Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-09-19

tbinos. I had hardly taken of my things
whsn there was q knock at the front room
door Father went to II and baynton
was thsre. Hss ewes looked like GOALS OF
fire and he asked Il my vile IN nrIss
Papa said Yes. Baynton said ne wansse
her to come home. Mrs. Biynton, VIM
was in the front room, stepped nail way
to the door and asked him wnas ne
wanted. He replied that he wanted ne.
to come home. To this she repheu'
won't do il, you kicked me out twice ana
am not going home Baynton 'nen
sail something did not catch 20 my
father. who replied that he dill not wan
ANYTHING at ali to do with family
tronbles. After asking his wife again to
come home. and she refusing, stating
that sbe hal been trying to get an officer,
he said ..You'il not geI the chance again
10 mi me ii iail." With that he com.
msnced firing pistol ! went up and
tried to shield my father. lie SHOT TWO
bullets into me, one in my right MP ana
one about two inches TO the tight OF the
navel. He fred purpcsely at all 81 US.
He intended killing all OF us. lie ni
m frat and l saw Mrs. Bayuton TALL.
He pointed the pistol about The room IL
different directions. I de not think he
was intoxicated at the time he called at
The house. After was shot staggered
into the bedroom and told my mana that
1 was shot. l saw my father go out
doors Staggering as il some one was pull
ing him out violently. My motherwent
out to lind my father bat could not
lind him. A few minutes afterwards a
gentleman came In and said there was a
man lying dead outside.
The deposition Of Mrs. Eizabsin
Kipp, the wife Of the murdered man,
was next read. She testified in sub
stance as follows. l have resided with
ny family, consisting Of my husband,
james b. Kip, aged 81 years, my
daughter, N tile K,pp, aged IA years,
and my SOU, Georgt 2 Kipp, Of 645 0iise
street, for three years. We were AL -
home on the evening Of September 18th.
After supper Mrs. b synton came inio
the house with her four children, whom
she asked permission to leave while she
went 10 hunt for policeman to have
her husband arrested, us he had driven
her out of the house three nights IN
succession. She came back twice. ana
upon her return the second time II was
dark already. but the moon shpne. she
came in, after qnarrelinR outside with
her husband for awhile, and said she
would take her children to Mrs. Downs,
on sixth street, and she got up with her
baby in her arms to 20 out. Baynton
opened the door and tred FIVE shots as |
rapidly as he could fire, one after an
other. into the room. After the first
shot Mrs. Bayuton said "Ohl" and fell to
the floor. aud she never moved aftsr
that. The baby fell from her arms and
| picked it up. i counted the shots;
there were five. My daughter WIS
sitting in the front room in chair, but
got up to protect her father. lmmtdI.
ately after the firing ceased she said, II
am shot, mother" About fifteen min.
utes after the shooting had occurred |
went out and found my husband lying |
on the ground, about fifteen feet from
the end Of the front porch. He was
helpless. Some men brought him Into
the house, where be died half en- hour
afterwards. He had wounds on his
temple, and | was informed he had
other wounds.
J. e. Potts testihed to hearing man
and . woman quarreling in front OF
Kipp's house a little previous to the
murder and seeing the man kick the
woman twice with his right foot on the
hip SO hard that she was knocked
against the fence. The witness then
went on as far as Seventh street when
be heard three shots in rapid succession
There might have been more but hs was
only positive of three. Gong back to
Kipp's he saw the same man who had
kicked the woman, sitting on the curb
Mr.. Baker and another gentleman came
along and marched the man of.
Coroner Mcfarland then read the
post mortem notes Of the autopsy on the |
deceased woman. performed by DR.. l. (. |
Cohn during the morning, which state |
that the bullet had entered the right |
side of her chest, two aud half inches |
below the clavicle and one and quarter |
inches TO the right Of the median line.
she was good looking women five feet |
six inches in height, with brown hair,
light brown eyes and her appearance IN
dictated that sic was hard working |
woman. The bullet passed through the
pericardium and cut the aorta q quarter |
Of an inch from the heart. Il was
found under the skin near the scarula |
on the left side.
The jury then retired and, after few |
minutes consultation. returned the YER
dict that Mrs. Carrie Baynton, aged 81 |
years. native Of 4 gland, came to her
death on the 18th OF september in this
city from the effects Of pistol shot at
the hands of Albert @ B.ynton, her |
husband, who. they believe, did the |
killing with intent to murder her.
The inquest on the body of j. B.
Kipp was continued until this morning
At 0 o'clock. Tue ex animation Of Albert |
G. B.ynton will take place tomorrow at |
10 o'clock, before Ju t,ce Austin