New-York tribune., 1901-03-21
MRS. CABUS AND SUICIDE.
pR oHANLoN. FINDING NO TRACE OF
EPILEPSY AFTER AUTOPSY, THINKS
SHE STABBED HERSELF.

DR. OHanlon. coroner's physician, performer
an autopsy on the body OF Mrs. Caroline capus
Yesterday afternoon. He found that oeath was
due 10 a stab wound in the neck whlcn seVered
the tYgular vein and other blood Fesse!S' caus-
ing an extravasation Of blood IN the tissues or
the throat. He did not know whether there han
been anv external hemorrhage or not, as all
traces had been removed when he made the
FIRST examination DR. O'Hanlon stated that he
had experienced great trouble from the family
in making the first examination, and that al
nossibIe barriers Were placed in The coroner
wav This might have been done he thought 10
plsce the body in condition SO that there should
he no signs Of external hemorrhage. Dr. y Han
Ion declared that the brain was in a normal con-
6ition which would not have been the case hed
there been an epileptic fit. He found no hemor-
rhage Of the brain whatever, and all the cohdl-
tions of epilepsy were wanting
Dr. OHanlon is of the opinion that the woman
committed suicide.
Ny Cabus stood guard over the body yester
day morning Amy theory he said. that srg-
rests anv other cause OF death but natural
causes is wrong My wife has suffered from
epilepsy for years. This disease is common To
the family. and there have been NUMBER OF
deaths from this cause. The newspapers have
been wrong in casting any reproach upon my
wife by suggesting suicide for she was as g'o
n woman as ever lived. and had no cause Tor
taking her life. AS for murder. this is absurd.
NV wife had not enemy in the world. and
as for robbery, surely one would Kill -er for
the small belongings we possessed. Ny wife died
from epilepsy Our family doctor said that she
would some day die from that disease. II is
wrong TO create any suspicion to the cause Of
her DEATH
When asked what he had TO say about the
marks on his wifes throat. he refused 10 an
Hver.
DIR. Fischer the physician, who lives nearly
opposite the Cabus house. at No. 80 West
Eighteenth-st.. when asked about Mrs. Cabus's
death said:
The woman died from epilepsy. l predicted
that she would die from this disease. she mas
been afflicted with il for number of years.
Coroner Bausch visited the Cabus mouse anu
questioned a number of the people living there.
He said he held the theory that the case vas
one Of suicide, but that the act committed
while Mrs. Cabus was suffering from an epi-
leptic fit. The only peculiar feature, he said,
was that the knife with which il is said Mrs.
Cabus cut her throat was found lying ca n
stand some distance from the spot where her
body was found. Coroner Bausch consulted
Captain Titus and had Detectives Berkley and
Arfken detailed to make complete lnNesusa-
ffon OF the case.
DR. O'Hanlon said il would have been impos-
sible for dog TO infiict the wounds on the
womans throat. which We're about two and
half inches deep. and about three-eighths or
quarter of inch in length. The case was
complete puzzle TO him. He could not explain
why the family had tried TO conceal the fact
that the woman came TO her death from stab
wound. He also considered remarkable the
fact that the knife which Mrs. Cabus is said TO
have held in her hand at the time of her death
when he first il at the house Monday
was in perfect condition, but was bent and
broken when brought TO the coroner's Office.
At the end of the autopsy the body was placed
fn coffin and taken to the home of Miss Cabus
n Mr.. Cabuss sister. at No. 343 West Thirtieth- st.
where the funeral was conducted by the Rev.
DIR. Sexton, pastor of the North Presbyterian
Church, Thirty-first-st. and Ninth-ave, and the
Rev. DR.. Rossiter, a former pastor of the same
church.
During the service Mrs. Brodhead, the mother
Of the dead woman, tainted and carried
from the room She was revived
The burial viii take place this morning at 10
o'clock in Woodlawn Cemetery. The Rev. DR..
sexton VIII accompany the n1ourners to the
cemetery.