St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-30
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
The Coroner's Jury Renders Verdict
in the McAllister Case.
PRICE DID THE KILLING,
A Preliminary Examination Waived and
the Prisoner Held to the
Grand Jury.

The c0r0ner'S jury In the McAlllster
murder case began an investigation at
the court house yesterday morning. The
only witnesses examined up to 2 o'clock
were DR.. B. j. Merrill, one of the sur
geons who conducted the post mortem
examination on the murdered mans
body Monday night, and the prisoner
himself. The latter told his story with
the utmost GOODNESS and circumstantial-
ity. His account was substantially
that already published in the GLOBE,
except that he gave it a coloring still
more favorable to himself, and at
tempted to show more in detail that he
acted in self-defense. The medical tes-
timony showed that the blows were evil
IDENTIFY very hard ones, and the lnstru-
ment dull one, which completely des-
trOyed the vault and base of the skull,
driving fragments of the frontal bone
and orbit into the brain substance,
pieces of which were found embedded
from one to two inches in the cerebrum.
Nearly all the bones of the skull were
separated at their calculations, and
there was considerable hemOrrhage in
the cellular tissue between the scalp and
skull. The most severe OF the three
wounds was the one at the outer angle
of the orbit. another nearly as severe
Immediately in front of the left ear,
and the third over the arch of the orbit.
These wounds were evidently inflicted
by three separate blows of the pick,
either of which woul d have undoubtedly
produced death. There was deStruc-
f;D,, ~ o,,ffioiopt hra1D cuhctanol
to have made death instantaneous.
1t is seldom that so complete disorgan-
lZation of the parts is seen unless 1t
occurs from fall upon the head or from
being run over by a wagon or railway
train. The bartender at North st. Paul
swore that the prisoner had never seen
the dead man before Sunday. Martin
Murray says that he thinks the murdered
man was railroad employee of his
who took leave of absence Saturday.
Other testimony from the bartender who
sold the prisoner drinks tended to GRIM
mate Price; such as the latter saying
that McAllister had money and he
price intended to take share of it be-
fore morning. OF course the prisoner
will be officially considered innocent
until proved otherwise. but the i'm
preston left by the inquest is that a
blessing remains in the capital punish
ment law of Minnesota. The jury found
only that the dead man came to his
death at the hands of Charles Price.
Price has already waived preliminary
examination. aud stands bound to await
the action of the next grand jury. The
coroner's jury, it seems, had not much
to discover, except that the corpse was
dead. No opinion as to the merits OF
the case was discovered.
The funeral of Martin Mower will be
held at 2 O'Clock to-day from his late
home at Arcola, the interment taking
place at Fairview cemetery, in this city.
The services will be conducted by Rev.
A. D. Stowe, of Ascension church.
Ex-Sheriff johnson retur ned yester-
day from Venezuela, South America.
where he has been during the last three
months in the interest of two American
syndicates, of each of which Senator
Sabin is president.
The steamer Isaac Staples, which ar
rived here yesterday morning, reports
that terrific gale ragged Monday night
on Lake Pepin, and that at one time
twenty-five boats were laid,up awaiting
calmer weather.
An. entertainment will be given at
Music hall tomorrow night by Miss
LUCIA D. GTlllln Ill --COpyIlSuGOO OpO-
cialties." The lady appears under the
auspices of the local lodge of Knights
of Pythias.
The cases set for trial in the district
court to-day are those of Glass & Nc
Even against The st. Paul Park Car
rage Company and w. A. Quackenboss
against G. A. Woodward.
The river at the boom fell over six
inches Monday night, and unless sluic-
ing at the sdam is resumed at once the
low stage of water will require closing
of one of the gaps to-day.
Mrs. P. E. Burke accompanied
her daughter, Mrs. j. G. Ward, to the
latter's home at Franconia yesterday.
Mrs. Burke will continue her visit dur
ing a few weeks.
The central school building is under
going extensive repairs, and the interior
of the Lincoln scnool is receiving gen.
eral renovation.
Theodore Jassoy and wife and Mr..
add Mrs. Herman Jassoy left last even
ing on tour of the Yellowstone Park.
Three hundred people went to White
Bear yesterday on the Baptist and Pres