The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-01

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Larry CONN, : notorious dsspssado "a
murderer, who has served TO years il Az
bnrn prison fos manslaaaAtee aad assenlt viii
deadly weapon, was shot dead q u reG.
dance Of NJ. Hanilto., II ElQ seVs1. q
about thrse o'clock Thsrsday nosQiaG.
The 6cts, - gathered ct The sceae Of ~
tsAgedy, appear 10 be - follows ftsvieas Il
the shooting, CONN and tvo companions us4t
70 Hamilton's house, fsst aoos wssG Of ~
railroad track, in Ellen stress, and seeenadsd
theinmates. Not gaining sdmittanso to ~
house, the party then len, and sooa ;afese =.
neighbor reported 70 Hamilton that Coin III
broken into smother houae Of Hamiltoa's neSr
BY. Hamilton then armed himself viii r.
volvsr and proceeded to the spot to protect
bis property, but did not 80 the unasauders
until returning 70 his dwelling, where be
found them again in the yard,1 He then or
dsred them ont, and forbade Coin ever o..
tering his house again. Colin replied, II
will 60 right into your house now and fol.
lowed Hamilton, Who turned and entered the
door, warning Coffin not to follow. The lat>
Ter persisted in his intention, and Hamilton
bred on him, the ball entering the 6sshy por-
ton OF his chin on the LEFT side, and probably
taking An upward direction and piercing the
BRAIN. CONN fell in the doorway, and prob
ably died instantly. From the great amount
Of blood still lying in pool where be fell,
We should Judge that the carotid artery and
jugular vein we're severed by the fatal bullet.
Hamilton 10 . carpenter BY trade, and 10
said to be peaceable, inoifensivs man, ordi.
narily, his worst record being bis quarrsls with
his wife, of whose intimacy with Coffin be
was said TO have reason to be jealous.
After the shooting affair this morning be
went in search Of the police, and upon meet
ing officer Deering gave himself into his Gus.
tody, and they proceeded 70 the residence Of
Police Justice Cootes, Who on being reused,
advised Hamilton to surrender himself into
the custody Of the Sheriff. Mr. Deering &C
cordingly delivered his prisoner over to
Sheriff Mead, at the Jail where be 10 now 10
| custody to'await The result of an inquest BY
Justice Snow, acting coroner in the absence
Of Coroner Hosmer, who left for Pennsylva-.
mia last evening. The inquest was progress.
| ing Rp 10 noon.
Crowds of citizens thronged to the scene Of
the tragedy this morning. The general sym.
pathy Of all il with Hamilton, y the deceased
bore notoriously bad reputation in this
community. Coins record is . particularly
1
vears each in the Auburn prison--the FIRST for
killing man in Syracuse. For this he vas
indicted BY agrand jury for murder, but the
court convicted him OF mAnsIaughter only
Soon after this term Was out he Was convict
id, in this city, of assault with . deadly
weapon, committed on William Collins with
butchers clsaver and again imprisoned,
His next serious offence was . supposed
deadly assault and highway robbery, OF
| which Silas W. Arnett, OF this city, was the
victim. While yet on bail under this charge,
he committed . second robbery on Frank
Kilfoil, in which the woman Margaret Hams
ilton was implicated; and for which oHsnce
be was under Indictment
Having again procured bail, be was At hb
erty, with the final result above chronicled.
he was . dangerous man when under the in
6uence Of liquor. and we are informed that
his crimes are all ascribed TO thar 4aAdlx
| cause.
| The Coroner jury have found that Hamil
ton was entirely justified in shooting Coffin,
and that the act was done in defense of ha
home, family and person.