The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-25
With Pistol I'm Hand He Showed the
French Oficials How the Ameri-
can Woman Was Slain.
MR.. G0WDY NOT REPRESENTED
COMMISSION OF FOUR AMERICAN
DOCTORS TO INVESTIGATES.
The Affair Given an International As
pect by Action of Secretary Hay
De Rydxewski Set Free.

JANIS NON. If.-lHe OOI6 tTdStuy WdS
presented in a dramatic aspect to-day.
when the French officials took De
Rydzewsh to the scene of the occurrence
and compelled him to re-enact every detail
of the affair. this being done under the
practice of the French law which re-
quires the reconstruction of the tragedy in
the presence of officials under exactly the
same conditions it was originally
enacted. The chamber was arranged as on
the night of the fatality and the same
weapon was placed in De Rydzewskfs
hand to act out his version. AS far as
known the prisoner went through the or
deal without wavering from his first story
of the accidental fall of the revolver. The
only persons admitted were the examining
magistrate, the commissary of police, DR..
Souquet, who performed the autopsy; Gas
Time Bennette, the expert armourer, De
Rydzewski and Lawyer Cruppi. repre-
sentative Of Mr.. Gowdy, NJ. Pauquet, ap-
piled for permission to be present, but the
magistrate refused on the ground of re-
Quirements of law
The party arrived at the house at 3
o'clock. De Rydzewski was in a cab and
was accompanied by two police officers.
He had handouts on and looked pale and
emaciated. He shielded his face from the
gaze of the crowd at the door and, followed
by the magistrate and the officers, mounted
the stairs to the room.
De Rydzewski re-enacted the final scene,
giving complete details as to the positions
of Mrs. Gore and himself. He said that he
was lying on the bed, fully dressed. while
Mrs. Gore was seated at the foot of the
nearest the wall, and her head thrown
backwards on the feather quilt, which had
been rolled to form cushion. Wishing to
take something dno from the the night table he
went off and the bullet struck Mrs. Gore in
the face. AS the bullet was found buried
in the hair of the victim, it is impossible to
verify the direction taken by the missile
otherwise than by the wound. AS result
of to-day's examination, the examining
magistrate has decided to set De Rydzew-
ski at liberty Professionally.
Before the party left the house, M. Ber-
tillon, the criminologist, who also is in
vestigating the case on behalf of the police,
arrived and took several photographs of the
room, after asking De Rydzewsh to place
everything in exactly the same position it
occupied at the moment of the tragedy. 1t
is reported that as he did this De Rydzew-
ski evinced considerable emotion. He after
wards left in cab, escorted by two police
men, who conducted him to the prison,
where the necessary formalities attending
There is every reason to believe that the
case has now assumed an international as
pect by the action of the consul general in
following out the instructions of the State
Department at Washington and appointing
a commission composed of four American
doctors residing in Paris to conduct an in
dependent post-mortem examination. The
commission is composed of DR.. A. j. Magin,
who is in charge of the American hospital
in Paris; DR.. Edmund L. Gross, formerly
of San Francisco; Dr. Turner and DR..
hQ wrff r.
lions to each of the doctors in which he
asks them TO spare no efforts to make the
investigation searching: The questions be-
fore the American medical commission are
delicate, for their conclusions as to the
course of the bullet may conflict with those
of the French medical experts. The latter
range of the bullet, but the American OFF,
Gals believe that an independent autopsy
will establish the fact that the range was
almost horizontal, thus indicating a direct
shot from an aimed weapon. The United
States consulate staff also is taking the
dispositions of witnesses Independent of
those taken by the French officials. So far
this action has not developed any new
features, but the dispositions furnish a
complete and unprejudiced history of the
case. and will be forwarded to the State
Department at Washington.
NJ. Pauquet, in behalf of Mr.. Gowdy. APP
piled to the magistrate for possession of
the body and the official offered every
facility. He ordered that the remains be
turned over to the United States officials,
the only reservation being that they be
not removed from the morgue until after
the second autopsy, owing to the require
ments of the French law. Thereupon the
commission of American doctors arranged
to perform their autopsy at the morgue to-
morrow morning.
The Figaro publishes an interview with
Maitre Cruppi, who, counsel for the
prisoner, was present at to-day's examina-
ton. He gives some additional details re-
garding the reconstruction of the scene of
the tragedy. DR.. Souquet enacted the part
of Mrs. Gore, sitting on the bed in the posi-
ton indicated by the prisoner. 1t was in
taking his card case from the night table
that De Rydzewski knocked off the re-
volver, the heavy butt of which struck the
floor. The medical expert and the armorer
M. Gastinne Rennetet both testified that
the investigation did not Justify them in
contradicting De Rydzewskfs version of
the affair. The examining magistrate then
addressing the prisoner said: 1T is well:
you are free Maitre Cruppi refused to
give the whereabouts of his client, assert
ing that the Russian speaks French so bad
ly that he might be misipterpreted If he
were interviewed, and he, therefore, prefers
to keep silent