Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-09
GIRL s BODY FOUND
ON NEWLY-|RONED
SHEETS, QUIZ TOLD.
No Signs of Stains Seen,
Inferno TeStifieS at
Limerick Inquest.
DECLARES FACE SEEMED
ARTIFTCIALLY BLANCHED
Greene Says He Blamed Hemor-
rhage After Noticing Blood at
Corners of Her Mouth.

The Casualty Hospital inferno who
pronounced Beulah Limerick dead of
natural causes, six hours before an I'M
dertaker found a bullet in her brain,
told a coroners jury inquiring into the
fatal shooting today that the girls body
apparently had been placed upon i'm
rnaculate sheets which clothed the bed
on which she was found.
Under cross examination by Assistant
District Attorney William H. Collins,
the inferno, Lyman j. Greene, insisted
that there was no sign Of blood upon
the sheets or upon an Immaculate"
slip on the pillow where the dead girls
head rested.
1t has been the contention of police
that the body was found on dirty sheets
and that two stained sofa pillows lay
at the head Of her bed.
Deputy Coroner Testifies.
The first witness to be summoned be-
fore the crowded board room at the
District Building was DR.. A. Magruder
Macdonald, deputy coroner, who per-
formed an autopsy at the Deal funeral
home shortly after the death bullet was
found. Dr. Macdonald said the bullet
entered near the back of the head and
somewhat above the ear. forcing a sec
ton of the skull into the brain.
The cause of her death, he said,
was battered .25-caliber steel-jacketed
bullet which he removed.
The doctor testified there was slight
indication of alcohol in the stomach.
He discovered a small scratch near the
girls nose and a bruiSe on her arm at
the shoulder.
Greene followed Macdonald to the
stand He said he was on duty at
Casualty Hospital when he received in
formation from the switchboard OPP
orator at 1915 o'clock on the morning
of December 81 that a young woman
was badly i'll at 1913 Nineteenth street
southeast" The girl in question, the
doctor explained, was at No. 10 Nine
tenth street southeast and he was
somewhat delayed in arriving there
with the ambulance. Greene said he
arrived about 1890 O'Clock and found
an officer standing outside the house.
Young Man in Room.
Going inside, he said, he found
D heavy set" young man in the
room with the girl. The young man re-
marked to the doctor that the girl had
been living when the call was put in
for an ambulance, but now appeared
to be dead.
Greene testified the girl was dead
when he first examined her. although
there was still some warmth In the
body. She lay he said, upon freshly
laundered sheets. The girls face seemed
to have been artiflcially blanched and
her arms were folded across her breast
beneath bed clothing, which was pulled
well up over the body.
After he completed his examination
the doctor said the policeman inquired
Of him, Natural causes, Doc?"
Il told the officer" the inferno con-
tinued, that it was a coroner'S case.
did not tell the officer anything about
the circumstances of the death except
to instruct him to notify the coroner's
ofice."
Girls Mother Arrived.
The Rescue Squad was called TO the
scene. but Greene said ne left be-
fore he saw any Of the dremen at the
home. He testified that while he was
making the examination the girls
mother. Mrs. Dora z. Limerick, and her
two sisters came in The inferno said
Mrs. Limerick informed MIN her daugh-
ter had been dancing until o'clock
that morning. He said there was a
slight amount Of blood at the corners Of
the mouth and this fact coupled with
the information that the girl had been
dancing all night led him TO believe
that death had been due to hemorrhage.
Questioned by Collins with regard to
immaculate sheets" the inferno said he
plainly saw the creases in them as If
they had just come out from under an
iron. He said he had a occasion to lift
the girls head while making the
examination and saw no sign of blood.
In response TO another question
Greene said he was not a graduate of
medicine. He explained he was in the
third year of his medical course. The
doctor was unable to say who first sum-
moned his ambulance He explained the
telephone operator at Casualty Hos
pital received the call and he doubted
II she obtained the name Of the person
who gave it.
Conflicting testimony as TO whether
there was blood on the pillows under
the girls head arose between investigat-
ing police officers of the fifth precinct
and members of the Fire Rescue Squad.
CorrobOrates Dr. Greene
Oficer Raymond L. Eubank testified
that he received a telephone call at
the precinct that a woman was dying
a the Nineteenth street address. He
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