The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-01

Arriving at the sidewalk the man. who
later proved to be Mcdonald. fell In the
soft snow.
Smelling liquor upon the PROSTATE man.
Blessing sent In hurry up call to the 5th
station
That wagon was busy and II was nec-
essary to use that from the Central sta
ton.
When the wagon reached the station DIR.
Griffin, the police surgeon, who had been
called TO attend another man. noticed
that Mcdonald limped and made him takt
OF his shoe that ne might sec whether the
foot had been bruised.
The doctor could not find any wound
He did. however. notice that McDon-
AIDS right eye was discolored and his left
cheek abraided.
When the doctor made his regular
morning round he found that Mcdonald
was rambling In his talk and In such a
way az TO arouse suspicion OF typhoid
fever.
He. therefore. caused the man to be
sent to the Rhode Island hospital.
There the man WAS shipped and put TO
bed. In preparing him for his couch the
hospital people discovered a serious con-
dition and telephoned TO DR.. Griffin to
visit the institution at once, which he
did.
Then It was that the truth came out
that Mcdonald had been up against some
kind of a stiff proposition.
The right pelvis bone was broken so
that the losened piece could be moved by
the pressure OF a hand.
Two ribs on the right and one on the
left. just under the collarbone had been
broken.
but everything pointed 20 a fracture OF
the skull.
Death occurred yesterday morning and
teh autopsy confirmed the suspicion az TO
the skull injury.
DR. GRIFFIN's STATEMENT.
DR. Griffin said today. that the wounds
on the left cheek were scratches. Just
what might he made by n persons face
being dragged over a sandy floor or tht
frozen ground.
Mcdonald was. the doctor says un-
doubtedly intoxicated when ne was ar
rested He did not appear 10 suffer
any pain when at the station. This was
thought 90 be remarkable.
Further ne was OF the opinion that the
blackened eye and scratched face were
at least "a hours old and II might be
that the other injuries were received
when the Others were
When asked ~ II would be possible for
n man. broken up az Mcdonald was, 10
walk about tho town a day or so. the
doctor said that ordinarily he would say
tnat locomoilon under tDose cond1uons
would he an absolute impossibllty: ~
would be strange II a man walked at all
when so injured, yet n was a fact that
he did walk. for not only had Patrolman
Blessing seen him. but he. the doctor had
observed a practical demonstration in
that line
1t was another instance OF things being
done which science and common sense
empha tically declared couldn't be. aud
which cause surprises at times.
HAS A NEW THEORY.
The doctor said. last night, that no
kicking with a shoe-clsd foot could have
caused that skull fracture. II must have
been done by some heavy object-a piece
OF furniture, bludgeon might have suf-
feed.
Today he had reached the conclusion
that Mcdonald might have been struck
by some heavy and rapidly moving body
like an electric car or an automobile.
There IL no report st the Rhode Island
company'g once OF any car accident on
Christmas night that would begin to Mt
this case.
spow began TO fall at noon, Christmas.