theatre company also
arrived on the Fuerst Bismarck.
Among the passengers on the French
steamer La Touraine which arrived last night
was Emma Enmes. the prima donna. and her
husband. Julian Story.
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a way OF redistricting the town 50 that each Of
the six polling places should be in the Town

A map Of the election districts Of Grayesend
Tx sson IT, asosrsR ass sfsR f9 nS
YET 1sSs Aaxn Ho5on OF each election district is
each each i il dIaeTent election district Srsyss.
resembles church IL Is general appearances.
three iares, double % windows that reach within
been cut down to tho main floor Of. the Town
As the. law provides that each polling, place
tbess doSs aRd sS
going in to cast their ballots and the other half
Of the window vii VII be used as an n exit from the
covered approaches has been built to each en-
When the voter has s cas- his ballet he can get
Saf q II the WnddW There Is @ the
on the 9tfr bat s OF the
and and exits exits were arransed. Thss % ars vide
aSnSssa tas Sfanas Tsfhas
GoIitcal opponents said yesterday sSs f
he csn bs pried out" This Is a serious M cues;
servers said Yesterday that whenever the big
sher and doEe S psS Wh Delight Tor he
that day a oRppn Hs
building Temporary partitions from the main
these viii be % down nae and i'm
terrier hH n all it
however will benr the scars OF election day.
BY this osntralizing scheme Chief McRane
advice TO every Grayesend, voter who. in
their oPnion needs i Ghief MfRane and
Democrats No one knows what they viii bs
nsns senas Il sFsnSs Nu gre @
ss ps'si as sf% sfss 1f 'Iss
With the execution of William Watson. the can.
s %asn Ss Sd sa % It Tas ss s4s hft Nu M
iSs hs ss ana shs Was
the be%ocretls % Candidate; defeated him y j;
fssa as @
sSss ssss sSssisa i H fs
|S As.
nlo e!9puNnt ~ SupPuItluS ul' antt tnau
trouble o that T. ths Yat men are going to
hfys My New % 9Hs as @ m sns ss @cras Ps
fact the elephant does not Ike TO talk about
men and the boarding house Keepers on. the
e and ne knows that they would have profted
|Ess5s', e Ms''s; siss ss' sSG SsS
tS ehsr atnost ~ prasng @ vIsitSrs n 70
evenings. He knows a good deal more. too.
but what's the use Of talking about i. the
- i I. Ssi solns 0ssG e MAKE Tie fsss q 4: Es.
ana II Dfs'essddf ssd that svI 'Ga blttsr dOss
- once Etven to them they never forget it
Coney Ialands elephant ts looking to. TO- the i iu;
began in. the middle of Keptember, and the
for the Large nst shsss sst tas
sSsx: Sss :si ' sas sSs
votes viii be cast In McKane 5 Interest. There
have been no arrests for false registration.
The Inspectors Of elections te started business
iist it q tie last last election nv as lar, as
y was. known to them to be correct Then
Chief McKa9s sent into TIE First eiest.Gn rr dis
john ": Misrphy;' Into the second district
trict John J. Gavin and Harry Z, Ferris. into
the Fourth district James J@mtSon. Jr.: into
w ssisy sfsit %s nto Tho asS sRa
Hon. ilsidsntsily each of thsts oSSvsstsIs
The sun., 1891-11-01
Hoods
SarsapariIIa
FINE sPoRr At FLEETWOOD PARK
Clayton and Lady Ulster Attempt to Lower
Their Team Record.


