New-York tribune., 1900-03-28
DEATH DUE TO A BLOW.
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OF the cut on the head until he returned to
Florida, Under Sheriff Dunno believed that
something being concealed, and after walt
ing four days in vain for DR.. Reaches report.
he stated the case to Coroner Burger. The
latter did not wish to make any investigation,
and said Mr.. Dunno should go to the District
Attorney. Mr. Dunno replied that he did Dot
want to carry a case to the District Attorney
unless there proof of foul play, and that
he simply desired inquisition into the cause
of Mr.. Hendersons death. He took Mr.. Curran
and his assistant, Charles NJ. STAIRS. before w
w. Southworth, Commissioner Of Deeds. Mr.
Curran swore to the following affidavit:
State of NewYork. City of New-York County of
m Andrew 1drfGS. cHrran being duly sworn says that
BTookiTn city m of of in the Borough OF
a. That hat he i engaged in the undestakng business
engaged in said business for about five years.
That on the 18th of March 1900 he received from
one William Henderson. who had recently died in
Of B BBT9,okyn. and residing No sOs Thireenth-st
Thrd Where eoq he 90 opened the easkes
and and f9gnd % that the body therein that Of the
peTTso1aiy TSa1 H ha39 known for number of years -,
remains in the same casket undisturbed to MI
Benderson's late residence. No. sos Thirteenth-st
That he hhYereup9n the removed the body to the EN-,
thereon.
doing so he discovered blood upon a piece of gauze
Which Which was lying under the head and upon the
IT That he thereupon examined the head of the
aead o o man an and found % acerated wound the
Thd4 depressed ssednr fracture Of the skull a..
coloraton upon the left tsmpe n2 l,t and cheek
Sworn to before me- this I'd day Of March w
W. southworth, Commissioner of Deeds for City
Of New-York.
Mr.. Curran's assistant. Mr. Storrs. who helped
to embam Mr. Henderson's body. swore to this
affidavit. which annexed to Mr.. Curran's:
State of New-York. City of New-York. County
he rss rs RsRg Rrdn
aohs @ Dasnsls Fs the s64sats
oveP rR to On rss M @ 1i g o esr the went
of in Ma e B6T So the that s snd
to the undertaking establishment of said curran
and subsequently to the residence at No. 800 Thir-
taking taking the body @ out Of the, the sasket and saw the
Thnt he read % the o aa of Andrew
Curran and knows the contents and the same
sworn to Before me this 2sd day of March 100
city Of eng m Bor
ough.
Having filed these affldavits in the Coroner's
office. and requested that immediate action be
taken, Coroner Burger sent Coroner's Physician
Hartung to make autopsy. Mr. Dunno,
companied DR.. Hartung, DR.. William D. Davis,
of No. 2I5 Clinton-st.: DR.. J. NJ Raub of No.
295 Clinton-st. the family physician of the
Hendersons; Mr.. Curran and Deputy Coroner
Kelly to Greenwood, where the body was in a
vault. The autopsy having been performed,
DR.. Hartung said that Mr.. Henderson's death
was certainly caused by blow the head.
which must have been violent as there was
such large mass of clotted blood in the head.
He declared that If the wound was caused by a
fall 1t must have been forward fall as a fall
backward could not have made such a cut. As
the cut was on the back of the head 1t would
have been practically impossible for the
to have fallen forward in such e way to in
fliot II, and If he had fallen forward with force
sufficient to kill him. he must have struck mis-
face but there was no scratch on the face to
show evidence of violence, only the dscolora-
ton on the left temple and cheek. DR.. Hartung
reported to the Coroners office that Mr.. Hender-
son had died from flow of blood into the
brain, the cause Of the effuson being an injury
violently inflicted to the head. Coroner Burger
said he would take no further action in the case.
CASE IN HANDS OF EX-JUDGE vEEDER.
AS Mrs. Henderson wished to have the cir
cumstances surrounding her husbands death
fully investigated, the case has been placed in
the hands of ex-Judge William D. Veeder. of
that he had been employed general counsel
in the case that Mrs Henderson's counsel
he did not care to talk but that, of course, he
would do what he. was employed to do. He would
say, however, that, assuming it to be absolutely
true that the body of Mr.. Henderson
brought here with death certificate giving the
of his death heart disease, and that an
autopsy had disclosed the fact that he died
from the effects Of a blow the head, it
rather peculiar case. There seemed to be d-
rect contradiction.
You know" remarked Judge Veeder, "it is a
clever way the doctors have Of certifying to
deaths having been caused by heart failure.
mans heart always fails when he dies. The
doctors technically correct in that
James Henderson, married son Of the dead
man. said yesterday that the family thought it
very strange that Mr.. Nevins came all the way
from Florida and then hurried back without tell
ing the family any one else about the circum-
that he knew nothing about the cut on the head
until he got back to Florida. 1t was also pecul-
lar that details had yet been received. The
whole matter had been put in Judge Veeder's
hands TO do what he thought best No word
had been heard from Merritts Islands except
through Under Sheriff Dunne's kilograms,
Uuder Sheriff Dunno said late yesterday after
noon that Mr.. Nevins had had plenty Of time to
explain, and Dr. Roache could have sent his
detailed report by mail several days ago. Mr.
Neyins had told nothing. except that Mr. Hen