The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-01

hand. His iogers were tight around
the knife By our clock it was 20
minutes before 8 this morning.
| Hiaip Eckert-I an one of the night
watch. first saw Burroughs ) min
utes after one this morning. He was
/ at Messinger's stable in office Mrs.
COroin was ther-, Francis Blair was
| there. John Abrams. Willie Messin-
ger and another boy was there. think
he (Burroughs) was drunk at the time.
He was making threats against Mrs. G.
Said he would kill her and was using
the lowest kind of language. l order
ed him away and she started behind
US for home. | took B. to Elmas'
corner She NE up and went along
TO protect her to her home. B came
along right by. We all went into the
house and he got lamp and went up
stairs to get his pants and some other
things. She went up too. He was
calling her low names AL the time He
was very abusive all the time. When
he came down stairs he said now
want my picture. She said you can't
have the picture He swore and tore
around, aud took him out to Eimes'
corner and be SAID he would go home.
i saw him go South and heard him
away up az far as RorhchiiSs'. He
promised me he would not come back
again. did not see him again until |
saw him here with s knife in his hand
dead : think it was about half past
four this morning that saw him af er
lie was killed.
Ted. Hotts My sge is 81 yeas.
am working for Mr.. Turley.h Findlay.
| board with Mrs Hattie Day. on
West Crawford street, in the West
room Of the !iousa where Burroughs is.
| heard sho. in the East room about
20 minutes efore 8 this morning. /
did not go in o tie room where B. was
for 20 or 25 minntts .tt;sr | heard the
shot He was down on the tl0or with
his head and shoulders leaning up
ga;':ss ne tchen door. His right
hand was o. the floor by his side with
A butcher kui'e in il. A few minutes
brfor" the shoot. | heard him jB J
siy, Katie, Goa IN you, a,n going
10 kill yol heard him say something
TO Ffank, her soI, which took TO b,
something like ;his. "No, Frank, viii
kill you first" ] fiiiuk heard hin
jerk the door then henri report Of
gun.
John S. Renninger My age il 2s
years Am medical student. Am
reading with Dr.. Barnhill. | have ex
amined the woErt in the head of Wm.
Burroughs and find gunshot wound
about three inches in diameter. 1t i.
iu the left forehesd, carrying a way ;he
LETT eye, part of the frontal, major,
nasal, lachrymal and temporal bones
1t entered left hemisphere of tue cere
brum. | found some shot il the head
very fine, about No. 2 His face j.
some burned His hair is not scorched
should judge the gun was about
three feet or SO from head The sho!
must have caused instant death.
The COroneris verdict was to the fec
that deceased had come to his death BY
powder and shot from gun in the hand;
of Francis NJ. Blair.
After the inquest young Blair wa.
handed over to the proper authorities tc
be held for trial, but was released with
out hearing, which action is explained
in the note from the Prosecuting Attor
ney,a copy of which will be found below
"WEDNESDAY, Oct. Seth, rs.
After a careful examination of all the
witnesses subpenaed before the Coroner
to testify concerning the death of VIM
Burroughs at The hands of Francis NJ
Blair, on the 29th inst, on West Craw
ford street, in Findlay, am fully salts
fed that the act was done in defense O
his mother and himself, and that it wa,
justifiable. Therefore no prosecution o.
Blair has been made.
HENRY BROWN, Pros Atty.
After the CoronerIs inquest the oodN
of Baltimore Bill" was placed in rough
box Gt being impossible to place him il
the coffin provided on account of the
rigidity of his limbs and taken away
on dray. The statement that the body
was buried in the Potter's Field and {
guard placed over the grave during the
following night is doubted by many ,whC
thInk the BODY was never placed under
ground