The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18

stocking. There was upon the soles of both stockings grime and dust or dirt, and the blood on the sole of the right stocking was partially obscured by this, and had the appearance of having been stepped upon after the same had been stained with blood. There was a single drop of blood on the bolster directly under the back of the neck, there being one pillow under the head, and por- tion of the head was lying little on the end of the pillow, the other portion on the bolster. There was no evidence of blood found upon any other part of the bed or bed clothing. There was a bloody handkerchief when found by Dr. Bartlett, lying under the right arm; it had the appearance of having been in use, mussed, and some of the stains up- on 1t had an appearance such as might result by holding 1t against a rather small bleeding wound, There were the small speck of dried blood on the front of the neck of the body, and a vertical streak of died blood upon the front part of the chest There was also some dried blood on the left ear, and on the whiskers on he left side. On the back of the first and second fingers of the right hand was some dried blood. The first finger of the left hand had been amputated at the second joint. No revolver was found near the body, nor in the room, nor in the house, which was searched as carefully and thoroughly as was possible, consider ing the disorderly condition of almost all the rooms in the house, which was of years, except one old fashioned four barreled pistol, 30-caiibfe, one pistol Wheeler patent, 1865, and one 22-calibre chamber revolver, Our Standard" ," These pistols were found unloaded in a bureau drawer in one of the rear up- per rooms of the house. The barrels of the pistols and the chambers of the re- and upon being submitted to gum smith, he declared they had not been discharged for at least a number of months past. The clothing of the de- ceased had apparently not been dis turbed, His overcoat being upon the lounge, his undercoat hanging upon the beck of a chair, his vest upon another chair, and his pants and shirt upon another. His cuffs and collar were up- on the bureau, and his shoes lying side by side at the rear of the bed There was also found a nickel plated watch, a pair of silver cuff buttons, two pairs of eye glasses, small silver combina- tion button hook and pencil, commu- tation ticket of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company be- tween New York and New Haven, a bunch of keys, several unpaid bills. and one or two letters, few matches a few wooden toothpicks and some toilet pa- per There was no money or papers of any kind missing from his person or possession. The furniture in the room was apparently undisturbed. All the clothing of deceased, bed clothing and everything else that was deemed of importance were taken by the police for further examination.
 The body of the deceased was remov- @a AAOAli hAlS AiOupO lO lAS rooms of Robert N. Burwell, where, on January 4, an autopsy was performed upon said body The following physi- clans were present at the autopsy: Drs. Charles J. Bartlett, Francis Ba- con, William H. Carmalt, B. H. Che- ney, w. W. Hawkes., J. w. Seaver, H. w. Ferris and R. D. Peck.
 The autopsy disclosed that the body was that of man weighing from 1SO to 190 pounds, that there was a bullet wound in the left ear, that the bullet had not entered the brain, that the skull was not fractured, that the brain indicated diseased condition of the blood vessels at the base of the brain, that the heart indicated one form of disease of the heart, that the kidneys indicated chronic kidney disease That the bullet wound could have been self inflicted that such wound would not bleed very freely, and not necessarily more blood would flow than the amount of blood upon the handkerchief, towel, body, stairs and clothing; that with such a wound it was quite possible for a person to walk the distance from the back basement stairs to Mir. Ed wards room; that such a wound might not cause person to at once become unconscious, and that it might, or might not, at once daze a person so wounded.
 A sworn report of the autopsy is herewith filed and made part of my finding.
 Before the body was removed from the house police officers of the New Haven police department were placed in charge of the house, with instruc- tions to allow nothing to be removed from, placed within, or disturbed in the house, yard or grounds adjacent there to. These officers were relieved from time to time and the house thus re- mained under police surveillance until late in the afternoon of Monday, Jan uary 8, 1905.
 Pending the autopsy and the chem ical analysis of articles delivered for examination, a thorough and complete examination was made by me of all persons who I had reason to believe could throw any light upon the man. ner and cause of said death. From the testimony taken it indicated that , that there had been serious and some