tightly twice around mouth. Double cord made of two twists of thin coir
rope tied tightly around middle of neck just below thyroid cartilage;
beneath the cord the skin was “parchment” like. No injury to muscles of
neck nor windpipe. Eyes closed. Face not flushed. Tongue not ruptured
nor bitten. Hands not clinched. Larynx, trachea, and lungs congested.
Right side of heart full of dark fluid blood; a little fluid blood in
left. Liver, spleen, and kidneys congested. Other organs, including
brain, normal. Dr. Mackenzie considered death to be due to “asphyxia or
suffocation.”