Saturday, February 4, 2012

Eleven Signposts That Suggest A Suspicious Death #2

In this particular signpost Rosemary uses some fairly strong language to convince the reader that Oatway conspired to cover up Addie's death.  Surprisingly, this is one of the few times logic and accuracy creep into what is normally invalid assertions.  As I stated under signpost #1 there is substantial differences between law and enforcement. 
There isn't any historical record on the distribution of responsibility but it seems unlikely that the doctor would be responsible for the burial permit.  Seems like a disconnect between the two tasks would be more appropriate.
The more people involved in the burial process the less likely there was a cover up....figure it out.  There's the funeral director, the doctor, the grave diggers, Robert Fargo, the cemetery sexton
To state definitively that Oatway lied without any supporting evidence is not only unfair but irresponsbile for a historian...............this statement should be qualified as an assumption and not a statement.
All the rhetoric about fumigation seems unrelated to the other claims in this signpost and doesn't directly support the primary argument.....  Fuigation is listed here for foundation for making outlandishly unsupported statements later.
The more people involved in the burial process the less likely there was a cover up....figure it out. There's the funeral director, the doctor, the grave diggers, Robert Fargo, the cemetery sexton, the fumigators, the hired help, other member of the household and a host of other locals.  The notion that all these people were in on some conspiracy and nobody said anything except Oatway when he was on his death bed (a later claim) simply doesn't make sense.
On a personal note:  It still looks like the "32" burial permit was written by someone else.  If you look at the '2' in the body of the death certificate there is a loop at the top and at least some of the numbers have quite a tail on them.  The '2' in '32' lacks the loop at the top and tail at the end.  Since there was such a strong emphasis and discipline on penmanship in the 19th century many writing styles were close.  Robert Fargo may be the person who actually entered the number on the death certificate.  Worth looking at sometime when I'm in Lake Mills and can find some other comparisons.  This observation is a curiosity and not meant to launch some other conspiratorial investigation.

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