The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
MYSTERY OVER /. HURTS RECEIVED
 BY MRS. DEWITT
South End Woman Believed Dying Locked In Cell
 Though Fatally Hurt. ].

Mrs. John J. Dewitt, aged 67 years, a respected resident of 15 Mrytle court is dying at Galen hospital today from fracture of the skull and a broken left hip. ,@
 The manner in which her injuries were received is deeply ,clouded in mystery today though it is known that for over an hour last Christmas night she was confined in police cell
 Lack of records on either the police blotter or the emergency hospital books showing that the womans was examined or treated somewhat com- p1icates the case b9e4NAe aofa the con- structive evidence tiaAt the woman was not injured when admitted to the cells. e s -<<., At Ga1en, hospital the authorities sh.s.d today that when admitted to their institution Mrs. Dewitt, was suffering from a broken 1ef hip and a fracture of. the skull She has been uIcon- scio,1s for many hours and little hope, is held that she will survive the day.
 Mrs. Dewitt, the mother of large family, is said to have left her home on, Christmas afternoon to visit daughter living in the North End. She boarded a car which took her to Park avenue and State street She is known to have gotten off the car safely In company with a son. She was seen sanding at the corner outside the win- dows of the c: E. Pickard & Co., drug store, waiting a connecting car
 It is related by members of the fam ily that she stood near an ice-crearn sign. She suddenly grasped Tor the sign as support and fell to the side walk. where she lay grooming and ap- uarently unable to get up. Several attempts were made to put her on her feet but without success and Policemen Milton l.. Reed took chaIge.
 Though it is known that a call was sent for an ambulance and members of the family declare the ambulance surgeon appeared on the scene and refused to take the woman home, these facts are not fully corroborated by the emergency. hospital records. The police patrol arrived at Il o'clock and at 11:10 Mrs. Dewitt, under the name of "Kate Dewitt, 51< Austin street. was haled before the night lieutenant, James Walker.
 Communication was had by mem- bers of her family with Hugh B. Dewitt, who lives at home and works in the Brooks paint store in State street, who at the time was in the Ozanam club, directly above the spot where his mother had fallen but un- aware of the relationship of the wo- man, he had seen her bundled into and upon the floor of the patrol.
 At headquarters it was suggested that $10 cash bond be given. When 1t was paid Mrs. Dewitt was carried to a waiting conveyance by four persons. She is said by the family to have been stiIl unconscious. At the home a physician summoned to attend the woman at once discovered that she suffered from two fractures, one of the skull and one of the left hip. She was at once conveyed to Galen hos pAtal where she is now.
 \The mystery to be solved by the po- lice and the coroner in the event of her death will be: Where were the extensive injuries received?
 Was the woman actually we'll at the time of her incarceration Sas it ap- pears from the police records?
 Did she received them at police headauarters after her arrest?
 Were they suffered after she had been taken out of a cell?
 Because of the recent court ruling that requires every person in an un- conscious condition to be examined by a physician, it is pointed out to- day that there is little likelihood Of her having received the injuries prior to being arrested, unless the rules of the department have been grossly vio- latd.
 Lieut. Walker, who is at present on a vacation, cannot be located in Bridgeport today for full exe1anatfon of her appearance. Policeman Reed declares that she did not appear to have broken bones.
 THE WEATHER