The Washington times., 1909-09-14

whose cause Sutton was enlisted when
he mot his death at the Naval Academy
The Stars and Stripes We're almost in
tact but the Silken fibre had becOrie a
little faded and mildewed. The rem
nants were used in wiping the moisture
marines face.
At this juncture there was a beckon-
ing movements by Dr. Vaughan and
Mrs: Sutton, nerving herself for one of
the bltterest moments of her life, left The
carriage and walked slowly into the
autopsy room. The few gathered there
fell back and for a brief moment the
mother was with her dead. She mad
never seen "Jimmie's" face in death
before, for she could not come East to
the funeral.
Regsins Control.
She wept Just bit and then, as II
remembering that this was an autopsy
of possible Vindication and not ore Of
grief, she regained her wonderful self
control, bent low over the glass panel
and began TO minutely observe the fea-
lures Of her son. BY this time Mrs.
Gillen and Mrs. Boneham had drawn
near, the proceedings unnervlng them
perhaps more noticee bly, than the
mother. Her initial examination con-
cluded, Mrs. Sutton. with q confident
air, called her surgeon, DR.. Vaughan,
70 the side Of the cssket- She pointed
intimately At the large brUise disco rnible
upon Lieutenant Sutton's forehead and
to another underneath the left cheek
She had always contended that her son 8
face and body We're bruised more than
the participants IN the midnight campus
fight would admit.
The bruise above the right eye was
Of dark, purplish color and even ct
this late date was as plain as though
IT had been upon the head OF a living
man. In size IL was about three Dy
two inches. The bruise under the
cheek was somewhat smaller.
Il want members of the press present
70 notice particularly the large bruise
she at last emerged. 1T means that he
received a terrific blow there.
Returns to Crave.
After she returned to her carriage,
Mrs. Sutton's attorneys advised that
she return 70 the grave, more than a
mile away, and await there the com
pletion Of the autopsy. The coffin was
then opened, everyone being excluded
from the room except the. surgeons, and
the real investigation of the nature Of
Suttons wounds begun
After Il was found that the bullet
wound through the scalp was clean-cut, |
Mrs. Sutton's attorneys were 1ubuant. /
II was but another proof, they said5l
fired from a distance OF three o. four
inches. No IS calibre revolver held
this close TO the head, is their cOnten-
tion. in which DIT. Vaughan agrees,
would have made a clesn-cut wound.
The scalp would have been shattered
and jagged edges would have been nee
essarily made through the very force Of
the close-range contact.
More than an hour was wasted at
this juncture in an endeavor to get .
photograp her to the scene 10 photo
graph the skull, IL being the intention
Of the mother 20 use this development
Of the autopsy in her future fight. Mrs
Sutton had objected 70 retaining por-
ton Of the skull itself as evidence.
Takes Impression.
Upon the failure Of the photographer
20 arrive before approaching darkness
made reburial imperative. Attorney Ed
mund Van Dyke took an impression Of
will be preserved.
The remains were placed IN a, new
cssket after the exhaustive examination
had been concluded, and once more The
little funeral party turned its face
southwark. Father Alonzo Odds, OF St.
Augustine parish. had been In waiting
two hours to administer the Christian
burial rites that the mother had always
hoped and prayed for. The brightest
moment Of the entire afternoon for
MIS- oAAAAil-ellQ sue ItleiLEu HeI III D.
piness in her face-was when Father
Olds advanced. attired in his priestIy
robes. and advanced slowly towards the
open grave. and, as the coffin was pre-
pared FOR lowering. sprinkled the holy
water upon IL and began the soft mu-
steal chant OF the Latin ritual used by
the Catholic church.
Mother in Triumph.
The light Of motherlv triumph and a
strange peace Of heart shone in Mrs |
Suttons eyes. She drank in every word, !
denied her until the church was willing
20 remove the suicide stigma from hei
sons name, in a manner that left not