The Montana post., 1868-10-02

OORONER lNQUEST.-A coroner IN
quest was held on the body of ex-Gov-
ernor Beall yesterday. The following is
the evidence adduced as reported in the
| Gazette:
MIR. Potter being sworn, testified as
/ follows A little after 2 o'clock | went
into the office of the Montana PosT TO
copy letter. While thus engaged
heard the door open and a voice say,
MIR. Pinney, | want to see you. sir 20
l turned round and recognized Governor
Beall. Mr.. Pinney was sitting at the
table reading, but arose and said TO Mr..
Beall, Il don't want TO talk to you go
away don't want any difficulty with
you" Mr.. Beall replied, Il want you
TO come up to your room" At this Mr..
Beall drew pistol out of his pocket,
and held il behind him. Mr.. Finney
said, Il want no difficulty with you /;
you have got n pistol in your hand; put
il up don't you shoot me-" Mr.. Beall
then raised his right hand and leveled
his pistol on Mr.. Pinney, who jumped
aside. Mr.. Beall followed him around,
still covering him with his pistol. Mr..
Pinney moved along, attempting to get
to the door of the composition room,
and get away, but Mr.. Beall moved along
t 4
most reached il, crouching down, when
Mr.. Beall intercepted him. Mr.. Pinney
then drew his revolver and fired. The
first time the cap snapped the second,
it went off and Mr. Beall moved closer
up, when Mr.. Pinney fred again and
MIR. Beall dropped, and / went for the
doctor. The pistol of Mr.. Beall looked
like derringer."
Mr. Maupin testified to being called
upon by Mr.. Potter to attend Mr.. Beall,
who was shot. Went to the office OF
the Montana Posi-. Saw Mr.. Beall lying
on the floor. On examining the person,
found a ball had entered the face on the
cheek bone, and passing back and down
lodged below the ear. l then lost all
traces of il. Dressed the wound-had
him placed on a bed. After a time he
was moved TO this place. He died from
concussion and inflammation of the brain
caused by this wound. In itself il was
not a mortal wound.
Charles j. Copp-being sworn, testi-
fed that somewhere between the hours
of two and three o'clock, on Friday at
ternoon, L was working at my case in
the Post composing room. L was at
tracted 10 the office by loud talking.
Stepped to the door of the office, and
saw Mr.. Beall standing at the counter.
with his lett hand resting upon it, and
in his right hand, which he held behind
him, was a cooked derringer. L heard
Mr.. Pinney say: 4" You go away. sir.
You have got a pistol in your hand.
Put il up, and don't shoot" Mr.. Beall
then raised his right hand, and leveled
the pistol at Mr.. Pinney, who lodged
aside aud crouched down, trying to get
- al NJ.
moved toward him, still leveling the
pistol upon him. Pinney then drew his
revolver, and stepped back.
Neil Howie being sworn, testified in
substance as follows:
That Governor Beall came into his Of
flee Thursday. and demanded of Geo. NJ.
Pinney the retraction of certain arti-
cles which appeared in the Post of that
morning, Pinney asked Governor Beall
if he was the author of a card that had
appealed in the Herald of the evening
before, to which Governor Beall made
no direct answer, but still continued to
repeat his demand, with which Pinney
refused peremptorily TO comply. He
then challenged Pinney TO step into a
Large room in the front part of the
building. and settle the matter, and
hoped, General Howie would, as ne was
unarm ed, be kind enough to furnish
him with the necessary weapons to fight
Mr. Pinney. Neil Howie said that he
was an officer of the law, and could not
see the law violated in his office. Gov
ernor Beall then denounced Pinney as a
coward ami poltroon; said that he
would carry arms for him Pinney then
left the Office. where was present also
Mr.. Walter Trumbull and another gen
tleman. Governor Beall stayed some
time longer, and listened TO the remon-
strances OF the Marshal, and finally
went away, saying that his honor was
bitterly hurt, and declaring that he
would seek the first opportunity TO vim
dicate it. On Friday, as was passing
the Post Office. heard two shots fired
in oufck sucressiOn 1 ran in and found