The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-16

A"o ehhplpses VI tiic lutcl asseIl he Il'lu u
pistol, and one Of them claims to have
taken the weapon after the shooting.
Mr.. Cockerill still occupies cell Mt 20;
lice Headquarters, into which he was put
when he surrendered himself. One friend
rem,ined with lin all night, aud says
Cockerill never closed lis eyes. His con.
stant thought seemed 10 be for the family
Of the man he killed.
At,the residence OF the deceased, .Chas.
E.,Say yback, al hbrother,i and Pfesident:of
tile MERCHANTS Exchange assumed control
of'atlai rs,f ,fand jul day dong received the
throng Of Visitors that locked 10 lie house.
The post mortem examination showed the
bullet had entered the left side Just, below
the arm pit passed through b9h lungs,
and broke arb on,thu other side
Tile Coroner impanecdn' jury and pro.
ceeded 10 hold IN inquest.
The first witness was Judge w. II. Clop-
ton He said hen he entered the room
where the, tragedy occurred Immediately
behind Colonel S!ayback, the latter was
Just drawing his coat. Thatllc hadit half
of, with his left hand. reaching behind
him, and grasping his right coat sleeve,
was trying to pull it'of, when Cockerill
presented hisitpistol aud fired. z Clopton
said most emphatcally that Slayback had
no pistol, and there was no reason for the
belief that he intended TO shoot.
The next witness was John McGu0in.
lie said Slayback had pistol and was ad-
yancing on Cockerill when the latter fired
The third witness was; Victor IL Cole
whose statement is III part corroborated by
that of Mr. Guilin, save that ho did not see
the shot fred, as he ha1 started 10 get out
out Of the room and had reached the door,
eight feet from the contestants.
This witness told rather coniused aud
contradictory story. but the salient point
brought out by all three Of these witnesses
land they were the important ones) is that
the shot was fred before the struggle, and
Clopton asserts before even 4 word had
passed between the two men. 4 pistol
was produced that MCGullin claims to have
taken out Of the dead mans hand. This
weapon is Of the bulldog pattern, the same
MS the one with which Garfield was killed,
n selfcocker, with ivory handle, rusty and
evidently not used lately.
Colonel Broadhead, S!aybacks business
manager, SAYS he never saw The pistol be-
fore, and does not believe that it ever be.
longed 10 Slaybatk. The only pistol, nc.
cording to the dead mans friends, that
Colonel-Slayback Owned was found in Il
bureau drawer ut his residence, this morn.
inv. by Mrs, Slayback,
q humber of doctors md other wit.
nrtses i who ItcstifieISto i,nmateriaI facts
we're .henrdS and the i1ry broupht II 4 M.
dict that Colonel LSIayback came to his
dcutl, from n pun..boi wounI frnn n pistol
in tho hands Of John A. CvckeliIl., wi,hont
saving ANYTHING about anything further.
III iS ~ eiS,cr,llSf brliryed' Tint ihn'icUroncp
will swear ont n warrant for:Inurler in ,he
second degree or manslau.hter.
HSST Ioifs October" ?, NJ GSothinp
of special note has occurred yet to-day re.
rardipg the, deplorable death Of Colonel
SIayback At the hands Of Colonel Cockcrill,
on last evening. The latter was in consul.
tution with his counsel, cx.Lieu,enaut
Governor Charles 2, johnson, Joscph
Lodge aud Charles f. ] oy; until after mid
night, at the house Of y,Mr. Lodge, when
word was sent to the Chief of Police that
Mr.. Cockerill would surrender himself
about one O'Clock. AT that hour Colonel
Campbell, Chief OF Police, appcared at lhe
designated place. took Colonel Cockerill in
bis hupgv and drove 10 the Eour Conrts
and ASSIGNED him to a cell. ,.,,T :. ~. :
Col. CockefilT has made no statement
further thun that he acted in sell defense,
und had he not shot Col, Slaybuck he
would have been Shot himself. - ~. .,..;.--j,
{ THE INQUEST On tlic remains,of Colonel
Slnylack. who was shot by Col. John "a
Cockerill' III The Post Di;paIcl Office Inst
Svcn;nG obenedG about three o'clock i;this
afternoon. in the criminal court room and
continued until after dark. .'I'sn ~ ''''',T' =.
William II. Clopton, who accompanied
Col. Slayback 10 tho Post Dispatch Office.
trstiHei TO about the same effect as liz
statement telepraphedj; last night. STATING
disfinctiy,,hat Colonel SSlaybacSi was, ,shai
willie ;n:the act:of takinatliis cal ofT'S and
rsnestinV h;sT foImc crstate,ncntS. TINT I sioy.
bnck wasnot armed and therefore could
not have drawn revolver -''T ~,
The other principal witnesses were John
Mc(;ulIin. business manager. and Virior
r Cole foreman. who were in the room
whom the Shooting occurred, Their tcs,;.,
monv did NOT differ materially from Their
statements already telcrraphed. Both testi.
lid cmnhatically that SIayback drew n re-.
yolyer as soon as he entered the room; that
hc and Clopton advanced on Cockerili, the
former holding his pistol at short arm. ansI m
no;ntinv toward Cock eril,:thnt Cockcr;lIm mt.
% ,sr"d the words and gave the warninr no
teIerraphed last night; TINT a quick, brief i
r
ianton tIn,e 'oH c1oqcd With rocrrll and on,v
OloPtou cioseu WV SS.AI','' aAu only re-