| Show lInquest Inquest Ordered in Death of Former Fortner N. N I Ha Hawaii t Society Stirred H By y Inquiry in Case of Leader Among Colony Sheriff Coroner Accedes t to o Brothers Brother's Plea PIca int inI in I r i Mys Mystery tery r f rr fI I rI r I By REUEL S S. S MOORE United Press Staff Correspondents Corres Correspondent I Copyright ht 1930 b by United Press t I HONOLULU HO T T. II H. Feb 7 UP UPA A A sensation was precipitated In Iii Inthis this the military and social world orld hero today by by issuance of or an order for forA forn A n coronets coroners ron rs r's Inquest t into the death of Mrs Marlon J D. D Se ler former New fork Tork heiress s an and l wife wiCe of or an arm army co Sheriff Patrick Gea Gleason on announced that the Inquest and Investigation atlon Ion long IonS sou sought ht by Ralph brother brother r of oC the tho dead woman would Immediately be bo begun Mrs frs Sevier ier of oC Colonel Gran- Gran Jle Ule Sevier of the tho Sixty fourth coa coast t lien diN in Honolulu on Au- Au rust just 27 37 1 11 S After tho the funeral the tho bod body was wa placed d In a n. vault Colonel Sevier announced that ho hI desired to take It to the tho mainland with when his assignment to o Island 1111 service ex- ex rire Tired J. J VARIOUS AILMENTS NAMED Tho death certificate signed at that time said Mrs frs Sevier Se died oCI of oC I- I parlous r ous ailments chief o of which was arterio sclerosis I Sheriff Gleasons Gleason decision to hold the he inquest resulted from Crom assertions b by prominent Hawaiian medical Men taco who Interested 1 themselves che In Inthe Inthe the case e as a 1 result o of A activities that the UH causes a ascribed in the tile death certificate appeared false iAn luAn An unofficial autopsy was wal performed performed per per- f formed on April 13 15 1929 1939 It re repealed revealed re- re pealed virtually all alt the vital organs organs' hid bid bent been remove removed from Ctorn Mrs Sealers Sealer's Se- Se alers aler's bod body Evidence f obtained by b medical examiners cx- cx a at tho same time time- failed to establish the true Clu cause e oC of death but the Indications Indication were th they y said that the cause ascribed crib d by attend attend- In physicians did ld not constitute the he proper diagnosis BROTHER DISSATISFIED r r came to Honolulu from t York shortly after aHer hl his sisters sister's death and for the last laft year eaT and a half hair has devoted undivided attention attention attention atten atten- tion to an investigation The rhe move for a t thorough Investigation Investigation f gation ration ha has been urged upon the war department for many months by and m has been taken up with th the department of Justice ti Gleason who Issued the he order r forthe for Cor the tho he Inquest is both sheriff and coroner t Wo have ha addressed re a a. a request tolie to lie civil ll health authorities for permission per- per mission to remove Mr Mrs Sevier's body from th the thA vault nult Gle Gleason on saidA said aid A coroners coroner's jury will bo be summoned summoned sum sum- rn ned to v u the body as a preliminary preliminary pre pre- to tho the Inquest f r Tho Th autopsy Itself 1 be ho performed performed performed per per- formed by hy police do doctors tors t Sevier Se died at the age ago of oC 39 33 Sh She came from flOm a a. wealthy wealth and so socially so- so dally lall prominent New York Tork fa family m Ind I and ind nd had Inherited a to lug largo portion of C the estate slate of oC Mrs Riette IT If who died In New cw York in en n August 30 1 1925 5 ARRIVES IN ISLANDS r In November No of th the following year ah the she married aon Colonel 1 Sevier and arrived arrived ar at ar- ar rived d in tho the islands in October 1927 l I She soon boon b became cann the tho lea leading figure figure fig fig- ure In military and social life here and ind her name mme was frequently a In the lire society col of tho the newspapers r Her H r health was as poor pOOl during during- her rr rf residence In the islands She Sha was admitted to general arm army hospital for treatment on three oci oc- oc I The last time she he entered i th the Institution was on July lul 4 1928 D Dath follow followed ed less leas titan than two months t later tel t I Mrs Sevier passed sed awn away at 1 I L a. in tn August 27 1 1928 and funeral services were h herd held d the tho following afternoon l arriving in ht Honolulu I. I short time limo later latel expressed dissatIsfaction dissatisfaction dissat dissat- with tho the death certificate which ascribed death to interstitial nephritis chronic chronic aortic sclerosis tation hUon and general r r went before tho the war department and suc succeeded In having tn an n autopsy performed la last t spring REMOVED j This autopsy revealed tho fact net that removed ed the viscera had been from irom tho the bod body effectively II a thorough h Investigation into the true cause e of oC death at ut that time Confusion as WI to how and why this I t re- re ll operation took place Suited Persons at tire the un undertaking at first believed that the viscera had accidentally been replaced Placed d in another body hody that of oC a aman Chinese man The latter ns eX- eX r but no trace of the tho viscera was found Later tho the undertaker explained that because of or the speed required for tho the embalming it was necessary to remove tho the organs an and l in all probability the they had boon bon destroyed Examination In the first autopsy revealed rc no Indication as to the tru true cause caust of death Ileath but a further study of ot Mrs 1 Sevier's Se medical history history his his- tor tory tended tende to the he theory theor that tho the clinical diagnosis was i partly at nt least in error Dr Di- Nils r P. Larson head of oC Queens hospital in ul Honolulu and find Major W W. C. C Whitmore medical of officer of- of icer at t hospital where Mrs Sevier Se died wrote roto to Sheriff I Gleason GIlson recommending a a. second autopsy In an effort to clear up the mysterious of the death |
