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Sa er ahewcivd WS wie wae tet 2 3 4 3 | 2 | oe - oie Ret = : ce Charette . aoe Se rector in Edgartown who had” . embalmed Miss Kopechne’s, “ body. before it was taken -to Pennsylvania’ for burial. Pa ras va et In.that. statemeit,.- sources! : * close ‘to the-case said, the as-, sistant’ funeral director report -ed no blood in- the area. of the. _hasal ‘passages, - » Al cosiiétician ‘at a ’ Plymi- ciith; -Pa.; funeral. home,, where | ‘the body was. prepared for ! Viewing, told. attorneys for: Kennedy that she had. seen, no ‘sign of blood. © a - When. the Dukes: County | prosecutor submitted an | Wow tee me * amefideld petition: t to the ‘Com- y information about’ the ‘blood waé-not available to him prior ", to the interment of the victim. - The’ “contents of the -petition’ - Were.- released, -by -the cgurt i yesterday. . wf *" Président ‘Judge “Berhard ion =~ ee > tte ¢ Bromitiski’ at the Wilkes-Barre ~ ~ court set Sept. 29 for a -public pechne, formerly a secretary a a a wa yitnesses:who Dinis told’ the. ; - mon’ Pleas Court: of ‘Luzerne court possess the facts about County, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on “blood, as ‘well as those who * Wednesday, hé said: that the. ‘conducted | tests on the stains ‘on the shirt, will testify. Judge Brominski said: it will: be a. public hearing. " “Miss .Kopéchne is ‘buried in- Lar ksville, ; Pa., and Dinis must . have the permission. of Penn- sylvania® to‘ exhunie her’ body,. ‘The parents | de ‘Miss’ Ko- ~hearing on the Dinis petition to the late Sen. Robert F. Ken- . for exhumation of: Miss. Ko- ~ pechne’s body so that there ¢ "can be an autopsy., [Sa EE oe * exhumation. AT. THAT HEARING, , the ’ nedy, have engaged legal coun- ’-Sel to resist the Dinis efforts at “Last night the ‘counsel said the Dinis’ petition cofitained “avernients ° that “have to” ‘be supported by. __ Proof. vos t - In his petition, Dinis said. that the presence of “a certain amount of blood” in both the nose and mouth of Miss’ Ko- pechne’s body “may or may, not have been ‘consistent with | & death by drownirig.” DR. MILLS, associate medi: | Acal examiner of Dukes County, t dng ruled Mary Jo the ‘victim of’ accidental drowning. There; ‘was so little doubt i in his mind, - he said at the time, that he - . deemed an autopsy unneces- a fsary: a Vue oy Now, said Dinis in his court * petition; “the administration of -justice requires that an ex-| humation and autopsy’ be held fr and that said autopsy be per- i # jformed as soon as is practica- | fey thet being of the essence.’ bj ene Bye Ns we wat eet. es “As for ‘the blood stains, Dinis ae Peas * ‘said there appeared -on “the victim’s shirt.a “washed out,” _reddish:brown and brown stain- on: the batks” of both sleeves, - “the ‘back and” the ‘collar. , a ag < “ephese dais. ‘give ‘hositive benzidine sreaction, and indi: ‘cation of the presence of resi- dual. blood. traces, the, ‘peti:. tion: said: Said residue , is of ‘Insiifficient, amount.” to maké further. test’ as to specific origin or type.” -. ‘Scuba Diver Farrar-is rep resented by Atty.’ Herbert_ Abrams of’ 2240 - Prudential . Center, Boston. When Farrar referred inquiries to him, Atty. Abrams said: , - ft “BY ORDER of ‘the ‘Court T° am unable to make any com- ment on the conterits of Dist. Atty! Dinis’ letter ‘to Judge Brominski, When I apprised my client, Mr. Farrar, of the oA mae ietter, and ‘the eofnigh” hé - said to mesthat he will stand by his detailed staternent given to Lt, (George, Killen of the State police at a: pre-hearing inquiry.’ Avg... 20: in: Edgar: “town sonia ete ‘Farrar, before’ ‘he engaged legal counsel, was arnong most frequently, * inte eryiewed and widely ‘quoted of those: having a‘rolelin the Kennedy-Kopech: ne case, At no time, recalled “newsmen, did he ever men: ‘tion signs. of -blood ‘on. the victim. “The ‘Aug. 20 inquiry Session -with Lt, Killen, referred to by Farraz’s counsel, was wide- ly reported. It was so accu rately: reported that Farrar became irked, But:nowhere in those reports, that were sq accurate ‘that Farrar cnargcd a breach of confidence, was there-a reference to blood. Dr. Mills, in relating whal . pre Sd yas rf © ey, 42 ae “he did at the scene on the ~“morming of July 19, toid of compressing the victim’s chest “and seeing sea water emerge from ‘her mouth. There ‘were ‘no’marks.on the body, nothing “to indicate she had died from ; any. cause. but drowning, he j Sal. a . : “tie body “was vista’ ‘as a # statue... “Dr. Mills said. The: h teeth were’ gritted, there was froth “arotind the nose and’ the, __ hands were ina claw-like po- ; sit On. Sere a.