The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-20
Autopsy Performed.

The post mortem examination was
held at the cOroner's morgue at 1870
o'clock by DR.. p. O. Hanford. the Op-
Grating being doae by DR. d. r. Gil
I'ore of the St Francis hospital house
stan IN the presence of Drs. Campbell.
hutchings, Arnold, Sculy and EstiI of
this city
The first part of The operation was
the removal of the skull cap and this
IsFES-9a the cause of death beyond the
shadow Of a doubt The bullet enUerrd
the left side of the head. penetrated the
skull about two inches behind and one
and half inches above the ear. It's
course was almost directly through the
read. the perfoUatiOn indicating its sec
end passage through the skull being
about one inch lower than the point of
entrance. The bullet, WwCh was of 49,
caliber. lay between the skull and the
cap, the latter not beins perforated.
One Possible Clue.
The authorities place no faith i'm the
possibility that there is anything i'm tne
nature of a clue i'm any Of the cards
and papers founI about the scene of the
CRIME. Thousands of tourists annually
attach their cards. letter heads and 9th
or papers bearing their names to trees
ana rocks in the canyons and on the
IGountain tops i'm the vicinity of this
city, and they are blown about the hill
sides prOmiscuOusly. Dental work i'm
the mouth of the murdered girl will
AFFORD sure identification if its descrip-
ton is seen by the dentist who did the
' Crk. The work was worth at least
$50.
Coroner Law is anxious that the de-
scription Of the dental work be given
10 hnnv,
of Identification.
Dentist Would Know His Work.
The upper right wisdom tooth is I'M
developed. On the upper right side of
the mouth solid bridge extends from
first mOlar to crspid. The second mo-
lar Is present, The first and second BIZ
q spids are absent flied with solid
sold dummies. There are two gold fn-
ings. medium size in the mesial of the
upper central incisOr.
On the upper left side a gold bridge
extends from the first bicuspid to the
second mOlar. worn on the mesoIinguaI
gortion Of the crown. The second mo-
lar is made from d bicUspid dummy.
he third molar is present
The lower right three mOlars or wis
uom teeth are present The second
molar is gold filled in the mesfo-occlus-
L., surface. The first molar is absent
and has been gone several years.
All teeth are present on left lower
Large gold filling on occlusion of first
noiar. Large gold filling on occlusion
extending on to distal surface of sec
end molar.
At > O'Clock this afternoon the post
norton examination OF the murdered
girl was complete 1t was without result
beyond determining the cause of death.
DR.. Hanford stated that her condition
Il the time of her death was normal
and that il was q simple case of want
Ing TO get rid of somebody.
Result of Inquest.
At the coroners inquest held today sew
erdl witnesses were examined, including
the men who found the body The sheriff
and Il dentist who made an examination
OF the teeth of the dead Girl on which
expensive and EXPERT dental work had
Deen performed. The authorities hope to
trace the identity of the girl through the
dentist who did the work
The jury returned the following verdict:
Ihat the unknown woman came TO her
death on date unknown TO this jury.
and that the cause Of death was a gun
shot wound below the back of the left
ear, ranging upward the bullet being a
.3~-ca libre and fired by some person 10
the jury unknown
Whole Country Interested.
A number of kilograms from FhiIadeI-
phia. Chicago and ST. Louis. asking tor
a complete description OF the body of
the murdered girl. have been received
and responded TO by the police
Columbus r. Griffing of Chicago wired /
that the description Of the dead girl tall
lied in some respects with that Of his
daughter Marguerite. who has been visit /
ing an aunt living on ranch near Gun
nisOn Colo A telegram from mat place !
tonight says that Miss Criffing is safe /
on the ranch of her aunt.
TITO matter is now more Of a mystery /
than ever for the officers are at the end /
of al clues, unless something should de- !
vc!cp frer1 the kilograms above.
rumbcr O. detectives from outside /
points arrived here today and are now /