Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-08

boy William. who was walking about \
fourth Of mile from the house. had heard
the report of the gun and came rrnnino
homo. He found his mother wing dead
in the road, shout twenty yards from the
gate. He sent at once for his neiohbor
Buckley johnson, and when he came the
two young men carried the dead woman
into the house and laid her ON the lounoa
George, the ten-year-old boy, mounted
the horse and started to Kirkwood for d..
Wentz. He was met on the road by Albert
Worth, as above related, and he, Marion
Harrar and the doctor arrived at about tho
same time. An investigation showed that
Mrs. Shaw had died almost instantly, fall
ing in her blOo,. with the single exclama.
tion, "Oh."
As the neishbors collected word vas
sent to Undertaken Pickel, at the Green
Tres, who came and prepared tho body
for interment. Squire Simeon Swisher
and a jury viewed the body, but turned
the inquest over to Deputy Coroner John
Warden upon his arrival. Justice Swisher
also issued warrant to Constable Bat
teras for the arrest of the murderer.
THE CORONERS INQUEST.
Tho Pitiful Story Related by tho Children.
Deputy Coroner Warden summoned the
following jury to inquire into tbs case ::
Marion Harrar, Simeon Swisber. Penning-
ton Moore, John J. Coulter, T. L. Thomp-
son and Vincent X. Alexander. Attended
by Drs. II. E. Raub and T. H. Wentz,
they viewed the body aud took the rcsti-
mony.
The Little Girls Story
Matilda Shaw, ono of tho little girls,
aged Is, testified before tho coroner that
she "saw pappie shoot mother up tho
road" Ho came to the house and won't
up stairs. He threw the gun out Of tho
secUnd story window, and then tho mother
told the girl to 60 up and see if the gun
was gone. He then came out and picked
up the gun and ran across the field to tho
road. The mother followed him and a.
he was going over the fence she caught
hold Of tho gun he got it loose aud got
out into the road. Just at tho brake in
the road, ON the hill above the house he
shot her. She was standing but two feet
from him when she turned around with
her back to him he had the gun under his
arm ny to the trigger witness
was standing at a lime pile about 30
yards away watching him saw him pull
the trigger and fire mother fell heavily to
the ground. and as she old SO she caught
the gun lie drew it from her, and jump
ing over her body ran down the road.
Right at the stable, about 30 yards below
where the shooting occurred. he stopped
and threw down the gun, on which he laid
down a hat (twO of which he had)
he then ran down the road.
Pursuit or the Murderer.
1t was also shown that when
William, attracted By the report
of the gun, reached the scene he
found his mother lying on the road sur
rounded by the little children. She was
then dead. He sent for Buckley johnson,
and they carried ber body into the house.
Others who arrived promptly set out to
follow the fugitive uxoricidc. The imprints
of the feet of running man could be
plainly tracked down the road past
the barn and on the way to the cover
Of neighboring woods, hills and wild
gorges along the Octoraro. Shaw had evil
IDENTIFY turned into private road, up .
small hill, ran into q wooded place and
down along the creek. He was afterwards
tracked for some distance by his foot
marks on the ground, but they were soon
lost. Where he turned into the by-rOad
the pair of drawers We're found farther
down the road his Overcoat was found. No
traces of the man have since been discov-
cred, but he has probably either fled from
tho neighborhood or is hiding in the woods
and rocks with which the vicinity abounds
Some persons think he stole a horse last
night and made his way to seaboard city
to take passage for Ireland. Others ex-
poet to find him having committed suicide
in the Octoraro hills and woods.
What Further the Children Know.
The children say their mother had said
she was going to rent the place and move
away. "Pappie told her not to do that or
the place would be empty" He had
treated her badly for several days past and
at times was cross t, the children. He slept
at home on Monday night, and when he
went away in the morning he took some
clothes with him and said that If she
moved from the place he would follow her
and leave his mark if it was twenty years
afterward.
Only the two younger girls saw the
shooting; Georgie had been in bed, and
when tho final alteration took place and
their mother fell, and the father fled. all
the children ran out into the road They
say Shaw first started to run up over tho
hill and then changed his course and came
back past the barn and ran out of sight.
Tho Medical Examination.
The physicians who made the post
mortcm examination found that tho load
had entered the left side below the shoul-
der at the seventh rib. It made q very
largo hole, sufficient to admit OF three or
four fingers. The load was very heavy
and it passed through the left lung and
landed in the arch a0rta. A large number
of shot were taken from the body. Tho
man must have been standing quite close
to her when the shooting occurred, as the
load remained together where it entered
the body.
The Weapon.
The weapon used was common double
barreled shot gun. It had formerly be-
longed to son OF the deceased, who died
few years ago. It then came into the
possession of William, another son. Tho
mother knew that it was his, and for that
reason she tried to prevent her husband
from taking it away, thinking no doubt
that he would sell it and spend tho money
probably for drink. Tho weapon had been
in the house for some time and had two
heavy loads in it when it was found in
tho roadside where the murderer dropped
it ono lock was broken off.
Tho Verdict.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
tiar Mrs. Susanna Shaw came to her
death from gun shot wound at the hands
of her husband, James Shaw"
IN THE NEI0HBORHOOD.
The Place Where the Murder Occurred.
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