Daily Republican., 1885-08-24
y. Tragedy.
rn Ar TatE sCHEUT-
raa-pARE OF Hfs
EtD sII0T OFT.
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ESTLT OF RUM
kdav afternoon the Violet
.r.l pic mic at the Scheut,
vblch was Kept up until
{r',hs, aud after ali loft the
yeoiors b uker, the pIoprie'
1 hired man, with Il horse
L. AXE 4 man home who
! his foot.
|berkor's family mad retired, |
a. IA tho porch : wait for
e,urn, and about l.3O o'clock
snel Horace l.. MEG innis
"a N. Walker, entered the
fpon being asked what they
they Wished TO go to the
4. IN a few minutes they
|to Becker and asked for
ID dflnk.
I see,ued to DO nnder the
1 LIQUOR, and Becker told
N had closcd his place and
Itoc !a'n 10 open again. The
k,,eA 10 urge him to let them
buog, and one of them placed
4 M the porch TO Fay for 1t.
s,o- ,old them to take their
|he yAa determined not to let
Iapy iqucr, for in addition to
d .ate llo thought they both
4 ba.:ssly. lle ord. red them
! p.4lc, aud az they tirned to
hel- threatened 10 burn the
In went away, and Becker
be- Jn The porch for some
| tgtaty minutes, when he
5pn. inbing the fence on the
Id. tho Park, They then
arl '..e lay loft on the north
The approached The porch
b .Atm 10 know who they
vas answered by a stone that
Oh no lett side of the face,
i immediately followed by
la, VI, him on the left arm.
b. .etreated to the house and
is ruu, which he fired at the
immediately after heard
d!op
sqia- ono, call " don't shoot
b Approached the man with
BIS hand, and found Nc
ylue on the ground and
hud!pg over him. No: know
be had shot McGinnis,
tde;yl Walker TO leave the
er LIZ replied that he would
ke A.s companion with him
b LIN to get up. Upon
examination it was found
nli- was dead, and Becker
ply am9 in to the police sta
eave A.Gself up.
gayt % statement TO the Off
Cor !alcs with the above, anC
bcEN. mp. Sergeant McVey
b l:lsse!l and McGu::e pro
at.a and proceeded TO tn,
yie they found McGinni,
Gs. a Tree, about two hundre,
1t house, near the from
{ Is = dead, and it was evi
death must have been al
P1'aneous, az the entire LET
heai was torn off, and par
ils mad run out. Walker wa
agL he was placed under al
|. !y Jf MGGinnis was take
Pe1i 80 tho reiitence OF hi
pl h.lale Il Banks, one Of tn
Ping rent ahead TO acqusin
" WITH jhe sal news.
4 Coroner Smith was notitie
teslay morning and spent u
pr oi Tue day In securing wi
lc as 'srtaiulng the facts of IL
\ Lee MGGiunis, the victim
nne MA only 22 years of az
r. and was the sole suppo
Paowea mother, who Is almo
|kth by the sad event. He hi
p u years of age, and tp
|s!st-rs
Pre- Be- kor IL about 40 years
\ Las a wife and family.
ne aco he buried a dauphte
/, 4 He suddenly IN the eve
fiage.
M ISoUEeT.
lN s'l.'a innmoned the folio
\ us morning: Herbert
j dnea a, Magee. Arthur Pr,
i4'aM ; Long, s. N. Smell
n y .Asti1e, A. i. Cooper al
n Gow-n who met at his offi
|iock, and were taken in a Goa
P'slis r-sidenoe on Riddl,
! Is a small two story stoI
aA9 his mother and anott
W'tr iaaLd In a lower roc
laId c!y ug.
Edy Was in an ice box in n roc
per / o. and from the appe,
I'Ae a." death must have be
.e1ebl'N. |. The shot which caus
u a'r' ate small. He must ha
lu,'e t-9au to Becker when
I nH1-'Y 'he entire load stru
!, .o' 'L-'ie youGg man betwt
l 'e"''"s away the upper part
lew Dt tno shot entered |
I, o"' - bills of the load is il
,0,N' '~p inches square.
lAe ~ were sworn they ,
4 Wy e.eo!ips Daniel Mulheri
y y ah" VIM. Il. Long secreta,
4" /, proc 7eded to Scheutzen Pa
psS a@ge " here McGinnis fell W
p reu, ahn presents q eickening
~ |, ~Aer" tho blood and brai
VI ne hay. The distance fir,
s"e ne Cody full to a snail divisi
: - Wards, aud from the fence
4so ~ " Yards, s,making a total of
H., rom me house 10 the pl,
ne was shot.
'uIy Then entered the house q
~ y evidence of Mrs. Elizabe
!, .ae Wife Of Theodore Beck
',,ned that she was in bed a
wv ~ that her husband had
lone. 'oA " nu"i'
l. rusnand came up stairs and /
some men hal thrown sto
~ "t,u NJ he had fired his gun
j snein away. He also told
\ ein'' naa shot one of the men, {
s 70 the town hall TO give h
n him. IVY 300 ahsth
,ha . E,k4ngton testified that
si,e Ie HoN,e at the time, and boa
/ ;su Sa,e heF : !sband. She was W
neckes calling his wife and