The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-29
FOR SALE EY AL FIRST
CLASS CRcCERS.

| IN nav her EXPENSES to Bremen and af-
! terward 81, 600 to keep for him. In Sep
/ TENDER, 1884, the janitor found this
money under her pillow in the Walbach
I block and it was afterward turned over
! TO Lecke.
In summarizing. she claims to have
paid out 81. 500 for legal fees and saloon
expenses of Lecke; 81, 500 for household
expenses: 81 800 to him on separation;
81 800 for her expenses to Germany,
hospital charges and money sent 10
him; 81 500 for her return expenses, at
torney's fees, various sums advanced
IIecl1e and her personal expenses; furth-
er sums for clothing, etc, so that of the
50 600 given her by Lecke she claims TO
now have only about $3.50 in her posses
sion.
She prays dismissal of of his motion
for alimony and counsel fees.
RESULT OF THE AUTOPSY.
An autopsy held last night by DR..
Hugh L. Taylor on the body of Lecke
demonstrated the fact that his death
was a plain suicide. Under the knife
and saw of the surgeon the mystery of
the third wound in Lecke's skull was
completely explained away. There is no
longer any ground for suspicion of foul
play, which was raised at first in the
case. and somewhere in the room where
Lecke died may be found the clue to
that third hole in his head. 1t is a small
piece of bone which the 45-caliber bull
ct in its passage through the head of
the aged German displaced and forced
through his forehead, making wound
above the nose that looked as though
it had been made by some charp instru-
ment.
Mrs Agnes Mohr. who witnessed
Lecke's death, made a mistake in say
ing that the suicide shot himself
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ed on the right temple and found exit
on the left side of the skull. An exami-
nation of Lecke's head showed that the
skull bone had been shattered to small
pieces. One piece was missing from I'M
der the wound on the forehead, and this
is probably in the room at 2062 Law
renee street.
This is the autopsy report:
A confused, lacerated wound three
quarters of an inch in diameter was
found, two inches in front and on line
with the upper portion of the right ear.
A larcerated, triangular wound was
found three inches above the external
angle Of the right eye. Around the first
named wound the flesh was blackened
and charred. showing that here the
bullet entered. At the junction Of the
bridge of the nose and forehead a tear
one inch long was found. Both eyes
We're ecchymosed. or swollen and black
ened, with clotted blood under the cut
icle.
COURSE OF THE BULLET.
a line of fracture extended upward
from a point beneath the wound on the
right side, through the temple and right
parietal bones to the median line. back
ward and downward to the occipital
bone. thence forward and downward to
the point Of starting. at which place
was formed an irregularly circular
penetrating wound of the skull about
once inch in diameter. Beneath the
wound on the left side of the head was
found a ragged rectangular wound
about one by one and one-half inches in
diameter, from the upper anterior angle
Of which a line of fracture extended for
ward and downward into the left Orbit
From the posterior angle line of frac-
ture extended backward and dwonward
drought the left parietal bone to the
juncture of the occipital bone. From
the two anterior lines Of fracture a
comminuted line of fracture connecting
the poSterior lines of fracture was
found. The anterior Of the cerebellum
was completely disorganized. Beneath
the wound described at the bridge of
the nose the skull was found to be bad
" comminuted. One section of bone
had been forced through the flesh a the
junction of the forehead and bridge of
the nose.
When DR.. Tayolr removed the scalp
from Lecke'S skull the brains and bone
were found to he literally pulverized
underneath. The suicide was normal
in all his other organs. After the
Gumry hotel inquest has been disposed
of. an inquest Will be held on Lecke's
remains.
The young widow Of the suicide re-
turned to Denver yesterday and is in
seclusion. She has not appeared at the
morgue nor has she expressed any
wish 10 view the remains Of her foolish
~ fond spouse. It is understood that
Mrs. Lecke Will not ask TO have an ad-
ministrator for her husbands estate.
As she has secured possession of It. le-
gal steps in that direction on her part