The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

Paris, November 25.-In spite of the
rigid secrecy which has been main
tanned by the officials and by the COM
mission of American doctors, concern
ing the result of the autopsy conducted
by the latter on the body of Mrs. Ellen
Gore today, it is learned from an au-
thoritative source that the doctors tend
individually to the acceptance of the
theory of an accident and the prob
abilities are that their official report
will strongly incline to that theory, If
it does not positively assert it, thus
bringing the French and American doc
tors into agreement and relieving the
case of any International significance.
After the post mortem examination.
the American doctors arranged to have
a consultation later in the day in or
der to draw up their official report, but
this conference was postponed, owing
20 the indisposition of one of the gen.
tlemen. Meanwhile, the doctors were
interviewed by the Representatives of
tn Associated Press, but they positive
ly declined to make any statements as
clear, however, that the American doc
tors are impressed by the thorough
ness with which the French surgeons
investigated the case and they are not
inclined to raise a professional issue.
At least two of the American doctors
hold an outright accident theory and
they will seek to have that view in
grounds for this conclusion are the
following:
The French experts exhibited at the
morgue this morning a geometrical de-
sign in which one line showed the di
rection of the bullet from the revol-
yer as it struck the floor and another
line showed the victim in a leaning
posture sitting at the foot of the bed
as has been described by DeRyJ-
zewski. The angle of the bullet would
have tailed with the geometrical de-
sign based on DeRydzewski' state
ment and the American doctors veri-
fled this. The fact that the direction
of the wound was almost parallel with
the earth, is accounted for by the leau-
ing posture of the victim. The doctors
regard this design as almost equivalent
to a mathematical demonstration.
The four American doctors, A j.
Magnin, Edmund L. Gros, Turner and
Whitman, were present at the exam
ination as was also DIR. Socquet, at the
request of the French officials, and NJ.
Paquet, representing Mr.. Gowdy. The
body was brought into the ampi-
theatre used for demonstrations before
students when Dr. Socquet explained
| the result of the first autopsy and the
American doctors carefully made their
own inspection; but they made no new
incisions. The skull has been sawed in
| two parts, along the course of the
wound, which permitted the Ameri-
cans to make measurements to estab-
| lish the range of the bullet. 1t was
obvious that the range was not greatly
| upwards as at first announced, but
was almost parallel with the earth.
The provisional release of DeRyd-
zawski yesterday. is considered as es-
| tablishing the view of the French au-
|, thorities Of the innocence of the Rus
sian. lut he is still under surveillance
| and he attempts to leave the city he
WI be liable to arrest as a fugitive
frc g.. Justice. The American officials
| do .ot expect that DeRydzewski will be
fur lher actively prosecuted, although
he probably will be arraigned later on
the minor charge of having possession
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pating in the circumstances which
caused the death Of Mrs. Gore
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