Dr. Jerry Kearns and Dr. John G. Frost of the staff of Coroner Walsh returned from Indianapolis yesterday with an announcement that their autopsy on the body of the slain Rheta Wynekoop showed no material change from the findings of the original autopsy by Dr. Thomas L. Dwyer, since dismissed from the coroner's staff.
    Both denied having asserted that the first autopsy was "bungled," and thereby vindicated Dr. Dwyer. Their conclusion, Dr. Kearns said, was the same as that of Dr. Dwyer, who found that Rheta died of a bullet wound, not from an overdose of chloroform, as Rheta's mother-in-law, Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, had inferred. Dr. Wynekoop has been indicted for the murder.

    "We are making a microscopic examination of brain tissue to determine whether there might be indications of a mental disorder," said Dr. Kearns. "There is nothing to indicate to the unaided eye that such was the case."
    Coroner Walsh said the complete report on the second autopsy would be ready by the end of this week. He reiterated that Dr. Dwyer's dismissal from his staff had no connection with the Wynekoop case.

    "There is no foundation for inferring that Dr. Dwyer was dismissed because of an unsatisfactory autopsy," the coroner said. "The second examination was ordered to provide corroboration for Dr. Dwyer in the event the defense called a number of medical witnesses. Dr. Dwyer's dismissal is a closed incident, and I have nothing to add."
    In further vindication of Dr. Dwyer, Assistant State's Attorney Charles S. Dougherty denied reports from the state's attorney's office that the state would not call Dr. Dwyer to testify. Dr. Dwyer, as pathologist on the original autopsy, will be one of the state's main witnesses, he said.

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Unknown, "Medics Confirm First Autopsy In Wynekoop Case," Chicago Daily Tribune, Thursday, 7 December, 1933, Page 3.