The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-31

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Mr. Myers had put to some Witness In the
terrell case. Mr.. Myers answered he had
'ut tnem as an attorney. heard no more
un-ui beard Mr.. Myers order him ont Of
the one. Terrell refused to go, and talked
IN a biussoring manner. Nj MyerS tbo,,
took hold Of h. IN to put him out. saw Col
onel Terrell then lying to pull his hand out
, of his pocket. They Tad closed the door. I
could not open the door, and fearing there
> would be trouble, i ran round to that door,
and Just as l opened 10 / heard the pistol
shot. saw Mr.. Myers come in holding his
hands 10 his body, and / saw Colonel Ter
rell standing there with the pistol In his
hand and the smoke round him. Mr.. Myers
said, go for the doctor, he shot men I
started tor doctor, and met Doctor Wise
4 to1d him Mr.. Myers had been shot, and
| That he should go down. / told him that
Terrell had done il. He told me to 10 fo-
Dr. Thomas. saw DIR. Thomas son, who
SAID his father was in Avondsle. When l
got back to the office Mr.. Myers opened his
eyes and told some one TO go for his wife.
w nen Mr. Myers came in he said, "Corcoran.
m shot; oh, Nick, am shot" TerrellIs
manner YVES violent. When speaking OF Mr..
Myers or Mr.. Oliver Root, he weuld de-
n0unce them as his bitterest enemies. When
he came in, ne was clustering, and his man
ner' "
INDICATED VIOLENCE
He came with his hand in his pocket, and
asked roughly, if Myers was in. He kept
his hand in his pocket till he got out. He
then tried to pull it out. I thought he had
weapon. 1 have previously heard him
threaten Mr.. Myers. Ireeolleet once when
his daughter, Miss Augusta Terrell, was
brought here to give her evidence, I was TAX
| ing the deposition, and Colonel Terrell be-
| came very much exercised and violent; he
| threatened he would have satisfaction from
Mr.. Myers; that he would fight him duel,
or else have a street fight. This was last
Tall. At another time, when some deposit
tons were to be taken in the Terrell case,
Mr.. Myers was at Frankfort / went to
( Rankin IL Whittaker's office to see about
the matter. The examiner said the deposit
tons had been taken. the day before:
afterwards o. w. Root and DIR. Thornton
came in, and told them what had been told
to me- and we left the Office. A few DAYS
after l met Terrell He asked was my name
| Corcoran, and W hat statements had made
in reference to the dispositions. He then
talked of Mr.. Myers and Mr.. Root, and
called them dogs. He said Myers had made
| a brutal assault on him Tin the Terrell easel
and that the first time he saw Mr.. Myers he
| would demand an explanation of him, and
| that he would shoot him. He said he would
not shoot Oliver Root; that he was not
worth shooting. He said he would make
| MIR. Myers fight him outside of the state.
heard him once say, blood, blood bloed;"
that he was going 10 have somebody's blood.
That he would have street fight, if not
| duel. He told me he would shoot Dir.
Myers. 1 told Mr.. Myers OF these threats
| and advised him to be careful.
| Wright sworn-I saw Mr.. Myers in his Of
flee this morning He remained a short
| time and went out telling me he would be
engaged all day in taking dispositions in the
Terrell case at Rankin & Whittakers Office,
and then left, and shortly after he came
| back. L went out for a while, and when
got back heard of the shooting. was not
-
DIR. Wise at Mr.. Myers right side. kneeled
down to take his hand: my other hand
was under his head. He threw his arms
round as though to throw off the coat which
was over him: He said: II must die L am
dying" DIR. Wise asked him to take some
stimulants and keep quiet, Some one asked
Mr.. Myers,
HOW IT HAD OCCURRED,
and Mr.. Myers said: 4" He (TerrelD followed
me to my Office armed; was at my desk,
when he came in and insulted me; lin refer
ence to some questio NJ ordered him out,
and he refused to go; got up to put him
out, when he drew pistol; underworld to
prevent him shooting me, but he got the adj
vantage of me, and shot me in the abdO-
men,"
He died about twenty minutes afterwards.
He repeated, II am dying. / must die. My
poor wife and children" After his wife
and son came he told his bow frequently that
he must be good boy; and What will be-
come of my poor wife and children. / am
not afraid TO die, but what will become OF
them?" short time after tho close of the
testimony, the jury returned the following
| VERDICT.
"We, the jury, sworn and impaneled to in
quire into and report as to the cause of the
death of Harvey Myers, find, from the testi-
mony sdduced, that at about the hour OF
l0:l5 A. NJ, on the 2sth day of March, 1874,
said Harvey Myers came to his death by a
pistol shot, said pistol being at said time in
the hands Of and fired by w. G. Terrell. no
one being present but said parties, and the
said w. c. Terrell is culpabIe of the deed
and further, that said shot was fired in the
hall near the door of said Myers ofice.7 CO.
lionel w. @. Terrell is the son of the late Dr.
Williamson Terrell, preacher formerly
connected with the southern India IA confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church, who
died little more than a year since.
Colonel Terrell, when young man,
was teacher in or near Brook
/ vile, Ind, where he became acquainted
| with his WIFE,. Immediately aftertheir mar
riage in Newport, November. 1850 Mr.. and
Mrs. Terrell went to Louisville to reside,
that he might prosecute the study of the
law. It is we'll known, even down to very
small detail, that from the hour of their
marriage all expenditures were made from
Mrs. TerrelPs estate After remaining a
time in Louisville. and again at Madison,
Indiana, Mr.. Terrell finally bought the La
fayette Journal or at least an interest in it.
AT a later date, after repeated opportunities
on his part, she consented to convey to him
half of her estate, that " he, might have IL
naneial standing and credit, and thereby be
the better enabled to transact business" To
Il accomplish this, Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell visited
Newport, with a Lafayette man, who
was to receive the title from Mrs. Terrell,
and Immediately transfer the same to him.
ALI this was done, Mrs. Terrell having
carefully read the papers when presented to
her. Months, or possibly years afterward,
, he, in the meantime having become moze
and more dessolute Mrs. Terrell discovered
that a deep and dark fraud had been prae-