Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1913 — PURDUE SOPHOMORE HAD NECK BROKEN [ARTICLE]

PURDUE SOPHOMORE HAD NECK BROKEN

Autopsy Held by Fort Wayne , Physicians Shows Cause of Obnnchain’s Death. At the instance of the father of Francis Obenehain, the young man killed at the Purdue tank scrap, an®autopsy was performed after the body was sent to the home of his parents at South Whitley. Three physicians of that town, assisted by two from Ft. Wayne, made the examination and their report discloses that death was due to a fractured neck and that finger marks were visible on both sides of the neck. The physicians also report that the heart was normal and that there was no evidence of goitre. Their report is directly at variance .with the report of the Lafayette physicians who said that the heart was weak and that there was a goitre on the neck. (Students who have talked freely about the death of Obenehain have said that the authorities at Lafayette were trying to cover up the ac-. tual cause of death. The Republican was told that Obenehain was dragged over the ground by his .feet and when he made no resistance an examination was made and it was founjl that he was dead - It is not improbable that an investigation will be made to ascertain what freshman was responsible for his death. It is also rumored that Obenchain’s father will start an action against the president of Purdue.