The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-05
MRS.DUNTON'S MANY WOUNDS
FRACTURES OF THE SKULL AND orHER
INJURIES FOUND At THE AUTOPSY.
Dr. Scudter. who 10 Accused or MurderinG
Her, SIN In Hospital at Chicago-He Re-
fuses to Talk 10 Hta WIFE aud PROPOSES
Not TO Know Her-Is lie Insanes


people fingered about the Detention Hospital
to-day TO catch q glimpse Of DR.. Henry NJ.
Scudder. who is under arrest, charged with
numbering his mother-in-law. Mrs. F. n.
Dunton. In order to obtain her fortune. During
the greater part Of tho day the prisoner
occupied chair beside the iron bedstead on
which. according to the hospital attendants.
he had PASSED a restless and sleepless night.
Sitting i'll the chair he would place his elbows
| on his knees bury his face in his hands, and
seem absorbed in thought.
This attitude he maintained for long periods.
At intervals he would rise suddenly. stand
| erect for n moment. aud then. with a gesture.
| resume his former attitude.
! The prisoners wife sent word to him to-day
that she wished to 500 him. He declined to
receive her. Tell her don't know her:
who is sheI" he said. She went into
his cell later. hut he refused to talk with her,
and she left after short time.
| Late this evening a reporter was admitted
| to talk with the prisoner.
"Who are you % DR.. Scudder cried. II don't
know that you are not detective sent here to
| persccute me-"
You are arrested under serious charge"
said the reporter. Have you anything to say
about IT,"
'There is no charge. Charge? say there 10
! no charge. / am not arrested. II I were
| would be here in bed. and would not know
| it if were arrested? 1t is o lie. am not un.
, der arrest
Then he hid his face in the bed clothing and
trembed. Presently he emerged from tho
mass OF comforters and began to wave his
arms. exclaiming: Who are you? will not
talk. have nothing to say"
Wounds that fully confirm the suspicion
that Mrs. F. H Dunton was murdered were
disclosed at the autopsy held upon the
woman's body at GAINESVILLE. Wis. to-day. Six
external injuries and five fractures OF tho
| skull show how death was caused. The ex-
animation was made by GAINESVILLE physicians.
Pr. Henry Palmer, Surgeon General OF the
Wisconsin l,.l S,ational Guard and member Of
and Surgeons. was in charge.
-. Ihs ilrst examination ha made was for exter;
arm. two inches above. the elbow. The an-
terror suIfa Of the body was in normal con-
di anl, me sides and postelaor surface had
At the base Of the nose there was confused
the left toward the right three iourths OF an
inch: This wound extended through the soft
There was marked dscoloration about both
eyes; There was wound at the top, OF the
aAt the skd psh Sss back sEe o Iii. Weas
vas nn" !. three inches long. extending
wound; one; half an inch in length. Near the
lack Of the head was wound one inob long.
ali the yne These
Beneath. the, last described wound there was
ness. Tiers was also .a'" clot It beneath sheath
On e%pre the sead nf Il:
root Foot Of the nose and one and ene,hsl inches
through the skull one and one,iourth inches
From the 1esinnine Of - this fracture Their.
the head !. inohss long: Fron the an:
sT Fart S s Gona n neG
ESnn sTS and %nsha 9ehs; 3Sns sS
wound described there was another radating
t Fsetufs r extending sa and s OsSss
From point one fourth, OF an inch
anterior t, tho fracture last, described
there was another fracture an inch and half
The unofficial expression by the doctors who
conducted the examination was that the frac-
lures of the skull We're more than enough to
have caused dcath
IT; The INQUIRY into tn. sanity OF the prisoner
Judge kohlsaat of the Probate Court granted
letters t:stamentnry to-day to +. Il. Dunton
Mr.. Dunton's attorneys say they will have
no in ~ ProvfRE the sseond w BY
- sAS fhsSc1soo. M%rch laDr Henry s n 1 scud:
u years old when his father came hero to ac-
cept the passionate Of the Howard Preshytcsian
HHhnTrh W y he hsd from to ss s
WEN he ' enIersd Isn Those Who knew HIM
rs u.s. q hoy hoy say he WIS lively and mischievous.
The Scudd4rs arc also we'll known in Pasa-
dena; where they went on their Tau r. from
Scudder had gone to Japan to spend his life
there in missionary work. but one. OF hi:
he Went with bis family to Pasadena to attempt
to save her life. She died, however and her
Scudders then returned to Chicago.
The Rev John L. scudder. brother Of tho
at his ho t iii Tnrick KS street jersey CITY.
He mad lust recoiyel despatch from another
brotIer, the Rev. Doremus scudder OF Chicago.
which read:
We believe Harry insane Put no eredence in press
statements.
"of course my brother is insane." said Mr..
Scudder, that is. if he did this horrible thing
at all. We know nothing definite about It OK
that any sane an man nan would attempt to murder
any one with man in the next room and 9
4sarn nd eshs m
ago. he has been physical wreck. and he has
Tays that "f b f f hs o
his place as medical examiner for two insur-
In th tsa and ny
the ES did Fiji Eli 66g9sfe KY
sesSd to e G sky seetsd
Papers say there was bad feeling between Mr..
Dunsi2n and my brother; Ihisis false They
Mr. ScuIdor also said that there was insan-
i'y il ,hr ncudisr family. his uncle, J % a
fathers. he said. had also been insane,
The Few Mr.. Scudd.r, Henry Al. Scudder's
father was for nearly twelve years the pastor
OF The Central Congregat ional church in Brook:
lyn, He left Brook lyn for Chicagp in SS4. and
has frequently revisited Brooklyn II lis about
u year since he made his last appearances
in his 1lf hr1okiyn n Ife n%%k ,h 9" the ne
son graduated, in 1874. and II is supposed that
h. married when still student IN the hos
urs Of thut period is now attached TO that In
stit ltinn.
Aionzo Afford o! 3l5 Monroe street SAYS he
knew Young Sru,l'ler when he was student,
and snw hin as late a. last October he de-
scri nrd him as - n smart. nervous. and ener.
retir man with nerves OF high tension"
Mr., Afford SAYS he understood that DR.. Scud-
dcr's health lad broken down during his resi-
d.ncc in Ind II.
l,r. Scudinr was also attached to the Eye