The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-30
MYSTERY DEEP AS EVER,
TROUGH PHYSICIANS ADVANCE
THE THEORY THAT DEATH
WAS DUE TO A FIT.
CIV HOSPITAL DEDICATED.
A. II. AnIxeny Homestead the Site of
an Important InstitutiCn-News
of Minneapolis.

ern Pacific f1agman, under suspicious
circumstances, Saturday morning,
seems to be as deep as ever. Although
Coroner Kistler and County Attorney
Frank M. Nye, aided by a jury, con-
Quoted an inquiry yesterday morning,
nothing definite regarding the death of
the f1agman was developed, except,
perhaps, it be to dispel to some extent
the idea that the man was murdered
and to substitute that of accidental
death.
At o'clock yesterday morning DR..
G. M. Kistler and DIR. Nye conducted
"a post mortem examination on the
body of the man who was thought to
have been murdered, and the testimony
of the physicians was the most impor
tant submitted, that of the other wit
nesses being largely corroborative of
that published after the finding Of the
body. Dr. Nye testified first, and read
his notes. which he had taken at the
examination. He described minutely
the three wounds on the head Of the
deceased, and gave as the immediate
cause Of death, concussion Of the
brain, brought on by the contusions
and wounds. One of the wounds was a
cut directly over the right eye, the
| SGCOuQ SEEMED TO De a DTulS0 IIllUWdy
between the left eye and ear, and the
third was a slight wound behind the
left ear. The doctor said there was no
fracture of the skull. Asked If the
wounds were caused by blows, DIR.
Nye said they might have been, but If
they were, the blows were not hard
| ones. The wounds might have been
caused by falling against some hard
| ho Srhf
would not necessarily produce death,
although it was the most severe
wound.
caused by falling?" questioned the
county attorney
''WeH, hardly" replied the witness
'NThey seemed to have been caused by
some hand. If the injuries were re-
ceived by falling, the victim would
have had to have fallen twice"
do you think the blows were caused
by the Wrench?"
''They might have been, but If so,
the wrench was not welded with full
force"
Gould the wounds have been caused
by faIling?"
'Yes. From the condition Of the
mans liver and the fact that he was
afflicted with jaundice, he might have
been subject to fits and in one of them
might nave tallen.
''Wculd you expect instant death
from the wounds which he received?"
mo. He might have remained in an
unconscious condition several hours
| before death"
On being called to the stand DR.. C.
NJ. Kistler corroborated the testimony
! OF DR.. Nye Upon further questioning
d the witness said the wounds might
have been done with the wrench, which
was offered in testimony and shown to
the jury, but in his opinion, the
wound in the left side was more of a
scratch and hardly looked like a
wound done by the wrench. The doctor
said with the liver. troubles the de-
ceased suffered with, he would judge
that he had been subject to fainting
spells and he thought that the old man
had been hurt in falling. The wounds
caused concussion of the brain, the
immediate cause of death, and could
have been caused by the deceased
while in a fit and rolling around
John F. Walsh, superintendent Of
the morgue was called to the stand
and told how the body was found when
he arrived to remove it, He identified
the wrench and described to the jury
, the watch tower and the position the
, body was in as we'll as the way the
articles in the room were arranged.
He said there was no indication Of a
struggle.
William Roske. the printer who
! found the body, was the next witness
and his story was almost the same as
given heretofore. He described the
tower, the hours of the fiagman and
! told how his suspicious were aroused
! that all was not right when he saw
! the gates were not put down and when
a passenger train passed by Edward
Doree, living at Coon Creek, Anoka
county, was almost run over. Mr.
Doree drives into Minneapolis every
, morning and is in the brush business
at Second street and Fifth avenue
south. Roske said that when he raised
| the door of the switch tower he dis
3 covered Bartley's dead body lying in
one corner, but did not enter the tower
simply telling Kubiak, the watchman
who was at the foot Of the tower lad
der, that Billy was dead They
: then called the attention of the men
D on switch engine near by. The wit
ness testified he had not seen any one
4 enter the tower during the two hours
! he sat looking out the window of his
: house in the direction Of the railroad
Z Asked as to the way the railroad men
made fun Of Barley, he told a little Incl.
dent Which happened Friday after
e noon. BARLEY worked till $3.50 o. m
!; daily when he was relieved by Thomas
Il Haley. Friday afternoon BARLEY, hav-
; ing no watch, inquired what time il
: was. Some of the men standing near
to nettle the old man, who had a few
words with Haley, when he appeared
:; for duty a few minutes after on time
= Other than this, the witness knew OF
: no trouble BARLEY had, except with
: some of the teamSters who became an.
: gered when the fagman shut the gates
= too soon.
u The next witness was John Kubiak
. the one-arned watchman of the bridge
= near the tower. He told how he handed
e the old man bucket of coal shortly
s before z o'clock Saturday morning, on
his way to work. He described the de
tails of the finding Of the dead body bv
Roske and himself. He knew Of no on
9 in particular with whom BARLEY ha6
!, had trouble. He testified that Bartley
g had been taken home once or twice OF
n account of sickness, but added that HI
< was q strong old man for his age.
. Officer James Ryan, who was on tha
a beat the morning in question, tolC
S what he knew of the matter. He de
z scribed how the body was found 1yin;
!, and how the furniture in the little tow
! er was arranged. He found the chai
= tipped against the coal bin, but after
wards discovered that the switchman
who had been up before, had disturbed
8 the chair in raising the door. He saiC
IS that the wrench was kept on the foo
: and that the Switchman had put it OIL
l. the shelf, where the officers had fount
I; it He had seen the blood stains OF
n the wrench but was of the opinion tha
: 1t had been on the tool for a long time
n Continuing, the officer said in part
If 'sThe fire in the stove was out and th
], dead mans cap was in the coal bin