The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-02-27
Physicians Who Made Aa-
topsy on Pretty Katie
Dunbar are Silent.
POLICE WANT TWO MEA.
They Think John Donnelly
and William Spalan
Can Throw Light on
the Case.

An autopsy was made late yesterday ar
ternoou on the body of pretty Katie Dnn-
bar. the tsEsnt: :-xear-5id gil who died ID
a mysterious manner last sunday a1tef-
noon at the home Of her friend. Lizzie
Daley. No. 5g5 Communipaw avenue.
County Physician Converse and Drs. L
p. Buffet and Henry Sherwood performed
the autopsy at the morgue. whsre fhe
body has been kept since Sunday. The
doctors worked for two hours and took
away the stomach to analyze the con-
tents None Of the doctors would give cut
statement about the autopsy They said
that none would be made until the exam
inatfon Of the stomach had been made
This viii be done Immediately.
II is very evident that the doctors found
something in the course Of their examin-
alton yesterday wnieh caused them to sts-
pect that the girl had not died natural
death. Whether the girl wos poisoned or
is the victim Of malpractice remains to
be determined BY the analysis Of ths
stomach. The doctors were not IN a pGsi-
ton TO give out a definite statement. DR..
Converse refused to issue a permis for
burial, but allowed the body to be taken
to the home OF the girls parents. No. 81
Jordan avenue. Coroner STEPHEN T. Wyss
took charge Of the body. The coroner
has also decided to hold an inquest as
soon as the doctors conclude their exaui-
inations. II Is not likely that this viii
take place for several days. The parents
of the girl were anxious TO have the body
of their child brought home.
Chief Murphy is stili looking for JOIN,
Doanelly Of Ne. 30 Second street ard
William Spalon Of Nc. 675 Ocean avenue
the two men who were at tine Daley home
Saturday ard Sunday. Donnelly was ea-
gagged to Katie Dunbar and ii IS ssid
that they were to have been married Sat-
urday No re3sons for the possponemsft
Of the wedding have been learned The
police are trying to trace the route taken
by the couple Saturday afternoon when
they left the Daley house and remasned
away about three hours II Is fhpusht
that they went to Lafayette and purchas-
ed q bottle of lime water ut the pharmacy
Of l. v. Guerin on Van Horne street, Iise
druggist does not-r -raaeTnbez having seen
the couple in his store. The bottle cf Time
water was the property Of Katie DUNBAR.
SO Lizzie Daley says A bottle contain {
ing some pink fluid was also found, but
shis was a tooth wash
Chief Murphy said this morning that ne
thought Donnelly and sPalen mad gone
to Boston.
He believes that these men know al the
circumstances surrounding the girls
death, and although there are no charges
hanging over them. he would like to have
them explain some things on which tsie
police are not clear. The police want to
know why a doctor was not sumn7Eed
when the girl was found 10 be seriously
ILL., For almost twelve hours Katie Dun
bar suffered untold agony and oniy lit
tie brandy is said to have been given to
her.
John H. Byrne. friend Of the family.
who says he knows all about the case,
told the police he was sure that the girl
was the victim of foul play he IS as
sisting the police to locate the two men.