Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-19
Yves. Forbes Killed.

AS the steamer Joe Kinney was making a
landing at q "sack pile" opposite Camden
In Lafayette county, last Wednesday morn.
Ing, about Z O'Clock, a difficulty occurred
between the first mate, Martin Coyne. and q
negro roustabout, Yves. Forbes, which re-
suited in the death OF the latter at the hands
OF the former.
FROM what we can gather regarding the
matter 1t seems that Forbes was 3 surly and
unwilling hand, and that in making this
landing instead Of working as he should be
merely pretended to work while he shlrked,
especially at launching out the stage, when
the mate In response to his muttering struck
him. The second mate, Thomas Bole, who
was standing near, seeing Forbes. AS he says q,
put bis hand In his pocket as IL to draw
some weapon, struck him ON the back of the
head With a paw-paw stick, knocking him
some distance from where he stood. After
this Forbes went to work. and carried q few
sacks on to the boat, but in the mean time
was heard to threaten the life of the mate,
who ordered him to 60 up to the clerk and
get his money. At the steps Coyne asked
Bole to see If Forbes was not armed,s and
bole after feeling OF his pockets said that he
was not, but Coyne insisted that be was. and
advanced upon the negro, who retrea,ed
facing him, toward the rear OF the boat.
and when q few feet under the boiler deck.
Coyne fired upon him. Forbes fell upon his
face, the blood gushing from the wound In
bis breast, and from his mouth. The mate
stepped up and rolling him over took a
pistol from him, whether from his hand or
pocket the witnesses differ on, and In about
ten minutes Forbes died. Not having been
able to hear much Of the testimony we here
give but an outline of the affair, as the evil
dencs Is very conflicting.
The officers OF the boat think that the
shooting was clearly In self-defense, and
unavoidable.
Immediately on the arrival Of the boat at
THIS poinqCoyne gave himself up to the sher-
1f,and actingCoroner f. X. Tut empapelled
q jury, consisting OF Mr.. Frank Trigg.
foreman, j. j. Mccormack, Albert Graham !.
Tom Walton, w. X. Trigg and Jerry Balr.
After viewing the body and hearing evil
dence the jury returned a verdict to the eff.
feet that Wesley FORBES came to his death
from a Runshot wound, from a pistol IN the
hands of Martin Coyne,
The sheriff Immediately took possession
OF Coyne, and Esquire Tut went into a
preliminary examination of the prisoner at
the courthouse. As it was omplete
Wednesday night Coyne was lodged in jail.
and the boat was permitted to 20 on her
journey, the witnesses, excepting such as
mad been examined, being detained.
Coyne Is an Irishman, q resident of ST.
Louis for over twenty years, ind by occups.
ton a steamboat mate. He is a young man.
say about thirty.two.
Forbes was q mulatto, aged about nine
teen or twenty, of medium height and
weight. He lived in St. Louis, where he
had a sister, and had been a roustabsut for
some time. The ball which killed him pen-
etrated the upper part OF the heart and pass.
ing through the body lodged against the
spine. His remains were inferred here bv
direction of DR.. Russell. the county pby.
slcian, who made the autopsy.
The examination of witnesses In the case
mad not been completed last night, and will
be continued to-day.