Summary

The medical reports chapter consists of documented medical reports written by Charles MacLennan and J.D. Gilchrist. The two doctors came to the conclusion that Lachlan Mackenzie’s cause of death was the blows to his head which spilled brain onto the floor. Flora’s cause of death was the blow to the back of her head. The doctors also noted the bruising and lacerations near her genitals. Donald Mackenzie’s cause of death was either the crushing of his skull or the fall that resulted after Roddy struck him.

The “Extract from ‘Travels in the Border-lands of Lunacy’” chapter consists of an extract from a book with the aforementioned title written by J. Bruce Thompson, one of the professionals that visited Roddy in prison. In the book, Thompson recalls the time that he...