The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-07
GDE UNTER's OfyApEL MURDNR.


Posnt Elawk g"Fstiencs 3atora tina Coro.
net'a tfuxy that 6Stss CunMeIly Walked
NY EeIi Ind EtecdIy nMd Shot rltm ia tho
Reck.
(SpectoI Dispatch to TIE Nc,os and Co,4rterJ
EAMBERG, July 5.-Jenorson Stokes was
foreman OF the jury Of inquest ovor tho body
OF John A. Bteedly. The folio wing evidence
wss given before the jury:
Jacob Rentz: 81 was ut Hunters Chapel ou
the 4,h day OF July, about / O'Clock. Emma
Conrclly csmo into the church, passed down
The aisle TIL she got near whore Steaaly WAS
sitting, when she shot him. Steedly got up
and moved towards the door and Miss Cou-
nelly followed with her pistol presented at
him. When Btecdly got TO the bottom OF tho
steps Ct tho church he fell his full length GU
his fOce. think he lived abou. ton minuLos
did rot speak after he was shot"
Je' eE Carter: III was ut Hunters Chapel
on : ly d; saw Emma Connolly como into
tie .hurch through the front door, next TO
the load. She won't In the direction OF the
Eeat whero John Steodly was Sitting; had
Ter arms folced; dropped her right arm and
cav lhe pistol III her hand. She raised tho
pistol and flIed directly at Steedly. Steedly
cot up and went In the diraotton Of the door.
Emma Connolly followed after him and
snapped her pistol twice before Steedly got to
the back door OF tho CHURCH, aud whom she
WAS about SIX fe CT from the doorJ. B. Hunter
and Lew,on Connelly ceaght her ana took
the pistol away nom her Steedly lived
about five or ten MIN after he got out of
the ooor."
DIR. j. j.. Baggot mRdo the post. no ortem eX.
animation and found that Stetdly had been
shot ia The back, tho ball entering near the
upper nnsle CT The scapula on the left dido,
passing between the thiId and fourth Ribs in
a downward directIoo, about two feet TO tho
fre nj OF lhe abdomen. The ball was thirty.
eight caltbre and was cut out about two
inchek below ana the same to the left or tho
umbll,tcus.
Miss CcnEelly returned 10 her houaa this
evening, end will rCmR!n there, if not mo-
leeted by the officers OF tbs lew, ur TIL next
week, when Court cOnVenes ai BlrnWoI!,
She d!d lot like th9 'dea OF belug conhued
in jail, ani for thB reason concluded to walt
until Conrt meets, when Sho VIII probably
demand trial. il Is said that sho ays that ths
immt late cause or tho shooting Wa1 a dirty
blacbgu9rd letter WriIien 70 her " fow daSs
ago by t9teediy.
Biis, ConneiIy DcClirasG to TAl&,
{Npeciut Dispatch to The v1s,% a,,1 Co,S.tss.)
BAnNWTLL, july G.-&i.S Uonpo!ly, with
her father, is stopping at th . Bowling House.
BY advice OF her attorneys, Messra. kiuner
d Nil}lAms, she declines IL make any state
mebts. You con!d not toll by nor manners
ar Il Appearance that her mind wRg the leasL
dit1nrhe6 about anything 3ho Will return to
Midway this afternoon. bho voluntarily PM
horselt jDto tho custody o, Trial Juaiico
EunItr, ana VIII not he Imprisoned until
the retult Of Tho coroner's Inquest is known.
Miss Canwel.y Ret,rysa II Smc.
Especial Disp0tch to The Ret0s and C0tHier)
MIDWAY, July 5.-Miss Emma Connolly,
tho young lady who ahot j. a. Sloedly ct the
church, wap carried TO Barn yell today ana
blopght back thjs evening, as there is no
commit m ont made for her yet. The cause OF
The shooting was very vulgar letter which
Rteetly had written to her brother ana her-
self, ard the slande derouo ana Damaging re.
ports lie circulated about her. Sho obtained
the er'stol without tho knowledge OF any OF
the family.
Voldica SZ the CoroHsr's Jury.
igpsDtal Otspatoh 10 The Ho,n3 a,,cg CoiaJaYJ
BAMEEaG, July E.--:ajts Emma Cnnnelly,
trc s!ayer o'Juhn Si9Gd'y, wGnl to 8arawall
fhie morEfrG IN company ,Gish her father,
In gGud spirits and did not aecm 10 be tho
least cXcied. The cause OF tho shooting Is
stipI ottG to b, tho reports circulated by
Sicedly. rGflecting upon tho honor OF Mtss
Comedy, but runlO1s are afoat To tho effect
that certain letters, which have not yet boon
made Public. may have been tho Immediate
cauEc. The inquest was held by JuItieo y.
j. Rowe this morning. Che verdict Was that
The deceased came to his death from O gun
ihot Woopd Ipntoted by Miss 3mm, Oon-
nelly. Quiet reisns at Hunters GhGpel, aua
ruolio sentiment o. ms TO be With Miss Con
nelly. Tho affair ig very much regretted By
the frler oa Of both parties.
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