The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-15

ed to the office Of the district comp
troller Of the fleet corporation. An
important point in Richardson's ties.
timony was that at approximately
1880 a. m Dowsey got up and left
the office without word OF explana-
tion. leaving his hat on the table.
When called to the washroom fol.
lowing tho discovery Of Dowsey's
body. Richardson stated on the
stand. he removed wallet from
Dowsey's pocket. This wallet. Rich.
ardson said. he gave TO ''some men,"
John Hill. special agent for the
department Of investigation for the
shipping board. the next witness
called, recalled the fact that he
found Dowsey's hat. which was a
derby hat. in the aisle on the floor
Of the washroom. Hill stated he
recovered Dowsey's watch and sill
ver money from his pockets. handed
them. with the exception Of the wal
let. to Deputy Coroner Frank Keep
III. He interrogatcd Douglas. the
clerk who found the body. and the
latter told him at the time that
there had been no one In the lava.
tory beside himself.
Complained Of Pains
Hin mentioned that Dowsey had
been with him all the preceding
afternoon and had complained Of
pains in his neck or throat. Asked
II Dowsey had telcphoned that night
he stated that he did not believe so.
I'VE were having a game of cards
and can say that the game was
not interrupted during the even
ing
According to Hill. Dcwsey was a
heavy smoker.
DIR. A. M. MacWhinnie, with Of.
fees on the second floor of the
Securities building. the first ply
sician to see Dowsey after death. was
next called. He stated that Charles
elise, son OF the owner of the build.
ing. j. w. elise. had informed him Of
the finding of Dowsey's body. Taking
his emergency kit. DR.. MacWhinnie
took the elevator to the fourth floor
The doctor found. by applying the
tests, that Dowsey was dead.
Cigar May Be Factor
The cigar, which Dowsey had been
smoking. and which federal agents
hold an important factor in the case.
according to DIR. MacWhinnie. was
cienched In a death grip between the
first and second fingers Of Dowsey's
right hand.
That was one of the first things
noticed" said the doctor. TT is
one mark of sudden death"
Asked by Carmody for an opinion
as to the probable cause OF Dowsey's
death. DR.. MacWhinnie declared that
he could not give an expert opinion
without going thru the entire
matter.
He said. however, that In his
opinion Dowsey did not die from
natural causes. He described the
wcit or confusion on Dowsey's head
minutely, declaring that there was
a line, as II from a cut. about three
inches in length running thru the
welt. He made only casual in
spection of the body. he said.
Il would say. however" said the
doctor. that in my opinion Dow
sey did not die from natural causes.
His wrist and temple arteries.
when ] examined them. we're pIia-
Bile, which. had 1t been apoplexy,
would have been the reverse. II
has been noted that man could
be hit on the frontal eminence with
a potato and death might result,
without fracture OF the skull"
II asked how the man came TO be
in the aisle and some one said: Why,
I opened the door and he fell out. "
Douglas was called upon to rise from
his seat in the rear, but could not be
/ identified by the doctor as the man
who had said this.
w. X. Morton Testifies
w. II. Morton, another special gov
enment Hyent. called to the stand
said that his regular work was with
the immigration service. but that he
had been working with the shipping
board during a years leave.
| His testimony seemed to have
much weight with the jurors. as he