New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-10
TIL SUMMIT ASSASSINATION.
Surrender Of the Murderer - CGrOner's
Inquest Held.

Inquest Held
The Summit Times OF yesterday confirms
our report of the murder committed in that
town bv young Hurst. The Times says:
On Monday the sixth, Just about p. NJ.
our town WAS the scene Of another bloody
tragedy. resulting i'll the speedy death OF
Major Oskar Won Inruhe, ut the hands of
| Mr.. III. Z. Hurst. Major Cnruht. was n
Prussinn by birth, had been a frs. licu.en-
an! III the Prussian army and Il major III the
| late confederate army on tie stat. Of Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee. He followed the avoca
| ton OF gardener III this vicinity, having been
for some time i'll charge OF Mr. Cunning
ham nursery near this place. During the
recent disturbance between DR.. Fergu>on
and Mr. Hurst. Nlaior Unruhe tool. an active
part as Il friend OF DR.. Ferguson, ard since
that difficulty he has been enCay yc,, III con
necti"n with William II. Garland Jr.. in
starting vineyard and nursery within u
short distance of this town. He had Tie
reputation 'o1 being scientific horticulture
ls', we'll educated, and quite cllivalric. gen
tlrmanly and high-toned in his bearing,
though perhaps rather Qnixot:. il his no
tons CT chivalry.
An inuucst was held before Justice
liemme. eX-otticiO Coroner. Tie Jurors
were J. n. Atkinson, +. Cain, c. T. .,yster.
c. Heitlman, G. Hunziker, w. +. Johns.
Witnesscs-Maior l.. j. Forniqret. Dr. J.
w. Huffman, B. Levy. DR.. r. j. Spurlocl,
Levy Magraw, Edward Smily, John c.
i;erhens. DR.. I've McGehcc was also sworn
as examining physician.
The testimony of Major F0rnicuet was
that on Monday. just before the arrival of
n,l,
to Mr.. Nckenzie's and asked John for some
crackers and cheese; John said he had no
crackers; on his return to the store of Enos
4 Go. he stopped and talked with deceased
about the place he, witness. owned, and
expressed a wish that he had taken it for IL
nursery; while couversirg, Mr.. Hurst came
up, and addressing the deceased, said: Are
you the man that threatened to shoot me ,"
He was replied to, Ne do you know
me p Il do not" ARE you armed p said
Hurst, II am not. rcuiicd deceased; Il be
leve you are armed, said Hurst; Il am not
but will give any satisfaction u gentleman
requires replied deceased. Hurst then
drew q pistol. the parties not being five feet
apart, witness standing Immediately along
side of the deceased, when Hurst fired one
shot direct the second ut about the same
direction. and the third when the deceased
had fallen. and shot him through the tenn
pie.
The examination o.' Major Forniquet war
continued, as follows:
Question. Did Mr. Cnruhe attempt 10 Use
any weapon' A. No.
.. Did he Use violent language ! 4. No.
q. What distance was Hurs: from de
ceased when he fired the last shot in the
temple \. Deceased and myself We're
standing together; deceased fell obliquev
at the second fire; Hurst advanced after de
ceased fell, and fired the last shot III the
temple at Il distance of about four or five
feet: | proclaimed the act publicly aui dis
tinctly as !, cool and deliberate murder
The testimony of DR.. j. Hoffman follows
Before the shooting took place | was
standing between Hitler 4 Co.'S and
Mckcnzie's; my attention had been called
t" a probable difficulty between Mr.. Priuli
Hurst and deceased; when l came ont ON
the gallery, deceased and Mr.. Hurst were
standing within about eighteen inches
OF each other: could not understand the
language exchanged between them; after
having talked for a minute OF two saw
Mr.. Hurst step back and place his hand in
this position behind his back; remarked
to some byst&ndcrs that Hurst was going
to shoot: Mr.. Hurst had some kind of Il
stick in his left hand: after stepping back
he tHurst) struck deceased across the left
cheek with the stick, with his right Tin po-
sitionl: Hurst then immediately pulled out
a pistol and fired three shots i'll rapid sue
ccssiOn; saw deceased fall: at the time OF
the third shot deceased was staggering to
the right of the door of Mr.. Tushners
saloon. and fell Immediately; think deceased
was killed before the third shot; witness
states as his belief that the first shot took
effect in the abdomen, second at or near the
heart, and third in the temple, as found on
deceased when examined; the distance Of
the parties from each other was not more
than four or five feet at either shot, at the
third shot Hurst advanced Il step or two.
B. Levy testified thus: After train time
saw Mr.. Pri Hurst standing near Tushner's !
saloon, talking to person unknown TO NE:
soon after heard three shots; saw. {; man
fall: ran to the place where the shooting
took place; saw Pri Hurst walk off across
the street with pistol in his hand; came
up and saw deceased breathing: knew de-
ceased personally; this occurred i'll Summit,
Pike coHnty. Mississippi, about one o'clock,
March 6, 1871.
DR.. I've G L. McGehecs testimony fol-
lows:
Being called upon to examine the body
of Oskar Unruhe, he found him stricken
with three gun Or pistol shots. one entering
the lower portion and near the central line F,
OF the abdomen, three or four inches above |
the p,tbs or front bone; another entered |
the left side below the nipple, and internal |
and lodged under the skin behind, !
two or three inches from the spine; another !
entered the left cheek. opposite the eye, and |
passed ont on the right temple near the pOr |
tion or external portion of the right eyebrow,
which shots, i'll my opinion, caused his death. |
Levi McGraw testified
Heard two fires, and run toward the !
sound; as l turned the corner at Quinns |
drug store heard third and last shot, and |
saw the Inan falling; saw Major Forniquet |
pursue Mr.. Pri Hurst, and heard him |
(Forniquet) denounce him Hurst as hav- |
ing committed willful murder; Mr.. Hurst |
squared himself in front of Mr.. Forniquet |
with a pistol in his right hand; heard Mr.. |
FOrniGuet say "shOOt and be damned; you |
are willtul murderer"
The testimony of Seaborn w. Jones, was
as follows:
Knows very little of the case; was sitting
at my door on Robb street; heard first shot;
saw a man backing from some one and about
that time a second shot was fired and either
from intuition or force of shot tho man shot
wheeled around with both hands thrown
out; don't know whether he was falling or
turned around voluntarily; after that saw
pistol and fire. Deceased at last fire seemed
10 bounce from the floor and fall; Mr.. Hurst
then turned and walked off.
T,,ah awe fnafiyUOnv fOllOwS. Mr. In |