Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-23

nave Dccn IN lnc NdDlL Oh ChII fiHB
pistol. When he shot he aimed low, a.
he did not wish to kill the man and only
wanted to stop him. He did not know
the man was Robert Strong when he first
fired.
THE POLICEMAN.
Officer ". G.. Kuhn was next sworn and
testified 10 going to Mr.. Smiths and see
ing the wounded man soon after he was
shot Witness went up 70 him ano
spoke, but deceased did not seem e
have anything to say, and he wa
removed to the stauon-house. Al
ter giving him some whiskey de
ceased talked little. Deceased sajd
his name was James Strong ol
Strnng. He told the officer Mr.. Smith
Ind shot him and said he had entered
the building through the back way anc
that he went there alone. Deceased
also told witness he had been into
Mr. Smiths place three times
Witness went back to Mr.. Smiths
shop TO look for deceased's shoes
which, he said, mad been left there, but
they could not be found at thnt time.
About daybreak witness found the shoes
together with a tin bucket and hat, lying
upon a pile Of iron on the dock or sout,
eide Of tho building. Witness said When
asked what be had done with the pro.
periy be stole from Mr.. Smith deceased
said he had sold it to Mr.. Kelly.
SERGEANT ToMLINSOS.
POlce-Serceant A. NJ. Tomlinson tes
tilted that he identified the body of the
deceased as that OF Robert Strong.
About 10 O'Clock he notified Mr.. Smith
through the phone that Strong wa.
dead. Mr.. Smith replied that he was
very sorry. as ne had not intended tc
kill him. Witness said he had
known deceased very well. Ht
had once been to the penitentiary
tor robbing the cars Of the Richmond
and Danylle railroad and once for rob
hing the storehouse Of j. c. Smith. lie
did not get tho five years added fol
second conviction, for what reason wit
ness did not know. Deceased lived II
Manchester, and witness knew him to be
q notorious thief.
THE ALSiSHOUSR DOCTOR.
DR.. f. ID. Davis, one of the resident
physicians at the almshouse, testified tC
going with the ambulance to the First
statiOn-hOuse Mt 7:f0 o'clock yesterday
and carrying Suorg to the almshouse
Witness left him in the cOlorcd depart
ment and went to his breakfast He re-
turned to look after his patient at 9:3C
o'clock and found him dead.
THE VERDICT.
This ended the testimony, and the
jury after a short consultation returned
a verdict that deceased came to his deatl
from the effects of gunshOt-wound'
inflicted by James c. Smith in the night
OF the Dist day Of August, 1889, while he
WAS burglariously in the house of the
said James c. Smith, and they are oI
opinion that the killing was justiiiable.
BAILED.
Police-Justice Crutchfeld was present
during the examination, and immediate
ly bailed Mr. Smith in the sum of $3.50
with Mr.. w. Brauer as surety, for his
appearance at the Police Court this
morning.
POST MORTEM MADE.
After the inquest and while the storm
was raging Coroner Taylor made n post
mortcm examination OF the dead mans
body.
There were several reasons why the
Coroner deemed it wise to do this. lie
would have made the examination be
fore the inquest was held but did not
like to handle the body too soon after
death ensued. Besides no possible good
could have been accomplished, as there
was no denial of the fact that Strong'i
death was the result of the wounds from
Mr.. Smiths gun,
DIR. Taylor found that both loads o.
shot took effect one IN the left hip just
below the small Of the back and the
other in the left leg about eight inches
lower down. The wound in the leg
while a terrible one, DIR. Taylor does no
think would have produced death Ger
tainly not so soon. The one in the hil
did the fatal work. Almost the entire
load passed through the bowels an(
LODGED near the front OF the stomach
The intestines were badly lacerated anC
il was the hemorrhaga from tins source
that caused death.
PUT IN 4 CELL.
There was some comment among the
iurors abont the wounded and almos
diving man being placed in cell whel
taken to the almshouse and not to the
hospital. DIR. Taylor says this made ne
difference whatever and did not at al
accelerate Strongs END. The cells are
auite' comfortable rooms with beds II
them. and it is the name more than any
thing else that makes 1t sound harsh tC
speak OF placing Is man IN hopeless
condition in one of them. is the Gus
tom of the almhouse authorities to con
fine refractory inmates and criminals IL
these apartments, and the physician
thought Strong should be placed there
as lie was under arrest on the charge o.
burglary.
Strong reached the almshouse abou
$50 o'clock, and when DIR. Davis en-
tered the room ubOul uh liouA NV ~
found him dead. The actual time OF hl'
demise is therefore not known.
THE ARRESTS.
As soon as Strong was taken to The
station house yesterday morning the
charge of burglary was preferred against
him and certified to the Police Court.
The warrant charging Mir. Smith Will
shooting Strong with intent to Kill was
sworn outseveral hours later by Sergean
Whitlock and served by Sergeant Mat
tbews while Mr.. Smith was at the 20
lice Court, where he had been summon
ed to appear as witness against the de-
ceased. whose death was then not known
10 any one at the court The charge
against Smith was notput on yesterday
docket, but will pass through the regular
and come up this morning.
Last Nights Arrests.
Peter McDonough. a white man. wa'
arrested in the Third district last nigh
for being drunk and disorderly ano
fobting on the street. He resisted the
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