The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-11
A CHICAGO TRAGEDY.
DR.. Henry N. Scudder Accused or
Numbering His wife's Mother.
The Crime. According 10 tire AIl~gaticns.
was Committed "a Cover Up the
Forgery Of = wiil--Tuas =
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Scuddrr's assertion that he i sick and
unable % leave his bed he has not been
removed 20 the Jail. but is ciosei '
guarded ~ officers.
The warrant on which Dr. Scndder i
held was sworn ont BY the venerable
r II. Dunton. proprietor Of the Spirit
Of the Turf. and the fathcr-in-law of
the accused lnt'&e complaint on which
the warrant was issued b. Justice
B-ayton- "Wednesday morning. Mr.. Dun
ton alleges that on sunday February
81. Dr. Scudsler murdered Mrs Dunton
BY beating her on the head with blunt
weapon.
>cudder married m adopted daughter
OF Danton. whose feeble rife had n for
tune Of over slOu OoO in her own right
which mp to few days before the time
OF her death she had purppsed leaving
70 some blond-relatives but which at
the last moment a size lay in bed but
haif-consciou> OF what She was doing.
as her husband alleges. she was in
duced TO sign over 70 Scudder-s wife
Then one day another physician was
hastily summoned TO her bedside and
found her expiring with ominous
wounds In her head. produced BIZ fall
from her chair as she was sitting IN
one day. Scuddcr says As Scudder
was the last man seen 10 have spoken
with her. and as he could not satisfac-
toriiy account for the wounds. sus-
picion fell on him
On the morning Of February .. DR..
L.
the Dunton mansion. was alone with
Mr.. Dun'on during the temporal abb
scncc Of the servant Mrs Dunton was
reclining on 4 bed in the back room.
Just recovering from d dangerous ill /
Tess with which il Is also claimed. DR..
Scudder is painfully connected Mrs. l
Dunton uttered piercing scream
which was heard all over the house. l
At or a bout the same moment = wit
ness. whose name j. withheld for the
present. saw her on all TOURS on |
the floor and DIR. Scuddcr strik- /
ing her on the head with some
thing like club The witness Yves in
fear Of the Scudde-s. and suppressed
the fact until later.
When Mrs Dunton screamed. every
one in the house ran TO the room. the
first arrival being Mr.. Dunton. whom
Dr. scudder gently pushed back. assur-
ing him that he was too i'll to sec his |
wife To the rest Of the family, he
said that Mrs Dnnton had fallen down |
three times and had struck her head |
against the furniture When they ar |
rived Mrs Dunton was living on her |
face with her head. which was near
The door. bleeding profusely from sew !
eral wounds She was only partly |
conscious and said nothing that was
Ineligible. before she died II.
Or. Scudder and Others started out |
Tor physicians and the first one 70 ar
rive was DR.. Bassett, who lived only
~ doors away When he saw the :
condition Of the lady. he ran back
nome for probe. and as he went out
Dr. Leavitt came in When DR.. Bas-
'ett had returned. they made an e.
animation Of Mrs Dunton-s scalp. and
ound that II had on il Eve or more
wounds. which penetrated 70 the skull
'one- II they did not fracture the skull |
I was plain also that they were made I.
downward and forward. on the top and
ear OF the head DR. Scuddcr told the
thcr physicians that he was present !
vhen Mrs Dunton fell three times
gasnst the furniture. while he was a. J
empting 70 hold her up DR.. Bassett ,
oppressed astonishment. NJ there was
ardly anything for her to strike her
cad against
The explanation was not suficientto
D.. Leaviu To his practiced eye the
rounds were not such as . casual fall |
rouid produce lie communicated his
nspicions to tine husband Of the dead /.
roman. who recalled circumsfdAces |.
with the will which sharp
ned him in memory and shaped his C.
ions later. II
Mrs Dunton lay unconscious until
20 that afternoon. and then died
The funeral was managed By The /;
cudders. who. II is said. had the serv-
,es nt the house. and gave no one an J
TO view the remains. which
Ferc Immediately removed 70 James !
lille. Wis. for burial
Yesterday the body was exhumed
nd physicians are making minute
examination Of the skull.
II i charged that Or. Scudder tried
is hand first on Mr.. Dunton Thurs
nv preceding Mrs Dunton-s deati he
ras conspicuously attentive tn Mr..
,unton. who was in very feeble health.
ie accompanied him down TO his Office
. the morning went home with him
Q lunch, returned with him in the
ftcrnoon. and went home with him
gain az $50 o'clock. He told Mr..
luton that he was evidently
u and he wanted to watch over
i'm. just before the couple lefs Mr..
)unton's Office at $50 p m. togo home 7
or the night. DR.. Scuddcr told him J
hat he must take stimulating !
Iraught lie then ad ministcrei 20 him.
q the presence Of witnesses. . dose Of
om~thing that he called brandy and
Iuininc But thetonic was % active that 2
y the time Mr. Dunton got home he was
ut Of his head. and then went into :
omatosc state exhibiting all NE symp- :
oms Of apcpIexy. from which he da =
'ot recover for forty eight houn Its
that the failure Of this ~
empt may have produced The deter :
nination 70 put Mrs Dunton out Of The :