Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-05
THE SCUDDER CASE.
Wild Talk of the Alleged Wo-
man Slayer.
Is IT THE RAvING OF A MADMAN7

Hospital Attendants Differ as to Whether
He Is Shamming-How He Received
His wife-An Autopsy Confirms the
Charge That Mrs. Dunton Was Killed
by Blows on the Head-Grief Stricken
Relatives of the Accused-Insanity
Case Continued.
CHICAGO, March 5.-Dr Henry NJ. Scud-
der is either insane or giving clever imi-
tation of insanity. The attendants at the
Detention hospital take the latter view of
it. When a reporter stood at the door OF
DR.. Scudder's cell yesterday the man
raved and talked of people who were pur-
suing him, and sprang at the bars like
wild man. In calmer moments he de-
clared that he had committed no murder
"Murder" he screamed, "It's a damnable
lie. / know nothing about it. Oh, yes, I
believe they did say something about it,
but was too sick to pay any attention to
them
Says the Charge Is PreposterouS.
Then he became more rational. at is
preposterous,' he said. 'Do you think |
would kill an old woman who had only a
few months to live at best? Rot and nom
sense" Then the doctor grew wild Max
ing spring at the grated door he yelled:
you look like the man that came sneak
ing around and peered through the win
dow at me the other night He was
fiend. All night long he peered and
smirked at me. You are he, and you have
come to torment me. Go away" All
further efforts at conversation were fruit
less
Declined to See His Wife.
Desk Sergeant .WheeIock said: His
g. FL,
wanted to see him. He declined to receive
her. Tell her don't know her; who is
she?' he said But she went into his cell
later and the doctor refused to talk to her.
She could not draw him into conversation,
and left after short time. That does nor
look much like acting. l told him l had
denied entrance to every body and he said
that was right. had no orders from my
superiOrs, nor from the friends of DR..
Scudder, but believe that when a man is
confined for his alleged insanity and his
association with a crime he Should be
protected from the intrusion of the curl
Gus"
Result of the Autopsy.
Wounds that fully confirm the suspicion
that Mrs. Dunton was murdered-that she
did not die from injuries received in a fall
in her own room-were disclosed at the
autopsy held upon the woman's body at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, yesterday. Six external
injuries and five fractures of the skull
showed how death bad been caused. The
examination was by GAINESVILLE physicians.
DR.. Henry Palmer, surgeon general of the
Wisconsin national guard and a member
of the faculty of the Chicago College Of
Physicians and Surgeons, was in charge
The Second VIII Was Forged.
Letters testamentary on the estate of the
| late Mrs. Dunton were issued yesterday by
Judge Kohlsaat to the husband, Frank II.
! Dunton, in bond of $4,000 Judge Doc
| little and his partner, Mr.. Tolman, pre-
scented petition stating that the estate of
| deceased is worth SIS. Coo, of which So, GO
| is in personal property and $4,000 in
realty OF the second will Mr. Tolman
said: 1T is a forgery, we claim. The pro-
| visions are somewhat the same, but they
are more liberal TO the foster daughter,
! Dora, who is the wife of the alleged muir
| derer- / don't think we will have the
slightest trouble in defeating the doeu-