, 1877-11-16
TIE DEAD BANKER.
Testimony at the snouest"'"No
New Facts Developed.
4 Verdict Of Suicide while Temporarily
Insane Is Agreed Upon.
Meeting Of the clearinghouse Associa-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for the
Funeral.
THE INQUEST.

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cpus, The fury vs.. made 10 ns follows.
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hubert Law Clinton Briggs, W. Z. GraBnis. W. |
y. 1fuughtalIng, Henry Elktns, Asa dow, W
A, Munger. +, Ifcmpstea,f, Andrew brown.
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tue following testimony was 1caFu:
II. c. NErTLEfiELD,
Of No. 100 Lake aycnuc. an exptcss'nan: Yes.
,.n,,r manning ~ q m, .ow fn,r men standtno
t.'"' A'". - ~ 80 - .s.-.a., 80 ,.....
ou DouE'as "'o"a'hen1t e'opl'su Ny nu'se
anl went over TO sec Hhat tue nlatter was.
9aw man lying there half on lis hack aul
half on h[k tipht stjc, lie was south Of the
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knew ono Of the young men who were there;
the others did not know. l did not know de.
ceased, 1 went viii, nv wagon TO tho Office
w.,crc mn cm, ,,orc,, ani receiver, an order tn
ner OF Thirt!cth street and Cottage Grove ave-
nue ami told him about the matter. did not
IN bark. heard no shut fred. Tie mcn as
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tne monument Wste fa.l1oau n'cu.
EDWARD FITZGERALD,
police officer, Star No. 109: met the last Wit
ncss Just as he tcstifcs at 7:2o a. m. lie told
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ea@s" "t". ~ M"s" so "1"' n'''
lie said lie did not; that the man was
we'll dressed a1l shot through tho
heal. went to Cottage Gruvc Avenue Station
md reported tic matter tn Scr9t. Arch: then
went With him to the monument. VIZ found
the inan lying acrt>ss two boards On the upper
STEP A rcyuscr lay right utMfer his right hand.
1NL1 S.7V hntf his hpNG nt,li }nn III ritFt9.
thought the wound was in Ills right car, but
could not tell, there was 20 tnncn hluol. l
recognized the body as that Of Nr. Coo1baugh.
Ben lscnsen procured an express wagon, and we
touk The bO.ly 10 las's house. The tonteuts of
the pockets, here ptotlute1, were taken to the
station hcealae there was no orc here to glrc
them to whcn We salne. Thc revolver was lying
on the second step, and tile body On tho top
one.
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Sergeant III the Cottage Urovc Avenue Station:
After o'llser ftxge1aia y: reportel to me as he
was lying On the upper step Will! tile back Of
The hcn. toward It and near 4: His feet were
resting toward tlc bottom. Ills right hand was
yulyet waa living on the second step about Tour
inches ItUn, the hand. FUND that tt'e rcgoiv.
or WIS VI Whstncysfllc nEakc,. six.siooter, aud
that It hal IN II two lUa,lcd CARTRIDGES three
examining tue budy found that the car which
Ind the wulnd VIA. disco1oIed with p'wticr.
| The hody seemed cold and atll[, but on putting
| my lIand under the vest ! fouml tho breast
/ warm. Tie hammer of tho pistol rested on IN
empty cartridge, the ono nearest tue loaded
cartridges.
| PATRICK !. o'cossoR.
officer, star M. liz: About s:3o yesterday
l.nrnnE Was stsntltnE with Oh1cer Ehtngcr nt
tho corncr Of IhIrsy-llfsh stEes. and Cottage
tiruyc asetne when VIC llcari q slot lircu With a
| |o,itl c1enr report. Jurt then train passed on
the Illinois Central llailrood Rotnr south. We
| rau down 10 Lake ayenlie, th!nGltK It might be q
1 slot at turgiars,hut l0un1 all quiet. The nunu-
ient wna asN,ut tr ami lsalf blocks 1rttm where
VIZ stoud when the shut was l'rctl; it was ea&t Of
| us, and also halghtlY north.
Oilicer EhnEct corruborated this last tcstl-
| muny In full
| c. J. EoNNELL,
contractor, living at the tIraud Pacific Hotel:
Saw dccenaca frequently lately both ut his oll.c c
/ aslu trs1uc!cc Inc lust tine sa" MN "aa oho
| week ago "Wednesday evening, wlenI was 81 hi1
I huUee and pluyeh whist. iits manner was
! not strange ar REGULAR ,tl,st evening, have,
iu,weycr, Witnessed in derea. .ci'a manner and
"n,,yrysntin,, ut lin RI q WraEpninr OF tic mun.
~ f,,,nl,t"a "n -" Manisrin, IN t,.ik IL Inns
tA1 taGuitWe' Ina wv. "~st.Ik ~ ~. sa.n' =. "To -.
| of duiy lahts !1nt uslutg ~ WIZ euina ~ LA
rope, hc WIS tnlklnA wltl t1e ABOUT hls kk1pt anu
| then showed an inelanhloh 10 wanuer IN nla
| 4ljOWe{4 lHttYG IL memory. The 5atIH wefE eD