The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
The Tragedy Last Tuesday.
The KILLING Of Col los. G. Crane
Mayor of fhe City.
AS TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
JUDY OF INQUEST.

In order to salty the public demand for
fair and detailed account of the tragic affair
last Tuesday, we have published below the
testimony taken before the Jury of Inquest
held over the body of the deceased imme-
diately after its occurrence.
1t is proper to preface ir by stating that
the difficulty grew out of certain official
proceedings of the deceased, which are bet
ter explaind by the following advertisement
that appeared on the Bird of June:
NOTICE.
DY virtue of Warrant of Distress, dated
ND this 4th day of June, 1869, to the under
signed, Marshal of the city OF jackson, dl-
rected by the Honorable, the Mayor OF said
CITY. have distrained and levied upon the
hereinafter described personal property of
E. NJ. Yerger, for taxes due and in arrears
by him to said city, and viii proceed TO sell
in front of Blooms store, in the city ofJack-
son, Mississippi, at public outcry, for cash,
June, A. D., 1869, within legal hours, the
following described personal property, levied
on to satisfy the amount of said taxes, and
all costs:
ONE PLANO.
w. S. FREEMAN, Marshal.
jackson, Miss, June 4, 1869.
When this property was attached E. IL.
Yerger was in Memphis. On his return
Tuesday morning, he sent several messages
to Col. Crane, the purport of which, was an
invitation to meet him on the street, Invested
of his official character, in order to give
him satisfaction for what he esteemed to be
an affront. We are informed that DIR. Har-
rington, who, after repeated solicitations,
bore one of these communications, finally
consented to do so. with purpose in his
mind, when explaining to Col. Crane the
intent of Yerger, to advise him not TO 90
upon the streets, and that he did so, stating
that Yerger was armed and that his pas
sions were greatly intensified by liquor.
Unfortunately there Is no living witness of
this fact. But it is the statement of DIR.
Harrington, who is truthful, kind-hearted
generous man of peace, and would be the
last person on earth to produce dissension,
and the first to save a fellow-mortal from
the horrors of such death as overlook the
deceased. Chief of Police, Isler, as will be
seen by his testimony, gave the same advice
which DIR. Harrington had gwen, but unfor-
tunately it was not taken. Strange enough
the deceased did not, as CONSERVATION of the
peace, order the arrest of Yerger, notwith-
standing his belligerent message, from the
streets, Eor did he prepare himself with arms
for deadly encounter, nor still did he keep
out of harms way. The cause of his failure
TO adopt some precautionary measure is ex-
planned III the testimony of Isler. A short
time before the fatal meeting, he was on
President street examing sidewalk which
had been reported to him to be in a condi-
ton to need repairs. The parties met on
the corner of State and Capitol streets. We
will leave what followed to the recital of
witnesses:
Evidence Before the Jury of Inquest
Immediately after the killing of Col.
CRANE, on Tuesday last, jury of inquest
was summoned by Mr.. Ed. Fisher, acting as
Coroner. The following gentlemen COM
posed the jury:
c. LOMBARD, JNo. w. ROBINSON,
G. A. BROUGHER, w. III. III. GREEN,
III. c. FUIMER, JAMES NJ. MCKEE.