Clayton and Lady Ulster Atte.pt to Lower
Their Tesm Record.
Yesterdays matinee programme at Fleet
wood Park provided excellent sport and lots
OF fun for a much larger attendance than
| usual. seat In the grand stand cost only the
walk. About i've hundred people availed them.
selves OF the privilege The club house. piazza
and slope was crowded to its utmost capacity.
and many member showed up for the flrst
time this season. To give . list OF names
would cover the greater part Of the member
ship Of tho driving club
The days sport was arranged BY Alex New
burger. and the result entities him to much
credit Six events and several exhibition
miles kept the Judges busy from to O'Clock.
The first evont, match between Fred Dietz's
black stallion Directors jug and the bay
stallion Hnssar. was won handily BY the
former in time several seconds slower than his
The conditions Of the second .race-the 2:3o
class In harness. members to drive-provided
ss a @ hs ssfy ep the ms hs e1
Ss IN e slop first a 81 sssones w enSs n
sai distanee. Prince uH HIbes SroEe Boot and
i walk s the wre ths heas @ going H &o.
Namara' bay geldng Richard e.; q Michigan
bred trotter WHO had the distinction Is
j. 9. Be Ia vereue's double, team. CLAYTON
10 sSsa
oths SSs ste5 then tySe
The double team race. In which three pairs
competed. excited most interest. and furnish;
hind.making a driving finish with John Rudds
team. and being beaten head only under
r1nnns from &c ssn Psss .fs %
That. much improved and rapid gated COLT
Bravado. won the sweepstakes fer @ the ;2 2;29
half second 81 his record.
Otis Boot; The !l 9ld.ti%e Elushins, traRsDsr. R
seSze e an
Wargold has never started in race. and has
had but little training. Summarizes:
pie,ss blk. 5. Directors jug BY Director. uow.,
HS''si B. $ by sS4;sS:..sfsss 4;SS:Gss ssss
28o cas. trottins; members to drivs oest In d In
$s:: ss;: q ss: s
E:H|!::'t E|:E: & ri a i; sss ;;;
s'!s se' '''a wagon n''' 70
Flower and mate II. Gerkenl :................8
Tue-2:41, 2:S81<
Running for riding school horsea for prtsss half
mile dash.
Belmont Riding Academy G. g. Scout BradIsn:;.
Belmont Riding icademys b: n Lil1ie L6e GrsD....
Belmont Riding AcadeIny's dun geIdnH Nilken}
Time. b3X seconds. 49,
2:1e class trotting; swsspstakeA with $500 added:
STsvsaS. Sr; 9. sy Kentucky wilkes Uo~lsn..... Il!
Ssi:ss ssSsssa = Ss.a,Y :SSSsssd s aisnn0
"e''"' 'D s' HTimne:2::0 3:2o.
Next Saturday Steward Philip Mailing will
arrange the programme. which will be pre-
ceded by o clambake.
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HAS NO MAMA.
Morreli DID Rob Mrs. Sawyer's House, just
as Ho Said He NA.

Capt Campbell OF the Adams street police
station. Brooklyn. Investigated yesterday the
story OF Thomas r. Morrell. who gave himself
up to the police on Friday confessing that he
had entered the house Of Mrs. George Sawyer
ut 10 Montague terrace. and stolen pert OF Q
threw into the East River: Morrell also said he
tied up three clocks IN 9 bag, but DID not take
Superintendent Campbell thought Morrell was
q man with mania for confessing crimes he
never committed. but Capt. Campbell found
locked up on the charge OF vaRrancy. which
was preferred AGAINST him. and will be held
complaint OF burglary against him.
The sun., 1891-11-01
Testing smokele.. Powder VITA Field Guas

WASHINGTON. Oct 3l.-The ordnance division
ofthe War Department has recently made tests
OF smokeless powder with field guns and OBJ
tanned very satisfactory results. The quantity
OF smokeless powder used-.a half charge
Of black or ordinary powder. while q iull
charge OF smok eless powder gave o velocity OF
2O6O feet per second. with perfect safety TO the
tainsd with the same quantity Of ordinary
The sun., 1891-11-01

