Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-10-06

side, as there had been an accident
there, and Mr.. Arnold Armstrong had
been shot. He dressed hastily, gath
cred up some instruments, and drove
to Sunnyside.
He was met by Mr.. Jarvis, who took
him at once to the east wing. There,
just as he had fallen, was the body of
Arnold Armstrong. There was no
need of the instruments; the man was
dead. In answer to the coroner's
question-no, the body had not been
moved, save to turn it over. 1t lay
at the foot of the circular staircase.
Yes, he believed death had been in
Simultaneous. The body was still some
what warm and rigor mortis had not
set In. 1t occurred late in cases of
sudden death. No, he believed the
probability of suicide might be elm
mated; the wounds could have been
self-inflicteds but with difficulty, and
there had been no weapon found.
The doctors examination was over,
but he hesitated and cleared his
throat.
Mr. Coroner" he said "at the risk
of taking up valuable time. l would
like to speak of an incident that may
or may not throw some light on this
matter"
The audience was alert at once.
Kindly proceed. DOCTOR" the coro-
ner said.
MY home is in Englewood, two
| miles from Casanova" the doctor be-
| gan. "In the absence of Dr. Walker,
a number of Casanova people have
been consulting me. \ month ago
| five weeks. to be eXact-a woman
whom | had never seen came to my
office. She was in deep mourning and
| kept her veil down, and she brought
for examination a child. boy of six.
The little fellow was i'll; ii looked like
| typhoid, and the mother was frantic
She wanted permit to admit the
| youngster to the Children's hospital
in town here. where I am q member
of the staff, and | gave her one. The
incident would have escaped me. but
for a curious thing. Two days before
Mr.. Armstrong was shot. | was sent
for To go to the Country club: some
one had been struck with a golfball
that had gone wild. II was late when
| left was on foot. and about a mile
from the club. ON the Clayburg road.
met two people. They We're disput.
ing violently, and | had no difficulty In
recognizing Mr. Armstrong. The won.
an. beyond doubt, was the one who
had consulted me about the child"
At this hint OF scandal. Mrs Ogden
Fitghugh sat up very straight. Jamie,
son was looking slightly skeptleal.
and the coroner made a note.
The Childrens hospital. you say,
doctor?" he asked.
Yes hut the child who was en-,
tered as Lueien Wallace. was taken
away by his mother two weeks ago.
l have tried 10 trace them and failed "
| All al once | remembered the tele-
gram sent % Louise by some one
signed 4, l.. W.-presumably Dr.
Walker Could the yciled woman be
the Nina Darlington ot the message
but Il was only idle speculation. had
no way Of finding out. aud the inquest
was proceeding
The report of the coruner's phyal
elan came next Tho postmortcm ox'
animation showed that the bullet had
entered the chest IN the fourth left
lutercostal space and had taken an
oblique course downward and back
ward. piercing both tha heart and
lungs The left lung was collapsed
and the exit point of che bali bad been
found IA the muscles ut thn back 20
the ielt OF the spinal column a. vas
Improbable that such Nouud had
been selfiHnlcted. and Its oblllua
downward course pointed tn tHa face
that the ahot bad been nfsd from
above. lu ether words, az the mur.
derod mau bad been fuund dead ai
the faat af "a stAireasr. Il waa pFub
ab,s that Ng shoe bal been nr,4 b.