Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-06-30

track little ways. and there was an
other fellow, one Of those sitting on
| the trucks, got up and walked up af-
ter them. l thought he might inter-
fere and went up after him, this fell
low, was about Is feet behind them,
and was Is feet behind him, walk
cd along and the first thing l saw was
| a flash between the two men, and I
| heard the revolver. was on the rail
road track between College and the
next street below, about half way be-
tween the two. / saw the flash and
saw AL. jump to the right. 1t
was Just at the end of
some cars there. Then the fell
low backed out and shot again.
jerked out my revolver aud ran up as
fast IA l could, and the fellow who did
the shooting stertedto run, and com
mcnced shooting at him. Tie ran down
Union street beyond that alley, aud
struck across the alley and jumped
over a boar., tcnce and ran up the al.
Icy and ran past few steps and hadn't
| been gone moro than a minute. We
look, d back and saw him lying there
on the ground, and this fellow who
went along with me said "thore no is,'
and we rushed up to him both of us.
| lie was outside Of tho fence
| He had jumped in and then came
out and as he came out into
1.-The alley he fell down. We
came up and went through his pockets
and found this revolver. took II ont
myself. fred six shots after him. II
was quite light, and could see very
well. | don't know the name Of the
man who did the shooting l didn't
sec Logan fall down. l didn't hear
Al say anything.
| j. Q. HINsEY NJ. d.
sworn and testified: BY direction of
the Coroner, have just made a post
iaortem examination in conjunction
with Drs. Lewis and Douglas on the
body OF young Logan--Albert NJ
Logan-H hours after death. Rigor
Mortis we'll marked, found two exter-
nal wounda, one OF the three fret fin
gers of the right hand as though made
| with a pistol ball passing under the
skin of tho third breaking the bono of
the seoon1x passing under the skin Of
l Ino 4 SSHU uu80Ss AnO ncVOuu Uhll
entered In inches below the center of
the lsltl 51yicle, passing through the
skin and muscles and Into the cavity
between tho fret /. and second
ribs, about ~ inches to the
left OF the sternum, passing
| through the sternal edge OF the up
Eper lobe Of the left lung and tow ards
the shoulder emitting the descending
vena cava through the right lung, ma
king its exit through the thoracic cav
| ity between the second and third ribs,
| turning upwards, lodging against the
thead OF the humerus. This is the ball
and fits the cartridge said to have been
ftAken from the pistol taken from the
prisoner. The immediate cause of
death was hemorrhage. The cause of
death was-this ball protected from q
pistol or some firearm. l was well
acquainted with young Logan.
AL vANNAMAN j.
Getty marshal) sworn, testified: Help
cd put prisoner In Jail. Said his name
was John Smith. In conversation in
presence OF other parties when asked
who did tho shooting striking on his
breast, he said to me, Il am the bird"
missed my bird in firing, and point
ing over to me he said, "There Is the
son of bitch l wanted"
L. c. HENDERsHoTT.
sworn, testified TO the same facts tes-
tified to by Mr.. Vannaman.
- CORONER LATHRor
made statement a. to being sent for
and finding the body Of young Logan
where he had fell dead, in College
street near the railroad track.
THE coRoNER's JURY
returned the following verdict:
STATE OF Iowa, I - go
Wapello County.} 80
In Inquisition holden at Ottumwa,
in WApell0 county, ON the 18th day OF
jane, A. D. 1876, before e. Il LAthrop,
Coroner OF the said county, upon the
eody Of e. Alert sle gs. n .9ssa her lyias
hereto Ntu0scribttl.. ti5c 1xl6 Jurors up
ON their oAths do cay that the said
Albert M. Logan came 70 his. death
by the means of 4 pistol shot fired
from i piston in the hands of the pris
oner who snawers 10 the name OF
John Smith and also 10 the name OF
John Scott. In testimony whereof
we have herennt0 set cur hands the
day and date above written.
Thomas BEDwELL,
JAMES l.. SERyIss.
.t WM..H. Caldwell.
Attest: +, l., LATHRoP,
Coroner, Wapello County, Iowa.
THE EINALE. W
About 2 o'clock Marshal Nannaman and
Deputy Marshal Davis brought the prisoner
Smith alias Scott, TO the City Hall, before
Esq. Fetzer, for preliminary examination.
He waived an, examination and was or.
dered committed to iail without bail. The
Marshal thon Started back TO Jail with the
prisoner and had not go. ton feet from the
do6r, and, when the crowd raised shout,
| BIO Was grabbed from henind by several
nen and the prisoner wrested from him.
Tho officers struggled mantully, ut the
crowd was too much for them, and in less
than ten seconds Smith was dangling from
the lamp post Ii front OF the City Hall
Hnndrsds Of people Immediately scrowdeG
around the hanging desperate, efcctaallJ
preventing any attempt to rescue or cut
him down. We are told by , gentleman
who witnessed the hanging, IRON The balco'
ny OF the City Hall, that Smith was per.
fecuy stoical, seemed Indifferent to his fate
and that he never uttered word while tn,
mob were preparing to hang him; that b
hardly struggled, and seemed to BIO de-
privcd Of consciousness almost instantly
He was strung up at s minutes to
O'Clock, and Coroner Lathrop arrived q
2;l2 and cut him down, at which time hi
pulse had ceased to beat and he was dead
had passed to where the wicked ceas
from troubling" The lynchers were no
turbulent, but they seemed determined I,
take the law In their own hands and exc
/ cute vengeance at all hazards. The,
worked the matter up very quie:ly, bu
wy efiectnally nevertheless, and we fea
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