ztbn4 ~N"~ ward lnGlchtlns tnat
they were made while the girl was standing
and flghting or her assailapt; ,, MI.
neighbors all declared yesterday that she was
tho prettiest girl in the nolghborhood She
was three Inches taller than her murderer.
iar Jar features a % Miller Miller Mad few friends. He Was
treated by tho Rauhausers as one OF the
family. He worked for Straueh Bros. piano
action makers. In Little West Twelfth street.
IN sasp tss
worked down town, Ohm left the house MORN, s q
any time between and 3 They left home in
that order on Friday morning. As was told IN
THE Sun yesterday. Mrs. Rauhauser, the
mother OF the family, had been away from home
since Sunday on visit. and Minna was alone.
A SUN reporter, learned yesterday that Miller
the factory early in tho morning about the tho
why he didn't so IN with tho other men He
said he didn't feel like working aud wont away.
He did not go home until heusual time Thurs
day evening. and he did not say he
had not been at work. He appeared
preoccupied. When supper, was set he
said he couldn't cat anything and he
did not recover his spirits, until late late
Nina sna se His HI s" Hocs I "1
casionally and he complained that he had
GOLD. No one. unless it was Minna. saw him
leave the house on Friday. morning. to 60 to
work. From the fact that he did not work on
start Tor work on Friday morning; Very likely
he lurked In some convenient hallway antl
fESs sss IL sss WENT sSass e Ss
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Note. Of Foreign Mappeninxs.

Tho Porte is enforcing the recent decree
Turkey. :,
The Gear and Czarina, the King and Queen
OF Denmark. and the PRINCESS OF Wales arrived
at Dantzic yesterday from Copenhagen.
The sun., 1891-11-01

The New York State delegates OF the National
Brotherhood Of Surface lailroad Employees.
the new organization formed from D: A. 224 Of
Knights Of Labor Yesterday endorsed the can.
William I. Sheehan for Lieutenant Governor,
and the Democratic State and local tickets.-
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Boody. Judge Kenna. and others spoke.
4 HURRAH FOR DE LEON.
Had You Forgotten that He 10 Running 70,
Governor, Too.

Governor, Too.
The Democratic party and the Republican
party got pitched into dreadfully by the Social
istic party on the Union Square plaza last
evening. 1t was their usual Socialist campaign
blowout with all the old-time features. includ-
ing bright red flag and the Marseillaise.
Capt Reilly had his reserves grouped back
evening James J. DAILY presided and Prof.
Daniel DeLeon: the Socalistic candidate for
Governor; was q a the principal speaker who ad-
others who spoke were Iucian Daniel. W. G.
Owen. Howard Balkan. Alexander Jones, j. c.
J.. j. Regan.
The sun., 1891-11-01

There was no change yesterday in the con-
dition Of Minister Carter. who is lying Ill at
tho Everett House. and who became suddenly
worse late Friday night DIR. Frederick Mott,
who is attending him. visited the Minister In
the afternoon.
The sun., 1891-11-01

Empire STATE exprsss via New York Central fastest
train In the world. Luncheon served to pessen&ers
beth q eesehss and assWtnsrssn car fsaa he SShss
The sun., 1891-11-01
HoW's
Your Liver

II sluggish. painful, or
" inactive, causing debility
and That Tired Feeling,
invigorate it to healthy
action, and restore your
strength by taking
The sun., 1891-11-01

letC DTelSL Inoro were.
two ugly stabs. each OF
these ut least half an
inch deep. Ono was on
the left side and the
other below. On the
loft eide Of tho right
breast there was an
other cut. Tho right
arm was slashed near
tho el lbow. Along
side and,,jnst In front
of the left ear there was
a cut clear to the bone
and nearly two inches
long.e There was an
other cut in the thigh
near the abdomen that
suggested jock the
Ripper. Two fingers Of
the left hand were
nearly severed. as
though sho had selzod
the knife blade and he
lad drawn It through
her hand. All the
wounds were on the
front OF the body. and
all were pointed down
,,,o 81 fr,iiont;nn thak