The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-28
WITH FEL0NI0US INTENT.
The Verdict Rendered by the Coroners Jury
Late Last Night


LINCOLN, Neb., May 27.-TSpecial tele
gram to The HERALD Tho killing OF c.
E. Montgomery by w. H. Irvine seems to
be absorbing the interest of the people of
Lincoln as the time goes on. The principal
topic of conversation on the streets and in
the hotel corridors is still of the investigs-
ton Of the coroneI's jury. 1t was eagerly
inquired after, as there was some express
sion abroad that some astounding develop
ments would be made thereat. This was
only partly realized.
Several witnesses were examined, who
related
TIE STORY OF THE SHOOTING
With such variations from the others as is
usual in such cases, but the principal points
all agreed. Before any witnesses were ex-
amined, Coroner Grim produced the bullet,
which was not found at yesterdays exam
ipation. This bullet he stated to the jury
he found just back of and in the wall of the
left ventrical.
Along with the bullet was link of gold
watchchain which had been carried by the
bullet through the clothing and lodged with
it. The little piece of yellow metal was
twisted out Of all shape and semblance of its
former self. This accounted for one of the
wounds being so much larger than the
other. ard while the smaller was smooth
around the edge, the larger one was Jagged
and torn. DR.. Grim said that from the
character of the wound death must neces-
sarily have resulted in a very short time.
A juror wanted at this point to know il
it was not right and proper to have the
papers which had been referred to by
several witnesses read before the Jury.
This was insisted upon as necessary to the
discharge of their duty, as several of the
jurRs understood it. To apease them.
both the attorneys for the defense and for
the prosecution agreed to make a statement
as to the contents of these papers to the
extent that they were
A WRITTEN CONFESSION OF MRS. IRVINE.
given 10 her husband, of the criminal rela-
tions which she sustained with Mont,
gomery, and that the letters and kilograms
were confrmatory thereof. 1t was further
admitted that these papers were all dated
after Monday last.
This confirms the words of irvine at the
time Of the killing and the subsequent ru-
mors. Nothing further was brought out
before the coroner's jury except the state
ment of one of the hotel walters that he
had seen Irvine looking at the door of the
breakfast room aboct, three-quarters OF an
hour before the shooting; that, evidently
not seeing the person he was looking for.
he went across to the parlor opposite the
dining room door and sat down. The wit.
ness saw him there few moments before
the shooting, reading paper.
The officer who took Irvine in charge
said the prisoner collapsed completely
while being searched at the station and
was unable 70 stand.
A considerable sum of money and checks
and the papers SO often referred to in this
case were taken charge of by the sergeant
at the desE. Afterwards the papers were
given TO Attorney Abbott, and his receip,
was taken therefore.
The officer said that while he was on the
way to the station, Irvine repeatedly
BEGGED THAT THE OFFICER WOULD suoo7
Hin,
saying that he had nothing to live for.
The defense, it is supposed, will follow
the line indicated by tue contents OF the
papers which Irvine displayed, and insist
that, maddened by the great wrong which
had been done him, of the proof of which
he had lately obtained undisputable EVIL
dence, he sought the despofler of his home
and killed him on sight.
Mrs. Irvine was, by the statement Of
Irvine, in Chicago the day before yester
day and she is either there or with he,
mother in Indiana. A brother-in-law Of
Irvine was in town last night. and number