The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-10
EVIDENCE
ACCUMuLAT|NC
Against John Warne the Sus-
pected Ravisher
IN THE PENITENTIARY
For Safe Keeping. Officers Feared Mob
Violence at Anaconda and Hurried
to Safer Quarters.
Special Dispatch to the Bee:


Butte, April 9.-It was not consid-
cred safe for the authorities to bring
John Warne to Butte today, to let
him tell his story of his connection
with the horrible death of little Eve
line Blewett, last Saturday. For that
reason, the inquest, which was 70
have been continued tonight has been
indefinitely postponed. Yesterday
there were alarming rumors at Ana
conda concerning the proposed lynch
ing of Warne there. Late at night he
was taken secretly from the Deer
Lodge county Jail, placed in a buggy
and driven to Deer Lodge city, where
he is now safe behind the walls of the
penitentiary The feeling against
him is intense and trouble is feared
when he is finally returned to Butte.
Coroner Johnson, with Dr.. Norcross
visited the house, before the inquest
was held, and examined the body of
the girl with view TO ascertaining
whether the child had been assaulted
and murdered before the fire complet-
ed what is believed to have been the
final chapter in the commissios. If a
crime equal of which has never been
known in this county. The examina-
tion disclosed the fact that the skull
of the child had been fractured by
some blunt instrument, presumably a
hammer, the blow having been WELD
ed with force enough to produce in
stant death. This revelation con
vinced both the coroner and the ply
sician that the blow had taken the
life of the little one before the flames
began to complete the work of de-
struction. 1t was also found that
the pelvic region was badly burned,
leading the physician to believe that
an extra attempt to destroy this part
of the body by the use of coal oil
had been made.
DR.. c. V. Norcross, who made an
examination of the body, says:
II found a hole in the skull about
the size of a silver dollar, which
looked as if it had been made with
hammer or other blunt instrument.
The bone had been driven into the
brain and when the brain became
heated the substances inside of the
skull forced the broken pieces of skull
out and they were burned away. The
brain was oozing through the hole in
the skull. The hole is located just
above and back of the right ear. The
eyes were dried in their sockets and
the hands burned away. The legs
were burned away almost to the knees
but the knees were not badly burned.
The middle of the body was burned
to a charcoal, but further up the
marks of the flames were not so great.
"In the presence of Drs. Renick,
Sheerin and O'Leary, removed the
heart and lungs, my object being to
determine whether the child had in
hailed any fire after being struck the
blow on the head. found that she
had breathed after being struck, as
the evidence of the fire was in the
lungs. Nevertheless, this does not
alter my opinion that the blow was
struck before the fire was started and
the child rendered unconscious by it.
I found something else that had not
noticed yesterday. When I began to
prepare the body for the examination
I found the clothing rolled up under
the arms, which would seem to dissi
pate the old mans allegation that the
child had run and jumped on the bed
after the fire had started" At the
inquest he stated his belief that the
blow on the head was struck before
the fire was started, and although
death did not ensue before the fire
the child was unconscious when the
flames started.