Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-07

on Friday night. December 18th. The in-
quest was held the following day. as was
the poat-mortem. The result or the latter
showed that there were two wounds IN
the body. f.om the back below the arm.
He described the character OF the wouhus
in such manner as already given IN ,he
Dlspatch, one OF the balls having pslsse'
through the right lung ana .ns nsa,s
and was cut out just about the ieit n'pp,e'
M was this wound that produced death.
pr Taylor further said that there were
a,ieht bruises. apparently as II mace py
.tIck ac,,oas tho right eye ana nose. Inc
,,nward tendency OF the shots may nave
hecn due 20 detection, or TO the bent po-
si,ion OF Atwell as he was running beins
croSs-auestioned by Mr.. Carter. Ut. lay
Tor said that the fatal wound was ,ho
ono which entered the BACK apou' ~
tnches from the right side end which pene-
..s.ad ,be lung and heart. The shots were
ared some little distance from tne &c
ged "a his coat was not burned WIN
,.,,,dcr Coroner Taylor fled the papers
Giving the proceedings OF the inquest with
the court
SAW ONLY ONE STRANGER.
william Godsey stated that he was at
WORK with Atweil on the night OF the muir
Ncr uhen n man came 90 the door ana
100 n he could see Atwell. and was told
,ha, ba could. Atwell went out. Suisse
cusntlv the witness saw two men, Mr..
s,u,eu and some one whom he did not
lco,v He heard Mr.. Atwen cry out ana
,hen saw the man shoot him three times
Atueu then ran across the street and fell.
po only saw one man there with AtweU,
but the man he supposed was McNainee.
A. aeon as the shooting occurred Godsey
said he AMI the others at the shanty ran
across TO Atwell.
q, REORGANIZATION Godsey said he
was about the third one to run out OF the
horse. He saw Atwell start TO run, he
thought. after the first shot. The yard
conductor stopped over as he ran. The
electric light, under which the row oc-
Cured. was Just across the street from
the shanty, about 100 or 125 feet away.
He did not at any time see Gaul or hear
him. No one at all went out with Nj.
Atwell. Witness and Mr.. Shelton had
started over TO the scene of the killing,
and had gotten q little way when they
heard the cry and the pistol fired lie
saw no ono run In the direction that At
we'll did. McNamee ran OF down DOCK
street AS soon as the shooting began all
OF the men from the shanty started IN
a run across to where the affair had
taken place. GOdseY said he chased Nc
to the place where Atwell had fallen. The
witness saw no weapon about the dead
man. and did not think he had even
stick with him that night. He AtwelD
carried his lantern and during the squab-
bic witness could see this light moving
slightly from one side 10 another.
WENT TO THE DOOR.
w. H. Nunnally. who answered the
10. hn
After Atwell went out he (witness) went
up TO flag a train, and in few moments
saw a scufie and heard Atwell cry out.
The witness then holered. and the shoot
ing occurred. Godsey started to Atwell,
who fell on the sidewalk just as he
reached him. Witness did not know the
man who cid the firing. Another man
was holding Atwel when the first shot
was fired into his side. This person then
ran up Twenty eighth street. Godsey
could not tell whether this man was the
same one who came to the door and called
Atwen out. He recognized Gaul as the
man who called at the door for the yard
conductor. When Atwel cried out II
sounded as II he were being choked. He
did not call any names. The witness did
not see the second party strike Atwen.
AtweU had the lantern on his arm, and
when the first shot was fired Atwell had
his hands up and was trying TO get away
from the fellow who was holding him.
A great deal Of questioning was gone into
upon the relative positions Of the men in
the alleged scuiiie.
SAW a MAN HOLDING ATWELL.
Mr. J. r. Shelton. nephew Of the de-
ceased, was called and closely examined.
lie began by telling Of the coming Of
Gaul to the door After looking at him
minute Gaul followed Atwcll across the
street to the point where McNalnec WAS
standing. Upon reaching there the wit
ness saw McNamee pass "A lick at Atwcll.
Then Gaul struck him and caught him.
and had him until the first shot was
fired Gaul then turned Atwell loose and
ran. Atwell struck at McNamee one time
after he had been hit twice. When he
called out h said Come here" After
having been shot Atwell tried TO run.
The shots followed each other just as
rapidly as the trigger could be pulled. lie
saw no weapon about AtweH The
scufiiing between Gaul and Atwell did not
last more than three or four minutes untll
the firing began. Shelton said he was the
first Of the men TO 30 out OF the shanty
after the trouble began. He was positive
that Gaul was holding Atwel and the
latter was trying to get away.
DENIED THE REPORT.
did you say this before the Coroner's
inquest, 4 did not sec any one holding Mr..
Atwcll, but did soc him strike him, and
McNamee shot him." asked Mr.. Smith.
mo. sir: | said that L did see some
one holding Mr. Atwell."
did you not sign that paper,' inter-
rogated Mr.. Smith. as he handed tie wit
ness the report of the proceedings of the
Coroners inquest. and referring 10 the
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