Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-06-27
THE DEADLY BULLET.
ALBERT A. GENTRY SHOT AND KILLED
BY STEPHEN J. MOOEE, HIS BROTHER
IN-IAW.

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1873, word was brought to town that
Albert A. Gentry had been shot and
mortally wounded by Stephen j.
Moore. his brolher-in-law. DR.. j.
+. Keith was summoned to visit the
wounded man; he soon returned to
town and reported that Gentry must
die us Il pistol ball had passct, entire
ly through his body. G. w. Hollo-
way, one Of the justices of the peace
Of Sailing Township, Audrain county,
was notified Of the tragedy and in
"o,""a"v with other citizens of the
gentry's and took
,ry's) account of the,
shooting VIC which publish below in
connection with tll.. rest of the testimo.
ny taken at the preliminary eXamina-
ton. An examination of the case
was held on Wednesday of this week
before Esquire Holloway and Toal-
son at Pisgah cnurch. John NJ.
Gordon, prosecuting attorney OF Au-
drain county, represented the State.
The prisoner had secured the servi-
ces of Gen. Guitar and by his advice
waived any defense for the present.
The court decided that it was not a
bailable case, and Moore was taken
to Mexico Jail on Thursday, theirs to
await the action OF the gr.nd-jury.
Following is the testimony produc-
ed at the trlai:
STATEMENT OF ALBERT A. GENTRY
i, Albert 4. Gentry, of the county
of Audralu, in the State of Missouri,
of Lawful age, hereby state that was
at my home, situated in Sailing town.
sip, in said county and State. on the
morning Of the fifteenth day of June,
1873. Stephen J MoOlc came to my
house ;hc asked me if did not know
that my dog was tearing up his hogs.
| told him that | did not know it.
that | did not set him on them. He
said he was going: to kill the dog. |
told him he should rot. lie began
to pull ont his pistol and L started
for the house. | had my AK in my
hand and drug it along on the ground.
l did not think Of drawing the AK on
him. | did not draw the AK on him.
He took out his pistol and shot at me
twice. The first shot struck me. the
second one missed me. He then
turned and walked off. He started
back down hy the house and went
out of my sight When he shot me
he was about thirty feet from me. |
did not know that he came there tor
fuss. | was not at the house when
he come. | was some fifty yards
from the house, trimming up sap
ling to get some wood, and he came
to where | was ut trimming the sap
ling.
ALBERT A. GENTRY.
TESTIMONY OF SARAH \. GFSTRY.-l
am the wife of Albert \. Gentry, the
deceased. Stephen |. Moore came
to my house the 18th of June, 1878.
and asked wher. Albert was told
him he was in the pasture; he then
wanted to know if knew that our
dog was tearing his hogs all to pieces;
| told hin that | did not; he went
on to where Albert was, and wanted
to know if he knew that his dog was
tearing up his hogs. Albert said
that he did not know it; Moore then
said he was going to shoot the dog.
but Albert told him he should not,
and from that he went to shooting
and shot twice. Albert was about
fifty or sixty yards from the house
wood. could see them
from the house. When Albert was
shot he come To the house and went
to bed. Moore come by the house
too, and went on. My husband only
lived about II hours after he was shot
by Moore: the hall entered the lower
part Oh tic aIRtOlneil.
SARAH j. GENTRY.
TESTIMONY OF DR.. J. +. kEITH.-l
am practicing physician and have
been for seven years. | was called
to see Albert Gentry Saturday morn
ing, June IL, 1873, and found him
from shock-pulse weak and
feeble, caused by gun-shot wound
Found the wound about 3 inches to
the right Of the median line, about
one inch below the level of the navel
probed the wound and found that the
ball had passed amost backward,
diverging slightly inward and down
ward, examined further and found the
ball about inches to the right OF the
spine and about inch below the crest
of the hip bone. | removed the ball
q" ed the wound danger
GUS and likely to produce death. In
my Judgment the wound caused the
dea,h of Mr.. Gentry. Remained
with Gentry IN hour or more and
the mind of Gentry per-
fectly clear. Returned about four
o clock in the evening and remained
about two hours. Gentry remark
ed to me that if his bowels were in-
jured he guessed there would be a
slim chance Cor him TO live. / then
told HIM his wound was fatal, and he
said he hoi ed not; l again told him
he would have to die, and if he had
any arrangements to make he had
better make them. Sand he h@t no
arr iangements tC make. He made a
staeme mt of the manner of his death
in my presence as published above.
l held post mortem examination Of
tie remains. and found the abdominal
cavity containing clothed blood and
fecul ent matter; the intestines were
tvery much congested; the large in-
pestine or ascending cole II had been
penetrated by the ball either openir g
teing large enough to admit the
thumb, and of course producing
death. J. +. KEITH.
Gentry vVas shot about O'Clock in
the morning, and died about 8 o'cloek
that evening, just how the shooting