Dr. C. L. [Geryton?] being first duly sworn, says: I examined the body of Grafton Nivens . . . and found on his body the following wounds laceration wound stretching from center of left cheek across chin, into neck at base of tongue and continuing to near center of right cheek. Lower jaw bone concluded with lower. . . In my opinion the wounds described were caused by some Bull or blunt instrument, and the cause of death was traumatic sock and hemorrhaging
. . . Nivens' body was lying in the middle of the public road, his head toward the top of the hill, and about half way up the hill, his feet slightly toward the west route. . .. After a thorough investigation, and all clues available checked, motive or motives, there being none, it appears that while he was in a drunken condition, he was stuck by passing car and left lying in the road, where found. . . . W. H. King, Deputy Sheriff