Widnes Examiner. — 1898-12-16 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE.—THE MURDERER'S  FINGER MARKS. Dr. James Reid said hesaw the child's body on Sunday naorning a: 11.30 at Black Horse-street. The face wag livid, particularly the lips, and tiere was dried blood about the lower parts of the body, and a patch of stain on the under garment. In the afternoon, along with Dr. Masson, he made a post-mot tern at the mortuary to which ho had rsqussted that the body should be removed. The body was fairly wal nourished, rigor mortis being well marked, and there were deep post* mortem stains on the back. On the left forearm on the 'outer Eide below the elbow there was a bruised patch about one inch in diameter. Immediately below this there was a recent crescentic excoriation about 3-16th of an inch in length. A little below that was a similar excoriation. There were some irregular shaped bruiser on the front and right side of the neck, and a large quantity of blood frothy and mucous flowt d from the nostrils. The doctor west on to detail the examination, which showed that an outrage of the most savage and brutal description bad been committed on the child by some man. The larynx was full of blood and froth, and lungs, brain, and all toe internal organs were deeply g este d. the StAin on the undergarment was bbod. etThohene cause of death was asphyxia. The Coroner : Bow do you think asphyxia wg, brought about? Do yo a think by violence applied tO the throat ? Dr. Reid : I think more likelx bs suffocation. There ar3 marks on the throat sh wring toat it had been forced back, but from thg internal signs and the condition of the larynx and so on, 1 believe she had been suffocated by:the mouth. The Coroner ; Are you able to say bow long the child had been deed?  _ Witness : S .tnewlizre about twebro or eighteen hours._  The Coroner : We knew the child left the house able at a quarter p ist nine. When do you think this hap. penel, to the best of your knowledge ? Witness : I shcrfld thlnk probably betvreen nine and ten o'clock the same night. The Coroner : Very shortly alt ? Witness : Yes. Tire Coroaer Bi fore midni4lit ? Witness : Yes ; I should think so, judging from the state I saw her in at the house.  Whom later said that he ought to say that the marks on the left arm were very clear, and showed that the arm had been grasped by someone's band. There were two clear marks or indentations, showing that the nailS of the person's hand load stuck into the flesh. The Coroner Fail he under,tool the police did not dea sire to offer any further evidence, but desired the ha., quest to be adjourned. Inspector Steele said that was the course they wished adopted. The Coroner said that he would therefore adjourn thA inquiry until Thursday, the 29:11 inst., at a quarter past nine in the morning; but if in the meantime any person was arrested charged with having causel the death oe the child he felt certaia that, although it might be in. convenient to the jury, they would not complain oe being called together a little earlier to investigate a case of death under such tragic circumstances. At the close of the proceedings, the coroner, in cam.' pany with Insoector Sr,eele, procee led to see the houses mentioned in connection with the tragedy and the place where the body was found.  43)  HUMAN