The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-25
a GRUEsoME PROCEEDING,
TAYLoR's BODY EXHumrp

~ Wv l'l'AlHliHdlN examination 81
Harrison Bizzle and Pate Swaiu..
charged with inhicting the iniurie,
that are alleged to have resulted il,
III" death Of j. f. Taylor, "A patient
at state Hospital No. /, on the Sd of
April. some pathological conditions
Of deceased were suggested that
raised doubt as to the exact cause
Of death. In order that the patho.
logical condition Of deceased might
be more definitely arrived at II nos.
sible, Prosecuting Attorney Boyer
secured from Judge Marshall, Chair.
man Of the County Board of Health,
permission and direction to Gnrn-
ner English to exhume the body and
make a more thorough post morlem
examination in the presence OF the
Prosecuting Attorney and Mr.. Mar.
bury, attorney for the defendants.
and any physicians they might re.
quest to be present.
SO last Saturday morning nj nm
early hour, Undertaken Adam Nci.
dert uperntcndIng the examination.
tn" Coroner and the attorneys, with
III" physicians selected by eacb.
gathered al the grave OF the de.
ceased Taylor in the odd Fellows
cemetery. The physicians repre-
sentirg 'h" State were Drs. Henry
Lloyd aDd Frank s. Weber, of State
Hospital no. /, DR.. Harry p. Pos
ton ut BOunc Trrrc and DR.. Fred
BIpQlul NJ Pennington; those rep
'He defendants were Or.
r. B II Gradwohl pathologist, "
st. Louis, Dr. f.. &. Mccormick Of
Pennington, and nrs. L. p. Haw-
and Sidney Wade of Benton, Mo.
The body was inferred on April
4th. and had been in the grave forty
six days. When the body was rolled /
out Of the coffin IL was in "A stale Of +,
advanced decomposition and gave
forth an exceedingly strong aud
Nlckcning odor. The post norton
was made by DR.. ]. II. I
English, the Coroner, assisted hv
DR.. P"ston, II revealed the fact
that three ribs on the right side and !
two ribs on the left side were
broken; that about one-third of the
breast bone had sloughed away; that
The whole bOny structure was In ,
more or less advanced state of ne ,
'rosis lfotting). The back of the
'kuIl was also found to be in "a ne ,
'r"tic condition, apparently the re- ,
suit of an injury received at some ,
.ormer time, while the lungs and ,
liducys gave evidence Of being dis. ,
'ascd.
The breast bone and ribs, the con. /,
iitlon Of which was declared at the p
preliminary examination to have ,
Ieeu caused 10y external injuries, :
we're removed and taken charge 81 9
" the Coroner, I" be thoroughly eN- Il
Imln"d by the States physicians or
omo pathOlOgist selected by them,
". MarhHry, on the part of the de. \
roquestcd parts of all por- 7
ions taken by the 4tntc, that the
cfendants' physicians might also
make as thorough examination of p
heir condition. DR.. Henry Lloyd c
biected to this, on the ground that II
~, DR.. Weber and the admihistra- II
ion were on trial, and that the de-
should not be permitted to y
make an examination of the parts a
etained by the State; so no portion y
4 the affected bones or other af.
ected parts were given to the de- n
endants' physicians; however, two !
mall portions of other bones were u
'iven DR.. Gradwohl. u
No definite statement will he x
made before the examination Is e
made OF the parts taken by the at.
ending physicians, and probably "
ot at all until the trial, when there II
romises to be contest of patho- N
Dgical learning and conjecture be- "
ween the physicians as to whether y
he necrotic conditions existing j
ould have resulted from recently n
external injuries. a