The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-02-25
The Row at Turner Hall.

uo nv" at IufnST ItAII.
On Friday night of last week "A row occur
red in the Turner Hall saloon, kept by MIR. j.
Il. Nchl. which resulted in the death Of one
man, Frank Gavin, and the 5rripu- wound
Ing % another. Below We give the cyii, nce
Of DIR. Wellington Adams anrl Blake Hudson,
AS taken before tIe cOroner's Jury on we'd
neHdav last, on which dav Carvin died. Mr..
Fat. Lyons. employ ed rs bar-keeper for Mr..
Mehl. and who is supposed 10 have gwen
the fatal blow. Was arrested ~ soon IL lie
death OF Gavin was known aud was brought
before Esquire Ba~com tor examination last
Thursday, but the defense not beng TcadT 10
90 into trial at that time, Lyon was commit
led 10 jail without bail until ncxl Tursdny,
The 18th, in order 10 give him lin" 10 procure
his Witnesses. Thu body OF Gavin wa, taken
10 Iowa for burial.
Hr. Wellington Adams, esliie-.-My
name IL DIR. Wellington Adams: reside la
LeXIngton; have praciiccd ten wears am
practiciDg physician; | was called 10 examine
u person III Turner Hall saloon about ono
o'clock on night of 10Th or morning of I7th of
FeOiuarY; had gone to bed; The man cx-
aiDineu was lying at side of house hrt wrrn
wal and screen: he was senselrSs his head
was toward front of the building; | heard
him called Frank; | directed him carried to
The center of room and began exaninr ion:
l WIS told by those there that he had been
shoi; l began examining the man and he
came 10; he said he had been shot, aud he said
tue shot was Il good one; | told them h. had
NJ. Dern shot, that lie had been struck with
d heaV' sharp Instrument; The wOuai was 4
round one lust to the left Of the median line
o The OccIpu'; the hole made yas Tx. one
made with punch for gun wad | made no cx-
animation Win probe, Just Introduced my
nnger In the wound; found he had .Iut been
shot; | directed him removed to the Laciede
Hotel; | also found another wound that seem.
eG At the time, though made nc careful ex-
animation. to be h continuance of the first
wound; also on right side of median line
was another wound which showed he
had received another blow; this was not
severe; since the examination OH the night
al inc saloon, l made another examination
anu found another wound which showed that
ne had been struck not by the full -ide of III
1Iunlent, but WAS semlcircle IN shape i'll all
l found two wounds on the left side that
fractured the bone, and found TWO on right
sue; found a small round piece of scalp
tnat had been driven in; after the Friday
nlght, first saw him twice during the night:
saw MIN three times during Saturday, and
twice during Sunday; during Saturday and
sunday he was at the Lacledc Hotel; he was
, conscious after he came to at the saloon aud
remained 30 during Saturday and Sunday; |
next SAW him Monday morning, he WAS. dead
then; between 10 aui IL O'Clock Monday
morning he was dead: he gave Indication OF
uYlng from q pouring out of blood into the
brain the brain was laceTated some; there
was certainly some hemorrhage of the BRAN;
= ne gave evidence Of this during Sunday; DR..
Mcdonald and myself after the mans death,
made examination; we probed the large
. wound on the left and found 4 hole into his
brain; alterWRrd | made y second examina-
ION myself and found another hole entering
the brain, making two holes into the BRAN;
az u physician | should say that either one o!
