Nevertheless, based on the testimony of various witnesses and the recovery of a cloak that resembled Robinson's, the coroner's jury, hastily assembled on the scene and made up of on-lookers, concluded that Jewett met her end "by blows ... inflicted ... with a hatchet by the hand of Richard P.
Regardless of the testimonies from several witnesses and the discovery of a cloak similar to Robinson's, the coroner's jury, hastily formed by bystanders at the scene, determined that Jewett met her end "through blows... administered... with an axe by Richard P."