Show MARKS ON COLLINSS COLLINS'S BODY INDICATE HE liE CRAWLED AFTER THROAT WAS CUT An autopsy on Collinss Collins's body by Drs Mayo an and Ell Ellerbeck lest night demon- demon that bleeding not bleeding not choking as as at first supposed was supposed was the cause of Collins's Collinss Collinss Collins's Col Col- linss lins's death The marks on the hand Indicated that that- the old man had probably probably probably ably cr crawled for some distance after his throat was cut A careful examInation examination examination exam exam- of the cranium revealed no scars which would indicate any previous in injury injury injury in- in jury to the brain or malformation that might denote a disposition to insanity In short the examination discovered no cut bruise or abrasion abrasion- of an any kind so 50 that if the old man were insane an accident was not the cause of his in in- in sanity An examination of the gash In th the Continued on page 6 6 Coroners Coroner's Inquest Continued from Page 1 throat showed that the Jugular veins on each side of the neck had just been nicked but not severed The windpipe was completely severed but no clots of blood within It indicated strangulation The heart was empty of blood The old mans man's vital organs were found to be In excellent condition indicating that he would have lived for many years Under tinder ordinary circumstances As to bruises the back of the body from crown to heels has not a scratch or or bruise while the front from forehead to ankles is a mass of contusions and scratches The lid of the right eye is partially severed probably through striking against a sharp stone in the death struggle The forehead is a mass massof massof massof of bruised flesh and both shoulders show many scratches in front The The breast and abdomen are also bruised also the front of the thighs But Dut the most vivid marks mark are bright ht red cuts and fresh scars on the shinbones all the way down as though the old man had frequently frequently fre Ire fallen oto to his knees on a rocky road The evidence will be submitted to the I Coroners Coroner's Jury at 2 o'clock today in Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice Nielsen's office I |