The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-11

"ioe RicHdru NlllBO, IOunU uoau last
Saturday morning, rendered verdict
that the deceased came to his death
from causes unknown to the Jury.
This case has been surrounded with
mystery and pregnant with surprises
since the body of the young English
man was found crouched upon the porch
attached to the dwelling of T. III. Yard
Icy, Fourth avenue II. W, at 5:95 Satur-
day morning. at which place he had
been left by William Danfelt and ID. III.
Keller at o'clock the night before, APP
parently in drunken condition.
1t was suspected at first that he had
been murdered, and the coroner was
summoned Saturday morning to inquire
into the death, at which it was devel-
opcd that the man was known as Rich
ard Wingo: that he had been hired by
the American Bridge Works to go to
work the day before. but instead of re-
porting for duty, had gone upon spree.
The first sensation was followed by Il
greater one when the points of rcsem-
blancc between the dead stranger and
the description of the man John Ogden,
who had killed Samuel HUFF in clipping,
Wednesday evening. This nccessitated
the adjournment of the inquest until
Monday, and in the meantime the au-
thorltics of Bramwcll were commune
Gated with. and they autographed for
Oliver Tamplin, who had known John
Ogden to view the corpse. This Mr..
Tamplin did yesterday. and he immcdi-
atcly identified Richard Wingo US Og-
den.
When the coroncr's jury met yester-
day morning il was for the purpose of
rendering Il verdict on the testimony
therein, but Il statement by John Ar
mott created another sensation and
resulted i'll Il haSty recalling of some of
the witnesses of Saturday and the sum
mOning OF few others
Arnott said in substance that he was
compelled to state that William Danfclt.
the witness who SO abruptly departed
Saturday night after giving the evil
dence accredited to him in Sundays
edition, had confessed to having struck
Wingo and knocked him down on Sat
urday night.
lie was thercupon recalled. and tcsti-
fled in substance rs follows: About 10
room and said to A.. in the presence of
Albert Macfcc and Jerry Casey: What
in HI do you think have done? DO
you know the Englishman who got the
running OF my machine at the Bridge
Works? Well. | flied him with whisky
this evening. and ] hit him a Slap in
the neck and he fell down on the bar
room floor, and we had to carry him
home. On the way there he fell down.
and | pourcdna pint Of whisky on his
head and then carried him to Yardlcys.
where he said he boarded"
Arnott also said that Danfclt had told
him the Englishman said he had pis-
tol on him, and would shoot any man
who insulted him. and, further, that he
(DanfclD was afraid of him (Wingo).
Arnott, in answer to Il question by
the coroner as to why he had not made
this statement to the jury on Saturday,
said that he did not know the case was
going to be SO serious, it possibly not oc-
curing to him that the case as far as
this mundane sphere was concerned.
was as serious for the subject of the in
quest az it could we'll be.
ID. II. Keller was recalled. but said he
did not see Danfelt strike Wingo, but
that tho latter couple was behind him
on Railroad avenue, on the way to lIern-
don & Roberts store: Keller did not be-
licvc Danfclt struck him. although he
did see the Englishman's head bathed
by Danfelt, which bathing he located at
the store.
a number of other witnesses corro-
borated the statements of Keller and
Arnott, and then Dr. Buckner was re-
called, who testified that as opium was
the only poison which could produce the
symptoms indicated by the testimony
TO have been Wingo's condition when he
was left on Mr.. Yardlcy's porch, and as
opium and alcoholic poisoning we're SO
similar on the human system, an auto
psy would reveal nothing definite as be-
tween the two. he would not state posi-
lively which of the two causes produced
death, but that it was his opinion that
death was due to alcoholic poisoning or
apopleXy.
The jury were then given the case
and rendered the following verdict:
THAT deceased, known here as Rich
ard Wingo, came to his death from some
cause unknown to the jury, and that,
from the testimony before us, we iden-
tify the said Wingo as John Ogden
This somewhat unsatisfactory verdict
brought the case up to last night, when
three persons came down to Roanoke
from clipping.
These were Mrs. Martha Ogden,
Thomas Ogden, mo5sser and brother OF
the murderer of Samuel Huff, and JAS
III. Huff, brother of the latter
The trio repaired to the undertaking
establishment of Oakley Il Woolwinc, on
the second floor of which lay stretched
the form of the dead man, an uncanny
sight in the dim light.
Mother and brother viewed the form
in silence for n moment and without
agitation. Their Identification was an