The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-14


sumption of traffic. Two Of the
,trikers who attacked the grain train
IN the Kirkwood and Carondelet
branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad |
yest1raay and forced the engineer to |
IN e. II back 10 KirkwoOd were arrested |
THIS morning. Trains will be rNn on |
this branch to-day under guard
HoxIE NOT BoYCoTTED.
The report that Vice-PSesident
Hoxie has tecn boycotted by the
butcher, baker and other trades peo-
pie who furnish his faRlily with
household supplies, being warned TO
cease doing 50. is fatty Contradicted
by Mrs Hoxio, who was seen at her
residence, and den ed the story in
toto.
INQUBy ON TIE BODY or THOMPSON.
An inquest was commenced this
morning by Coroner Nidelet on the
bodyoi G. II. Thompson, who was
killed on the bridge on Friday last
after the shooting by deputy sherifis
in the yard of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. The nine deputy
sherifIs now confined in this city were
taken from the Jail 10 the mOrgue and
sworn over the dead body and the
inquest then proceeded.
&. Y. Hewlett was the first witness.
He said he was special agent for the
Louisville railroad and had also been
sworn in ms a deputy sheriff. He was
not positive that he recognized the
body but felt satisfied that he had seen
the deceased once on the bridge while
he and other deputies were crossing
il for st Louis. The party was
stopped by man who claimed to be
Mayor Joyce of East st. Louis, who
wanted 10 arrest and take them back
TO East st. Louis, but they broke
away and started across the bridge.
After hey had gone a short distance,
witness saw deceased fire two shots at
them from behind a lamp post. The
shots were returned by somebody in
his party, but he did not know how
many were fired nor by whom.
Chas. Krisler, SHOWN as the Cow
boy" one of the deputies, testified
that they started across the bridge
Friday 10 procure protection on this
side Of the river They were met by
n man at the east end of the bridge
who they were told was Mayor Joyce.
Joyce said he wanted the leader of
the crowd that he wanted TO kill him.
He then grabbed a rifle from one of
the men TO strike Hewlett, but another
deputy caught the weapon as it was
coming down and took it from him.
Joyce then drew n revolver and Hew-
lett said TO him: "For Gods sake
don't shoot, you may be killed"
joyce then grappled with Laird, one
of the deputies, but the latter broke
loose and they all started off. Joyce
handed his pistol to a tall man with
side whiskers who stepped behind a
lamp-post and fired three shots at the
deputies. Witness, after the man
fired the second shot, returned the fire
with his rifle Just rs the man fired
the third shot. Witness did not see
the man drop, but he was quite posi-
tive that the body in the morgue was
that Of the man who did the shooting
He was almost certain that he heard
some other deputy fire shot, but he
did not know who did it. lie had
seen the man who fred at them on
the east side OF the river before with
Mayor Joyce.
Mayor Joyce then testified He
said he had tried to hold the "assas.
sins" on the east side of the bridge
only long enough to send word to the
authorities on this side of the river.
He had heard of the shooting, and
ran to the bridge to head them off.
He had tussle with hem and tried
his best to hold them but they got
away They said he could not Offer
them protection, and he said he
could. He had not been in posses
sion Of Il rifle during his trouble
with the men on the bridge. lie
had seen statement that he had
given his revolver to man to shoot
Mt them. Gentlemen of the jury,
said the witness. "never in my life
did carry revolver. | use the
weapons DatOre gave me, and that II
all" If he had had a revolver OF
that OCCASION he might have used it
Some II the deputies had hit hin
with their rifles on his shoulder anC
arm, paralyzing his arm and forcing
him TO let go the hold he had OF
two d the deputies. He showed
an enormous discolored mark on hi
upper left arm, and said the blow OF
! his shoulder was even worse. He die
not remember having ever seen tn,
man whose body who now lay il
| the m0rgue. lie did not see whd
was going on behind him, but hear,
some shots fred from near him. On
OF the men had pointed rifle at him
and while he had hold OF the two dep
uties he had hard time TO keep tn
others from shooting him. Ii ha,
been stated by the "assassins" that h
had been drunk on Friday. He ha,
not taken drink ON Friday. Hi
only object in stopping the deputie
wa TO arrest them. Police Office
John Dowd of East st. Louis corrobC
rated the above, and added; WheI
the deputies got away they fired sel
eral shots When they & t half wa
over the deputies fired a whole wolfe,
OF shots at them, lie and tn
Mayor had to take shelter behind
wagon until the firing ceased. Witnes
never saw the man whose body is i
the morgue. There were two shot
fired from the gathering of which h
and Mayor Joyce were a part. Their
were no other men there except fey
bridge employees. Mayor Joyce iii
not hand a revolver to any one. Ne
thg witness nor the Mayor had re
Solvers, and il was probably good 70
the deputies that they had not.
Attempt To Rurn the Kansas cit,
Freight Depot.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April 18th
fact became known to-day that sn al
tempt was made TO fire the Missour
Pacific freight depot ut West Kal 81
City last night. An officer djscove e,
an unknown man in the act Of light
inc n nile of shavinys placed apains