New Britain herald., 1922-09-30
BRITAIN DAILY HERALD SATURDAY SEPTEMBER so 1922

Ian autopsy upon the body before to- day Ills previous report, he said was based upon more or less per, functory examination, and the reason he did not make an autopsy at tho time Of the finding of the bodies. ht added, was because he had not beer ordered to do so by Mr. Beekman Heretofore the impression had beer permitted that Dr. Long's first exam nation was an autopsy.
 Beekman Is Not Worried.
 Prosecutor Beekman. when told tha Dr. Long had passed the responsibilit, for the bungled situation to him, ad. mitted that he had ordered no autop sy, but vouchsafed no explanation oi why he did not deem such an exam. ination necessary. or whether he did think so There were several indi- cations, in addition to the governors
 letter, that dissatisfaction is growing over the manner in which the case Is being allowed to drag along, Mrs Frances Hall, widow of the dead rec tor. has retained Timothy N. Pfeif. fer, formerly an assistant district at. torney Of New York county and at. tached to the homicide bureau of that office personal counsel for herself and family to carry out their deter imitation to bring about the solution of the mystery of the murder of the Rev. Edward w. Hall"
 The board of freeholders of Somer- set county decided to offer $500 in each case for the apprehension of the murdefers of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills. A reward of s1,ooo was offered yes- terday by Middesex county, provided 1t is shown the crime was committed in that county.
 The body of Dr. Hall Is also to be exhumed, and an autopsy will be per formed, Prosecutor Beekman said an application was made yesterday to the supreme court in Brooklyn for permission to exhume the body of Dr. Hall, which is in Greenwood ceme- tery. but that 1t was refused on the ground that the application was made by an assistant. Prosecutor Beck man said he himself would make an- other application.
 Facts Shown by Autopsy.
 The body of Mrs. Mills was ex- humed about daylight and rushed to the morgue of John V. Hubbard, cor oner, where the autopsy was per- formed immediately. Prosecutor Beekman announced later that the a autopsy had shown the following facts: Es
 Three bullet wounds were in the head. All three bullets were recov- cred from the head. One bullet en- tered the forehead near the hair line and lodged in the brain tissue An other bullet entered the right cheek and also was found in the brain tis- sue. The third bullet entered the right temple region above the ear and just back of the temple. That bullet went completely through, the head and was found between the skull and the scalp, having passed through the skull twice.
 The skull was fractured, probably by the first bullet that struck. Any of the three wounds would have been sufficient to cause death it was stat ed.
 A fourth wound was found upon he upper lip which had the appear ance of having been made by spent bullet which did not strike with suf- icient force to break the teeth under he lip Various theories have been ad- !anced regarding the probability of hat missile having passed through he head of the woman's companion before it struck her.
 The wound upon the throat was de- cribed as necklace" wound, and lad the appearance of having been made by knife in a stroke of a downward trend which encircled the hroat at the base of the neck. The lash severed the jugular vein, the ,arotoid arteries and the esophagus. t was established that Mrs. Mills vas not pregnant.
 Many Questions Settled.
 The autopsy not only settled the differences in the reports of Dr. Long nd Dr. Cronk but settled many ru- nors.
 Dr, Cronk was definite in his state nent that there were three bullet wounds in the woman's head, while )r. Long contended that there were lot more than two, or possibly only ne. Dr. Long also was of the opin- on that the woman's throat had not cen cut, while Dr. Cronk was quite positive that it had been cut. Nor we're any broken bones found, ac- crding to MT. Beekman, although he i'd find some scratches and abrasions n one arm.
 The fact that Mrs. Mills throat was ut, taken in conjunction with the | ack of bloodstains on her clothing, | Xcept on the shoulder upon which | he lay, tends to strengthen a favor te popular theory that the couple | yere murdered somewhere else than | he place at which their bodies were ound and that the clothes in which | hey were found were not the ones n which they were dressed when | filed. Proponents of this theory | oint also 10 the fact that Dr. Halls | oat was slit up the back, which they | ontend probably occurred when his ody was lifted by other persons.
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