Evening journal., 1913-09-29
WICGINS IS
SUSPECTED OF
OTHER GRIMES
IfInncCent, Chief Black Thinks
Youths Fate Will Be Warn
ing to Wrong Doors
AUTOPSY SHOWS BOY
DIED INSTANTANEOUSLY

Chief of Police Black before leaving for
Philadelphia this morning, made a state
ment to AN EVENING JOURNAL repor-
ter in which he said that Homer c. Wig.
gins, now dead, may have been respon-
sible for several other robberies that
occurred in the city prior to the rob
berry of the carbarn OF the Wilmington
City Railway Company
DO you think higgins was respon-
sible for the Peoples Hardware, the
Jones tobacco store and other robber-
les sn asked the reporter.
II can't say for sue,' replied the
chief, "but wouldn't be surprised if
he wasn't the burglar He was desper
ate enough 10 do anything
The chief expressed the belief that the
roDhcrics in this city had now come to
an end Ii Virgins was not responsible
for them the tragic manner in which he
met his death win serve as warning TO
other wiongdoers. the chief thought.
Chief Black and Sergeant Narde had
not arrived home early this afternoon,
and no word had been received from
them. They will arrive home some time
this afternoon.
The autopsy over Virgins body was
held this morning, ending early this at
tornoon, it being performed by DIR. g.
Burton Pearson, county physician. and
DR.. George W. H. Forrest. The autopsy
was performed over the body as it lay
in the morgue on a slab
DR.. Pearson cut the bullet from the
dead Youths head, assisted by Dr. For
fnt ina
both s. les of the boys skull, had fiat
tened almost the same as though it had
struck against stone.
The finding of Drs. Forrest and Pear
son will be reported TO the coroners
Jury when the inquest is held. the date
for which has not yet been fixed.
"The boy was evidently left-handed,'
said DR. Pearson. in describing the
examination. "He had held the re-
volver about four inches from the
side Of his face and fired horizontally
across his head, about one inch above
the left ear. The bullet cut its way
through the soft part of his brain
and came out through the skull on
the other side. breaking about an inch
of II away, and lodged unuer the skin
IN front of the upper part of the right
ear. The bullet was badly mashed
and death was instantaneous. 1t is
probable that the bullet cut through
the optical nerves, as indicated by the
swelling and blackness over both eyes,
showing a hemorrhage of the optic
blood vessels"
IL was learned this afterncen that Ser
geant kelleher and Patrolran Fox on
Saturday morning got a tip from some
where that Wigeins, or a man resem.
bling him, had been stopping at Mrs.
Luce's boarding house, az the southeast
corner of Fourth and Shipley streets.
Sergeant Kelleher and Fox went there
that morning and asked Mrs. Luce if
there were any strangers there She
told him there was. Sergeant kelleher
went TO the ROOM examined Miggins
suit case and discovered the wigs and
false whiskers in il. Mrs. Luce told the
policeman the boarder paid for his room
week in advance. Sergeant Kelleher
and Officer Fox got her promise to noti-
fv them when the boarder returned.
IL was reported that woman board
ing at the northeast corner of Fourth
and Shipley streets knew Virgins and
told the policemen he was there. She
denied this when asked about il by an
| EVENING JOURNAL reporter.