Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-22
ST. L0UISINQUEST CLOSED.
Additional Testimony in the East ST.
Louis Horror.
Nine Deputy Sheriffs Held Responsible
for the Shooting. y

Ao1s LOUIS, pm 1o.-IOrOner WOODS re-
sumed the inquest this morning on the
victims of Fridays shooting. A number
OF witnesses were examined, their testi-
mony being mainly repetition of that
given yesterday. The inquest was COM
Guided this evening and verdict render
ed to the effect that the deceased persons
met their death at the hands of the depu-
ty sherltfs now in jail at st. Louis and
holding them responsible therefor. 1t Is
probable that requisition will now be is
sued for the deputies by Governor Ogles-
by, and that they will be taken to the
Bellevllle jail under escort. They will
then very likely be admitted to bail, the
railroad company going on their bond
James Scotland, who was shot in the leg
near the bridge on Friday, died about
midnight. His body was taken to East
st. Louis this afternoon, and three wit
ness who saw him fall when shot were
sworn over the body. Scotland was only
eighteen years of age, and came from
Stamford, Conn. His funeral will take
place tomorrow under the auspices of the
Knights of Labor.
Thomas Murray, who was also shot in
the leg, is reported sinking, and it is not
thought that he will recover
Charles Jones, who received a ball in
the thigh, is In very precarious condi-
ton and will hardly survive the coming
night.
This morning Coroner Nidelet began
the inquest of c. II. Thompson, the man
killed on the bridge on Friday by the dep
uty sher1tfs while they were retreating to
st. Louis. The nine deputies were taken
OUT OF jail and sworn over the body at
the Morgue. They displayed no emotion
SICht Of ho
Wewlett, special detective of the Louisville
q Nashville road. who had charge of the
deputy sheriffs, was the first witness. He
explained his connection with the road as
deputy sheriff. The witness could not
positively identify the body, but he
thought 1T was the same man he had seen
fire two shots from a revolver at the dep
utles while Mayor Joyce was assaulting
Laird. The deceased fired from behind a
lamp post. A pistol was smoking in his
hand and he afterward fired twice. He
did not know what deputy shot him.
Mrs. Moggie Thompson, wife of the
deceased, even never knew her husband to
carry revolver.
William Luster and John Logue, two
deputy sheriffs, corrOborated Hewlett's
testimony.
Charles Kinsler, the cowboy, testified
testified that his occupation was mining.
He said Mayor Joyce attempted to strike
Hewlett with muSket, and afterward drew
revolver to kill him. Hewlett said: s'For
Gods sake do not shoot or you'll be kill
ed" Joyce then give his revolver TO
tall man with side whiskers, who stepped
behind lamp-pOst and fired three shots
at the deputies. The witness, after the
second shot, faced the man and returned
the fire with his rifle, but did not see the
man drop. Hewlett leaned over and
aimed, but didn't fire. The witness pos
itively identified the body in the morgue
as that of the man who was using the re-
volver on the bridge.
Mayor Joyce was then placed in the wit
ness chair. He said he had tried to hold
the "assassins" on the east side of the
bridge long enough to send word to the
authorities on this side of the river. He
had seen statement that he had given
his revolver to a man to shoot at them.
"Gentlemen of the jury" said the wit
ness, "never in my life did carry a re-
vOlver. [ use the weapons nature gave
me, and that is ALL" If he had revolver
on that occasion, he said, he might have
used 1t. Some of the deputies had hit
him with their rifles on his shoulders and
arm, paralyZing his arm and forcing him
to let go the hold he had on two of the
deputies, one with each hand. He showed
an enormous discolOred mark on his up
per left arm, and said the blow on the
shoulder was even worse. Police Officer
John Dowd gave testimony similar to that
of Mayor Joyce.
Several other witnesses were examined,
and the inquest closed with verdict to
the effect that the shooting was uniusti-
fable and holding the the deputy sheriffs
responsible.