Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-04
Mrs. Wright
Remains in Jail
Continued from Pape Two)
Continued from Pspe Two-)

ing as to what might have caused the
death but that they found nothing that
would enable them to make any state
ment. He said that he did not know
how the scratches were made. Here
the attorneys entered into a confab
about the appearance of the marks
On the nose and it was finally settled
when the doctor was recalled to the
stand and gave a more thorough ex-
PLANTATION
E.. W. Gilbertson was called and tes
tilted as follows: am the coroner
OF the county and have held the Office
for three years. l was called to make
an investigation of the death of Beu-
lah Cox. / saw the body in bed in
the middle room and her head towards
head of bed l made an examination
OF the face and it was mild and natur-
al. found three marks on the left
side of the face and chin and those
were the only marks on the body. The
face was calm and about as found on
any dead face There was on appear
ance of a struggle. | saw Mrs Wright
and she said Beulah would never do
anything like committing suicide as
there was not any carbolic acid in the
house. | made search and found the
hot II .,S ~ 49,
notice any acid smell about the room.
I thought that Mrs. Wright was the
mother of the girl. The next day she
told me that Babes mother was a
prostitute and that the girl had been
turned over to her to take care sef.
Mrs. Wright told me that the girl had
500 insurance and saw the insurance
policies. When asked if he could rec
ognize the policies if he saw them he
said he could not
DR.. Sihler was called and testified
as follows: have practiced in Devils
Lake for seven years. Am a grad late
of ,icGill university and an lice sed
to practice il this state. When ED
postIcr,e:n Drs Mcintosh, Flynn III
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ed the contents, T., ind nothing We
the examined the aesophag IS and
fond nothing on the tongue either.
We then decided to have it examine d
chemically aad decided to send it to
Grand Forks. We then removed the
womb and 70 md it normal. We open
ed the Chest aEd found a good deal of
flid; We removed the heart by sever
ing vessels at the top and a little dark
fluid escaped. The heart was normal
We opened the .-eart and found good
deal of dark blaed, TIE valves were
normal. We examined the lungs ald
re7roTed II left lung and made ircis.
sfor,s and foInd it negative. Found no
trace of carbolic acid in the system.
I am familiar with reaction of acid on
live bodies. There was no trace OF
acid On the lips. Two large patches
on the face whcih were dark brown,
dry and parehedy and evidently were
produced before, death, the acid would
have the same effect upon the tiss les
for some time after death. On the
18th We continued the examination
and we opened the skull and removed
the brain and found it normal We
removed the kidneys and lung and
found them normal We also examin,
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