Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-11

gram of inquiry was sent to Judge J. r.
Doollttle, and the answer came: ''Oral
evidence of doctors will be competent"
The first examination made was for ex-
ternal injuries. The skull was then ex-
posed and afterwards opened, and as last
step the trunk was opened and the intes-
tines examined for traces of poison. The
report of the examiners, as 1t will be made
to the Chicago authorities, is as follows:
The body was in the casket in full dress
tor burial. 1t was removed from the
casket end externally inspected There
right arm, two inches above the elbow.
which had been packed and bandaged
The anterior surface of the body was in
normal condition. The sides and pos
terror had forid color. Att
the root of the nose,
there was a confused wound extending
obllquely downward extending from the
left toward the right three-fourths of an
inch In extent. This wound extended
through the soft tissues of che bone.
There was marked discoioration about
both eyes. There was a wound central
and at the top OF the head an inch in ex-
tent extending through to the skull, the
perlosteum being penetrated. Just
back of this wound was another three
inches long. This wound extended
through the external tissues down to the
muscles. One inch from the right angle
of this was a confused wound one-half
inch in length, the two being connected
Near the back of the head was a wound
one inch in extent, and extending through
the periosteum. These were all the ex-
ternal wounds.
The scalp was then opened across the
crown from ear to ear. Beneath the last
described wound there was clot of blood
varying from ono-fCurth to one-thlrd of an
inch in thickness. There was also clot
beneath the temporal muscle and the peri
osteun.
On the top of the head FIVE inches from
the root of the nose and one and one-half
inches from the center there was found a
fracture through the skull one inch and
one-fourth in length. From the COM
mencement of this fracture there was one
extending at right angles across
the top of the head one and one
fourth inch in length. From the
anterior point of the wound first described
there was another fracture communicating
with it extending forward and across the
top of the head-a fracture through the
bone, two and one-half inches in extent,
and from the anterior point of the first
wound described there was another radiat-
ing fracture extending down toward the
ear, two and one-half inches in extent
From a point one-fourth of an inch an
terror to the fracture described
there was another fracture an inch and
half in extent. TIE two last fractures de-
scribed communicated with each other
tNy nd fhn oy,,t -
shaped piece of bone was lifted up by DR..
Palmer on the point of his scalpel. 1t was
one and quarter inches in length and
onehalf in width. 1t was held in posi-
ton only by the periosteum or lining
membrane.
The top of the skull was removed and
large ciot found on the brain, and half
inch fracture not before revealed was found
on the anterior surface of the skull cor
responding in position to the wound at the
root of the nose.
The trunk was opened and the intestinal
organs removed. A three-and a-half
pound tumor was cut out, but no other alb
normal condition was discovered.
The unofficial expression of the doctors
conducting the examination was that the
fractures of the skull were more than
enough to cause death.
The case is the talk of the town, where
the dead woman was well known. The
general belief locally is that Mrs. Dunton
was murdered
Who Forged the Will.
CHICAGO. March 4.-Who drew up the
forged will? is tonight the first question
in the Jekyll Hyde case that is pulling
all Chicago. But for the alleged discovery
of DR.. Scudder's surreptitious handling of
the private papers of the rich woman he is
charged with having murdered he might
never have been suspected of the
crime. The forged will is in possession
of Attorney Tolman, representing the
woman's husband and sister. The cir
cumstances under which Scudder had it
drawn, if he did, will likely go far to
prove or disprove his sanity and guilt
1t seeming y was prepared by lawyer,
and the question of the attorneys iden-
tity and possible completely is being
carefully put toward solution.
Il is said an expert to whom the two
wills were submitted before DR.. Scudder's
arrest and who knew nothing of the cir
cumstances in the case decided without
hesitation that the two documents were
not signed by the same person-one sig
nature showing tremor incident to old
age or feebleness, and the other was firmly
written with forced attempts at irregular
ity of outline.