Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-18
KILLED BY A PISTOL SHOT.
Henry Wesley Meets his Death from q
Revolver i'm the Hands of Mark
W. Terrill.

4 henry wesley Meets HIS DtatH lfoHa
Revolver in the Hands of Mark
W. Terrill.
/ TERRiLL TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER.
Henry Wesley, a colored citizen OF
Mineral Point, was shot and killed in
the bar-room of the City hotel, on last
Saturday night, at about half past
eleven o'clock. The shooting was done
by landlord Mark W. TerrLl. 1t does
not appear that the evil deed was the
result of any quarrel. 1t seems that
short time before, Terrill loaned Yves
ley a FIVE dollar bill; that Wesley pull
led out revolver and fourished it
saying that he would put hole in any
man who laid hand on Mark Terrill;
that some treating was done by Henry
Fault of Linden, Terrill and Wesley;
that Wesley treated and laid down the
bill which Terrill had loaned him; that
Terrill took up the bill and left the
room as though to get change; that
when ne returned he had bulldog"
revolver in his hand, and immediately
fired three or four shots, the last of
which struck Wesley between the eyes
killing him almost instantly. He fell
upon his back. his left hand outstretched
and his right hand grasping a loaded
revolver in his hip pocket. The ball
entered near the right eye and pen
etrated the head a distance of about
two and one half inches. At the time
the shots were fired, there were present
in the rOom-besides Terrill and Wesley
Henry Fault, Joseph McCabe, George
McSherry and VIM. T. Hosking. The
latter lying upon a settee in an intoxi-
Gated condition. District Attorney
Aldro jerks came from DOdgeVille on
Sunday morning and an inquest was
held before John w. Horn, justice of
the peace. \ jury consisting of Joseph
Prideaux, W. J. Penhallegon, B.
Becker, VIM. Perry, Henry Ivey, Jr.,
and Joseph Jones, was empaneled.
This jury after hearing the testimony
in the case rendered the following YER
dict:
THAT Henry Wesley, on the 18th |
day of May, 1888, at the bar-room of |
Mark Terrill's hotel in the city of Min |
eral Point in Iowa county, Wisconsin, |
came to his death from the effect of a |
gun-shot wound in his head, which |
wound was then and there inflicted |
upon him by the discharge of pistol
then and there held in the hand of |
Mark Terrill, and which said pistol the |
said Mark Terrill was then and there |
discharging willfully and purposely at |
at and towards the said Henry Wesley"
The body of Henry Wesley was bur
ried in Graceland GENE terry on Sunday
a fternoon.
Terrill was arrested on a warrant |
charging him with murder, and on
Monday a preliminary examination
was held before the same justic of the
peace, the district attorney prosecuting
and Messrs Spensley & McIlhon and
NJ. NJ. Cothern appearing for the de-
Tense. Henry Fault, Joseph McCabe,
and George McSherry, all of whom
were present at the shooting, testified
both at the inquest and at the prelim-
mary examination that Terrill came
into The bar-room from the door in the
west; that Wesley was northeast of
the stove, while Terrill was north west |
of it; that Terrill shot in the direction
of the stove, without any particular
aim, raising and lowering his arm as he
fred and that to the best of their
knowledge they heard but three shots. |
Dr. Tallman, who was called and made !
a post norton examination on Wesley, |
testified that the ball penetrated dis
lance of two and one half inches, and
did not think it possible for a glanced
shot to produce such wound. Four
chambers of Terrills revolver had |
empty shells, while Wesley's revolver
was fully charged.
Justice Horn decided that the defen- |
dant should be held to answer to the
charge of murder; and Terrill was
therefore committed to the county jail. |
a Judge of higher court will pass
upon the question of admitting him to
bail.
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