Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-07-11
WHOLE NUMBER 222.

= him to be taken there. We placed him On 8
g sort OF army cot and assisted in carrying him
s up street-a certain. distance and told thea to
carry him on to B's. I walked home 70 Rat
my instruments and returned. On return
D met DF. Baker and asked him 10 con1a II
with me to extract the ball. DR.. Baker sF-
: nved, we gave him an opiate and other thinas
calculate to make him comfortable. j have
2 written statement Of the weund sionsd ~
/. the physicians but can describe the wound
! without iE Suppose you draw q trsnveFa5
line three inches TO the left Of the navel md
one inch abo7e-that is the point Of entrance
Of ball. The point Of exit is on the left sids
J Of the lumbar Yertebra. In its passage Il
passed through the soft parts Of the muscle
and the lower portion Of the left liver, ssF6ss
! ing some Of the smaller arteries and Feins.
passed on through and lodged IN the fes67
part Of the muscle Of the back. ] bad to cui
into the skin q little to extract t. attend.
ed on deceased after this in conjunction With
other physicians Of ST. Paris. I rather had
the case in charge. Mr.. Ambrose died sboua
48 OF so hours after on the 3Oth, between I6
and IL o'cloek-was not there at the time Be
died. POstmortem examination was held
next morning probably ten hours after hiS
death.
While I was looking into that window,
once the muzzle of the pistol was pointed de
rectly towards me and heard some man say,
Take care, DR.. or you viii be shot," and I
drew back little. but didn't take my eyoa
of the pistol. saW Mr.. Q turn the muzzl5
more towards the bowels of A. then be fred
the pistol He used both hands at the time
the fire came out of the pistol Before the
HriEg he threw up one hand pretty quick
and balanced himself as though to keep him.
self from falling and brought both hands on
the pistol somewhat so. This was late n
the afternoon, but it was not dark; there was
an abundance o. light at that time No lighta
in the grocery at the time, nothing but the
natural light that saw. I extracted the ball
by day light.
@. E.-The Columbus & Piqua Rail Road
runs along to south of town and Springfield
street extends TO the depot running North
and South. I was in the centre of the street
when heard the fuss. I think was near
Mr.. Powells grocery, which is on the north
west corner OF the square. While standing
there did not see Mr.. Conner; stood there
some time. I heard q kind Of slam % L
you would slap two hands together and at
| the same time the word fight" I proceed
ed, as l now think, very iooIishly, to the
west window. I didn't see any other per-
sons there with me- heard person there,
however, tell me to stand away OF would
get slot. I recolleot seeing inside the gFo-
cery, Ambrose, Conner, Ed and John Roberts,
Miller, Lefel, and think Levi Runkle. The
fight, as l saw it, took place in rather s
small space-say, Eve feet by seven
Looking in the window I saw the combat
tants and I saw Mr.. Miller They were
moving within this space Miller was With
them. Saw him over them at one time. Z
am very confident about that and st anoth-
er time Ed Roberts, suppose it Wss, had
hold Of Ambrose. Ny eyes Wers directed
more towards the pistol as the main thing
and about that would not be so positive. Al
seemed to be uppermost-abOFe O. seemed
to have one hand down under G as it were
but how that hand bad hold Of @. don'E
know. he seemed to attempt two or three
times to strike. would call il clawing. Saw
no severe blows struck It was rather scui.
fling. Mr.. G. didn't seem to be taking sd
active part as A. The window was not
very large but old style window-the panes
think the smallest size used as to the sill
can stand locking very nicely in the win
dow, and the sill forms considerable relief 70
the arms and chin.
EDWARD RoBERTs Il The testimony Of this
witness corroborated in nearly every particu4
lar that Of bis brother given before. No new
iacts.)
JAMES NoRTHoUTT-Live in St. Paris
Clerking for Bowersock. Was standing 10
the door Of the store when the fuss commenced,
and ran across to the grocery and looked into
the window. just got my face to the window
so that could see inside and saw the glitter
Of the pistol barrel pointing towards me, and
dTrnaflv affnrrunrIo H,.k srr-,s,,,A
back / spoke to Dr. Musson TO step back,
that they were shooting towards Us If6l-
lowed the man who was shot He kept say.
ing be was not hurt-but know by the way
be walked he was hurt.
Cross Examined Think il was little after
sundown. Didn't see any lights in the gro=
Gerry. Before the fuss commenced heard
Ambrose; Harmon and Mr.. Fields taikingit'
the store. Don't reeolleet exactly what they
said. Don't know that I heard any names
Can't tell what e. and A. said, but il was
something about whipping somebody Ike
hell-don't know who exactly. This. was
probably hall hour or hour before the liiss..
Didn't know that @. was in the country buy
ing stock.
Re-e1qmiaation.-I lit up the store sftsf
the fuss was all over.
FRANK STovER.-Am acquainted with 70
Conner. Not acquainted with Ambrose.---
Was standing in the street near BoWersocks.
The FIRST thing that drew my attention was q
noise in the room. Mr. Miller was stand
ing close by. He remarked there was q fuss
over there and he would 60 and see WHIST
was going on. When we got to tie door
saw two persons engaged. went in just
behind Mr.. N. They pressed into the doe5
and pushed me out. gave q push and
pushed the parties back into the room. Il
wasn't but little bit before heard the re-
mort Of A revolver. Il sounded Ike a person
throwing a weight against the ceiling. ]
looked around to see and directly saw re-
volver in C's. hands. Didn't hear any Of the
narties cry ous, let them 6ght, but did hear
AIr. L. say 10 put them out Of the honse.E
Can't say positively whetheF any lights ID
j Lew E R1sKLs.-An ffst cousin Of defend
ant On Friday evening week before the
difficulty, me and my wife were doing some
business in the new store, and Mr.. Conner
,ame in. I spoke to him and said: How
ire you Joel How. do you come on ! F" Not
7erY vel" he said "a Why, what's the mat
er, something going wrong Said he:
: Yes, Mary James left me" That's his wife.
Says I " Joe, she'll be back in aday OF two"
he SAID, " NO she won l. says 1, y yes
he will" No, no, she won't says he
Ie said, Jane has gone for no good, and
Irew revolver from his side pocket and said
le: Here's something that never fails me
Y him has got to die" Said I, " Joe you
ught not to talk that way. She viii be
ack." Ny wife said something to him
Jays she, Joe, I don't want you to think
ard Of me-" She had gone over with hef
be Friday before to Mr.. Ferrel's to get her
laughter Salie to work for her. She said
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