Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-31

Mrs. Barney is Shown Up in a Very I'm
enviable Light-The Verdict.
CHICO, July 30th.-The subject of the
terrible tragedy was renewed again yester-
day, and large number of people gathered
at the town hall to witness the INQUEST
over the dead body of Cornelius A. Hubbs.
Fhe jury had been impanelled on Friday
afternoon, to allow them to view the BODY
before it was taken from the morgue by the
friends of the deceased.
DR.. RoDLEY.
The first witness examined was DR.. Rod
ley, who held the post-mortem examina-
ton. He testified that he found gunshot
wound in the abdomen of the deceased on
the left side. The wound of entrance was
at line drawn from meridian line of the
body to point five inches to the left and
directly over the costal and first floating
rib, passing through the epidermis and
rectus muscle tasira, peritoneum, descend
ing colon, omentum, grazing thoracic duct
and passing forward and penetrating the
lower segment of the right lobe of the
liver, cutting the external coat of the as
cending colon, lodging in the internal
rectus muscle on a line drawn from the
meridian of the body eleven inches to the
right and two inches below the costal end
OF the first floating rib. This wound
would have proven fatal to any man re-
ceiving it.
THE wIFE's MOTHER,
Mrs. <. A. Barney, was then sworn and
testified materially the same as she did on
Saturday, with the exception of one very
conflicting point. In yesterdays statement
she positively swears that Hubbs fred the
first shot. On Saturday she testified that
Bierce commenced the shooting. She saws
now that Hdbbs fired at Bierce when he
closed the bedroom door, and that Bierce
took his revolver from the wash-stand and
returned the shot. Then she saws the shoot.
ing went on as described yesterday.
The jury were then excused, to allow
them to go and visit the residence and OBJ
tain what further evidence that they might
find that would bear on the case.
TRACING THE BULLETS.
The jury visited the residence where the
tragedy took place and traced the bullets
and observed the positions which the prin-
clpals of the affair were in at the time of
the shooting. This only added mystery to
mystery IN trying to gain any evidence as
to whether any one besides the two dead
men were implicated in the affair. After
the jury had returned to the hall, Constable
Nations was instructed to summon Ed.
Barney, the eight-year- old son of Mrs. Bar
ney: In short time the boy was brought
to the hall
DAMAGING TESTIMONY.
The little fellow did not know the penalty
OF telling a wrong story, but told some
things that throw different light on the
subject. He told the jury that he heard
Bierce tell his mother, the day previous to
the shooting, that if Mr. Hubbs came to
the house the next day, he (Bierce) would
surely kill him. The boy also stated that
he thought he would be killed if he at
tempted to shoot Hubbs, because Hubbs
had the newest and best pistol. This was
all that the little boy would say on the SUBJ
ject that bore on the case.
HER NAME WITHHELD.
A young lady, whose name bv request
is withheld, was examined. Her testi-
mony did not bear much on the subject
except that she was with Mrs Barney
when she invited Mrs. Hubbs and her nus.
band to come and spend the following
afternoon at her residence. At that time
Mrs. Barney stated that Mr.. Bierce had left
the town, which was not a fact, as Mr..
Blerce was at the residence then.
The jury then returned to the Coroner's
Office and returned verdict that the de-
ceased q. A. Hubbs came to his death from
the effects of gun-shot wound inflicted by
the hands of D. R. Bierce.
IT REMAINS MYSTERY.
The whole affair still remains quite
mystery as to the shooting of Bierce The
first man to enter the residence, Chan
White, claims that Bierce held the revolver
IN his right hand tightly clasped, and his
hands were folded over the stomach with
the right hand on top. This being a fact
makes it seem very mysterious, as DR..
Rodley testiies that the wound in the head
was inflicted from the left side To add
stlll more there are several persons who
Know every one was outside of the house
when the last two shots were fired. The
key to the mystery, whatever it NAV be,
has been, in all probability, buried with
theetwo dead bodies and will without a
doubt remain there.