The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-18
Indications That T. Kent LOOmis
Met With Foul Play.
Wound Discovered Behind Right
Ear of Deceased.
MADE BEFORE DEATH.
That Is the Opinion of Physician
and Others.
Abrasion Is About the Size Of
a Half Dollar.

London, July 1S-At the inuuest at
Thurlestone, Devonshire today, on the
body of F. Kent Loomis, which was
found Saturday morning at Warren
Point, about is miles from Plymouth.
a doctor testified that he believed the
wound behind the ear was received be-
fore death.
Reports to both the press association
and the Central News assert that a
further examination of the body of r.
Kent Loomis, has given rise to suspic-
ions on the part of the local officials
that Mr.. Loomis met with foul play.
The wound behind the right ear is de-
scribed as being circular, large and
clean, and it is thought that IT was
inflicted before death. 1t is surmised
that Mr.. Loomis' body fell into the wa
ter near the Eddystone lighthouse.
Joseph G. Stephens, American consul
at Plymouth, in response to a telegram
sent by the Associated Press asking
him if the local reports of foul play
had any basis, or if he had any ground
for suspicion regarding the death of
Mr.. Loomis, replied:
Il regret 1 can not make any state-
mentS prior to the inquest. The wound
on the head back of the right ear is the
size of half dollar. The body is fair
ly preserved, especially about the top
and back of the head, considering the
time it has been in the water"
Verdict of Jury.
Kingsbridge. Devonshire, July 49,
The jury found that the deceased was
Frederick Kent Loomis and that ne
was found dead IN Bigbury bay, there
being no evidence to show how he met
his death.
The Loomis Inquest.
Kingsbridge. Dovenshire, July 1s.-
The inquest today on the body of f.
Kent Loomis. which was found Satur-
day morning at Warren Point about
1 5 miles from Plymouth, threw the
picturesque little Devonshire village of
Thurlesstone, on the shores of Big
bury bay, into a state of unwonted
excitement The court over which the
presided, was somewhat late I'm as
sem bling, in consequence of the delay
in carrying out the official examina-
ton of the remains. This was con-
Quoted by two local doctors, whose
. testimony was to the effect that there
was a confused wound below and be-
hind the right ear, indicated by the
extravasation of blood in the scalp and
a rupture of the covering of the brain.
There also was a general bruise in
volving the scalp and the integument
of the brain on the left side above the
ear. Both injuries. in the doctors
opinion were caused before death.
The American consul at Plymouth,
Joseph G. Stephens, attended the pro-
ceedings.
After the jury had viewed the body,
the first witness, Snowden, a laborer,
who discovered the remains in the
breakers, testified to the recovery of
the CORPS as cabled to the Associated
Press Saturday.
A policeman who searched the body
told of the recovery of a gold watch
which had stopped at o'clock, some
English gold and silver coins, also a
pocketboolx containing $50 in Amer
lean notes. a receipt for a subscription
to the Blennerhassett club, a railroad
pass issued in the name of f. Kent
Loomis a receipts from the Grand
hotel, Broadway, New York, for $3.50,
which Loomis desired to be sent to his
wife, a gold ring with the name Mil
dred inside, etc.