., the wounds outside of the largest ore would
u knock a man senSeless; either one outside OF
the largest one might result fatally: less
) wounds sometimes do result in death; a. to
4, the large wounds, men have recovered where
WOUNDS were more extenslve, IL all depend
on the position Of the wound and Of the
hemorrhage. IN this case the wound and
hemorrhage was at u very critical place
probed the wounds after death did not think
- IL advisable to probe during life it i, not good
.. practice; II ID best to give narcotics and treat
the SYMPTOMS that afterward arise; il was az
eXtraVesl0n or pouring out of the blood OF
:, the brain that caused the mans death;
1t should say the instrument used to strike II,
man was u hollow thing like u gas pipe
don't think u gas pipe was used In this case
u was some Instrument not so blunt as u ga
pipe: By Juror. Did he make any statemen
not iaken down IN writing! Answer: II,
Tl' made statements to me privately; he WAS no
conscious OF death; | could not tell when h
lie talked to me whether he waS drunk at tn
~ time he was struck, he might have been; tn
y immediate result of such a wound a. I'M
Deceased received, Is TO knock "a man sense
RI less. INTO COmatOse state; this man SHOWED
Il great vital strength by recovering hi. con,
seriousness; there were six or seven person
-, IN Tue saloon when | went i'll; don't know
U, see them,
'" Bake Hudson testi1ed:-My name Is BIal
Hudson; didn't know Frank Caypn DARN
HE iiine; was ut Turner Hall saloon last Er
~ Day night about II O'clock; went there wit
Jack Henderson, Martin Sullivan. Genrg
nuFe RIG Fat MELON aid; | keep bar 10
teagan; when | went in all ! remembe
knowing beside our crowd in there wer
WILLIAM Park, James Gardner and three O
four others l didn't know; SAW The ma
wing hurt al saloon; didn't know who h
Was; | can't hardly say what did take place
| Went In with Pat Mcdonald aud tine 10 V
10 get Il drink on the way home; we got
drink on the way home; we got II drink an
ISL started OUT, aS was going Gus Dir. GHrint
spok- 10 me 81 not Recognizing him, we the
nm went Ia stove and was talking win nv ia,
10 The crowd. In Il friendly way to GaTdnr
u" sac the nrst tn NJ | Enew | heard u comm
non 5sh!nd me and u shot Tired; | turnt
II. around and saw Dan Mullins. | hpYe in,
learned hts name, and Pat hci)Duaid VII
'u reviewers In th-tr hauds fsciug Que GuOthe
| sprnng toward Mcdonald! aGd knocked h
oh revolver down. aud then Dir. GiTGuCr,
-, ihink. grabbed him and threw him down a,
'NSN hAhAlt otl'A Nv tO q
MIN W, aud sol around at the eud ut Il
pal counter, and then Mr.. Sullivan goI hold
ct him and rushed him through the partition
osck end of counter, aud then | tuTnt
around AUD looked at parties at tbs other ell
or. Vi room, anu saw thus man living gu the 6oG
On anu Mr.. dlrdner made the rGIoarE Tia
Frank WAS killed" and the / said, 80,
reckon not, lie Was only stunned; - the san
&C. one made lilo remark that ''Some one III
II hetttT go for II doctor. 1 didn't know in VIII
manner he WAS hurt, | lust suuuOscd he w
only siunped, as that was the tlr-t idea In
Or came Into my mimi 81 Mr. Henderson al
al myself went TO iir. Adams office und got u
Adams ! saw The man called Frank who
" saw living on the lo0r) when | drs. went i
| didn't zee him doing anything; when | tur
ed | saw Mcdonald tirst, | noticed him Al
nix Knocked his pistol because he was n frie
oas or mine and l wished to keep him on;
trouble; l didn't see any one try 10 stop Nj
Il; Inns from shooting; didn't see him after VI
giIl Donald got up; paid all my sttehtion - NJ
DOnaid; J. di1nt turn my face around
front any more until Mcdonald got u
or not Know what Mr.. Cayeu was doinS VIII
III. the shooting commenced; SAW no Que ana
Ell any threats or try To raise any difficult
these two men wers shooting before | kn.
IL anything about the trouble; l heard cIta
FOUR or nVe shots, can't say which; WhcI
Sb stopped at the stove to talk TO Gardner Pad
mi Lyons was behind the bar, when | turn
'"7 around after Paddy Mcdonald got up, Pad
j. Lyons was about half way between the u,
utlon JACK oil the counter and the screen
ilIv the door; cant say what Lyons hai In
~ hand; there was something In his hand, /
cant say what II was: | merely glanced ut Il
ID snd ran up to the man On the tljor; Ell
nit. give any description of IL; at that time Isl
PARKS, think. was between the screen Il
The door ] saw pistols In Dan Mullins il
I'M paddy McDonald's hands and something
ura fhuui Lyons hands saw nothing IN auybu
else's hsndE ut that time didn't hear Lyu