The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-10


Fractured-Aid for his Destitute
Family.
The body of Officer Mabry will be
taken to his old home in Ridgeway, N.
c.. this afternoon on the 1895 train.
The remains are now at Oakley s. Wool
vines undertaking establishment, where
they have been prepared for burial. A
detail of policemen will escort the body
Of their dead comrade to the depot and
see 1t started on its last sad journey.
The remains were removed to Oakley &
Woolwine's yesterday morning by order
of Coroner Gray, who concluded that
that would be the best place to hold
the inque st and post norton examina-
ton.
The coroner had previously ordered
the jury and witnesses to be at the late
officers homo at ten o'clock yesterday
morning and thither the DOCTORS re-.
paired TO hold the autopsy. When Dr.
Gray decided to have the body removed
from the house, he sent an order to the
chief OF police to have it done. Chief
Jones referred the matter to Acting
Mayor Buckner, and that official di-
rected him to consult Mrs. Mabry's
wishes in regard to the matter. She
gave her consent to it's removal and
Woolwine sent coffin to tho house
after it.
Doctors Jones, Staples and Gale had
everything prepared at the house for
the post norton and they sent a re-
quest TO the coroner to come there, at
the same time retaining the body at
the house. The fact that his order had
not been carried out incensed Dr. Gray
and he wrote another note to Chief of
Police Jones directing that tho body he
brought to tho place designated at once
and to arrest anyone who interfered
with it's removal. This order had the
desired effect and soon everything was
in readiness for tho inquest.
Tho Jury consisted of the following
gentlemen: Waller p. Huff. foreman;
A. Is. Cook, G. Il. Wertz, Robert Hop
croft, j. Il. Smoor and N. Nj. Wade.
Mr.. B. Lacy Hoge represented the
commonwealth, and he assisted DR..
Gray in examining witnesses.
/. DR.. III. e. Jones was the first witness
called. He testified that he was first
called in to see Mr.. Mabry ON the nth
of,December. He found the officer suf-
fering from scalp wound on the left
side of the head and behind the left ear.
lie seemed to be out of his mind, and
the witness could never get q rational
statement from him. Dr. Jones thought
that he came to his death from the eff
feet of the blow upon his head, but
would not swear positively to this fact
without first making an AUTOPSY
DR.. D. Ii. Miner was tn next witness
examined. lie was called in to dress
MabrY's wounds soon after he was
struck. He described the nature of his
injuries and said the wound looked as
though it might have been inflicted with
sharp point of rock or brick He
thought post mortem examination
should be held;
Drs. Staples and Gale testified that
they had been called into consultation.
They described Mabry's condition when
they were called in and both thought
that an autopsy should be held. All
three of the doctors testified that DIR.
could possibly have been.
At this point of the proceedings the
jury decided that post mortem exam.
nation should be held and authorized
Drs. Gale, Jones, Staples and Miner to
do the work.
Mary Caldwell, an old colored woman
who lives ON Bunker Hill near where
the tragedy occurred, gave some very
damaging testimony against Dooley.
She said that Officer Mabry came over
On the hill to arrest Mary Bolden. He
went upstairs and got her and started
out with her just as he got to the door
Dooley stepped up behind him and
struck him on the head.
Geo. w. Williams, the young man
who swore out the warrant against Mary
Bolden, said that he went over with
Mabry to see him make the arrest He
went upstairs with him and Mabry ar
rested the woman and started for the
station house. jeff Dooley was stand
ing outside and as Mabry stepped out he
struck him on the head with half a
brick, lie, was positive that nooley
was tho man who struck the officer.
Chief of Police Jones testified in re-
gard to giving the warrant to Mabry to
execute. and DR.. Jones, who was recalled,
gave very minute description of the
treatment Mr.. Mabry had received dur
ing his illness. The jury then ad-
journed to meet at five O'Clock in order
TO give the doctors time to make the
post norton examination.
When they reassembled DR.. Jones
testified that the autopsy revealed the
fact that Mabry's skull had received
compound fracture, which was the cause
of his death. The fracture could not be
detected by finger or probe while the
patient was alive, because the muscles
and connected tissues covered it. This
statement was agreed to by Lrs. Staples,
Gale and Miner, and this ended the
medical testimony.
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peated her former testimony with some
important additions. She said that
when Mabry went to arrest Mary Boil
dan there uara four paOpla in thu bouoa