Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-12
No NEW CLUE In WOMAN CASE

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juries. l found confused wound on the
left side OF the head. Her eyes were swol-
len shut and she was continually moaning
and evidently making an effort to speak,
but this was impossible on account of the
Jagged cut which | found in her throat.
which looked as II 1t might have been
made with knife. The spot where the
body was first found was saturated with
blood and near this spot l found a large
handkerchief which was covered with blood.
Il then went toward the house to tele-
phone, accompanied by Paul Lowe. and on
our way We found shirtwaist, slightly
spotted with blood. about ten feet south
of the sidewalk on the south side of Dodge
street under II tree In the front yard of the
Lowe home. At this time I looked at my
watch and found 1t was II 10 p. M"
DR.. Ralph said that Mr. Lowe and Mr..
Hughes were with the body when he and
Or. Henry arrived. and that he did not
accompany the injured woman to the hos
pital.
Dr. w. r. Lavender, the pathologist who
performed the autopsy on the body Sunday
morning, next called. He said there
were no marks on tha trunk of the body
and only slight abrasions on the left knee
and hand, where she had evidently fallen
when struck by the murderer. The wound
in the neck, which he believed was inflicted
by a razor, was two and one-half inches
wide and one inch deep, but this was not
sufficient TO have caused her death, as none
of the main blood vessels in the neck was
severed. DR.. Lavender said there was
wound about one and a half inches long
on the left side of the forehead above the
eye which exposed the bone and in the CEN
ter OF the forehead was a swollen pa tch,
underneath which was a severe fracture OF
the skull, Behind the ear on the right side
of the head was wound three inches long
which laid the skull bare, and this was
afterward found 70 be the starting point
OF frsSture- which extended from behind
the right ear TO the base OF the skull. There
was also a cut extending from the left cor
ner of the mouth as II a gag had been
placed there roughly. The doctor exhibited
to the jury parts of the skull showing the
extent of the fractures
He said he had made special examina-
ton 20 discover evidences OF a criminal as
sault and his investigation proved abso-
iutely that there was a complete and bru-
tai assault made upon the woman. the ex-
ternal evidence Of this fact being amply
in the course of the pest
norton examination.
Continuing, DR.. Lavender said
1T is my opinion that death was caused
from the fractures to the skull either of
which would have terminated fatally. The
first blow struck was that on the right
side of the head. causing the fracture ex-
tending TO the base Of the skull This
blow was struck by right handed person
holding a club in his or her hand, and the
edge of the club, which was found by the
police fits exactly in the wound behind the
ear. The fracture on the front part of the
head was probably caused by a brick or
other hard substance, and the throat wound |
was made with a razor Miss Rummelhart |
had small cystic tumor but was other |
wise a very healthy woman and the tumor |
had nothing to do with her death"
oficer M. Mccarthy, 800 North Twenty |
sixth street, who responded with the POI
ice patrol wagon in company with Old
'ers Lahey and Rim. then told of their
part in the affair. officially.
Officer Lahey said he thought Miss Rum |
nelhart tried to murmur, "Oh. father"
while they were taking her to the hos
pital in the patrol wagon.
Paul Lowe. 256S Dodge street, in the |
rear yard of whose home the woman was