The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30

barrel of the guE of which the broken
room of the brewery, Monday morning
No one at the brewery remembered what
had become of the gun barrel, but the
sheriff finally let his hooks down into a
well so feet deep with 30 feet of water
in ii, in the beer vault of the brewery,
and caught a bite the first effort, and up
came the gun barrel, or rather barrels, as
it was a double barreled shot gun. 1t
had been thrown muZZle down into the
we'll, stuck breech end up, and the hook
caught between the iron and that part of
the wooden stock which remained on the
barrels. Caught in a splinter of the
wood was lock of hair matching that
upon Moran's head. One barrel Of the
gun was empty, and one loaded, and
both hammers were cooked. This i'm
portant clue was brought to the city.
We are inclined to the theory express
ed yesterday, that Peter Buffet acct
dentally killed himself. He had had a
dispute with the men, and with Moran,
as who was to pay for beer ordered. As
the men went out Moran went to
the corner to get his coat Peter
came to the door, gun probably in
hand, as a club to use if necessary. Elem
ing was probably at the door, when cpl
thcts used by himself or his comrades
outside, caused Peter to strike Fleming
over the head with the gun, and Elem
ing was either knocked or ran out OF the
door, where his comrades grasped and
hurried him away. AS Moran came
up to the door, or before he got there,
Peters assaulted him with the gun, and
while hammering him over the head
with the butt end the stock broke saving
MOran's life, who staggered and after
Macke refused to let him out, fell IN
the corner where he was found. AT the
same moment the conclusion discharg-
ed barrel of the gun, the shot and wad
ding entering Peters left groin, burning
his clothes and passing through to his
back. He fell, fatally wounded, and a
pistol shot fired from either inside or
outside the house wounded Lewis Macke
in the arm. The broken gun stock,
flew over into the brewery bin where it
was found Monday morning, and its
Whereabouts was not known to the oc-
cupants of the brewery, some one of
whom no doubt threw the gun barrels
into the well, as none of the railroad
men could have done that. This we
say is merely our theory of the matter,
and we do not expect that the jury will
indict anyone for the murder of Buffet.
The railroad men say they got the
liquor that intoxicated them first at a
restaurant kept at the junction by one
Louis Labborn, who is to be prosecuted
for selling liquor without license.
Mr. Buffet was buried yesterday, the
funeral being attended by large num-
Der of friends. The boys arm, and the
men whose heads were cut, are all doin G
well
THE VERDICT.
The jury returned the following yer
dict Wednesday evening:
STATE OF KANSAS,
LYON COUNTY, S.
An inquisinon holden at Emporia,
Lyon county, on the 28th day of May,
1879, before me, J. w. TruewOrthy, cor
Oner of said county, on the body of Pc
ter Botzet there lying dead, by the jur-
Ors whose names are hereby subscribed.
The said jurors upon their Oaths, do say
| that the said Peter BOtzet came to his
death on the 25th day of May, 1879, by
reason of the accidental discharge of one
barrel of double barreled shot gun in
his own hands
In testimony whereof the said Jurors
have hereuntO set their hands, the day
and year aforesaid.
PETER MUNsoN, CLINTON KELLER,
J. II. DAVIS, GEO. b. COOPER,
| ID. 5. GILMORE, l.. II. BOOMER
Attest: j. w. TRUEwOTHY, Coroner.