The daily gazette., 1879-06-09

ing potatoes, anu going up TO the pIace
foui d Brown and Batson disputing over
the bat. The former wanted to get IL
'aw ay and come home 10 his supper.
Baison gave II n sudden jerk which |
male one end hit Brow above the left |
eye. He gave itanofher jerk and then |
Brown got it free and hit him on the |
shoulder with 1t, knocking him down. |
He then hit him one blow on the head az
he lay on the ground. Previous to this,
Simmops, she said, had been urging the
boys on and try ing to get them to fight,
and while the struggle for the bat was
going on he said to one of them "You
hit him and m see it out" Mrs. Brown
said that the whole fight was caused by
Simmons. She did not know Batson
was dead 'tilltwo hours after the fight.
The only ones she noticed present were
Samuel Ba son, Steve Simmons aud her
son. Mrs. Brown expressed great con-
cern for William and as officer Dins-
more and the reporter left, she remark
ed to the former "l 'spects the poor fel-
ler is worried halfto DEATH" and she
burst into tears.
Simmons was next talked with He
said: Sam Batson, Ed Backus, Harry
| Backus, viii Brown and myself had
been playing ball, and we had stopped
playing and Harry Backus and l laid
down by the pig pen; Batson and Brown
|
former said for him to give him the bat
and he would not knock the ball far; he
refused to do this; Batson caught hold Of
the bat, when Brown called him black
s. of a b--,aId hit him on the left arm
with the bat, knocking HIM down; he
then hit him two times more and az he
was Jryirg to hit him again, SAID, IL
can't see the feller killed that way" and
ran up and took the bat from him and
| ~ hia Ynnthnr 2tynmnng Hapip pI
that he had urged ou the fight in any
way and said he thought Batson would
have been killed at once had he not
take then bat away.
Harry Backus said: We had been
playing ball and l laid down by the pig
pen and Simmons laid down some dist
ance away, while Brown and Bat on
disputed over the ball a,d bat, both OF
which are owned by Brown; Brown
wanted Batson to give him the ball so
he could go home, and Batson wanted
Brown to let him have tie bat so he
could knock the ball; they took each
Others hats first, after which both got
hold of the bat ard struggled for III
Brown hit at Batson and missed him aud
Batson hit him, after which Brown
knocked him down with 1t and hit lam
twice and iried 10 hit him again wien
Simmons prevented hun; Simmons did
not urge on the fight in any way.
Mary Ba;son the dead boys mother
said that he came into the house and laid
} down on the floor she washed his wound
, and did all she could to ease him; he did
, not speak after coming in, but tried u
, 10 30 once and had violent spasm. III
died in abont an hour. Mrs. Bdtson dit
l not see the fatal blow struck.
J Henrietta Fisher, Simmons's grand
! mother, Edward, Charl,s and Mar,
Backus and Elizabeth and John Gustus
I all of whom saw the affair were calls'
b. upon and all corrobofated what Sim
7 mons and Harry Backus had said, ex
4 cept Elizabeth Gustus SAID that befor'
! the blow was struck, Batson had Brow
0 down upon his back trying TO get tn
e hat away. All the above except Edwar'
q Backus were forty yards away II ON tn
e fight and each heard the blow plainly.
= Dr Bayard r. Smith, col, was callel
b upon at his residence, and gave the FOL
n 10 wing very intelligent statement:
z was called to 20 to Mr.. BaisOns house
z Saturday evening, and went at 81
r O'Clock, the boy was dead at that time
Il ! made an examination and FOUND on
g purely flesh wound on the left side OF tn
Il head, three inches above the left ear
y there was no fracture or abrasion OF tn
# bone, whatever, 1t showed that 1t ha
d been produced by blunt instrumen
with sufficient force TO cause con
{, plete conclusion of the brain; IL un
Is doubtedly caused death. and it IL strang
is that the skull was not fractured' Thini
IS ing that the boy was not deal, the
J. called him in about 10 O'CLOCK, but the
. hopes were grounuless.
y Officer Sherry said he was told OF I'll
Y, murder about $40 O'Clock by VIM. JOIN
n son, the shoemaker at the END OF de
ID sup's lane. This man told him to arre
t. Brown and he went and did so. h
rs found Brown preparing for bed ana
4. evident ignorance of the death OF ia
3 son.
~ SENSIBLE INQUEST.
N Coroner Butz summoned The folloN
:" ing Jury to serve on the inquest
George Mccall, foreman, Thomas
IL Bennett, John NJ. Enos, II. G. FraiI
VIM. IL. Brady, James e. speakma
VIM. Davidson, HOlten Yarnali, Jeffe
III son Butler, Charles Alexander, VIM.
e. Grifinburg, John Wainwright, W.
lg West, w. Il. Wiley and Joseph '
rs Vandegrift.
he The Jury proceeded TO the house whe
Nv the body lay mt 10 O'Clock, Sunday NOR
by ing, and after being sworn over the
m. mains. adjourned to the City Hall al
ls) went into session at IL o'clock. Mr.
ais G. Fraim acted as Secretary, and I
il proceedings were conducted In an ab
a" iudicious and careful manner. The !
air porters were allowed to remain IN t
rly room. The following witnesses we
,ut examined:
to stephen Simmons, Bayard T. Smil
on MD, Harry Backus, May Brown, L
nd 2 zlbeth Gustus, w. ii. Gustus, GeoI
not Batson, Uhe brother of the decease
he and Henrietta Fisher. The tes'im
ad corrobu rated the statements alrea
given, in every particular.
ar At the close of Henrietta Fishers
i'm timony, Mr.. Brady offered the followi
the which embodied the verdict:
ne "Resoiped, That it is the sense of t
nd Jury tnat the deceased Samuel Da
/. Batson, came to his death from . bl
on the head, Inflicted by base ball
in the hands of William Brown"
cen The resolution was adopted una
bad mou,ly. The inquest adjourned at
ing O'Clock, p. IN
5 10 BROWN IN JAIL.
"s The Coroner having committed lbro
ssu Chief of Police Maxwell took nm
W =. New Castle in the afternoon. He III
ior ed that he hit the blow with deadly
'eu tent, and said Simmons caused IL all
oh" urging them on.
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