The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-11
MURDER
MAY Be
TRACED
IA Handkerchief
| Used for a
Clue.
INQUEST HELD
AND ADJOURNED
DR.. Pratt Thinks Dead Man Was
Sandbseeed-CIue Leads to
Transport Warren.

n The inquest on the body of the un-
II identified white man found floating in
the harbor on Sunday was held last
N night at the police station. The cor
Oner's jury was composed OF Sam Chill
Iingworth. William Smith, p. Flynn. d.
81 Renear. H Gumpfer and H. NJ. Ayres.
The only witness called was DR.. ].
:. =. Pratt. who read his report in part
as follows:
n General Appearances-Body of a well
4 developed and muscular white man, .
feet 10 inches in height, dressed in
n check suit. black negligee shirt, heavy
n grey wOOlen shirt and lace shoes. heavy
grey woolen socks. Entire clothing sat
from arms Right arm tattooed with
six flags and a mans face; star on
back OF left hand. and around the left
wrist tattooing about one-eighth inch
wide. Decomposition set in over entire
Mead. and blood oozing from nose. One
X0-cent piece and two nickles in right
HTp pocket; also, piece of plug tobac-
CO. Left hip pocket a handkerchief
With letter c. embroidered, and two
laundry marks. 2OOS3 and 2OOS- Fifty
cent piece in right pants pocket. Pipe
and box Of matches in right pocket OF
coat Skin torn and loose on right
ring finger. Ring with blue stone on
left ring finger. Hair thickly matted
with blood: color brown and subject
partially bald on forehead Three -bIad-
ed knife in left pants pocket Epider-
mis- peelS on pressure all over the body.
Sore on right first finger nearly healed
and wrapped with rag. Hands and feet
shriveIed from contact with water.
Lungs-Left, slight pleuretic adhe-
sions- Some congestion. but owing to-
pOst-mortem changes hard to say just
how much Lung very heavy, weigh
ing about three times what il should.
On section water and bloody serum
exudes from all parts.
Right lung in sbout the same condi-
tiOn. with the exception that ii was
lightly adherent to the thoracic walls
and diaphragm. Thoracic cavity filled
with bloOd-stained fluid TO the amount
OF about two quarts.
Heart-No excess of pericardial fluid.
Heart soft and flabby: right aurtcle
and yentricIe free from clOts. and left
the same. All valves healthy.
Braiu-UpOn removal of scalp there
was seen "A hemorrhage had occurred
on the right side, over the parietal
bone. and another at the junction or
the two parietaI bones with the occipi-
tai. After the skull cap had been re-
moved the evidence that there had been
a hemorrhage Of the brain and rupture
Of some vessels in the brain was more
marked. The two places We're also |
more circumscribed. one being about /
two inches in diameter. and the other /.
about one inch and a half
General Remarks-From the foreSo- |
ing history OF the findings. 1 have |
reached the following conclusions: That /
the man died of drowning; that he died /
In a very few minutes: that in all |
probability the wounds on the head .
were received before death.
]. s. Il. PRATT. NJ. ID.
= Examined by the coroner. DR.. Pratt
s~id that in his opinion the injuries on
abe head had been inflicted by some
thins like n sandbag. He thought that
ithe wounds had probably rendered the
man unconscious and that the body
bad been in the water three or four
Hays. The dead man had the thickest
skull Dr.. Pratt had ever seen. and in
his opinion this alone prevented frac-
tUre OF the skull being sustained Il
The inquest was then adjourned un- I
fll the call OF the coroner.
@ II Berrey notified the police that
b. had travelled from Laupahoehoe by
the KInau on February 2I with a man 5
who answered the description OF de-
teased-
Every boat in the haroor was visited
nj inquiry made for missing men. The
pnly m5n in this class who at all re-
lenbIsd deceased was one Arthur
bloomfield. late of British ship Peter
IredaIs. During the day. however. his
were satisfactorily deter
? red. +
Perry. the waiter on the transport .
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