The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-26
POST M0RTEM
EXAMINATION
American Doctors Perform Au-
topsy on Body of Miss Gore.
NO STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS
THEORY OF ACCIDENT SEEMS TO
BE GENERALLY ACCEPTED.
NO STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS

AXIS, Nov. 25.-The independent
post norton examination over
the. remains of Mrs. Ellen Gore,
made by the commission of four Amer
lean doctors appointed by Consul Gen
eral Gowdy at the instance of the state
department at Washington. was made
this morning at the morgue. 1t tended
TO establish the fact that Mrs. Gore
did not commit suicide. The Amer
lean doctors found that the bullet en-
tered the pupil of the right eye, cut
ting the lower eyelid and emerging in
the rear of the right side of the head
at less than half an inch elevation
from the point Of entry. The body
bore no marks of a struggle and there
were no powder marks at the entrance
of the wound.
The doctors have been given forty
eight hours in which to consult the Of
fetal report. Mr.. Gowdy in the mean
time has ordered them not to give any
official opinion of the case. He is seek
ing to avoid a clash with the French
experts. The report of the American
commission viii be restricted to the
pathology of the wound and the direc-
ton Of the bullet, with no opinion as
to the cause of death.
Four American doctors, A. ]. Magin,
Edmund Z. eros, Turner and Whit
man, were present at the examination,
as was also DR.. Socquet, at the re-
quest Of the French officials, and DR..
Paquet, representing Mr.. Gowdy. The
body was brought into the amphi-
theatre used for demonstrations before
students. DR.. Socquet explained the
course of the first autopsy, and the
own inspection, but they made no new
incisions- The skull had been sawed
in two parts along the course of the
wound, which permitted the Americans
to make measurements to establish the
range OF the bullet. It was obvious
that the range was not greatly upward
as at first announced, but was almost
parallel with the earth, indicating the
theory that death was caused by an
aimed weapon. The expression of such
an opinion, however, was carefully
avoided by the doctors, as their exam
ination was restricted to the course
and surroundings of the wound. The
absence of powder marks at the en-
trance of the wound was partly ac-
counted for by the use Of smokeless
powder, although the American Of
fcials insisted that suicide would have
compelled the holding of the weapon
so close to the wound that it would
have been somewhat burned.
Before the doctors separated they
agreed to meet later, compare their
views and formulate a written report.
which is not expected to be completed
before tomorrow.
Russian Was Careless.
The provisional release of De
Rydzewsh yesterday is considered as
establishing the view of the French
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Russian, but he is still under surVeil-
lance. and if he attempts to leave this
city he will be liable to arrest as a
fugitive from Justice. The American
officials do not expect that De Rydzew-
ski will be further actively prosecuted,
although he probably win be arraigned
later on the minor charge of having
possession Of a revolver and of care
lessly participating in the circum-
stances which caused the death of
Mrs. Gore.
Mr.. Gowdy received from the state
department today a request from Mrs.
Cores relatives to take possession of
her effects. Accordingly he took charge
of two trunks, a good deal of music
and a little Jewelry. The articles
showed the simple, refined tastes of
the deceased.
The burial place of the remains of
Mrs. Gore has been changed to Bag
neux cemetery, owing to its being un-
sectarian. Mr.. GOwdy has leased a
lot there for five years, during which
time the relatives of the deceased will
decide whether they will remove the
body to America.
Mr.. GOwdy announced that as the
American doctors investigation was
official he would decline to give out
the results, which will be sealed and
forwarded to Washington.
There is now reason to believe that
the American doctors, while holding
that the wound was almost horizontal,
incline 20 the general conclusion that
the tragedy was the result of an acct
dent.
The officials of the United States
consulate this afternoon attended the
sealing of the body of Mrs. Gore in a
metallic casket, which win not be again
opened