The Hancock county grand jury probe into the death of Dr. James W. Tedder, New Orleans dermatologist, is expected to be concluded Tuesday.
That's what county attorney Luther W. Maples of Gulfport said Monday after witnesses were questioned during the first day of the investigation.
Dr. Tedder died in the Veterans Administration hospital here shortly after he was brought to New Orleans from his fishing camp near Waveland. The 41-year-old skin specialist was bruised about his body. Dr. Nicholas J. Chetta, Orleans parish coroner, said in May that the bruises on Dr. Tedder's body did not cause his death. Dr. Chetta said:
''My examination and work-up made me believe that Dr. Tedder's death resulted from acute alcoholism with brain damage."
Immediate cause of death he opined was a blood clot that developed from a blow on the back of Tedder's head.
Mrs. Irma Graf in von Einsiedel, Tedder's private secretary, said the doctor had fallen on getting out of bed and split the back of his head on a heater.
Among the witnesses called to testify were Marine Corps Major Lyle Brumfield, Tedder's brother-in-law who visited the doctor shortly before his death, Manuel Shiyou, hired hand at Tedder's camp; Bessie Lee, Negro, maid who said she was called to clean up the Tedder cabin and remove bloodstains; Bertha and Jerry Cooley and Ella Beach McKay, Tedder's neighbors at Waveland.
Dr. Tedder was brought to New Orleans by Mrs. von Einsiedel, who resides at 628 St. Peter st.
Sheriff John Egloff of Hancock county said that Mrs. von Einsie-del, a former German countess, had been questioned by New Orleans police but had not been ordered to testify.
He said, "She knows the grand jury is meeting and can appear on her own if she wants."
County attorney Maples said he "doubts" that Mrs. von Ein-siedel would be called. He said that doing so would "give her immunity. But just what the grand jury will do I can't say. I expect the investigation will be completed Tuesday.'*
Dr. Tedder left Mrs. von Einsiedel much of his estate, police said earlier.
