Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1893-09-22

vor.
Shortly after the killing Harvey
Herring. OF Dalton. came to Keytes-
vile and swore out warrants for the
arrest Of both Buchanan and Legg.
Buchanan was brought to Keytes-
vile the next day, but when the
charges against him were investigat-
ed in Squire Ewing's court he was
promptly discharged.
The following is the evidence in
the case brought out at the cor
oner's inquest. held IN Mcknabb's
dead body ON Monday morning:
TILLIE wINKLER
testified: i was standing in about
five feet of Messrs. McKnabb and
Legg. Mr.. Mcknabb walked up and
asked Mr.. Legg what he pushed that
boy OF the walk for? I heard Mr..
Legg say something but could not
tell what it was. i then heard three
shots. one after the other. After the
second shot Mr. McKnabb ran and
ran against the man who did the
shooting and pushed him of the
walk, and as he fell OF the walk he
fired one more shot. Mr.. McKnabb
than ran in an opposite direction
from the man who did the shooting
and fell in the store-house door OF
Mr.. Harke. l have not examined
McKnabb's body since saw him fall
in Mr.. Harke's door, nor seen it un-
til the present time which is at the
corcner's inquest.
w. ]. BUCHANAN
testified: l was standing between
Mr.. McKnabb and Mr.. Legg. Mr..
McKnabb came up in front of me
with something in his hand which i
took to be stick or club of some
kind. 1t looked as il might be an
axe-handle. Mr.. McKnabb said:
''Nos. you s. Of q b. we will set
tie this." Mr.. Legg said to him.
f"You had better keep away or you
1;s<kst Aaft. - 1 put my hand on,
the breast OF McKnabb ana toi(f hin5'
to hold on and not be too fast. he
then struck at Mr.. Legg over my
head with the stick or club that he
had in his hand. Mr.. Legg then
commenced shooting, and the first
shot fred struck me in the left ear. i
heard three shots fired, one after the
other, and then saw Mr.. McKnabb
fall. went to where he had fallen.
He was not quite dead but seemed to
be gasping for breath. think it was
about minute from the time heard
the last shot until he died. / know
the man who did the shooting-his
name is l.. NJ. Legg.
GEORGE MULLINIx
testified: 1 vas standing in two or
three feet of Mr.. McKnabb and Mr..
Legg. Mr.. McKnabb said to Mr..
Legg: "Were you the gentleman
who hit the boy?" Mr.. Legg said:
"Yes, sir, 1 am" Mr.. Buchanan, who
was also present. said to Mr.. Nc
Rnabb mot to be too fast" Mr..
McKnabb drew up his stick and Mr..
Legg had his pistol, and heard u
shot followed by two more shots in
succession. As Mr.. Legg fired the
second shot, Mr.. McKnabb ran
agaist him and pushed him of the
sidewalk, where they were standing.
Mr.. LePg, the man who did the
shooting, then commenced to run
and jumped OF the sidewalk after
him, and then / stopped and called
to my uncle, James Winkler, and he
and myself ran across the railroad
track in pursuit OF the man who did
the shooting. He ran across Mr..
Harke's field, right up the railroad.
We followed him about 200 yards,
and when we found we could not
catch him, as it was getting dark,
we turned and came back to where
Mr.. McKnabb had fallen, and when
We got back he was dead. There was
no one else close enough to hear the
conversation between Mr.. Legg and
Mr.. McKnabb, except 1illie Winkler,
Mr.. Buchanan, Mrs. Mcknabb and
myself.
THE JURY.
The following is the jury at the
coroner's inouest: