The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-05-18
APPLEwuITE TAKEN TO. TOWN.

y. Nj. APPLE"H HlIE.
APPLEWuITE TAKEN TO TOWN.
After the preliminary inaacst held at the
scene of the tragedy shortly after the
finding of Applewhite aml Mrs. Kenyon.
Applewhitc WAS brought to his home i'll
this city. and the body of Mrs. Kenyon
taken to FitzyatrcIl's undertaking estab-
hshment for examination by the physicians
rs to the cause of her death. DR.. Lee, as
sisted by DR.. Wilson, testified that thry
found a gunshot wound on the left side
about four and one-haf inches below the
left nipple aud in line with the arm pit.
The ball had passed out of the body on the
postcror of the body "a little to the left of
the spine. This wouud might have caused
her DEATH There were blue marks under
the skin of the neck indicating violence
and Of sufficient force that if applied over
the windpipe would have been sufficient to
cause death. There was a brulse over the
lower end of the back bone. All the or
gans of the body were in a normal .condi-
tion. In a leather purse in her stocking
was found SCI 95 in coin, and Sl.75 and a
key were found in App.ewhite's purse.
The jury empanneled by Acting Coroner
Holgate returned the following vordict:
CoRoNER's vERDICTs.
We, the jury duly summoned. empannelcd
and sworn to act cornners jury at said
inquest, do return the following verdict:
The above named person came to her death
by morphine poisoning, assisted by strangu-
laton aud gun-5hot wound, and believed
to have been administered by DR.. J. NJ.
Applewhite.
Geo F. Egiin, Sol. NJ. Stock.
A. E. Brookwalter. Ell l., BRYAN,
John Smith. S. n. Wilkins.
Dated this l4th day of May, 1894.
Another jury were summoned after DR..
Applewhite's death who found az follows:
Ne, the jury duly cmpanelled and sworn
to act rs coroner's jury in the inquest on
said body, return the following verdict:
We find that DIR. J. NJ. Applewhite came
to his death at about l o'clock a m, on
Nav l3. 1894, from the effects of dose of
Morphine administered by his own hand
with suicidal intent.
r. NJ Davisson. Alex. Rennie,
p. NJ, Zierolf, S. L. Henderson,
kUbt. ErWln, w III. IL. DlOSS.
To every reader of the GAZETTE, as well
as every citizen of Benton county, the facts
OF the Applewhite case are too we'll venti
lated to need repetition. When the com
p,aint was first lodged against Applewhite
and Mrs. Kenyon ON a charge of adultery.
Mrs. Kenyon. at the solicitation of her
friends, turned states evidence and it is the
affidavit then made that is referred to in
the foregoing letter. 1t IS not of such q
character as to admit of publication, but
the Drincipal fact is: That he had, by vir-
tue OF his profession, succeeded in seducing
her. and when he had once accomplished
his dastardly purpose, hal continued to use
her rs a thing with which to satisfy his
sensual desires This had first occurred in
his office at Corvallis
He was continually sending notes to her
! and planning to meet her 1t is said that
after their return from California, and after
, her husband had taken her back to his
arms and forgiven the trespass against him,
that she would exchange greetings with
her lover whenever All opportunity offered.
At the coroner's inquest over Apple
whites body the fact developed that he
had been a morphine tiend. His lower
limbs were literally covered with punctnres
where he had inserted the hypodermic
needle.
THE CURTAIN FALLEN.
At 10 o'clock Monday morning the hearse,
! followed by a few teams, drove to the
! Locke mansion, secured the remains of the
Kenyon woman and conveyed them to the
Locke cemetery. A few words were spoken
by DIR. Thompson and prayer offered for
! her soul.
| Two o'clock that afternoon the same
J hearse that had conveyed the unfortunate
| woman to her final resting place, stood in
| front of the late home of ApDiewhite.
Pail bearers, without even uncovering their
heads, carried the coffined carcass of this
worse than fiend to the hearse which con-
veyed it to the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Rev. F. A. Powell offered a prayer. but his
words fell like the clods that rolled in on
the colin lid. Not a tear was shed for
Applewhite, but the memory of the suffer
ing wife and her little ones who must bear
the stigma of the fathers shame caused the
eyes of many to grow dim and touched the
hearts Of those who had not wept for years.
For them resolve was made TO render all
assistance possible