The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-01

The body OF James F. Carroll was ex-
humed from its grave. where IL mas reposto
since May II. In the Evangelical Bethania
Cemetery, on the ST. Charles road, by COR
oner Funkhouser OF St. Louis. who brousht
1t to the city.
An autopsy will be held on the body this
afternoon by Autopsy Physician Hochdoer
fer at the direction of the Coroner. ana
the stomach and its contents viii he ae.
Iivered into the hands OF City Chemise
Teichmann for analysis.
The basis Of the information upon vhich
the Coroner has acted points to 'nat DC
considers unusual circumstances Immediate.
ly surrounding the sudden death If Ca:rcli
May u. a: his home, No. 1886 Wash street.
That Sunday afternoon he sank into
stupor of several hours duration While
seated In rocking chair in the parlor. .ha
died without regaining consciousness. his
wife, Mrs. Lizzie Carroll. now Mrs. LIZZIE
Mitchell, who was busying herself anout
the adjoining rooms from l p. IN. 10 p.
m, the interval In which her husband was
sinking into the torpor OF death. ci:anvered
his condition ten minutes before HE was
extinct.
CORONER AND CIRCUIT
ATTORNEY CONFER.
Coroner Funkhouser consulted Circuit At
torney Folk before proceeding to exnune
the body. His preparations for this i'm
portant step were cloaked with secrecy ana
every effort was made to keep the matter
from getting to the public until the analysis
should have been completed. The relatives
of the deceased were surprised at the news
and the first intimat;on that the cemetery
officials had OF the intended exhuminy was
the sudden appearance of the Coroner and
his assistants at the Carroll grave at
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The coffin was lifted from Its charnei-
<v,I v,1o Is, thn
City Undertaken Alexander. 1t was driven
rapidly into the city and deposited In Alex
ander's morgue at No. 1893 Olive street to
await the autopsy to-day. All knowledge
Of the presence of the body at the under
taking rooms was denied last night. but
Republic reporter who visited the grave
which lately held the body found 1t empty
and the head gravedigger Of the cemetery
said that 1t had just been taken away.
Alexander's wagon with the coffin was
then nearing the city limits on the 81.
Charles road.
At the time Of CAROLS death Doctor
Bradley Of No. lob North Twenty-first
street was summoned to attend tbs
case. He found Carroll dead when he ar.
lived at the residence. The death ceftih
| cate gave the cause OF death as heart dis
| case and the superficial causes were attr1o
| uted to heat prostration. Carroll had Deer
| employed by the Smith & Davis Manufac
| turing Company for twelve years as
| clerk He carried insurance in certain
| lodge, amounting to S2.S0, which appear!
/ to have been his sole estate.i.
MRS. MITCHELL TELLS %
OF FORMER HUSBANDS DEATH.
Mrs. Lizzie Mitchell. the widow and pres
ent wife Of S. J. Mitchell, told a reporte
for The Republic yesterday afternoon he
story OF the events connected with he
| former husbands death. She resides in tn
same house where he died. Her accoun
| of the fatality is that Carroll had beel
| drinking heavily Saturday evening and al
! Sunday morning Immediately preceding hi
return to his home Sunday, about noon.