Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-09-16

Ic icluStu. MI. II lenIiell dshtu nlili
to come and go TO the depot with
him but he said: await for me a
minute;" he then went into the bed
room and took off his shoes and Mr..
F!ennell followed him and put his
arm around his waist and tried
again to get the pistol, but he said:
Take your hand out of my pocket
and | will give it to you" Mr..
Flennell did so, and as he took his
hand away, Franz remarked: "Get
up, l am going to shoot myselfr'
he fired Immediately. / ran, jumped
of the porch and came in the back
way, met Mr.. Flennell coming out of
the room and he said: "He has
shot himself" / said ego and get a
DOCTOR" L then ran into the rear of
the house and told the girls that
Frank had shot himself" We
went to the room again and asked
one Of the girls to lay him on the
bed straight; she did so, and we
then left the room. | do not know
who he meant when he came in and
said: "Where is she? / will kill her
when i see herr' but think it was
Violet Aldrich, because he was IL
particular friend of hers and called
to see her often; think he was ac-
quainted with her in California.
He had the pistol up to his temple,
and as | started to the door he fled.
w. ID. Davidson was called next
and testified as follows: Twenty
nine years old, Salem, room at Reed
house, bar-keeper; / am not person
ally acquainted with HIM; around
saloon "a good deal; L don't know
much about it only he said i'm the
saloon that he was going down and
kill her-did not say who he was
going to kill; we met him there and
he wanted to know if | would shake
hands with him-i was Yesterday
about 5:3O-and go to the saloon
and take drink with him. Mr..
Flennell was with him; we went
back and he took sarsaparilla, and l
took cigars; he said, at was the last
drink you will take with me-"
That is about all the conversation /
had with him; he came down, l
was going to work and did not
come with him; why he said he was
going to kill this woman is more
than can tell.
VIM Driver-thirty years old,
painter, Salem, well, don't know
as do-coming home about 20 min.
utes of six, on Liberty street / met
Bell and Flennell; passed him and
noticedB ell was terribly intoxicated,
he came in at Minnie Davis's and
acted as if he was crazy with liquor
passed gate as he came in-just Or
dered supper. AS | sat down to the
table heard shot and / ran over just
ahead of DIR. RowlaDd, and some
other gentleman helped to straight
EN- him on the bed; DR.. sent me to
his office for his medicine case, after
/ came back the sheriff asked me
if / would take care of the body
and | did so up to the time of in
quest. / think there was no foul
play, L think he deliberately killed
himself-I heard all talk that took
place-same evidence that was
given and have been in the house
ever since. He was not dead when
helped to straighten him out, Drs.
Rowland and Mott were present,
and he did not die until 20 minutes
of two and he did not speak.
VioletAldrich-19 years 26S Liber-
ty street. Occupation, not doing any
thing. Bell knows him personally,
intimately-kown him long time
SIX or eight years anyhow-ever
since was little girl, we were al
most raised tOgether-why, no, only
through fit of dependency we
have not lately quarrelled. Yes, l
have seen him ever since | have
been in town, and spoke to
him about o'clock when he was in.
| don't know whether he has been
drinking much or not He drinks
more or less all the time. l came
to Oregon with him Oh steamer.
No, the only thing that | saw was
pistol in hand,-I went out heard
shot, and went back in and found
him lying on the bed. That's all.
DIR. Rowland aged tifty-seven years,
physician and surgeon, residence,
Salem-A young man overlook me
as | was leaving my office. telling
me to come over here to the bed
side of young man who had just
shot himself-After feeling pulse,
prepared dose of brandy-made an
examination and found that he was
shot in right temple with brains
pressing out on his clothing. sent
MIR. Driver to office to get large case
containing some tools.
After making examination and
finding that ii was fatal had him
placed in comfortable position
upon the bed noticing first the posi-
ton which was sdiagonally across the
bed, found him on back and left
side in this connection discovered
a pistol-yes this is the pistol (identi-
ties the pistol which was lying on
the white quilt, that was between
the mattress and bed quilt which was
lying near where he sat-noticed !
that the wound was made by pistol !
ii was powder burnt--noticed par
ticularly that only one barrel was
discharged-took charge of pistol
took IL to office and locked il up,
turned il over to the deputy sheriff. |
This Is the pistol that was used |
identifies pistol The bullet ranged
from temple upwards to the left and
lodging above the front of left temple
and passing through the front por-
tion of the brain and apparently
lodging there. Believe the wound
was the cause of his death and