Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, November 18, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 45 No Foul Play at Hastings The suspicions which were aroused on Friday by objection made by Mrs. John Gresco of Hastings to permitting an autopsy to be made on the remains of her husband, who was found dead in bed at his home, at the Commercial Hotel, in Hastings, was cleared by Coroner Miller without the formality of an inquest. It is very evident that Gresco died from natural causes. Dr. Miller went to Hastings Friday afternoon. It required just about five minutes for Dr. Miller to convince Mrs. Gresco that the law was acting in the matter of her husband’s death and that any objections on her part would be summarily overruled. He and Dr. D. S. Rice of Hastings then proceeded with the autopsy. They opened the skull and the cause of death was found at the top of it where there were evidences of a hemorrhage. The blood had not had time to clot and some three or four ounces of [word faded] fluid were found. Closer investigation revealed the fact that there had [word faded] been an injury inflicted upon the dead man’s brain a number of years ago. There was an adhesion of [words faded] the membrane to the brain [word faded] exact cause of the hemorrhage which was directly responsible for the death is not known. It was evident that Gresco had died suddenly. The man’s mental condition during the last three or four months of his life was explained by a softening of a considerable portion of the brain at the base. It is the opinion of both Coroner Miller and Dr. Rice that had Gresco lived a few months longer, it would have been necessary to confine him in an asylum to prevent him doing himself or others bodily harm. For some time before his death it was noticed that the hotel man had been becoming quite troublesome. The autopsy satisfied Dr. Miller that it would not be necessary to hold an inquest and he concluded his work by taking the testimony of a number of people who saw Gresco the day and night before he died. These witnesses include two men who had stayed up with him all night and had seen him go to sleep between 5 and 6 o’clock. He was found dead by his wife about 5 hours later. _________________________________________________________________ Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/wedowindowslive.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!20EE04FBC541789!167.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_092008