"The Kansas City Daily Times" (Missouri) Friday, January 25, 1884 THE VALLEY CITIES. WYANDOTTE. The sufferings of Mrs. Jacob HARTMAN came to an end late Wednesday night, death resulting from the injuries which she received in a manner which is still a mystery, the unfortunate woman being the only eye-witness, and she carried the secret of the cruel assault with her to the grave. Her sad death has cast a gloom over a large circle of relatives and friends. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the coroner and jury visited the HARTMAN residence and made a careful examination of the remains, and adjourned to the office of Justice ANDERSON where the evidence of the following witnesses was heard: Dr. SWARTZ, Mrs. Morgant KRAMER, Mr. J. HARTMAN, Mrs. M. BRADEN, Mrs. McMANUS, Joseph RILEY, Andrew HARTMAN and Dr. ELLIOTT. Dr. SWARTZ, the attending physician was examined by the coroner and testified that he was called to attend the deceased on Monday evening, and that he found her insensible with her face badly bruised, bleeding at the nose and a slight abrasion of the skin on the nose and left wrist. The doctor did not think the wounds of themselves dangerous, but that she evidently came to her death from the shock to the system. He thought it possible that the wounds could have been occasioned by a fall, but her general appearance, and the manner in which she conducted herself after she rallied would indicate that she had been frightened. She seemed delirious, and complained of her heart as though she had a scare. On the other hand, she has been troubled with vertigo, and carried a cane to steady herself; and, that being the case, it is possible that she had one of those attacks of dizziness and fell on the bed or stove. To the best of my belief, I am inclined to the opinion that she came to her death from violence. She complained of no other pains then than that of the heart and a violent headache. I could not tell from the examination that I made whether she was injured internally or not. I never asked her whether she was assaulted or not. She never closed her eyes and was more excited at the presence of men than women. She showed her fright by condition of her eyes, heart and pulse. I do not think a fall would produce the above effects. It might have been done with a blunt instrument. Jacob HARTMAN, son of the deceased, swore that when he came from work he found his mother lying on the floor, between the bed and stove, and in the condition described above, all the witnesses corroborated the statements of Dr. SWARTZ. THE VERDICT. We, the jury, find that the immediate cause of the death of the deceased was heart disease, whether caused by violence or natural results we are unable to determine. (Signed) William RAYMOND, Foreman Frank ROOT Joe MEYERS A. WALTERS I. BURNETT John GIBSON The funeral services will be held at the Catholic church this morning at 8 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Father KUHLS. The remains will be buried in the Catholic cemetery. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara To: John O'Brien Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:52 PM Subject: Re: Hartmann