Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-26
MRS. ELLEN CORES DEATH.
American Physicians Now Incline to
the Accident Theory.

A dispat ch from Paris last night says: In
spite of the rigid secrecy which has been
maintained by the officials and by the COM
mission Of American doctors concerning the
result of the autopsy conducted by the lat
ter on the body of Mrs. Ellen Gore. II ID
learned from an authoritative source thal
the doctors tend individually to the accept
ance of" the theory of an accident, ana the
proba bilities are that their official report
will strongly incline to that theory, II II
the French and American doctors into
agreement and relieving the case Of any in
ternational significance.
After the post-mortem examination held
this morning the American doctors ar
"a nged to have a consultation later in the
day in order to draw up their official report,
but this conference was postponed owing to
the indlsposition of one of the gentle me-
Meanwhile the doctors were interviewed
by the representatives of the Associated
Press, but they positively declined to make
any statement as to the results of the ex-
animation. 1t Is clear, however. that the
American doctors are impressed by the
thoroughness with which the French sur
geons 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 Incorporated in the
oI-ciaf report. The grounds for this con-
clusion are he following:
The French experts exhibited at the
mOrSue Iris morning q SeomGCrlcal design
in which one line showed the direction of
the bullet from the revolver 1t struck
the floor and another rine showed the VIC
tim in a roaming posture sitting at the foot
of the bed has been described by De
Rydzewski. The angle of the bullet wound
Tailed exactly with the geometrical design
based on De Rydsewskis statement. and the
American doctors verified this. The fact
that the direction Of the wound was almost
parallel with the earth is accounted for by
the leaning posture Of the victim. The doc
tors regard this design as almost equivalent
to a ma .hematical demonstration.
Consul General Gowdy continues to take
the dispositions of all witnesses. The Temps
tonight says that 1t was the activity dis
played by the russian colony on behalf Of
De Rydzewski which stimulated the Aneri-
can officials into counter activity on be-
half of the late Mrs. Gore
The New York Heralds European edition
publishes the following:
That skepticism in regard to the falling
revolver theory in the Gore case is not con-
fined to Americans is shown by an editorial
in the Francois. written by M. Charles Lau-
rent
Writing under the caption. ''The Intelli-
gent Revolver" he says: What luck that
the revolver placed on the night table.
which was at the hand of the accused man
who caused the fall. should yesterday.
while repeating the movement made some
days before. fall with the butt downward.
IF it had fallen with the muzzie down
ward RydzewskfS system of defense would
have been demolished.
But the weapon did It's duty 1t kindly
repeated the movement, the butt being
heavy and the conditions the same Except
ing that a policeman was sitting on the ped
instead of the young woman who Is now
deadl. The revolver was seen to slide to
the edge Of the table, obey the law of grav-
itation, turn a somersault like cat that
displaces it's abdomen in order to fall on Its
feet and finally strike the ground with it's
heavy handle.
Had it been loaded the policeman might
have had hts skull fractured.
Then the investigating magistrate turn
ed to the poor fellow whose friend is dead.
and who was weeping because he was once
more In the tragic chamber. and said to
him: You are free
ION what small matters does mans lib
erty depend! On the intelligence of mani
mate objects. On the precise repetition of
a clumsy actien
t'If De RydZewskPs hand had gone little
too far the weapon which was used a
paper weight might have rolled along away
from the bed without demonstrating the
likelihood of the accident 1t caused II a
tremor of M. De Rydzewski's arm had not
faithfully repeated that of last week. his
fate was sealed. The magistrate and the
police officials were serutiniZing his every
movement while he saw but the pale fea-
lures of the dead woman necessarily before
his eyes.
what fearful tragedy was this repro
duction of the fatal scene The presump-
tive murderer was brought there handcuffed
and ordered to show us how 1t happened"