122 Misc. 351 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1924
This is an application to amend the following reports made to the chief medical examiner of the city of New York: 1. Report of Benjamin Morgan Vance, assistant medical examiner, dated March 30, 1923, by stating the cause of death of Frederick W. Burnham to be “ suicide ” instead of “ homicidal,” as stated in said report. 2. Report from Bellevue Hospital by House Surgeon Paul F. Russell, dated March 30, 1923, be amended so as to correct the statement “ said to have been shot by a woman who later shot and killed herself.” 3. Report from police department, dated March 29, 1923, be amended by stating “ that the shot that killed Frederick W. Burnham was suicidal and that the shot that killed Helena M. Ziegler was homicidal on the part of Frederick W. Burnham.” 4. Report of G. L. Moench, assistant medical examiner, dated March 29, 1923, be amended by stating Helena M. Ziegler was killed by Frederick W. Burnham. 5. Report of Benjamin Morgan Vance, assistant medical examiner, dated March 30, 1923, be amended by stating Helena M. Ziegler was killed by Frederick W. Burnham. The petition is made by Harry Lee Ziegler, father of Helena M. Ziegler, and he now moves that such medical reports and examinations be “ amended to determine the cause of death of Helena M. Ziegler, for the purpose of correcting certain official records that have been given in relation to the same and more particularly referred to and set out in said petition in order to determine the true cause of death of Helena M. Ziegler, on the ground that the official reports heretofore filed herein with the public authorities may be corrected to show the true facts in the case and that such an investigation of the essential facts set forth may be examined into and corrected as in justice to the memory and name and character of the said Helena M. Ziegler, daughter of said Harry Lee Ziegler, the petitioner, may be proper in order to clear her name from any stigma that may attach
Ordered accordingly.