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1              A.     Assistant      Autopsy Surgeon of Los Angeles County.

           2              Q.     Did you make an autopsy on the 'boq of Julia Rising?

           3              AA     I  did.

           4              Q.     Will you state your          findings, please.

           5              A      It wasThe Autopsywas madeat the mortuary of W.G.
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           6       Noble in San Fernandoon the 15th &a7  of March, 1928.                            fte body

           7       w    a  femaleof the  white  race, aged              twenty-nineyears and five

           8       months, height five foot five  inches, estimated weightabout a

           9       hun4.red  and seventy-five          pounds, dark brownhair and light complexion

          10                       Further examinationshowed numeroussuperficialscratches

          11       and bruises scatteredover the body, the face and thelimbs.

          12       There was a  deep gash  three inches long :tnm the  centerfrontof

          13       the  left leg.         There  was  a  laceration diagonally ofthe right

          14       forehead.       The  lungs were red and inflamedand containedwater.

          15       The trachea contained mud and silt.                    The other                      ---1

          16       exceptfor markedcongestion. The stomachcontained a considerable

          1        amount of silt.           From these findings the deduction wasmadethat

          18       death was due to drowning.

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          23       first    duly   sworn,    testified     as follows:

           24      By the Coroner.

           25                    Please  state your name.

           26                    William Mulholland.

           27                    Wheredo you reside?

           28             A      426  South St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles,                   California.

           29             Q.     You  are  the  Chief engineer          of the  Buna\'l of Water and

           30      Power  of the  City of Los Angeles?

           31             A      Of  Water,  butnotof power

           32             Q,     What is the official title,              ho    is it designated?
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