[Sharon]

Autopsy photo of Warren Curtis. Curtis had a dispute with George Miller over the ownership of a colt (young horse.) On March 22, 1902, Miller cut the wire fence on Curtis’ ranch, located six miles east of Narrows in Harney county, Oregon. Miller, accompanied by two other men, went into Curtis’ barn to take the disputed colt. Curtis awoke and went to look into the disturbance on his property. Miller fired his shotgun at close range five times, killing Curtis. The photographs of the autopsy were taken to prove that Miller shot Curtis from behind, since all of the 84 gunshot wounds were from behind. Ironically, the photographs became the basis of Miller’s appeal for a murder conviction. The appeal court reconsidered the degree to which a photograph could influence a jury if it showed "a gruesome spectacle of a disfigured and mangled corpse" and whether the photographs showed any evidence that had not already been introduced as ordinary testimony. In this case, these photographs were excluded as evidence in the appeal because they impressed upon the minds of the jury "the mental and physical suffering of the plaintiff."

You can see from the suture line that he's only had a partial autopsy of the chest. Often done if cause of death is obviously confined to one area. I did abdominal & chest partials now and then - saves time

[Marcusbr]

but, the neck cut ruins the looks in the casket... in Brazil the cut an "y" to the shoulders and pull the esophagus out to check it out...

[GODREKR]

Originally Posted by Marcusbr ↗

but, the neck cut ruins the looks in the casket... in Brazil the cut an "y" to the shoulders and pull the esophagus out to check it out...

We do too, this is just an old photo.

[aserto07]

great pic

[sepsis_rotten_out]

i like this

[Sletsel]

Too clynical, I would have liked to see more detail on the post mortem analysis.

[candymosh]

classic

[Faline]

[BlahBertBloohHug]

Cool post

[jewcifer]

Awesome. I love vintage photos like this.