Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-11-04
THE ASSASSIN NAMED.
Testimony at the Inquest on the Body ofJOseph IT. .Zeigler-Verdict of Mur
 der by the Hand of Edward Will


 Hams
 Coroner Matthews yesterday monin summoned a jury consisting of Brya , Obear, /. II. Taylor, E. R, Howe, J Muller | J. Y. Vickers, F, c. Hawkins and c. W Atkins, to inquire into the circumstance
 attending the murder of Joseph H. Zeigle on Wednesday evening, The police fore
 of the city worked unremittingly on tn, case Wednesday night, but owing to tn,
 absence of any definite clew to the assas
 sin but little progress towards his discovery
 was made. Early yesterday morning Of
 ficer Coyle was on the ground where tho
 body was found, and his vigilance was re
 warded by the discovery of a British
 bulldog" caliber A, with two chambers
 discharged. The weapon was lying about
 twenty feet distant from where the un-
 fortunate man fell in his death agony At
 first it was surmised that after all it
 mght have been case of suicide, the cal
 iber of the weapon corresponding with the size of the fatal bullet but close examin. ation Of the barrel of the weapon and the bullet, which the officer had in his posses sion, soon dissipated that theory It was discovered that while the barrel of the bulldog was only 'rifled" four times, the surface of the leaden missile showed con- clusively that the weapon from whence it was sped on it's deadly mission had at least six creases or "rifles." The evidence developed at the inquest, which is ap- pended in full, was surprise to nearly everybody, and seems to fix the crime al- most certainly upon the person mentioned in the verdict. It will be observed from the testimony that Constable Haggerty was Wednesday night ap- prised of all the important disclosures elicited at the inquest yesterday. Itwould seem that it would have been wise for him to lmpart the information he possessed to the other officers and thus have obtained their assistance and cooperation in arrest ing the criminal, This he failed to do for some reason best tknown to himself, and the result Is the murderer is still at large and probably safe beyond pursuit. It is open ly stated that Haggerty's extreme reticence was due to the fact that he wished to effect the arrest by his own individual efforts, and thus make little political capital toward securing his reelection. As soon as the verdict of the coroner's jury was made | known Under-Sherif Woods telegraphed description of the murderer to | Contention, Benson, Tucson, Wilcox, and other points both east and west, but up | to late hour last night no information as to his whereabouts had been received. The l general impression seems to be that he went | south, and is now probably in Sonora. Fol. l lowing IS the testimony taken and the yer l dict of the jury;
 coRoNER's INQUEST
 Walter Baxter and Officer James Coyle | to substantially the facts related | ill yesterday mornings EPITAPH.
 Andrew Hawkins was the next witness | called He testified as follows: I heard two men talking as they went past my cabin, which is on Toughnut street. did | not recognize either of the voices I did | not understand what was sad. As soon as heard the shot I went out, but saw no | one. Deceased hallooed three times be- | fore went out I found the body about 70 feet from the cabin. He was alive when found him, and I was there nntil he died. A man went out with me, but I | did not know his name. He lived in the next cabin.
 Cornelius Sullivan testified as follows; Reside in Tombstone. Ed Williams ,ame home with me last night from the Empire mine, after o'clock. He told me he had had some words with deceased, md had promised to meet him down town. asked him no questions. did not know hat they had had trouble before he told me. do not know of Williams coming to his cabin, and do not know where he is now He stays in the same cabin with me. He lid not come home last night The con- 'ersatlon took place as we passed the gulch coming home. Do not know the pistol. Toe Zeigler was carpenter in tine mine. He had nothing to do with employing men. Williams was a miner. I have not seen Jim since the shooting. He had an ivory handled pistol about three weeks ago. Ido lot know whether he would use pistol or lot; could not say. Dr, Blackwood testified to hearing the hot and going almost immediately to the cene of the tragedy, and when le arrived there Zeigler was in lying condition, from the effects of a ,unshot wound in the left breast. Charles Peters being duly sworn, says: eside in Tombstone, occupation, miner seen him fifteen or twenty minutes before he shooting, met the deceased by ap- ointment. As was leaving the Empire loisting works he was wiping his face with towel. l went down town to the Key West cigar store, after supper. He aid: "CEarles let us take walk" We went up the street as far as Ninth street, md he told me about some trouble he had ! with Ed Williams. We turned and re- raced our steps. He told me some very lard names had passed between him and Ed Williams and that he deceased had |