Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-27
REPORT ON AUTOPSY.
Submitted BY Medical Referee But
Net Made Public.

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Portsmouth. y. IL. Feb. 26.-The re-
pot of Deputy Medical I;cftr,... ". II
\ut" Of Exeter. DrS. IGrttrn2cr and
Tu"lr Of ;his city. and NJ. NJ CulliMs
high sheriff 81 Rocking ham county. on
til" autopsy performed Yesterday on
thc hr;iy Of Georgr i. car<inS, Of New
in@ton. who. i was at first believed
committed suicide. W;j@ submitted to-
d. that n. did not intcnd to max.
3uhlic the report at The present time.
1t is known however. that The re PORT
shows that three bullet wounds wore
found on Carllin's body One ui these
Nn,Ili(s was in TIE forehead. the bIi-
let striking over tlrr cy,. I&:Si:.L under
the skin along The surface of the front
III bone and emerging within thro o
inches Of the place it entered. This is
the wound which LED to the conclusion
Of suicide Yesterdays examination
disclosed, however. that the bullet did
not penetrate the skull and inflicted
only q slight wound, Il wound that
might stun the victim but would No,
cause much further trouble
The Two other wounds Were in the
back, about four inches apart ard one
over tie other. In the case OF these
wounds the bullets entered thn loins.
but took different courses. One bullet
passed upwards. penetrating the heart
and lodging in the heart sack. The
other bullet took q downward course
was DETECTED by bones and lodged in
til" pelvic cavity.
The report further gives the opinion
of the officiating physicians that Car
kins was shot twice in the back aftrI.
he had teen stunned by the wound iii
the forehead and had fallen face down
ward on the floor
The report Of the physicians supports
the story told the authorities by Mrs.
Paul r. Roy, otherwise known as Cha
cla Gala, ;n opera singer and sister
ri Carilins, that Carllins was shot ana
killed by hcr husband during a quarrel
Oh JaEuCry last. Roy loft Ncwing-
ton. the scene of the tragedy, soon at
ter Carkins' death and is now III Paris
Mrs. Roy is supposed to be in New
York. Up TO the present time County
Solicitor Eatchcldor has made no re-
quest to\thc court for a warrant for
Eoy'S arrest.
n letter WAS received yesterday at
the home of Carkins parents in New
lngtcn iroln Roy. 1t was addressed
to mis- wife, and was mailed at Queens
town. Ireland, having been written on
board the eastward bound steamship
Lusit2nia. The letter contained no
reference To the tragedy. but limited
that the writer was leaving his wife
forever The letter is now in Possession
of the county authorities. 1t was writ
len III French and its translation was
not completed until after midnight.
Mrs. John D. Kelley is at home III
NcWin CHAM. When Il representative
of The Associated Press went there to-
day to show her a copy OF the dispatch
form Paris. containing the statement
OF her sCn-in-law. she refused 10 credit
the statement.
John ID. Kelley. her husband, brought
her tn" report of Roy's statement and
after reading said:
We do not know whether the ficht
was over the hat Or not or VIC pulled
the gun frs. We were not there at
the time and do not know what name
81 NAMES Carkins or Roy called each
other"
-'ii ~ ~ 'i'i'tth tIlCtl Ht WISHED 10
deny the story that Roy ran and gnr
help and that the family u greed 10 the
story Of suicide. II" also declared that
neither Mrs. Kelley or Miss Anna
Iodgdon. her sister. was in Paris. pos
ing as a baroness. The fact that Miss
Nodc,lon is gray haired. she said.
makes III" story 80 far as She is con
CCrncd Ridiculous
= warrant for the arrest Of Paul
Roy on the charge that he murdered
his brother in-law, George A. Carkins.
at Newington. on Jar. ., was sworn
out tonight by Sheriff NJ. N. Coils Of
Rockingham county. Although Mr..
Roy is in France and is said TO be a
citizen Of this country. the authorities
have determined to secure his pres
cncc here for trial. if possible. The
warrant charging murder was made
out in triplicate, one copy to be kept
here and two to be sent to the state
capital at Concord and later forwarded
to the department of justice at WASH
inSton, which is expected to commune
cate with the French authorities.