Evening journal., 1889-06-17
LAST EDITION
ANOTHER INQUEST.
The Coroner's Jury Finds That Samuel
Hall Killed Luke Elliott


Hall Killed Luke Elliott
Coroner Gamble empaneled the third
Jury since Friday. this morning, to in
quire into the manner and cause Of the
death of Luke Elliott, colored, who was
shot BY Samuel Hall on board the
schooner Maud on Saturday. Inc
wounded man was removed to the Homeo-
pathic Hospital, where he died at O'CLOCK
yesterday afternoon.
The Jury was as follows: w. X. Long,
foreman; nF. w. Harold, secretary /;
George w. Quinn, John Wagner, Evans
Pennington, G. W. Pyle, Joseph David
son, August II. Miller and J.. H.
Davis After viewing the body, which
had been lremoved to the morgue, the
Jury adjourned to- the coroner's Office and
took the testimony Of the fol-
lowing witnesses: DR.. ]. Harmer Rile,
who attended tho man at the hospital
and who assisted in the post mortem ex-
animation. and Or. Willard Springer,
who made the post mortem examination.
They testified that Elliott died from the
effects of the wound. The ball pene-
trated the abdomen and bowels, and
lodged in the muscles Of the back, from
whence 1t was extracted by DR.. Howard
Ogle.
Deputy Coroner William H. Lee testi-
fed to taking the following ante mortem
statement, yesterday morning:
Homeopathic Hospital. Sunday, June
16 1887, Luke Elliott, now lying
wounded in the above hospital, do make
this statement, knowing that am about
to die and have no hope Of ever recover.
ing.
Sam and were sitting in the after
cabin of the sand boat playing, as had
been our custom and left the cabin and
went on deck and Sam was coming W
the companion way when / said to him
4 have it on you now, and he said No
you have not. and reached in the cup
board and got pistol and il went off
wounding me ia the abdomen. / fee
perfectly satisfied that it was an accident
as Sam and l were the best Of friends
more like two brothers than strangers
and we never had quarrel of any kind
1T is my wish and desire that San
should not be prosecuted. As am abouf
to meet my God l know that the sho
that wounded me was an accident
Sworn and subscribed at the Homeo
pathic Hospital this sixteenth day o
June, A. D., 1889 LUKE ELLIOTT.
Sworn and subscribed to before me tn
day and date aforesaid.
WILLIAM H. LEE. Deputy Coroner.
Witnesses present:
j. HARMER RILE,
HARVEY B. VANDEGRIFT
ALoNzo A. DAVIS.
George L. Ewing, captain of tn
schooner, and James Williams and VIII
liam Collins, colored, who were witnesse
of the shooting, testified that it wa
purely accidental
The following verdict was rendered:
Resolved, That Luke Elliott came t
his death on June 16, 1899, by gun sho
wound, inflicted by pistol in the han
of Samuel Hill Oh June IS, 1899.
The two colored men, Williams an
Collins, whose homes are in Baltimore
were held for court as witnesses.
The case comes under chapter 54s
volume 16, section 3, of the Laws G
Delaware, which makes man guilty 0
manslsughter, if, while pointing pistol a
another, Intentionally, hut kwithout ma
lice or intent to kill. the pistol is ez
ploded, and the person at which IL
pointed killed. The evidence before th
coroner's jury was not conclusive as {
whether the pistol was pointed by Hill /
Elliott, Intentionally or not.