Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04
is STILL A MYSTERY
The Inquest Fails 70 Clear Up the
RIckaFd Affair.
The JURY SlIS IHAI IT Is SUICIDE
Ihs Anzir t. stili shFsadsd a Darkness
Some Evthsnes OF InsaAlty-ais
Mother was Not sssra-Ths Tssti-
nao8y of O11eers aad Relatives

guest Yesterday afternoon, IA the Kick
ard shooting affair, DR.. Knee!=Fa,i,
brother Of the wounded lady. sw0re
that hls sister had told h.m that Ar
thur got gp between and 5 o'clock.
she a.k5st I. 3. 4lst he vas up for. and
be- an=ss--s,i. ir = Tlme % get UP.
She saai, NO, come back 10 bed" He
dd so. aud tAcn he got up again and
came back To bed She fell into a sleep,
al was awakened by the touch of
something cold against her cheek. and
immediately heard the report As she
attempted t0 rise che heard the second
report. She attempted 70 seach the
door, 5ut .cil several times before
reaching Il. At last shereacned it, and
fell lnto her mothcr-.n-law's arms. His
sister SD repeated shis story 10 Mrs.
RlckaId, - She gas mt lcit-handed,
and in h.s opinion she could not have
inflicted the wound Ou herse;f. Arthur
Rlckard was "a sd ina the same neigh
bogaood Eilh the witness, bat ne had
not seen him for eighteen years.
He had reasons 20 believe that
their domestic relations were the
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sVore that he had know, The ,'ea5 man
for many wears. his mother - n r,iace
a. tbe v..tf1,.ss. Arthur Rickard was az
"a harrv disoos-t,on vas Industrions
-absr aai Of fha host habits. The
family had said that h.. conpla.ned of
sha hard -s,ri, he was doing IN lis new
ro-tioo SO believed mat Arthur
fscksrd dfd +he sto.-,n.,
Detective Kennedy was rhe next wit
ness. IIe s,vore t-af hc arrived There
with the other officers At 6.l5 a. M.
The witness land down ON the floor To-
eivs ohe iurv u clear idea of t4c posi-
ton AZ ptesqr4 qs hc saw him when
ta-v entered tho room. Hc told about
che condition of the clothing Of the
victims. The witness said that his
tneor~ NJ first vas that .he did the