Evening journal., 1892-03-05
MURDER SURE ENOUGH.
Mrs. Dunton's Death Was the
Result Of Brutal Violence.
SgUDDER IS sHAMMIEG INSANITY.


Tic Rails and Poses and Takes on All
tho Antics of Sfadman but His Keep
ers Say It IL Very had Initiation.
Dunton Is Made His wife's Testator.
CHICAGO, March 5-Dr Henry NJ Scud-
Der Is either insane or giving clever imita-
ton Of insanity. The attendants at the de-
tention hospital take the latter view Of it.
When a reporter stood at the door Of DR..
Scudder's cell the man raved and talked Of
people who were pursuing him and sprang
NJ the bars like a wild man. In calmer mo-
ments he declared that he had committed
no murder
Murder, " he screamed 'it's damnable
he know nothing about it. Oh, yes,
believe they did say something about it, but
Twas too sick 10 pay any attention TO them"
Then he became more rational ut is
preposterous,' said he. "Do you think i
would kill an old woman ,v-o had only
few months TO live at bestg Rot and non
sense.n
Then the doctor grew wild. Making
spring at the grated door he yelled: "You
look like tho man that came snealdng
around and peered through the window at
me last night He was fend. All night
long he peered and smirled at me. You are
he, and you have come TO torment me. Go
away
All further efforts at conversation were
fruitless. The attendant Ia charge Of Dr.
, Scuddor declares that the man Is shamming
and not doing II vol, either
The prisoners wife sent word 10 him that
she wished 10 sec him. He declined TO re-
ceive her. "Tell her l don't know her; who
( is shein he said. She went into the cell
later but he refused to talk with her, and
she left after a short timo.
Judge Kohlsaat, Of the probate court,
granted letters testamentary to +. II. Dun
ton on the estate OF his wife Mr.. Duntons
attorneys declare they win have no diff
Guilty in proving the second will by which
the bulk Of the fortune is left 70 Mrs. DR..
Scudder, to be A forgery and fraud.
Mrs. Dunton Was Murdered.
Wounds that fully confirm the suspicion
that Mrs II. II. Dunton was murdered were
disclosed at the autopsy held upon tho
woman's body at GAINESVILLE, Wis Six ex-
ternal injuries and five fractures Of tho
skull show how death was caused. The ex-
animation was made by GAINESVILLE physi-
clans.
DR.. Henry Palmer, surgeon general of the
Wisconsin National Guard and a member of
the faculty of the Chicago College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons was in charge. The
first examination made was for external in
+ juries. There was bandaged wound two
! and a half inches long on the right arm, two
inches above the elbow. The anterior sur
face Of the body was IN normal condition.
The sides and posterior surface had a forid
color At the base Of the nose there was a
! confused wound extending obhquely down
ward from the left toward the right three-
quarters OF an inch. This wound extended
through the soft tissues Of the bone.
! There was marked discolontion about
! both eyes. There was "A wound at the tor
Z Of the head an inch long, extending through
l 10 the skull Just back Of this wound wal
} another three inches long, extending through
4 the external tissues down to the muscles
4 At a right angie 10 this was a confused
/ wound one-hah an inch in length. Neal
D the back Of the head was a wound one inch
long, extending through the periosteum
, These were all the external wounds.
Z Beneath the last described wound there
was a clot Of blood varying from one-fourtt
to one-third OF an inch in thickness. Their,
! / was also clotn beueAtn Jne temporal mus
i Gle and the periosteum. On the top Of ths
G head, Eve inches from the root Of the nose
and one and one-half inches from the center
there was found fracture through The
. skull one and one-fourth inches in length.
3 Her Skull Horribly Fractured
From the beginning Of this fracture ther,
was one extending at right angles acros,
e the head one and half inches long. From
e the anterior part Of this wound there wal
another fracture extending forward and
: across the top Of the head, fracture Of
the bone two and one-hah inches long, anC
from the anterior point Of the first wount
described there was another radiating frac
ture extending downward toward the eal
two and one-half inches From a poin'
; one-fourth Of an inch anterior to the frac
ture last described there was another frac
4 ture, an inch and a half in extent.
Q The unofficial expression by the doctor
:, who conducted the examination was tina
g the fractures Of the skull were more than
D enough TO have caused death.
The report of the examiners made TO the
Chicago authorities shows that the womal
met death by violence and fully confirm
the theory that she was murdered.