Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-09

that the body Ola dead man had been
found in the road, and | went out and
saw him but could not tell whether he
was the man | had shot or not
FINDING THE ODY
Squire W. j. Brown, when he arose i'll
the morning happened to glance out into
the road and seeing the form OF a man
living there he supposed the fellow WAS
drunk, and going over to him began to
shake him, saying, "gct up out Of this old
fellow" but rs the nan did not move he
felt his hand, and finding it cold, placed
his hand on his heart. 1t had ceased 10
beat and he concluded the man
was dead. Squire Brown then
summoned Il neighbOr and together they
carried the man over TO the side of the
road and laid him near Hartlieb'S fence,
after which Coroner Schultze was notified.
When Squire Brown made known the find,
Mr.. Hartlieb stated what had occurred in
the house that morning, and ~SuSpecting
that the dead man and the intruder were
one and the same, he placed Hartlicb under
arrest and afterwards sent for Constable
Thornburg and turned the prisoner over to
him.
When the Coroner arrived he ~empanelled
u jury, subpened witnesses and held an
inquest. The following gentlemen
composed the jury: w. 7. Cham
beers, foreman; Frank Woods,
Andrew II. Kimmins, John McCurdy,
Samuel Patterson, Andrew Kerk, Herman
Gehringer, W. r. Krummie, Levi Smith
A. &. Ryan and John W. Boring. When
all was ready for the examination DIR.
John II. StOrer, who examined the body,
made the following statement to the jury:
II DOCTORS STATEMENT.
Il examined the body of Mr.. Troy and
found two gun shot wounds. One ball
struck the sixth rib on the right side ut
about seven inches from the spine. 1t took
a course, Immediately under the skin,
downwards and towards the right for about
seven inches. | extracted the ball which
| found Just under the skin ut about
two inches from the spinal column. |
found another gun shot wound in the cpl
castle region at the lower and right side of
the stomach. The direction as shown BY
the probe was dOwnwards and backwards
towards the spine. In my opinion this
wound was the cause OF death by reason
of shock and internal hOmorrhagc. In adj
ditiOn to the wounds already decribad
there was an abrasion on the right arm,
which may have been by a gun shot
Anumber of witnesses were then exam
ined, the principal testimony being given
by Mr.. Hartlieb, as above, his wife and
Justice Brown. The latter gentleman
during his testimony said that he found
the body lying near the middle of the road,
a short distance from the hotel towards
town; that he detected tracks around the
body IS if made by the shoes or boots of
men standing around it; and he did not
think that the man had walked to where
ne lay, but thought he had been placed
there by SOme one. This evidence
CHANGED THE FACE OF MATTERS
and Prosecuting Attorney Jordan. who as
sisted the Coroner in conducting the in
quest, ordered DR.. StOrer to make a post
mOTteR examination of the body, the
idea being, that if the ball, which
caused the mans death, had struck
the spine, he would have immediately ex-
perieneed u paralysis and dropped on the
spot; if it had not struck the spine it was
probable that the man could have walked
rs far as he did before falling.
The evidence of Mrs. Hartlieb was viz
tually the same as that of her husband.
Several other witnesses testified that they
had seen the deceased the
night before in August Pestinger's