The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-11-26
the Iieruey inqiIe>t

the Iierney iuuue,r
AS stated in last weeks ENTERPRISE
Acting Coroner Samuel Hosford, accom-
panied by DR.. H. ID. Alton, Depu,y Sher-
iii jackson, Frank Robson and jerome
Williams, went up to Cokedale Friday
to hold an inquest upon the body of
Patrick Tierney. A jury composed of
the following residents of Cokedale was
selected and sworn: J. p. Scheler, fore
man; Peter Sandahus, Dennis Sullivan,
j A. Z. Ford, Thomas Northey and Daniel
" DeHaru. The result of the jury's de-
llberations and the evidence adduced,
which could not be obtained before the
hour OF going to press, is substantially
covered by the testimony OF Charles
Ackelmire and Mrs. Mcdonald. Ackel-
! mre testified that about G:3O on the
evening of the 18th he was sitting in his
saloon when William Watson came in
and said, Pat Tierney has been shot;
he wants YOU Continuing Ackelmire
said: II started to get up and Watson
opened the door and said: Send for DIR.
Alton and the sheriff l went over and
wired them, and when | came back
found Mrs Mcdonald and her daughter,
Mrs. Dowty, rapping on my door. Mrs.
Mcdonald said: Have you heard how
bad Pat is hurt?' | answered: No
Then Mrs. Dowty said: Charlie, | shot
Pat Tierney up at Garr's house and If
the sheriff wants me | am here / said :;
'All right, l will go up to your house
with you and then go over and see how
badly he is hurt | then saw them over
in their house and sent for man to
keep watch Of the house and then went
over to see Pat. When | went into the
room he said: She has killed me-
asked who done it, and he said, Maggie
Tlerney seemed to realize that he was
going to die and when | asked him how
it happened he made the following
statement: 1 was sitting at the table
eating and Maggie came to the door and
called me out and said: Pat rierney, 1
hear you have been talking about me in
the saloons said: No, Maggie, have
never talked about you since you were
} married. l had hardly finished when
she pulled the gun and fired. She then
threw the gun under her arm and start
ed to run toward her house. 1 could
have caught her and taken the gun if l
wanted to, but l felt myself getting
sick"
Other witnesses were examined, but
as their evidence upon all material
points was simply corroborative of that
given by Ackelmire, its publication is
unnecessary in this connection.
To further establish the fact that the
shooting was done by Mrs. Dowty, and
for the purpose of introducing the re-
volver with which the act was commit
ted in evidence, Mrs. Mcdonald, the
woman's mother, was placed upon the
stand. When asked what she knew
about the affair." she said not much of
anything except that Tierney had been
slandering her daughter both before and
since her marriage. She said that about
6:3O p. m. her daughter walked into her
house and said that she had just shot
Pat Tierney, and that she guessed he
would not talk about her any more, or
make any more disturbance between her
and her husband. She had the revolver
in her hand and gave it to her mother
who pat it away and kept it till to-day
when she gave it to Sheriff jackson.
The gun was shown the witness and
!, she said it was the same one. 1t is q
=, new "A Colts double action and had
i. never been fired but once, all but one
chamber being loaded. Following is the
> verdict as returned by the jury:
STATE OF MONTANA,
;. COUNTY OF PARK,
An lnquisition holden at Cokedale il
!, the County of Park, State of Montana
4 on the 18th day of November, A. ID
:, 1892, before me, Samuel Hosford, a JUS
= tlce of the peace acting as coroner o
said county, upon the body OF PATRICK
l. Tierney there lying dead, by the jurors
n whose names are hereunto subscribed
;, the said Jurors upon their oaths do say
:, That we find the deceased was nance
II Patrick Tierney; was native of tht
State of Wisconsin; aged about 30 years
that he came to his death on the 17tt
day of November, 1892, in Cokedale
Montana; that his death was the result
n of gun shot wound; that the shot wal
: fired by the hand of Mrs. Maggie Dowt.
:. of Cokedale, Montana. In testimon.
I, whereof the said jurors have hereuntt
# set their hand the day and year afore
j. said.
v Mrs. Maggie Dowty was placed unde
arrest by Deputy Sheriff jackson ant
brought to the county jall where sh'