The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-01-13
A DARK MYSTERY |!
MURDER OR SUICIDE OF GEORGE
P. McCOhkEY.
'CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The Hvidence Adducsd Before the
Coroner's Jury.

State Of Nevada, County OF White
Pine. Before VIM. Hayes Coroner.
In the matter OF the inquisltion
upon lbe body OF Geo. Il. McUonkey,
found dead III his Office Al . clock
A. N. Jsnuary =, 1888.
Dr. Herrick, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says: 1 am prsct.eing
physician aud surgeon. residing IN
Hamilton, White Pine County, Me-
yada. | mAs authorized To perform
an autopsy on lhe boay OF GEORGE 4.
McConkey. We found he WAS shot
by pistol ball (baIl idrniiied) en-
tsring at left sid. OF breast bone aud
passing between the third and fourth
ribs, through both valves OF the heart,
passing entirely through the vertebra,
lodging III the muscles of ths uacK.
The bullets course was horizon al,
passing al inch below The left aorIa,
necessarily causing death, ! do not
lhluk, from tue direction OF 1be ball,
the wound was scii-lniiicted. i sa"
The body about % clock A, NJ.
Judge life had been extinct about
three or four hours. The body @as
cold. (Dr. Herrick lrsre shows jury
the posltion in which The body WAS
found. found tho hedy free from
wounds except tue one caused by the
bullet.
Dr. Willard, being daily sworn, de-
poses aud says: ,D not concur en-
tirely in the statement VI Dr. Herrisk.
judge the bullet 10 nave "A slIgnt
.atN I l..lk 4 A.. a IA.
deceased would have occupied CON
strained position had he inflicted the
wound. (Bullet exhibited aud lden-
titled by Dr. Wlllard.) 4 first saw the
body about 5 or . O'Clock this morn
Ing.
I'D. Raum, being duly sworn, dsa-
poses and says; 4 MAS informed by
Thomas kenney Al tue Court House
about ) o'clock lhis morning (Jan. :,
1889 that he (McKenney) IN eonlpa-
ny With Mrs. Geo. 4. MeConkey found
the Lodyi asked Inc to come down Al
once. came down Immediately aud
found Mrs. McConkey w'In the corpse.
also found Mrs. Gordon inside The
door. Here MIR. Kuum describes to
jury the position Of the body,) | also
saw IN the room Mr. Jerome Mathew
sonand prouab y Mr., Arthur Mathew
SON saw no one else. Mrs. Mc-
Conkey MAS holuing the body when
nrsl saw 1t. placed mattres -es un
DER the body but did not change tue
position nn IL authorized TO do 20 by
the Coroner. Tue Coroner came about
one half nour after myself then
placed The body upon the counter of
she express office, about eight feet
from where il was found. tfne Wit
ness here Identified the pistol, as he
nau already taken its number when
ns nrst discovered it); No. of pistol
ov'e, Colts patent No. .01S. Arthur
malhewson said that some one had
Killed poor George aud there Is the
pistol that Killed HIM. | tnen picked
up, did not disturb IL before. Then
gave the pistol TO Jerome Mathew
SUI, Who put IL In he safe IN the store,
anu not until got IL from him and
'ueilvered II TO the Coroner, did | ,ake
me number OF It. consider 1t possi-
2ls thst the wound could have been
,aH'c'od by himself lMr. MeConkey);
as position, however, would have
% oeeh con ,lrained. The pistol found
.. aoou' oAs feet from the oody. Hound
upon exainination thai one chamber
"a .ne pistol had been discharged.
nf.nur MaLhewson made the remark
W Jerome Mathe wson, who did we
soi' 'nat pistol to2" He Afterwards
ssa 'na' the pistol had been takon
so,n hs. the desk IN the store, where it
"a. oesh Tor long time, | suggest.
"'n not 10 remove anything