The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-03-15
MURDERED !!
STANLEY =. GRAHAM SHOT
DEAD BIZ HIS BRoTHER-iN-
Law, THOMAS KELLEY.

at o'clock on Tuesday evening. AT that
hour Stanley 4. Graham stood at the bar
talking with several bystanders, one of
whom called his attention to the fact that his
brother-in-law Thomas Kelley, was In the
room. Graham made reply and Kelley
turned saying whats that, and left the,
room, returning with his revolver in hand
and stepped up behind Graham shooting
him dead. Kelley surrendered at once and
was locked up by Marshal Evans.
Coroner Retain was at once called and
impaneled jury consisting of T.. Wicking,
Fred Todd, Geo. Collier, A. Cute, A. ii.
Cummings and ii. Gates, who viewed the
remains, which were laying OH the floor in n
pool of blood. The testimony taken at the
inquest is substantially as follows:
LAsELL GROW.
Reside in the city, am So years old, am
bartender; saw Kelley when he shot Stanley
Graham; it was about quarter past six, in
the National Hotel barroOm. l came across
the street with Stan; he had measure of
water crosses; went into the barrOOm and
stood waiting for the bartender to empty
the measure. Howard Bowman stood in
the room, he spoke to Stan and said there
is your brother-in-law; Stan. turned his
head around sideways and said ''that
- is nothing to me-; Kelly said what is
that, turned and walked into the hall, he
threw tie screen door open and walked
straight back up to him and as he got with
in three feet of him cooked his revolver and
held it two seconds before he shot him and
Graham fell to the floor; Graham stood with
his right arm on the bar when Kelley shot
him; no words passed between them; when
Stan. and went in, Kelley stood looking
ut the pictures on the north side of the
room; Mr.. Honnecker, Howard Bowman
and Charles Warren were in the barroom at
the time of the shooting; Kelley stepped up
to Graham after he had shot him and held
his revolver down and cooked it again.
JOHN ID. EVANS,
City Marshal was the second witness called.
His testimony in brief was: Arthur Patter-
SON came down to the barn about $3.50
o'clock and wanted me TO come up to the
hotel; saw Graham laying on the floor APP
parently dead; L arrested Kelley and took
him to the lookup; found him in barroom;
do not recollect what he said to me in that
room; Charley Warren gave me the revolt
yer; Kelley had cartridges in his pockets;
while taking him to Corunna he said he
shot Graham and asked me if he was dead;
told him he was and he said ''the -
II am glad of it," said he came here
on purpose TO shoot him; said he had abused
him and his sister and beat him out of seve-
raj jobs, and now he is dead l want to die.
CHARLES Z. wAIREN
The bartender at the National was sworn.
| Swore that he had lived in Owosso about
six MONTHS knew Graham but not Kelley;
| Graham was in barroom about o'clock and
came i'm again at 6 o'clock with water
crosses; Stan. wanted me TO empty crosses
| and went into the kitchen to get dish to
put them in; came back empticd them out
and set his measure on the bar; Howard
| Bowman stood near and made some re-
mark to Graham which L did not hear;
Graham said II don't care for the -
- he is nothing to me, he will die q
pauper;" Kelley stood looking at some pic
lures and turned saying 'what's that, -
walked into the hall, turned and came back
with his revolver i'm his hand; Graham was
standing with his right arm ON the bar and
his back to Kelley; when Kelley came in he
cooked his revolver and shot him; did not
examine Graham but thought he was shot
| I'm head; Kelley walked to the northeast
corner of the room and then came and laid
his revolver on the bar, told me to take it; ]
kept revolver until Howard Bowman locked
the doors and then put it into the register
Kelley told me to take him to All officer;
took hold of him and led him into the hote
Office; we stayed there until Jack Evans
came and took him; gave the revolver tc
Mr.. Evans; only one shot was fired.
WILLIAM HoNNECKER,
Swore that he was barber and his shoI
was next to the National; was in the bar
room about o'clock; am acquainted will
Kelley and knew Graham; saw them boil
in the barroom; balance of testimony about
same as that of Grow and Warren.
DRs. A. NJ. HUME AND c. MCCORMICK,
Were sworn and testified substantially al
follows: Saw body of Stanley Graham las
evening about o o'clock at home of c. G
Duff; made post norton examination
found opening in the back of the neck littl,
to the left of the centre; on removing tn,
brain found considerable blood or a hemor
rage; removed the ball from the right sid,
of the base of the skull, or the petrous por
ton temporal bone; the ball passed directl,
through the base of the brain or the medull
oblongata; death was undoubtedly cause,
by the shot; there was wound acros
bridge of the nosc ball taken from brain
was identified.
HOWARD BOWMAN
: Was the last witness called and his test
, Inony was substantially like that of tn