Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-19

He'll Before Ex-Onscio Coroner
Cr5mer Yesterday.

At an inquest held yesterday afternoon
before Judge Cromer, acting as ex-ofiicio
Coroner. to inquire into the cause Of tho
death Of Edward Kicker, the following tes-
timony was adduced;
Albert Kicker sworn, and testified: / am
a brother Of the deceased. He is a native OF
| Detroit, Maine. He would nave betn 30
years Of age the 21st Of this month. He
died at 20 ~rqinutes before eleven o'clock r.
NJ. on the 17til inst. lie has lived on Tie
Pacific coast either nine or ten years.
DIR. Owen sworn, and testified: / per-
formed en- autopsy on the body Of the lie
ceased; ] found that the guD-shot wound
that he received evening before last ranged
from the point OF en- franc from the left
side Of the chest, near the shoulder, in
front and inst under the collar-bone or
c~lavicle, obliqucly through the upper part
Of the chest, through the upper lobe Of the
left lung, directly for the spinal col
umn. The ball passed through the spinal
column at n point between the head of the
third and fourth ribs, %wounding and near
ly ~severing the spinal chord, passing out
Of the cheat and lodging under the right
shoulder blade. The wound was undoubt-
odly the cause Of his death. l do not know
who fired the shot: | heard the siio. fired
while in my Office, and walked over TO see
what the trouble was, and found deceased
living wounded upoa the sofa in the Inter
national Hotel. | attended him. in con-
junction with DR.. A. G. Bishop, from that
time until his death. The aifais occurred
on Sunday evening, the 18th inst.
John Murphy sworn, and terrified; ]
was in front Of the International Hotel on
! Sunday evening last. Tune 10th, 1873,
about half past nine o'clock. AS soon as
the bus stopped, Mr.. Kicker was the first
man that got off the bus and came
upon the platform where / was standing.
The first word ! heard him say was.
| Al, did you get my note AL replied,
Yes" Mr.. Kicker said, What are you
| going to do about it?'' Al says, leone
over to the office and we will settle il"
Mr.. Kicker says. "we will settle it right
here, and pulled off his coat. The shot
was the next thing l heard, He did not
get off of the platform. He was shot on
the platform. ALI Chartz fired the shot.
Kicker fell with one leg on each side Of the
platform. There was but one SHOT fired.
The only words I heard him say after he
fell. was, sssend for Drs. Owen and Bishop.
/ am gone | did not see Chartz until ]
heard Kicker speak TO him. Chartz moved
back from the bus before the shot was fired
about five feet. Kicker had not stepped
from the platform before the shot was fired.
There was no hard language used and
nothing said further than what ! have
stated. i do not know whether Mr.. Kicker
had any weapons or not. He did not have
any in his hands when we picked him up.
| helped to carry him into the house.
The jury, composed Of 5. Goldstone, Vim.
II. Clark, r.. Sadler. Cilas. d. Stuart, G.. d.
Moore aud L. u. Durkee, after hearing the
above testimony, rendered the following
verdict Having heard the testimony
adduced, and examined the body Of de
ceased, we find that Edward Kicker carae
to his death on the evening Of june 10th,
1873, by a gun shot wound, and that said
Chart"