Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-07
MAN FOUND WITH
BULLET IN HEAD AT
BRANDYWINE SPRINGS
Continued from page 1.

So thorough has been the investi-
CATION made by both city and county
police officials. Deputy Coroner Harvey
E. Nichols said today. that no autopsy
will be held. The body will be held in
the morgue for a few days TO await
a possible identification.
There is one point in the case which
may, however. blast the solution
reached by the police and that is the
place in the head where the bullet
entered. Usually a suicide shoots him
self in the temple, under the Jaw or
in the mouth or heart. but in this
| instance the wound was inflicted in
! the back part of the head. lodging in
the center Of the brain.
Physicians at the Delaware Hospi-
! tai, where the man died soon after ne
was found, without regaining con-
! sciousness. are of the opinion that the
wound was not self-infiicted. 1t IS ad-
mitted that. although difficult it is
! possible for a person 70 fnfiict a wound
! in this portion OF the head. Upon ex-
animation of the head after It was
/ shaved. no powder burns or marks
were found, which proves that either
the pistol was pressed very closely &c
the head or fired at a distance The
fosmer theory Is adopted by the police
/, This theory is further strengthened
by the fact that the steps back OF
where the man was found lying are
covered with spurts of blood. On the
first step back of the one upon which
the police believe he was sitting wher
[ he is supposed to have shot himself
there is a large pool Of blood. The
+. police say THIS shows conclusivelS
that the man shot himself while hold
2 ling the pistol against his head, 70
l. fwhen a person is shot in this man
a ner the blood spurts several fee
= from the wound. spreading over a
[ area of several feet, and then flow
evenly in a pool.
Mysterious Bruise on the Nose.
$ Another thing noticed by a reporte
r of Every Evening. upon an eXamina
ton of the body, in the morgue, wa
r a dlscolored bruise on the bridge {
n the nose, which both Mr.. Nichols an
; the police say might have been cause
y by the man falling over and strikin
u his nose on a step of the pavilion.
Is possible, however, that it Nigh
have been caused by blow from a
assailant.
L The time OF the shooting has bee
definitely set at $50 o'clock last nigh
| The police have located a resident {
| the park vicinity, who was sewers
/ hundred feet away from the pavilio
| at $50, who states that he heard
shot. but thinking that it was som
| intoxicated man celebrating, hurrie
to his home for safety
Il A number of persons who saw III
| man walking about the park yestei
| day afternoon, have also been ques
! toned by the police. A number {
/ them say that they saw him align
| from a trolley car at $50 o'clock
| the afternoon and wander for sever;
| hours about the park, carrying
small black satchel which 1t wa
later found contained only a bathin
| suit and several magazines.
| Those questioned say that the
| opinion of the man was that he We
| respondent, in Ill health and ha
| something preying heavily upon h
II mind. He walked about until
II o'clock and then disappeared and wa
| n not seen again until he was foand
+ dying condition on the pavilic
! n steps, over an hour later
III Detective Moore exerted all his Ell
| ergies in solving the case, declarir
that he would not rest until he ha