The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-07-06
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
a Negro Hoy Killed Accident
ally by IA shot From
InrEct Gun.

About hall past one, YESTERDAY after
noon, word "As brought to the city That
a man had been shot At Proctor springs
and report catching up with the news eH-
AggerAte to malicious homicide what
proved 10 be one Ot the most lamcntAble
accidents which frequently occur IN hand
ling guns. Justice Evans ut once pro-
cectei To the Nolkstest grounds to in
quire into the case, aHd the report OF the
death Of u IN N WAS found to be correct.
The dead man WAS negro named Henry
MarMahUn and the shooting was done
with target guu--One Of those used in
shoot at marks. An inquest was At
once he'd over the boiy, Win the follow
ing u ting ne jurors, Justice Evans presld-
ing: Z. Nj. Downs, foreman; r. j, Brooks,
ban Clark. ~ \. Newton, u. -. Sleeper
and j. = Iorb rough. j. b Massic, the
proprietor OF the shooting. gallery, beng
sworn, tie ned; lie WAS keeping u
shooting gallery at Proctor Springs, on
the NUlksc-t grounds, july 9TH, 1872.
Different persona had been shooting ut Tue
targets during the day. Mr is Nj
CtmmOn. was shooting at he time OF the
accident A young man came mp and told
" ammOn to shoot AT his hat. He Mas
slc) handed Nj Cannon the largest gun
The Ouny man threw his hat in the air
for McCAmmuH to shoot at. McCainmOu
essayed to shoot at the hat but the gun
vas not cooked. Ailer the hat tell to tile
ground lie started TO cock the gun and it
went of y negro boy WIS coming up
to McCammUn u, the gun went oil. The
ball struck deceased. The d ceased came
walking up to MCCAntuOn aud told Nc
Cannon lr llcccAscd) was shot. Had
the negro to lie down and sent Tor ply
stefan, Dr. Halbcrt. The shooting occur
red about on" O'Clock aud twenty min
utes p. III. The negro died about three
quarters OF AN hour At er lie Was shot ! he
shooting was purely accidental
Mr., John skinner being sworn testified
ID ceased was waiting on one my bars
on The grounds at the vOlkstcst, His given
name was Henry, and do not know his
surname. Were all around his stand
shooting at target with MIR. has-ir's
target gun, when a young man named j..
Mcmahon, came up and told Mr. j. n. Nc
Cannon 10 shoot ut hIs hat. Mr.. Massie
handed Mr. McCammon the gun. Me
Mahon threw his hat IN the air and Nc
Cannon made motion to shoot at it,
but the gun Was not cooked. and he hat
tell to the ground. As MrCummun at
tempted to cock the gun it fired. DrCeas-
ed WIS coming up toward MCCHmmOn, ut
the tlme the gun fired. Deceased WAS
about twenty feet from VI Cannon.
/ The bal struck the deceased IN the abdo-
meR. Deceased walked up and told Nc
/ Cannon that he, McCammon, had shot
/ him. deceased, AMI that he. deceased, was
| going to die, Immediately sent tor a
physician; shooting occurred shortly
at'er 10 y. m, when the boy told McCam-
mon he was shot. McCammun said. 81
reckon not and pulled up the shut ct de-
ceased and looked tor the wosnd and then
said Yes | have ' The shooting VA. nc
cidentAl. Met ammOn did not know who
/ the negro was.
Dr. 0. |. Halbert being sworn testified.
Between IL and II o'clock a. M, July
9TH wa called Ia 20 and see u negro at
Proctor Springs who had been shot Went
/ out to the Springs, and found deceased
/ dying. Tie died about five minutes after
/ he, Dr. lialbort; reached him. lie was suit
/ t,riug from bullet wound about two
| and one-halt inches from the umhiicus Il
/ little above and 70 the right. The ball had
passed through the body OF deceased and
/ had lodged near the spine under the skin
/ The deceased died from the wound caused
/ by the bullet
The jury after viewing the body and
/ hearing the evidence, brought In the tOl-
| lowing verdict. I'VE the Jury find that
deceased came to his death from - gun
shot wound inflicted by j. n. hcCanmon.
We further find, that the killing oil the
deceased was accidental on the part OF Me
Cumm,n. The deceased was about ak.
| teen or seventeen years old, He was "A
| comparative stranger in the city, having
came Gently trem Fort Worth, and what
is singular, was j1St barely recovered from
~ wound in his neck made by shot IRON
a revolver in the hands of Ills brother in
Fort Worth. The body was brought to
the city and buried between two and
three o'clo X.