The sun., 1894-03-23
ALL AT SEA ABOUT MOTIVE.
MURDER, sUToTDE, on ACCIDENT nv
LAWHER MULBER's OFFTCEp


Tsmper-Repsrt OF the seeoua Autspsy.
wanted-A motive II Joseph 7. Magse. the
young lawyer who was alone with Miss Martha
J. FHller. the stenoerapher. In the once Of
william NJ. Mullen. their employer. at ia
Nassau street, last Saturday. can discover any
motive the girl may have lad 10 do away with
herself then there Is little doubt that he can
60 free and this in spite OF all the evidence
accumulated TO show that she could not have
herself inflicted the wound that caused her
death and left no traces Of powder or burn
ing; in spite OF the fact that the pistol
with which she was shot was his. that the car
tridges with which the pistol was loaded were
his and we're purchased By him; In spite OF
the statements that appear to be uncontra-
dicted that from three to i've minutes elapsed
between the shooting and the time he gave the
alarm.
On the other hand. IL IL absolutely neees-
sary for the prosecution OF charge OF murder
that a motive should be discovered for the kill
ing Of the girl. and the prosecuting oflcer and
the friends and the counsel OF Lawyer MaRee
are devoting all their energies TO searching for
a motive; the frstfor motive for murder. the
last for motive for suicide. Each side pro-
fesses 10 have made great discoveries Neither
will make their alleged discoveries public
Among the letters the police found In Ma
gees desk on Sunday after the shooting was
n letter signed M. J. Dunbar. It was dated
New Canaan. Conn. and was evidently from q
woman making an appointment This letter
was addressed to MaRee. II was found in
drawer where there were q number Of private
letters belonging to Miss Fuller.
THE Sun reporter found Mrs Dunbar yes
terday through information which he obtained
at New Canaan. Eorwalk. Redding Centre. and
other towns In Connecticut where she had
Tlo h. NrlA
bears out all that the police have discovered
concerning Lawyer Magee's traits OF charac-
ter. his secretiveness. and his temper. Mrs.
Dunbar is q fine-looking woman OF fifty. who
is visiting her married daughter at 212 st.
Nicholas avenue. The nature OF the corre-
spondence had been misconstrued. she said.
She had known MaRee eight or nine years.
He lived in Brooklyn when she met him first.
He was not married at that time. He WAS q
young lawyer. and she took an interest In
him. He appeared to be an honorable up
right aud moral young man. She had had
financial transactions with him for the last
1--WE years. she said Their relations had always
been Of q friendly character. so friendly that
and when sSe wSs s@sy hsr SsS
tions he always managed 70 spend some Of his
time n the tSEn where che wa. Bpt despite
The ,el.tiyes. It will BE- renemSsred, never
fore The shSoaIlng Is y9ur oSSnion :"
answsr was Forthcoming she said
SST sSn S,S IL Hs AL The cir, could
motins mo- s'' she Was happy s and all thst @ Bas oD
the other hand, Mr.. Magee never would have
done thing like that. But he is mar, Of
times. 1t hardly seems possible that he could
hs's ms so dGns much sbons % TO-
He used to say what an awful thing It was fer
sh9s he hss
he had taken human HE: He talked so much
ssS se sSs aS sa
serious auarrels with Magee. She mentioned
occasions when she said he had frightened her
80 badly that she had promised never to bring
ND again tho subject on which they were talk
inf J.. no,,o. INV. :, ~, vos,.rd.v ,h,, ,,.v
had RSSs Tsie out ose Witch aa 'sSs
known had been In the room where Miss Full:
nSs S Tass
mated that they knew where this towel was
Des ass q ass TSS d a: ' TO-
gshe. Th f q morS
sway avs from Mr. MSiien's ofiiee. are the most
important facts so far tending to help the
T9s ss. Os RGdS 5eg3.t g! the second Sqtops
O'Hare. It is q very complete description Of
the WOUNDS on zach side 9 h and WITH
who have been specuIating in the dark will be
able to throw more Light on the Question
fiieted or not The report is as follows:
:" The direct, cause Of death was shock; pen
ton showed no actual injury OF the scalp, eS-
eept the wounds made by the passing Of the
sniapSed and ciosed u BY | suturss % that ' ON V the
lett had been hlied with plaster OF Paris
. The skin about the wound on the right
side was somewhat confused; on the left side
i was unaltered. On incision the layers Of
the scalp above the pericranium. over the left
found iniiltrated with blood. which, had eyi-
IDENTITY escaped & ed from the bullet opening IN the
extrayasations was not entirely uniform; that
Immediately about the bullet opening being
T6s s' sdns
ward the occipital region:
The bullet wound ln the bone in the right
side was extended in the ZyRomAtlc fossa, lust
behind the external angular process II was
slightly oval in outline, with smooth and un-
eighth inches in diameter. The osseous wound
IN the left side was also behind the external
CHER and more posterior than on the oppo-
site aide; II was more or less rectangular In
sa with sSd
pOst.rior diameter was onsAnd a half Its verti,
s issS9ss % diverged ons sxssndsS HS onward snd
backward for nye inches through the parietal
hone; a second downward toward the base
Of the ,skull:,a third above the suprsoIbi-
OF the frontal bone. fourth. smaller
than the others. through the posterior part
sutures were divulsed and separated. in places
nearly quarter of an inch. Through the open
ings this made, as well as through the bullet |
openings OF the left side. the dura mater could |
rum H T in the left paristai and in both frontal
regions, following the eorresp spending cerebral |
lobes which were sunken and apparently coll |
lApssd. There was. however. no epidural
After the removal OF the brain the separation |
Of the sagittAl suture was found TO be continued
posteriorly by a fine hssuTe which extended |
through the mediAn line Of the occipitAl bone |
as far as the inferior curved line. where 1t |
divided and ran through the inferior oecipitAl |
lossa on either site. II was also found that the
ball In Its course had RraAed the outer part OF |
the right orbital pate. and had brokeu a small |
fragment from the Lesser wing Of the sphenoid
bone. The corresponding under surface OF |
both frontal lobes OF the brain was grooysd |
along the posterior borders. and the coTtex and |
Immediate subeortex for the space OF from Z |
10 OF an inch iron right TO left was entirely