Right now the important thing is the medical examiner's conclusion that this boy was struck repeated blows with some object hard enough to break his bones. When asked what sort of instrument, Borton said: 'It might have been a hammer. Although Macklin claimed the boy had fallen from a stepladder while playing in the garage, Borton said the County Medical Examiner's report showed that Dorsey Corcoran was severely beaten with some blunt instrument. 'The medical examiner's report shows that the boy was badly beaten,' Borton said. The Corcoran boy died in Derry Home Hospital of reported 'accidental causes' on May 31st of last year. Macklin, of 73 Charter Street, had been arrested and charged with the murder of his stepson, Dorsey Corcoran. The boy died without recovering consciousness three days later.Ĭhief Richard Borton of the Derry Police called a news conference yesterday to announce that Richard P. He stated that Dorsey Corcoran had been playing on a stepladder in the garage and had apparently fallen from the top. Macklin, the boy's stepfather, was the admitting person. The boy was brought into the Derry Home Hospital suffering from multiple fractures, including a fractured skull. TOT TOLD NURSERY TEACHER BEFORE BEATING DEATHĭorsey Corcoran, who also lived with his mother and stepfather at 73 Charter Street, died of what were reported to be accidental causes in May of 1957. When I asked him what happened, he said his father had "taken him up" for not eating his supper.'įrom the Derry News, June 28th, 1958 (page 2):
Henrietta Dumont, who teaches fifth grade at Derry Elementary School on Jackson Street, said that Edward Corcoran, who has now been missing for nearly a week, often came to school 'covered with bruises.' Mrs Dumont, who has taught one of Derry's two fifth-grade classes since the end of World War II, said that the Corcoran boy came to school one day about three weeks before his disappearance 'with both eyes nearly closed shut. TEACHER SAYS EDWARD CORCORAN 'OFTEN BRUISED' Asked for an opinion on how these developments might bear on the recent disappearance of Dorsey Corcoran's older brother, Edward, reported missing by Richard and Monica Macklin four days ago, Chief Borton answered: 'I think it looks much more serious than we first supposed, don't you?'įrom the Derry News, June 25th, 1958 (page 2):
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