, 1873-05-15
THE SLUNG-sH0T MURDER,
Coronor's Inquest on the Body Of
] Charles T. WiclstroIn.
Testimony Of Witnesses Of tho ARRAY
Between Docoascl and Ills Muir.
= doror, John Miller.

Coroner ,8tophons yostorday hold an inquest at
the County HoBliital, on tho body Of ChnrloB T.
WickstroIn tho murdered Bwcdo, tho cirou,n-
STANCES Of whoso death woro given Ill THE Trrn-
uHE Of Wednesday,. The following is the owl
denco cloited:
M Enen. s'sorn ms9 nost.mortem % ex.
Morsio Ny il, 1s7s. fo,nd no ,nsrhs oi injry
t st 5 % s ss yppn epspn ps shn as ns:S so soa
considerable pua formed. Tho pun is tho result Of Tho
sss he sro nG s II ny esnSS Sa
Ss sfs a nns sPs
duee % such wound, FOUND but . iii would rot: ,.s ,,
John Engman, s,eorn: reside at M NJ 4; 1oa North
since 1864. Knew him in Sweden. ne was ny room
nlato ut the aamo boardingnouse. After tue dance
ia fsf as sa Il e. to boz sa no
quarrel. Wlchstrom told him {A1er) to 90 to bed,
| b. o ssns Mss a ah SsF pa sfs Sa
Something se W 10 % srise lin icEstrotn viii wieEsro
not afraid" '1 won't SotSean the two nen. to!
ietsro to 10 bed md took him BY the sost md I'D
e bed. Noiaon then camo Into tho room: m:
a the ..
saying that miller complained that s kvs41s!ro hta
the habit Of running from ono boarding-honEe 70
snothor, without paying s dsbs. md ot stealing his
Paegsee sn pox c Ut
aud oli him What Hind q man Miller was: 1,;;3l 0la
blow, lid then fall Then saw Miller I1n bacl;
mysof won't out into tic hail. yo carried Wfckatrom
to bod. yYickatrom asid at Miller struck him with
Joseph Carlson, ssor,s: havc aoon the body in tho
dead-housc. It ii that Of Charles T. Wickerom who
boarded With me- saw him last alive Ct my board
plzinng Of in tho hoad. Ho stated to mo that
It wna 8 blow given him by Charles Miller, also
ncss was tho In aubntanco as thnt Of Eugmanl
charks Ntlson, ssGorn: = reside st No. 19a North
quaintca with Charles p Wlckatro the dcccaacd be-
fore DEATH He was boarder i9 the s1 samo place;
Two a.nss !. 'sS y WE
was at tho danco, also an BY the name Of Miller;
not 5o 51 es e So Whan
got opposite tho room occupied ~ wiokaron, man
aamsd John agnsa wsa Standing t. e. tho door Of the
of tho door Into tho hail. Just then Miller camp up
stairs from tho back part Of the house hnt1eaa down
s ausi
heavy fall and thcn Miller ran by my door again, and
n % ewsy I dsn 70 ss
into my own, hut was M standing at tho 4,.., uae
ns ssasa Ss I md eaDEaa Eoaa
Wictstrom lying IN tie ha. Caraon, tho proprietor
Of tho house, came upstairs at Tho samo time, mud
walked up to Wickstrom and asked him what waa the
n,attor. Wickatrom satd =" b1illor has hit mo-" We
lifted Wickstrom ur and Raw wound In the buck Of
| hia hoad. Hn Was bleeding from the wound. We nut
him to bod and TO again said that 1Iillor hit him.
From tho time that Wickstrom left tho bed until
heard the fall wAa not ono minute. There was no ono
in tho hal but Miller. do not know Of my trouble
between wlckstrom and tho other bosrdors.. MILLER
saw him In tho ynrd, end soon aftor aome 9Iae
| running when / saw him In thes yard.
did not speak to Miller about the cane when he passea
aee whether he had anything iu bis hands Or not.
Toro Loud talking OF uoso previous to the fall
| I never SAW Miller havo Hung-shot.
The verdict of tho Jury was "that tho Bai]
Charles P. WiokHtrum, now lying doad ut the
County Hospital, In the City OF Chicago, ca1nc tc
his doath May H. 1878, from Inflammation OF the
brain, produced by fracture OF tho skull ; nnL
we, tho jury, And that said injury was produced
by some instrument In the hands Of John Miller
The police know tho whereabouts Of Miller
| aud will have him In custody boforo tho roadcl
has finished perusing tho above Testimony.