, 1879-03-14
DAVID O'NEIL.
Inquest on the Body Of the Muir.
derod Railroad Man.
It Results in the Holding of Ellis to
Await the Grand Jury's Action.

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nitctnoon IN TUG oo"y o. LAW" o'Nel', VIM
tiled wednesday from Elatalsliot wound III
illctcd, "a alleged, bf Thomas Ellis. Tile shoot
Inn. II will he rcrncm1,crr,. occ,,r+ctf in ,he
Nnr,hvc.trrn Railway ror,la' mar tbo rr,r.
a,r,e. a',. nn% ,,a ,,o,. ,ast ~ ", ,sa On '
stFcet flnauct' On TIC n'Eht OIL fco' xo'
The trat Witness examined wns
on. PESoEn,
of on WA. Indiana street. vho tc.,,0c,1 tho,
In ,.,,,,,os f"Nau no,,n a,,oI ~ nv"
he was wountcd. Tic was then suffering from
pllce1nnstn Of tho right lung. mud hati anppur.
n.iu,r wound In the back tcar the sp,nn] Column.
III 4. T., ,ro. In a crltto., conItt,n,, da,.
~ .,So " nft o..ora, ,sitna,a n,,,, ~. ts,'an,
VI 1mI ,,nt ,. m.uefs r. ui . ,,t, 1T
aycnt ,t,c ' chancrs nf r'seorcrv w"1n ~ sn,nIi
alshty, lid feves.h. ia 'vas Sc conscious until n
nf his crst. sn"nk'mi, VIVA ,illi'cIt H. Wi,ncss
,m,,n s ys,na'" Mnn a.ss,cu s
I5r isSann tlniInr D!scs nf it,ne i,1 tlc rirht
ig ,s" ~" f.aw'unns nf n" rrr NJ thn ~ ~ twcft
rc,., s.1;,so ri ,,sath wne nvnuto ",sin,. T." ~"
apsccss, wbicl, was caused by Tic bullet. Iii
O'NcIi ncycr told lin about tl,e shooting.
m uuo .'', ~ ". na,nn" MM"'nss.M .s.,,aa, .,,.. H..
M attorney a on noiafYt , tsst'aeu s ,nGs on ',e
morning " rep' ~ - osswecn sIs LIE :. aG ocloe 10
Was catsea on 10 go "..n so"G n''eers 70 take
oyer on t,c Vest side e No. aos Nnrtn 9 pes: g..
gshoss, a! e ma vsfs II liz sa1sjsss Ws
ness 'aen.aeu Es aad as o yn a ,,,, weis isa laaS
IT, .a n ~, Il @ was 'eaa FRY oyef 10 o ."!Ge, an
liz Et&Iu II HH8 IlEN<+ Ills bkHkCHlGtk elilh ul-
fsaay ,,e9h @ nno'sshcn H.. III a!s III, aM.hhsE;1 HH,l
.ueutlnG.i E.I!s ~ .ne mnn "n1 s,.ue ,1 n.,. ne
Was eonseIouS ~ .ue t'tlse. I.'d hneM "ns' ~
Tas us ~ W. % pds s a' ciu nohs ~ 's y.
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o. 20. 4o West llulaha street. foreman o. t'te
Wa ,S, Shsu ,. mn; NM iH. ~ ,r
90 ,n.,,noor Mn for,,,o ,,. ~ ~ ~ auo, nhi
d!sposlto9 @ III Fits had ,;, sS%nisi"sd 5 q 9Xf'!,
01,y,snS. tI,nt o'No,1 rnnt linn ~ ,ynre ,,e
aousG, mus sas .,,,'1 oMS nx,, kcp, ,,i nn ~ MnfK
yn,,t kin rciiovS1 hv ,h ni,, m,, "1 Wncss
haI al Saari Ei1;s sa ka wnnin 1ct .von N viii
O,Nei III somD way,-wouid murder tic irish
----. lie was excited at the ttmc,-talkeJ
Of liquor.
CHARLES r. nAKEH,
Of Harvard, brakeman, who knew both
nnrtieg, trstiflrI thut ct twenty-f}va minutes
n1Et II O'Clock. Fed. ~, lie WuS Linking With
O,Ncl at t,Ie Eric street. crossing, and saw ELLA
CONG nm O,NcH was facing South and ,yest.
Witness ,yas four Or i've feet from him. Ellis
passed around to thc loft behind O'Nell, aud
when within three or four feet of him druw
of no trouble Gctwccn them, l,o didn't think
It gas serious. :, lie heard tho
hammer aas III. ass stGs II 1 The snstrdE' ,d a 'a
report. As soon as be heard tho explosion,
fi1Nnfi nnf1NH nttc TINT t1a Shnt nut1 TINT
Ellis had shut him. WitpGss Erapp!ed with
Ellis and he fired n scc0nd shot while Httneas
had hold Of hss wrist. Iic held l!n as long as
he could, but Ella i{nnlly twisted away. Tho
said nothing ct any time.
EDWARD M'uuLL
testi1lcd tliat no say o,Nell ni'd EllIs IN INC
yard tl'at hight: ltc was ABOUT twenty.six
1cet from hlnl. He hcard sllot, aI..i, LOOKING
around, say H., Eilts slra e nn9tnsE: . oNeil sala.
c,N sN9nS A1ts So5 ;sgsS 5am !GMR5a3
u'Nen, thd I,iis paase1 n'',l, l'nnns tnWnFd
thc river. VNe!l was taken lhto snattf. allu
ba1a t1e Shoe "ls ''he'''e" ioF'
JAMES b. DAnR,
n locomotive fireman, who had known Ellis since
No. No. 1s IT, With was four or i've i've ears rs from to
ErIc-strect crossing. about 10 or 15mInutes after
d. Feb TO- When he left, ten or fifteen minutes
Ind gone.
DETECTIVE scnocK
,o..,ao1 +h,+ In ,-routo;1 EtIs ,,ho .,t, l..
'ia,. i ,n",hintr ot,o,.t III ,n., suu ~
nisn ' a. ~ rI Ei,Ia hrn nn,tiici 10 tTNi III, f
"ns,var M ~ amaStirna r. ,ctnnsa EIlfs nn;,tan
Ie" i4at h. ~ IN. nrcr m thc !Vcst SHc !" ana H..
I'LL i, ~ ~ Eus m,i"s. ~ ,n NV sot.I nGu .te
b,tfnas' E'iis saii ia haI M bad Icn1In"s ~. -.
wnrd ii Scti. ~
WI" Thts wua nil tim tes,t,nonv. NH, Ellis zna
nstaI r. In wfahr1 IL, ,m"k1 \ sfafsm"mr II"
s1iH Il. ,l,,in,t wiz tn 1Dnl:e nnv wimt"vsr
g., n1ni" t,.n iii nnr ronfr, n,",cs, 'ia,,horo-
,,on r'n,5 thn inry nrnmntlv rrn,nrs,, ~" III
inwI,ns iTa, @"N ~'' '"'' p's'''''' '1"'eo luz Ao''
THAT Tho said David o'So!l cane to hi. death