The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
FRANKLIN COUNTY. MASS.
THE FOUSNIEE CASE
Doctors Who Testify that she was
Clicked Death.

/ There WAS a hearing ut Greenfield SATURDAY
| before Justice Dana Of Turner's Falls III the case
Of Levi NJ Fourier, the Montague City French
man charged with choking and strangiing to
| death his wife, Estella NJ Fournier, daughter Of
| Joseph Wallace, of GreenRivcr, who died 80 sud.
denly and mysteriously on the night Of the 30th.
The government was represented by District
Attorney John a Aiken and Fourncr by his
counsel Greene 4 Davenport of Greenfield
| fourncr plead not guilty. Jason Brown and
wife, near ncighbors of the couple told of -Four.
MGR rapping at their door and ringing his door
bell and asking them to 90 to Fournier's house,
and OF Browns going later TO Turner's Falls for
doctor Mrs Browns testimony was regarded
Is very important. She recalled going to the
| house in response TO Fournier's appeal and
helped him in his efforts to resuscitate his wife
| The witness told Of dscoorations appearing on
| the dead womans neck and limbs. Dana F.
! Wiswel of Turner's Falls testified TO riding from
! Greenfield to Montague City that Tuesday night
on an electric car and fixed the time Of the ar
rival Of the car at Montague City at about $40.
DIR J. Leary who was called that night and al.
50 helped Medical Examiner Coy make the au.
topsy, deluted the appearance of the marks on
the body and their significance, rs also did DIR
Coy ana Dr + & Best of Turner's Falls who
were all present at the autopsy. DIR c Walk,
cr of Greenfield was called as an expert to an.
swer Hypothetical questions based on the report
OF the medical examiner. He proved to he
strong witness for the commonwealth He stout.
ly affirmed that under the circumstances as
depicted in the report, death could result from
no other cause but stranguation. Mr. Greene
subjected DR. Walker. to q sharp cross.eNamina-
ton, trying TO ishow that the discoloratons on
Mrs Fourner's throat were but the effects of the
severe rubbing which the corpse received from
Fourier and Mrs Brown and the natural
change of color after death. He also raised the
point whether the marks on the neck would be
OF the same form II they were the result of
choking. nr Walker, to carry his point, was
obliged TO grasp the attorneys neck as Il to
choke him. Delos Wansey of Montague City,
a noi. hhor, testified next in regard to the fam
lily life of the Fourniers and Walter Carson OF
the Boston Globe and F W Main, who talked
with Fourier after the affair, finished the list
of.witnesses, it being then nearly O'Clock. The
hearing was then adjourned until saturday at
10 m, when Mrs " Tanner, who assisted In
laying out the body of Mrs Fournier, will be eN.
amined and the arguments will be made. Tues.
day the body was examined by Drs G + Twitch.
ell and \ Deanc of Greenfield in the interest
OF the defense fhc findings of both cNamina.
tions viii he known at the hearing saturday.
The body Of Mrs Fourier was eNhumcd Mon
day. by order of Medical Examiner Coy 1t was
taken 10 McCarty's undertaking rooms at Tur- |
ncrs Falls and examined by physicians. The |
exam nation Is probably being made to substan- |
tiate more strongly the theories on which the |
prosecution is based and to explain some points |
raised ut the hearing saturday.