The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1888-11-09

when they got out of one of the
windows, the woman going TO neigh
hors, julius schmidt, and Lynch
running across the prairie. The
woman told her story at Schmldts and
came to town where she repeated it,
and getting her brother. Louis shep-
ard, who had come from Appleton
that day, and was going out to the
place the next morning, started
with Schmlut for the enc of the
tragedy, taking up on their way an
other nelghbor Chas. Bullard. but
when the woman neareu tie place
and saw by the lights that some one
was IN the house, she begged Of the
party not to 90 near the house. and
they turned back and remained at
schmidt 5 till morning. Lynch wan.
dered over the prairie for some time.
and at last came back and remained
IN the barn TIL morning. wheI. tie
sheriff and neighbors arrived. The
body Of MacNabD was found lying
within a few feet OF the corner of
the house, with bullet hole about
tour inches below the right nipple.
and the head cut and gtshtd III II most
brutal manner. The nose was broken
and smashed in, making a cut a half
inch deep, and another deep cut was
ON the forehead, Mhlle the head Was
simply perforated with the blows that
had been shoWeled upon 1t, amy one
of which would seemingly have
knocked 4 man aenseleSs. The sight
was i most slckenlug spectacle to look
upon. and would have made a brute
Shudder Mae \abbss revolver was
found on the other side of the house
from where the body lay, and Shatto
handed his to the sheriff when he ar
rjyed. Both revolyers We're empty,
Shatto's being bent and parts of tire
butt broken eff. Shatto gave himself to
the officers Of the law and stated that
he had killed the man in self defense,
and was taken to Mllhank but re-
turned with the sheriff, who also
brought Coroner Daniels with him.
The coroner immediately summoned
a jury consisting Of ". W. DoMnlc,
". t. Woodard and julius schmidt, and
commenced the search for the ballet,
but darkness coming on, the body WAS
taken to Mllbank and the inquest adj
joarned to the next day at that place,
vixen the post.mortem examination
was continued and lie bali found in
the stomach, having passed through
the liver and lodged III one OF the
organs !, little lower down. After
heating the evidence of Mrs. Waite,
Thomas Lynch. Sheriff Benedict and
Deputy Taylor, the jury retired and
brought III Il verdict that Richard
MacNabb came to lis death IIom !
gun shot wound and other injuries
inflicted ~ e. W. ~hatto. he test
mony OF witnesses before the cproncrs
Jury was very incomplete and differed
materially from the story told by the
woman and Lynch immediately after
the affair occurred. After the INQUEST
WAS ash! ~1G.' - vas Immediately
placed uldGl arrest and tlu lltiaa-
HAY examination before jGstiee Pas
GO set foI i hearing Monday. y. Iiam
Erwin. Of St Pau, has been secured
for tire defense, ;uld the prosecution
will he conducted by county attorney
Owens. II IS very generally hulad
that full ana talr investigation VIII
be made IN this matter, that tile law
may he Sintlicated if 4 crime has been
committed. and hy such III investiga-
tlon alone can Mr. Shatto establish
his innocence before the world
The Young man who met his death
III this deplorable affair. Was Il stIah
GER! without friends. having been u
! the community hllt a few weeks. lie
attempt 10 fasten upon him the chal-
actel of being hard citizen is rot
justified ly What is known Of him
here The worst THAT could be said
Of him is that he was slightly i!"4a
docia IN his coiNel satlon ;ili caleiesS
IN his personal habits. hnt that tie
was vicious OF qnarrelsome those who
saw the most Of him steadfastlv deny.
/ lie was fairly educated, could s,ral:
/ and write French and Spanish ant
claimed to have been born in Brazil,
where lie stated his parents still live.
] lie has All uncle il louisiana, bat 10
q. her f,l.nt,, in he country.
Nj G. y. SF.,t .. his assaiant. IS
well known as having been exttnslse-
y engaged il the agricultural inlnlr
ment business in Nilbank. and mas i
large farm near that town.
Monday evening. Nov. lo--slatto
was discharged this eyenil Z !, les
lice Pasco.