The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
LAURA FRANKLIN'S MURDER
The Coroner Investigates the CASE,
And Finds Anderson Guilty OF Pre-
lnaeditated Murder.

Coroner Stitch began the inquest this
morning on the body of Laura Franklin.
who was SO brutally shot at five times and
murdered night before last by her loysz.
Chamberlain Anderson.
relative OF the deceased, Maud Frank
lin, testified that she lived at No. 70 Eask
seventh street; Anderson called on the de-
ceased for about nine months: sba
did housework for living; on The even
ing of the shooting, the witness, the de-
ceased, Matt. Williams and Jack Robinsop.
were in the latter's place; they had been
there about ten minutes, when Andersen
came IN and at once started to fire at tim
girl Laura; the pistol he pulled out of his
coat pocket and while the girl had her
| back turned toward him he fired the second
shot; Laura ran toward the door, and twp
other shots were fired at her; at the curb
| stone Anderson overlook her when the de-
ceased cried out, 70, Chanlus, please don's
kill mel He then got hold of her throas
and fired bullet into her head. The wit
ness identified Anderson as the man who
did the shooting.
dining-room boy at Daisy Lawrence's n3ane
on broadway; he had known the deceased
for two years, and Anderson for about eiea,t
years He was at Robinsons house at fha
time Of the shooting The witness stated
that the shooting took place about ten yr
fifteen minutes after 12o'clock He said
that the four persons named above were
sitting in the room when Anderson knocked
at the door, came in, and saw the deceaseli
turn to him and laugh. Anderson then
pulled his pistol, and without saying any
thing began to fire. The rest of his testf-
mony Is the same as that of the previous
witness.
Jack Robinson, head waiter at the GaR
House, stated that he had known the de-
ceased for about five years and Andersen
for about thirteen years. The latters repu-
tation until the shooting on I4ongworth and
Plum streets was always good This was ak
the time that Chandler Blackston wm
killed. The deceased bore no good resuta-
ton; she kept company with other men
than Cham. Anderson, and led bad lie.
she would go out with young men to dances
on several occasions. The witness then mar
rated their meeting with Anderson ON tina
fatal night at his rooms, and detailed tho
story given by Maud Franklin. He also
Identified the pistol with which the shDot-
ing was done as belonging to him. and
loaned to Anderson last Saturday NIGHT.
officer Butler testified that he picked uD
the pistol which had been lying about two
feet outside of the gutter.
Charlotte Franklin testified that she wss
the sister of the deceased The latter was
sixteen years old, born in Warsaw. XIV.
and lived with the witness, doing house.
work. She had often seen her sister apa
Anderson on the streets together but never
at her house. Anderson had often, threat
ened to shoot her. She saw nothing af the
shooting as at the time she was in bed.
DR.. W. I. Dunlap submitted his p0st-
mortem examination. He found that lhess
was a gunshot wound in the upper portioa
of the right hip near the spine, another
about one inch above the right temple ana
a third wound near the anterior portion Oh
the liver. In the Doctors opinion death
resulted from the effectso the bullet wound
in the head. The ball had passed directiy
through the anterior lobe of the cerebrurn
to the left side of the Uranium, and was
found embedded in the outer orbit of ths
left eye
This ended the testimony and then tho
Coroner rendered the following verdict:
Death from a pistol ball wound of thu
brain, said ball having been fred from
pistol in the hands of Chamberlain Ander@
son. | further find that the shooting was
malicious, deliberate ard premediateds 4
The prisoner was present and received the 4
verdict coolly. lie was then taken back 10
Jail by Andy Middendorf.