The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-09-14

WAS NJ one time In the employ of the Balti-
more News Company.
CoRoNER's lNQUEsT.-Last Saturday evening
Justice Proctor summoned jury of inquest on
the body of Levi Cox, the old colored man, who
was shot in his house, at Emmorton, on the
night of August 3lst, by Henry Boyd, coored.
The jury, consisting off. W. Baker, William
kessling, ]. NJ Herman, Charles Bode, Robert
I. George, John w. Hawkins, VIM. r. Nun.
nikhuysen, VIM. H. Chenworth, VIM. NJ. Hines.
Coleman Sheridan, Nicholas Kemp and Harry
u. Hunter viewed the remains of Cox and ex-
amined witnesses.
Elizabeth Cox, widow of the deceased, testi-
fled that Boyd was a boarder in her family. The
night her husband was shot Boyd ate supper
with her and her husband and after supper
quarreled with her about some washing she had
done for him. Her husband took up the qua r.
rel and ordered Boyd to go away. The latter
refused to go and struggle ensued between
them. Finally Cox succeeded in putting Boyd
out OF the kitchen door and held the door to
prevent his return. Boyd got on box outside
the window and putting his head and arm in
side, fired at Cox with pistol, the ball strik-
ing him in the side. The old man went into
the front room and locking the front door made
her stay with him. Boyd tried to get in the
front window but her husband struck at him
with an unloaded gun which had stood in the
corner. Boyd then burst open the front door,
and her husband struck at him again. He then
got into the back part of the house where he re.
manned all night and at daylight he left. While
her husband sat in a chair he came into the
room and pointing his pistol at him said, 'It
you open your mouth I'll put both balls into
you" Her husband replied, Boyd, go away,
you've shot me now"
Charles Esley, James Ely and Ernest MIndach,
employees at the canning house, near by, heard
the noise of fighting. Mindach saw Boyd going
around Cox's house, as if trying to get in.
Jesse Virgins, colored, neighbor of the de-
ceased, testified that he was with Cox several
times before he died, Cox told him he knew
he could not get we'll and said, "Ifl had taken
your advice this would not have happened. -
This advice was to get rid of Boyd, whose re-
putation was bad. Cox told him BOYD had
boosted TO him of his intimacy with his (Cox's)
wife and had threatened to kill him. The day
he died he told witness what disposition he
wanted to make of his property
DR.. R. D. Lee testified that he was called to
see Cox the morning after he was shot He
found the ball had entered the chest over the
right lung, and supposed it was lodged in the
chest Cox was treated carefully but died last
Saturday. On Sunday DR.. Lee and DIR. VIM. &.
Archer made post mortem examination. The
ball, large one, was found lodged in the right
lung 1t had carried portions of the mans
shirt into the cavity of the chest The i'm
mediate cause of death was lockjaw, produced
by nervous shock and abscess in the lung. The
wound Of itself would have caused death wheth-
er lockjaw had set in or not
The jury rendered q verdict to the effect that
Levi Cox was feloniously, voluntarily and mali.
ciously murdered by Henry Boyd, negro.
Boyd is still at large, and it is said has been
seen in the neighborhood several times since
the murder.