The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-22
MARKS INDICATED
TERRIBLE BATTLE
WITH HER MURDERER FOUND
BY PHYSICIANS ON DoNA
GILMAN'S BODY.
HER CLOTHING WAS WET
Scratches on the Girls Wrists and
Neither Limbs Post Mortem
Developed That She Met
Death BY strangIng

Dayton Ohio. December 2i-At to.
days trial of the Gilman case several
! @trong points We're scored by the de-
tense, and practically all of the i'm.
Iportant testimony which the attorneys
expect TO produce was brought out.
Dr. Gaugler. the family physician. was
recalled. He had given partial
story OF his visit to the stricken Gil
man home in New Arlington on the |
! day of the finding of the body. but |
| there sllll remained the most signifi- |
cant portion of his statement. and II
was given in straightforward man
ner.
Or Gaugler was one of the surgeons
who conducted the original autopsy
He was called to the Gilman home on
November %, Immediately after the
finding Of the body.
Asked as TO the condition of Mrs. :
Gilman at that time, he replied that t
she was very nervous and could not '
tei MN what had happened She was t
screaming and had attempted to de-
pct the scene just previously enacted a
before her. Fayne was also scream Il
ing as though in Mysteries and was t,
WFinging her hands. He requested s.
Ref to keep quiet as he would like % s'
pac fy her mother, whom he regarded
10 be in serious condition. Fl
DIR. Gaugler stated that the BODY OF
had been brought into the southwest tt
Dom when he arrived, and that ht
ady, standing by the body, remark.
I'd: r,
Doctor, she has been outraged" Ia
ne felt for the girls pulse, but br
mere was none, He then called M tn
ne coroner and advised him Of the du
discovery Of the body. He said that at
'hen he saw the body on the kitchen gi
oor the cavenette was pinned in
foht, close to the bottom The but n
0hs were open, and the girls skin Id
as wet, lie was not fled by Coroner III
line that he and DR.. Schuster were ~
conduct the post-mortem examin-
Lion. He detailed the proceedings of
ie postmortem. He said the clothes Wt
ere wet, the hat twisted upon the
cad and marks on the face, which
thought were made by the face
hich he thought were made by the
ce resting against weeds or grass He
the commons. The pins is the hat
ere well fastened
There was 10 mud on the clothing
he cuffs had the appearance of hay-
z been forciby opened The shoes
ere wet and clean, and there was = n
ie IN the sole of one of the shoes Lul
e feet were damp and showed tho taxi
prints of the shoes He said no Dec
ndage was found at the postmor. d "
n There were marks about the ceiv
eE thought to have been made by ed I
collar dor
teturning TO the story of the pos. care
rtem. DR. Gmgler said there wern r,
atches on the girls wrist The the
atcheS on the right leg were won
nghl 10 have been made by finger ed.
ls' There were scratches on the ders
de af the lags. No fractures or Hem
Ises were found on the head. The with
y was opened. and the lungs and ally
omen examined The stomach body
not opened. The spleen and liver Whit
g normal At the post-m0rtem Lit
conclusion was arrived at thai fuEh
girl had met death by stranguIa. self
and an attempted. assault The indep
e, less' added: the
his is stiIl my belief The scratch
Indicated 20 each of the physicians ~.
the girl had had hard struggle LA
her assailant." I'LL
rs. -Gilman's condition was 70. ufi
ed satisfactory at The county jail
yhti
W A. Ewing. one Of the physi. sixtie
appointed by the County Com eb;
toner's TO conduct second an.
:. stated that the marks on tho
looked as though they had been
by the scratch Of a finger nail. ''''
id NOT observe any marks Of vio. lns =,
upon her head aud he believed ,"e -
condition Of the brain "''n
lungs WAS caused by strausuia- ,- ''"'
He stated that if Duna Gilman 'hl'al
.atcp a maaI i,ef,roo,, snd to.aa if bad
lad been killed between ; and TOT br'
old exBect 10 ens th, I'll T.. The re-
tomach in the condition it was meht
when the post-mortem was per wv. Hl
d. If the girl had partaken Of
al at in the evening and she
net with rudden death soon
after he would expect 10 find io1I
r. ausnfftv Of f-o5 a. r,,,ot, - psssenl
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would have been undigested. cohta- o
arding the elevated arm II the wards
he explained that IL was not Crossin
ural r. find the arm extended instant