New Britain herald., 1917-10-29
MRS. TOBIN NOT A SUICIDE,
 MEDICAL EXAMINERS BELIEF

several stitches to close the ncciSX wounds, but the cheek cut was super- fcial and merely broke the skin. TbeI doctor said there were several otherI cuts on the mans neck, indicating sex eral different slashes. In the opinion oQ the doctor Wise was able to walk even at that time. Refuting the al legation that Wise had been kicked, Dr. Hart said he gave the man two very thorough examinations and found absolutely no wounds or bruisos anywhere. The mans recovery was rapid and at all times he was normal and rational, the surgeon declared
 Telling in detail of the wounds, pr Hart said the cut on Wises neck was fairly deep on the back. superficial on the sides and sufficiently deep in front to expose the trachea, or wind pipe.
 Medical examiner Harry A. ElcoclI testified that at :50 a. m., on Septem Der 19 he was called to view Mrs Tobin's body as it lay in the road way on Pearl street. He said tho wO mans hair was disheveled She Ia! sprawled on her back. The docto4 also told of seeing a small flowe4 on the ground near her right hand The woman's throat had been GU from ear to ear, severing the arterieX and veins and cutting into the wind pipe, the doctor said He likewte told of finding a small clot of bloo& on the walk where Wise's body wa found. This was not sufficient to III capaciate any adult the doctor said ] He then produced statement whicZ he got from Wise at the hospita 1 shortly after the killing. In it n said he was about to kiss Mrs. Tobt} when he was knocked down by 1 strange man who chased the womar| came back and took Wise's raxo from his pocket, again chased an cut the woman and returned and cu 1 him. Asked by the doctor what tn woman was to him, Wise said: I'M sweetheart"
 "Humph, you're a great man to h l still on the walk and let man chaa your sweetheart around the road
 the doctor said. To which Wise prc
 tested that he had been unable
 rise after being knocked down. D} | Elcock also positively stated tha ! Wise had absolutely no marks <
 bruises anywhere on his body to sho1 ! where he had been either kicked
 beaten, as he claimed. Witness ald
 said he had told Wise of Mrs. Tobin
 death.
 Referring to Mrs Tobins deat
 wound.f pr. Elcock said the cJ
 measured five and ne-half AinclicI
 with a cut of three inches on ttI
 left side and two and ore had
 inches on the right side. Dr. ElcOd
 said it appeared to him that the razd
 blade had been jabbed into the W.
 mans throat, rather than draN
 across her neck. This opinion w(
 strengthened by the fact that t1X
 razor blade towarl the handlo all
 the blood had not trickled down tt razor blade otward the handle ali indicated this theory, the doctor sad
 Dr. Elcock likewise declaredas th1
 from his experience he did not thjf
 it likely that Mrs. Tobin's AAS
 wound was self-inflicted. a
 The blood spurts on the fact02 doorway and leading to the curb{i
 and into the street were as though
 had been spurted from a hose. I'll indicated to Dr. Elcock that tl l woman must have been standing | the doorway when she was cut. TT
 nature of the blood spurts on f1
 doorway indicated that an artery mu
 have been severed and the spatte1 on the walk showed that the victi}
 had lunged out of the doorway t1
 ward the street, the medical exar
 finer said. During his testimony D
 Elcock himself demonstrated the p(
 sition in which he said Mrs. Fob
 must have stood when she was q
 and throughout this gruesome part the proceedings the prisoner s
 calmly in his chair, apparently l int pScifGd
 narrative than any of the spectator
 Would it be possible, Doctor, f
 a man to swing this razor and innt a wound five inches long," asked A l torney Greenberg. 1 Yes, q man could swing a ran and inf1ict a wound nine inches," 1 doctor said.
 The doctor also insisted. on eros examination, that he did not think 1 possible for Mrs. Tobin to inf1ict sud a wound on herself. although win asked again he said it would not hay been entirely impossible. The doct also said the wound on the womaI throat looked as though it could Ina been inflicted only by someone w ! held her tightly ''or had her penn} i in a corner so she couldn't get away The doctor also said that follow,J such a cut the victim would not immediately but would be capab1ea walking fifty feet or 150 feet | Did you perform an autopsy Mrs. Tobin's body?" asked Lawy Greenberg.
 "No," replied pr. Elcock Didn't you think one was nece sary?" inquired the lawyer Tt isn't question of what thin 1 ie's what Coroner Calhoun thinks ! responded the doctor.
 : Tn your opinion was the wont held when she was cut?' asked t states attorney, but Judge Case Il i fused to permit an answer. l Two officers from Fort Slocum q 1 also in court ready to testify in t rl. in of fe,