From the Private Research Notes of Dr. James Merriweather
March 9th to 12th, 1862

[A number of pages heavily damaged—ink blotted, paper crumpled and torn, precede the following notes]

Eleanor Caldwell died at 5:43 on the afternoon of March 11th.

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The Matthews incident occurred on the evening of March 9th. She was alone with him when he broke the four-man restraints, subjecting her to a violent assault. A sudden and overwhelming exposure to the affliction ravaging him, rather than the controlled pro...