St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-28
He Was MURDERED.
Such Is the Conclusions of
the Coroner's Jury in the
Shane Inquest.
Nellie King, the Notorious
Female Detective" in a
New Role.
Mind-Reader Bishop Gives a
Street Test and Makes
Himself Ill.
Board Of Education TpanSacts
BusineSS--A Car Driver
Shot At.

out several points in the Shane inquest,
held yesterday, which may be of serv-
ice to the police in hunting down the
person or persons who struck the blows
that caused his death. The medl-
cal evidence is somewhat conflicting,
but otherwise all the points in the testi-
mony bear out the theory that the man
got intoxicated during the evening,
started to go to his boarding house on
Fourth street north, and was slugged
with fatal results before he arrived
there. The fact was also learned that
Shane had a pOcketbook with
him during the evening, which was
thought to contain bills, and that
pOcketbOok is missing. 1t was also
learned that man entered McGuire'S
saloon, at First street and Nicollet ave-
nue., with Shane at 1880 or later and
refused to drink with Shane and an
other friend when asked. The evidence
also showed that Shane was so drunk
that two different barkeepers refused to
sell him whisky.
John c. Walker was the first witness
sworn. He had seen Shane in saloon
on Washington avenue north during
the evening, and saw him have peck
OF the boarding house whe e
the deceased stopped, knew that
the latter had a few dollars in
money and check, the amount of
which he did not know. during the day.
Sergeant Gus Volk, of the police force,
testified that he and Officer Calvin had
seen Shane go over the Washington
and Hennepin avenue crossing about
forty minutes previous to the time he
was found lying on the sidewalk. De-
ceased was considerably intoxicated at
that time. They saw him later, when he
was found on the sidewalk. Capt.
John Wander Horch and DR.. NJ. P. Van
der Horch testified to finding the man
lying on the walk, as has been prev
viOuslY described, and to calling the
police. DR.. Wander Horch testified that
he decided at once that the man was
to have him removed TO the hospital.
John Johnson, who keeps saloon at
SIS Washington avenue North, testified
that Shane was in his place
during the evening and that he
saw him have pocket book. which he,
johnson, Thought contained paper
money. James Ryan the patrolman who
was called by Capt. Wander Horch, tes-
titled as to the finding Sand removal of
the injured man and his detention at
the lookup, and bartender named
Flannery remembered seeing Shane
during the day. C. H. Jones, resident
physician at the city hospital,
told of Shane's death in that insti-
tuition and of his condition during
the time he remained there when he
was entirely unconscious. DrS. w. p.
Spring and j. HI. Dunn, who made the
ha do nA n inA
from fracture of the skull, and gave it
as their opinion that the fractures, both
in the fore and back part of the
head, were the results of blows.
DIR. Kelly, police surgeon, was sworn,
and testified to attending the man at the
lookup and to considering it case of
drunk. He had been present at the
post mortem and still held to the be-
lief that whatever injuries the man re-
ceived, resulted from falling heavily on
the pavement, and thought it quite
probable that both fractures resulted
from one fall, as ne had found the skull
very brittle, owing to a disease of the
bone. Dr.. Spring was recalled and
stated that he believed it impossible for
the injuries to have resulted from any
thing but blows.
George Foster had known Shane for
two years; met him Monday night at
McGuire's saloon on the corner of Nico-
let and First street; had drink with
him; noticed that man who came in
with Shane, and who seemed to be his
companion, refused to drink; didn't
know whether the man remained with
Shane after he (FOstar) left at II AS or
not; could not give description of the
man.
The jury was out only a short time,
and brought in a verdict stating that
civilian Shane came to his death from
injuries received at the hands of some
person, or persons, to this jury I'M
known"
1t is known that the police have some
clew Oh which they are working in
spite of the fact that afternoon papers
allowed police officials to make them
believe that the ''fall-on-the-sidew
theory was gaining ground, and that it
was received by the police. The Of
ficers have their suspicious as to who
struck the blow, and Minneapolis may
see the perpetrators of another das-
tardly murder brought tn juStice