The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-08

BowLER's DEATH-REsUbT, OF THE IN
QUEST AND AuToPsY.-Sueh q full account OF
the death OF young Bowler, and the clrcum-
stances connected with the cutting by AT
kins, has been published in the Dispatch,
that but little more remains to be told. q
The inquest upon the body Of Bowler was
held yesterday at II NJ. =
A DoSt.morten examination was made by
Drs. Taylor 5(the Coroner), Coakiey, and
Taliaierro, at the late residence Of the de-
ceased, at II O'Clock yesterday. The result
showed a wound Of an inch in length on
the left side OF the neck two inches and q
half below the car and two inches and a
half In depth, and cutting into the spinal
canal. The injury to the spinal marrow
thereby occasioned caused paralysis, which
terminated ultimately in death.
At the inquest the first witness examined
was John A. Johnson, one OF Bowler's
friends, who was with him in Delarues
bar-room Saturday night, when Bowler ac-
cused Atkins of picking his pocket. john
sons statement, rs made to Dispatch rep
resentative, was published in full yesterday
morning, and he repeated that statement, in
substance, to the Coroner's jury. He also
stated in his evidence that when Atkins in
troduced himself to witness and Bowler at
Delarue's that he (Atkins) said he was a
telegraph-o and had been discharged
for being on spree. Witness inquired at
the, telegraph Office il that was true, and
was told that Atkins had not been dis
charged. The deceased told witness, after
he was cut, that Atkins stabbed him with
out any provocation whatever, and that he
had acknowledged that hewas pickpocket
and was going to leave the city.
a,,ols f1n ,nx-t
witness. He saw Atkins between and 3
o'clock Sunday morning at the telegraph
office, where he was told by Atkins that he
had been assaulted by two men in Exchange
alley, and gave him the names OF Johnson
and Bowler. He then asked Tomlinson to
lend him his pistol, which he declined to
do. Atkins was quite boozy. He then
said, 81 will have my revenge on these
parties." Witness told him not to make
any threats in his presence, but to go to his
hotel and 20 to bed. He wouldn't go to
bed, but went down to Exchange alley, the
officer accompanying him. There they met
Young man coming out, whom Atkins ac-
cused OF being one of the party who as
saulted him; but witness knew that he was
not. Tomlinson again told him to go to his
hotel, and left him.
Zachariah r. Rogers, who was in COM
pany with Atkins and Bowler the evening
OF the cutting, also testified. His testimony
elected no new facts.
w. w. Price, one OF the clerks at Ford's
Hotel, testified that he telegraphed for po-
liccman after the cutting, about which time
Atkins passed into the hotel, seemingly
under the influence of liquor. He stated
that he stayed at the Western Union office,
and wanted room, as some one out on the
porch wanted to rob him. He did not give
him a room. The police, when they came,
searched the hotel, but could not find At
kins.
DR.. Coakley, who attended Bowler, de-
scribed the nature OF the wound.
The jury agreed that Bowler came to his
death on the 9th day of November from the
effects OF stab in the neck inflicted by
James y. Atkins on the 4th day OF Novem-
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