The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-31

sober. have seen him sometimes intoxica-
49, 'i' my NATIIT. HART.
ME-. Guartney being sworn d. and
Il knew ] Icob Becker, the deceased, about
two wears think" 80,
when did you see him last alive" On
- .-lday evening between and o'clock;
You keep a grocery" / do; l SAW MIN
did he drink" "He asked for glass Of
beer ana did not finish it; from my ob>erva-
t!Dn-of him he was more or les under The In
nee OF liquor; his step>Ln left the Key oil
bakery with me about 1 o'clock Monday
r-v-nIngIs Jacob:cs led for II, and said all
ri -ht, ANA went home; he returned in a short
time for a pipe and lsft to go home smoking;
he Vas troubled good deal about his vile
suing him for a divorce, and remarked, that
hi> wife aud step-Gaughier, aged eIyhttrn,
may lave but Juat ths could never get MIN
out alive out Of th.t h"us-; l knew MIN %
carry p!-Jo! but tie one produced mere ihG
found near min,
Is NOT THE ONE
he always carried; his pistol was made for
caps and Jhe bail 1t carried was much smaller
fIat these in IN. pistol found with him;
never saw this pistol with the deceased
rpc-ly-d a telegram this forenoon from his
v if- who was then in Ellsworth in this stat,
IN answer 10 one i sent her last night, INFORM
iu., her, her husband Was dead by shooting
himself
cory or TELEGRAM:
BURY him Take what there is to pay eX-
p.u>s-s. Can't come Mis-. \. Z. ECKER.
and dated January b"
Ibid you hearrt pistol shot that night! ~
] did not; ! live within hfiy yards oil the
dereass,ls nous; when last he came 10 my
saloon, for the pipe, he Ieit laughing and IN
good spirits, and talked of going INTO Dnsi-
ness on cherokee street" T. 6UAErNEf-
Mn. Meyers b-ing duly sworn says:
II knew Jacob By cker, the deceased ;on last
| Monday night SAW him for the last time
alive. between : ami : in my grocery On MS
entering be called for "A glass Of Beer, and
| Was Ihen sober: he had no money th'n: my
place OF business II on Cherokee between
Seventh and Roadway" MEI Els.
VI. J. CurT3,n being sworn dgi'sses and
says:
Il had a slight acquaintance with the de-
/ ceased"
when did YOU sac him last alive?r az saw
| him on Tuesday morning in my bar room at
| half past O'Clock: lac said ON entering he
| wished TO get some tobacco; he got none
| lam going To sit up all night and bake a
bafca OF bread. / viii be lonesome without a
| smoke me said; lie ana his friend tnen
drank each a glass q: soda water: his spirit,
/ So med good and LETT 10 go to work, saying he
| would bring me some nice fresh bread IN tht.
| morning; he always seemed To me TO be
| light-heaTted and pleasant To every person.
| VI. j. tU KRAN.
VIM Miller being duly sworn deposes and
Il live in this city"
did you know the deccased:" 81 did five
| OF six years"
DO you know anything Of the cause Of The
death of the deceased ~ mo, except that ON
| tuesday morning. while on duty a. poiic''-
| man on delaware street near the corner oil
tInh, at about twenty minutes AFTER o'ciock
| A. NJ / heard the report Of a shot being hred
west OF me, and in the direction Of H. deegas
| ed " NM. l.. MILLER.
| Charles DeNoycr being sworn deposes and
SAYS:
Il live in this city,
Did you know the deceased ." YES about
| two years / saw him at Mr.. Guartn.y's store
| the night before his death at about halt past
3 O'Clock in the aft rnoOn: he enquIred oil
| Guartney if there w.isa key left for MIN he
| got the key and went home smoking, he was
| all right he had the house TO himself; l
| TO nd this morning hatchct with some
| CHARLES DENoYER.
| Henry YerkeS, being duly sworn. says:
| 81 visited the de~eas-d's bakery AT about "A
| qu trter past II on the III inst
Was the door open 80 No, sir; 1t was closed
but nor locked; Mr.. Lindner, "A neighbor OF
| the deceased, told me he went TO get his
bread from Becker usual, the deceased be-
! ing a baker. and found him lying dead told
| you "A policeman to take chang. of the
body: went in aud found the deceased lying
on his back, his left arm stretched along side
| al him: afI.r seeing the blood and wound on
| the forehead, searched about for some evil
| denc- Of The death, and found this revolver
| lhere the W tnesS displayed the weapon
| found, produced here, lying about three
| inches from his right hand; the butt of the
| pistol quite close TO his right leg, and his
apron worn As a baker GOV ring all the stock
| OF the pistol, leaving only the barrel uncoN-
cred and in view; IeNRmined the pistol and
| found one of the chambers OF the pistol recent
! " discharged, and Ieit the matter in charge
| of the constable Tor further action in the mat
ter. HENRY lEEkEs-
| The further hearing of the case was post
| pUned until this afternoon at two O'Clock,
I when the jury will return a verdict accord
| ing To the evidence brought before them and
their own Judgment Of facts as explained by
I the medical witnesses.