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Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
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Inquest begins in Lucan, Ontario, into the Donnelly murder case. Post-mortem physician testifies bodies were too burned to distinguish gender or determine cause of death. Witness John Conners identifies constable James Carroll, Thomas Ryder, and John Purtell at the scene during the murder.
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Lucan, Ont., Feb. 12.—The inquest in the Donnelly murder case began yesterday. The physician who made the post mortem testified that the bodies were so burned that he could not distinguish the male from the female, and was unable to say positively what was the cause of death.
John Conners, the boy who was in the house at the time of the murder, testified that James Carroll, the constable, called at the house between 12 and 2 o'clock, to arrest old man Donnelly. Besides Carroll he saw Thomas Ryder and John Purtell in the house at the time of the murder. He was sure of these three, having seen their faces.
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Lucan, Ont.
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Feb. 12
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bodies so burned that gender could not be distinguished and cause of death undetermined
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The inquest in the Donnelly murder case began yesterday. The physician who made the post mortem testified that the bodies were so burned that he could not distinguish the male from the female, and was unable to say positively what was the cause of death. John Conners, the boy who was in the house at the time of the murder, testified that James Carroll, the constable, called at the house between 12 and 2 o'clock, to arrest old man Donnelly. Besides Carroll he saw Thomas Ryder and John Purtell in the house at the time of the murder. He was sure of these three, having seen their faces.