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Jj MURDER CA§E INQUEST'atOeiiHmi Opinion Is Tim: Man Was No! I).nwseJ— Bridge Tenter I.y-ardghLa 3:ory.3e-11« Konrhtir Aiifl r'* Str»nc«r »tni AT-Iffurtl ’11**1,.rtimn Crl««.The coroner* inquest hi the Supposed murder of G«, ,uuu wh*wna 'ouci10lt;mlJ iu Lhe I'u\v I'uiy river W7fifal *Hr° was resumed id Jus-Lice St. Cluir'rt court this luoruing.Dr, Tiittou leBtifled 10 Laving examined the body on August jn at Crva-Lai Spring* Cucuelery. Ilia opinion vvae that death did not result entirely from drowning, although the body wjlh *o decomposed that the post mortem was aomewhm unsatia factory. !□ -tatlug Hie cause of death, Dr. Xuttoo »aid eilher an Injury or loss of consciousness from other causes preceded or immediately followed the falling of the body into the water,The doctor also stated that in ease Of drowning the body 5m greatly bloated and the t:cnc of coming to the surface average.* in Tvarm weather from five to six day* in fresh water.Iticbari: I.ysi*rhL, .the highwaybridge tender, was OU the stand and he said that oh the night of August Kith, the night be for r. the dead man was found in the river, lie saw George Roue her leading the man across the brxdgc. The man waa the same one that was pulled out of the water dead. Lysiiight positively identified Lli«j deceased. aK Bouchers companion.On Lhti night Lysaigbt spoke to 7lt;juchlt;r, who said nothing- and urged Lis companion acrowfl the brhlgo toward Hen ton Harbor. Soar after the bridge tender heard umjartblv 5oils in the direction where Boucher iod the old man bad gone, Iloncbcr carried a huge Stick acd a small satchel when Lysaight saw him only JSor 15 feet distant.Dr. Ryi;o testified to the condition of the iin.ly on August J,P. Fie 9iid the right lung was examined, ibe lower lobe being solid and the upper tihed with itir. He stated that on a section of a drowned person’s :ung is found bloody, frothy ;pucns and in th:« case oune was fOuud. A little scrum wan discovered in the lung. The doctor said it was impossible to swear that the deceased came to hit* death by drowning on account of the decomposed condition of the body at the time of the post mortem.After Dr. Ryno. George Brown testified. He was working on the bridge on the night fefore the ghastly nad and corroborates LvsaphtVj story.William Fuller testified to diacov«r-ing the body in Lhe river,All the iwideaceao far seems to point to the fact ;hal the unknown man me l with foul play a.3,1 from a good source it is learned thftt the jury wall return a verdict Lo that effect.The was adjourned at noontill to-morrow morning when Sheri It Ferguson will be citfiled jpou to testify.CToa;talofSriTrOoer.DfbigavMicThfper.Oraa ri-fror lick and ! I Lt] Jost scat The wusU ill shot:htOL\thethrtri _:xvig ning cum the lt;
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Benton Harbor Daily Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Mon, Aug 28, 1899
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