The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-11-13
rnlaL or PRANK INGRAM.
rAe ceur, House Packed wl.A spectators.

The trial of Frank s. lngram, charged
With the murder Of his brother, Henry on
the sth OF October last, was called Ia Cir
cul. Court this morning before his Honor,
II L Boise. The whole of sGte forenoon
was taken up IN ACQUIRING jury. This
following Is the jury erleeied; John
Wright, a J Davis, q { Moon, Aber.
Umphrcy, A J Shelton, ) Myers, Peter
bither W y Potter, J n Guliiord, w s
Elliott, Frank Peterson and ] u Murndoii
There were 80 jurors excused, 9 by the
state, 8 by the deit. and the other aS for
cause. The def. Is represented by Hons
] X Weatherford and w r Bilyeu.and the
state by District Attorney q II Bingham.
II II Hewitt and ] K Wyatt. Mr. Wyatt
stated the case OH the part OF the state aud
Mr. Bllyeu on behalf OF he defendant.
John Oakley testified: Live & miles
south OF Lebanon. Nephew Of Henry
aud Frank Ingram. Was at Franks 10
bed when the shot was fired, (Witness
| pointed out on map various objects near
the place OF kllllng) Went 10 oed about
half past seven. Heard one shot up towards
Henry's. Saw fash Of plstol when was
getting up. When | got n? and went out
! saw the man on the ground dead Frank
wanted to inform the sheriff. Louden
went TO tell the sheriff Witness recog
nixed two pistols Frank took the pistols
out of the house ,ha, night, lie told me
10 wash the dinhes before he went out.
Frank took the shells ou, OF the pistols
found out who !, was that Was killed
when the eoroner's jury came out. Moth
lng was said about who II was that Was
killed when went out. Gun WIS lying
> L.. al. 4. A
VAS turned up aud hat under head. lust
before heard shot heard some one say,
"Ohi murder" IL was Just aa heard the
shot that hcaed some ono say, "OhiI
murder" Dent know whose voice II
was. Hat looks Ike one found near dead
body. Vest, jumper aud hat OF deceased
were offered IN evidence,
Shortly alter killing hired man lef, Tor
town. Defendant jusi after killing went
into the house and began readlag news
paper. Witness staid on the porch.
Uncle went out after reading - little
while 10 see what the dog was barking a.,
Distance TO Town was five miles. Uncle
read nearly all the time until sheriff came.
Tie did not iay anything about who the
man was. When he went out the second
time asked him u he had killed man
He said he had. Three men came out
and Frank told them that he believed II
sas his brother Henry that he Killed.
Frank said for me Ia waah the dishes
and Looden TO watch the barn and he
would watch abou, tho orchard The
night before when t.ouden came home he
told Frank that there WAS man sbeut
the barn. Frank went out. did not
know anything ahoat Frank going 10
Locneys Heard two shots the night be-
fore. On Saturday night before The Kill
Ing everything was sill. Nothing oc-
CARED Sunday. Dog made noise Tues
day night. "Wednesday nigh, all was s,i,l.
Asked Frank II he was going far when he
vert out on nigh, OF killing. was
afraid on account oil these ttoub!cs to
stay alone. killing was done in Linn
county. Oregon.
G. W. WATTS testified. Reside In Al
bany. Aqdainted with deceased and
Frank. Blackman and Hodges were
there when vent out TO the place. Was
on Jury. Henry was lying on back with
head towards orchard. Head thrown hacs.
Right hand on breast and left arm ex.
tended by side. Gun lying 10 left Of and
parallel with body three feet distant
Ground rather smooth with some straw.
Examined gun; there VAS no dirt on 1t.
Examined the shots; one went in head
near left side Of nose.
Blood all over face. Blood on fore.
head. Did not examine hat. Examined
wounds in breast; two went In near left
nipple about an inch apart. There was
no blood In two wounds near nipple |
until body was turned over. Both balls |
went through body aud lodged under
skin on the back.
Have had much experience with guns.
Examined breech of gun took shell out |
OF gun. Had a IAN shot gun from |
where Henry stood towards where |
Frank was said TO be standing the shot |
would have struck the hog ten or the |
trees. There was no shot in the house,
hog pen or apple trees | examined. |
Might have shot up in the air without
hitting an object. Took all the evidence |
in the house after examining body. |
Frank told us where he stood did not
show US. Pretty dark when we went
there. Went 10 Henry's honse next
morning. Saw pheasant on stand In
kitchen; looked like IL had been killed
the day before. Deceased had small
pocket knife on his person. Meal had
recently been eaten In Henry's kitchen.
There was knife, fork and plate on table.
Heard DIT. tell his story that night. lie
said there had been persons about his
house. Told boy to wash dishes and go
to bed told hired hand to go 10 watch
stable and he would watch in the or
chard. He went 10 an apple tree and
watched until he became sleepy, and
then heard a noise. lie Watched
and saw man approaching and
told him "hands up" when the man shot
at him. lie then fired two slots. Then
heard someone run and shot at him.
Heard the man on the ground make a
noise and then shot him in the face.
He said he did not know who the dead
man was until the coroner came. Cor
ner OF hog pen was or o feet high.
DR. w. II. DAVIS testified. Am phys
ician. Was present at coroner's inquest:
Got there at IL o'clock at night. Found
q l. Blackman, TWO clerks, Frank In.
gram, hired hand and Oakley boy.
Found body lying on back; one hand on
breast; the other parallel with body.
Witness described course OF wounds in
face and body. Immediate effect OF
such a shot would be death. Went
through brain. Examined wounds in
breast; both went through heart; they
were seven inches apart on back; one
shot about half an inch above the other
at entrance; they ranged down about4
inches from horizontal. The effect OF
these two shots would have been imme-
diate death. There was much blood on
| face; some blood about wounds in the
breast. There might have been wound
on scalp though examined 1t carefully.
Next morning examined the house, hog
pen, trees and found no shot In any /;
shot could not have been fired at Frank
without hitting some object, except at
an angle OF 25 degrees to the lett. Was
not at Henry's house next morning.
Not likely anyone shot, as Henry was
said to be, could exclaim "Oh, murder"
Man shot in head first would bleed
freely. Would not bleed so freely ex-
ternally at heart as at head. The DIR.
gave much expert testimony as TO effect
OF shots upon blood upon large number
OF hypothetical conditions.
A man walking inclines forward, and
would likely fall forward when shot in
breast. Difficult to tell how a man
would fall il shot in the heart or head
while walking. Think deceased was
five foot seven. In medical works cases
are given where men have lived several
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