Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-21

chemical analysis, to determine wheth-
er death was due to poison or whether
any drugs were used
Foxcroft. Me, Feb. 2O.-By mutual
agreement Of the attorneys and coun-
ty officials, the arraignment of Her.
bert Woodbury. the hotel keeper who
was formally arrested last night on
the charge of numbering his wife, who
mystericusly disappeared Nov. 4, will
not take place until next Tuesday at
1G A. NJ.
The autopsy conducted by four ply
sicans on the body of the victim,
which was found suspended by d rope
from the knob of a door in an attic
room of the closed hotel, was conclud-
ed today and part of the finding
was made public by one of the physi-
clans who testified before the coroner's
inquest, which was resumed at 11.30
O'Clock. after having been adjourned
yesterday after the premises and body
had been viewed.
When the noon recess was taken two
witnesses had been examined before
the coroner. They were Sheriff Knowles
and DR.. William Buck. Sheriff Knowles
described the finding Of the body and
told about the dust on the floor.
DR.. Buck testified that when the body
was found the back of the neck was
resting on the cord and that there
were NO marks on the neck to indicate
death by strangulation from the rope.
,k<r,, IL,
to Bowdoin College today for analysis
to determine if death was due to pois-
oning or if the stomach will reveal
the cause of death.
The first witness was Sheriff
Knowles. who testified that on Tues
day afternoon he was called by Mr..
Brown to so to the Exchange hotel as
the relatives of the missing woman
wished to search the house. He went
there and went through all the rooms
until they reached room Is, where the
door was locked. Entrance was forced
and the body of the missing woman
found. Sheriff Knowles then described
the position of the body and it's ap-
pearance, the facts of which appeared
in Wednesdays story.
DR.. Buck was the first physician to
review the remains after they were
found in Room IS at the Foxcroft Ex-
change Tuesday afternoon. In his tes-
timony in regard to the jury he said
that the body rested upon it's right
side and on the floor. from the Shout
ders to the toes This he established
by the experiment of passing the blade
of the case knife under the body at
the shoulder. The legs We're slightly
drawn up and the head rested in the
moose of a rope-one end of which was
made fast to the knob of a door.
The rope was under the right side
of the neck and there was a space of
an inch and a half. he should say, be-
tween the top of the loop and the left
side of the neck Any pressure upon
the windpipe by the cord. must have
been made on the right-hand side.
In describing the condition of the
room, DR.. Buck said there was no sign
Of a struggle and that on both sides of
the body, there was considerable
amount of whitish dust, like plaster
ing.
There was dust on the clothes on the
body but it was not of the same char
acter as that on the floor.
DIR. Buck also took part in the au-
topsy on Wednesday afternoon. The
only outward mark on the body other
than that Of the rope under the neck
was an indentation on the forehead. an
inch or an inch and a half long, very
narrow and deep such as might have
been made by a very dull axe. This
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skull.
The windpipe was in normal condi-
ton. 1t showed no signs of indenta-
ton or compression.
would you expect to fine such
marks. doctor, had death been caused
by strangulation by pressure of the
cord?" asked County Attorney Bur-
CESS.
II should SO expect, the cord having
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