Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-11

heard the second shot fixed. All this time
tte men weie ia the same relative posi-
ticrs. ! saw them scoih', shifting from
foo, 20 foot, working their way toward
the east end of the corridor. Goodloe
~ bbed Saope by the collar ard drew
him toward him. GoodlCe so. in two or
three hcks. Swope turnyd ae If o. ~ 20
e.cape. Go0dloe, still holding he collar,
rushed 10 front of m and made g des-
pcrate effort 10 cut his ihgcat. He
struck low, The knife striking SEope's
shoulder Then he stabbed him four or Eve
times in the hack. Ssope turned toward
the money order door aud staggered about
Ten feet. and fell down on bis face with the
isce toward he door. heard only tS0
hois 1 don't know which one hit Good
lor. could not sse the effect Of either
shot in GCodloe's sctions. He began to
cu, 20 the Grsi discharge and stabbed
rapidly and evidently with full force. At
.he end Of the fight they we've from ten to
eighteen fee. from the plscs where the
igdt started. When Swope staggered and
Gll Colonel Go0dlle did not follow him.
Afer Svope fell Goodloe went from the
end OF the corridor and paasei out Of the
door near Sgops's body, and waved his
.et- band ,oword him. I Joined him at
Che door. which was opsn. As ioiued
Goodloe be said:
WHY, HE BELOVED LIHg A CALF
During the fight heard ,xclamstious
from both. Swope exclaimed, as il 10
n1i1. OBJ 'OlN several times. He yelled
af every biow. do not remember seeing
che pistol fall or al what time SWOpe lost
iL After Colonel SEoge fell be made
uo statement He only breathed hard,
ga.psd aud died. AS I joined Colonel
ssid. Aren't you shot? Yes, Pm shot
here laying his hand on his stomach };
,aks me 90 some doctor ] took his knife
from him, wipe off the blood, shut and
pnt it, ia my pocket. l took isright arm
Captain Jack Yesch took his left
a1d we led bin away. As
We went along ] uodced that
bis face grew strangely blue and dark.
we ed to 10 20 DR.. Bryanrs Office
but before we got 20 the Office We met DR..
S.ockedell One Of rs remarked that
Colonel G0OdlOe bad been shot through
the body. Goodloe msde no remark about
the ofieIn OF the trouble. H9 ooly re-
marked ihat 5scpa beloved, and when
asked him ii be cOnld walk pretty far
De said. The nearer the better IN the
corridor 90 the time OF the fght there was
no one except the tsO men. lu tbs ante-
chambers OF the money order department
hy desk stood a lady 20 my let,, and out
of sient sud raUge OF the fight. She vas
vsig much terrified and begged 90 be let
through the 6oor leading into Mr.. McChes-
uey's ofics.
EXAMINED sWOPE's WOUNDS.
DIT. w. b. Mcclure was next called to
ths chair. BE tesNfsd: 81 made an ex-
animation Of the body Of Colonel SEcps
rith Dr. j. Ii. Keller in the private Office
ol the Postmaster We stripped the body
to The hips. We found that the wounds
had been msde with some sharp cuttirg
instrument. probably knife The wounds
were Thirteen in number and were On vari-
oas narts ol Che body. The first two were
in the chest Tney were what We term
stsb wounds. The srst severed the fourth
-ib on The ngh. sids @, The R-eastoone
close Co if. Tee rib was cut completely
aid two. The second cot was near the hrsi,
. httle ios.r and partially severed the
/ fnh rib. The neat and probably the worst
ess two or three inch-s beneath the hol-
/ low Of the left arm and penetrated 10 the
cavity OF the heart.
/ 81 introduced my foger into 1t. i
could not cay tbe hssTt was touched as
/ the examination was superficial. ln the
] hack there we're Two On the night OF the
SHINE and three 20 the LETT. believe
there Was one Just below the left shoulder.
/ There was one thgte inches below that one
and extended toward the spinal column
I The other three ranged 20 the right, each
Ia little bighsr than the other. There
were two on the night elbow on top OF the
arm aud running almost together. Inere
/ was q en-, in the right wrist that severed
[ tas EQamsnts and almost amputated the
hand from ,bs arm To was between the
outer bore and tie bone Of the wrist and
LEFT THE HAND rOwERLEss.
There was wound over the right eye
which tbink, he received from the fall
From ths superficial examination We made
would corcioie that the wound under
the Left srm snd the one that severed the
rib were very dangerous, and tie one IN
the back leading toward the spinal
column an or either, IN my opinion,
gould have produced death. These elimi-
mated. 90 not think tina. al the others
combined would have produced death.
There is no doubt that Colonel STops +
death was from the wounds from the
.pife. Tne fall could not have produced
death. a. ne wouud then received did not
extend 90 toe s1ull."
Dr J. TT. Keller, beirg examined, said I:
u made al examination OF Colonel owope' q
body with DR.. McLure, and his descrip-
oon ard opinion OF the wounds accord
efh uire I think that the wound GU
f.r the arm was necessarily fatal. The
.a,e passed iu between the fifth and
aaih fas severirg the left ventricle of the
tesrl Judging tron the slight external
reuouhsre I should sag the heart was
--.c-sd. and be must have bled to death
internally and a most instantly. After !
rrgtd le h.esthsd two or % ee times.
JAS death wes almost instantaneous. /
ltuk ha died fom the injuries received
rcu ,he hands Of Colonel Goodloe. Ine
ao1oi the breast nust have severed an
artery cr severed the right venlIicleoi the
r.artH
THE rOsrNAsrER's sorry.
Po.hoss,ef McChesney testified: 81 was
.u The money order department behind the