The morning call., 1894-01-12
A VERDICT GIVEN.
Coroner's Jury Charges
Mrs. Shattuck.
POOLE'S MOTHER TESTIFIES.
Harry Left Home Sunday in
Good Spirits.
POOLE's MOTHER TEsTIFIES.
mr.. sHATTUCK ON THE STAND.
The Arresting Officers Took the Pistol
From Mrs. Shattuck-Did She
Feign Sickness.

The Coroner's jury in the Poole case
rendered a verdict yesterday charging
that Harry q. Poole came to his death
from pistul-sh0t wound in the head in
hicted at the hands of Mrs q. Shattuck.
The INQUEST was resumed at l o'clock
in the afternoon. Mrs. NJ. E. Newlands,
the mother of the deceased, was the first
witness called. Her testimony was 10 the
effect that Harry had left home Sunday
morning shortly after 10 in happy spirit,
seeming to be unusually well. She had
thought 1t strange, and had so said to him,
that Mrs. Shattuck was dying" as the
message from Truly averred because on
Saturday afternoon Truly had told her
that Mrs. Shattuck was out buying things
for her TO take on her trip East. When
asked if Harry had ever spoken to her of
getting married, the witness replied:
NO. He always thought marriage was
failure" Deceased had once shown her
a ring which was the gift of Truly. but
had made light of II, and had said that he
would have her wish 1t or as she had
wished it on" Mrs. Newlands had never
known Harry to have a pistol in his pos
session.
The testimony of Arthur F. Merrill, the
young man who had taken out license to
marry Miss Sbattuck, followed that of
Mrs Newlands. 1t confirmed the story
already told Of Mrs. Shattuck's having
insisted upon his taking out marriage
license Oh a Sunday. and asserted further
that when the license was once procured
she Immediately objected to any marriage
taking place. Witness had heard Miss
Shattuck speak of Poole when in his COM
pany a year and half ago. Merrill had
al that time objected to his attentions to
Truly.
Orville a. Shattuck testified that be was
the husband of Mrs. Jane Shatluck and
stepfather of Truly. Had left San Fran
cisco in March last, out still correspondent
with his wife. Had never been told by
letter or otherwise that his stepdaughter
was to marry Poole. Coroner Hughes
asked witness If he had ever known Mrs.
Snattuck to possess a pistol. Shattuck
was about To answer, when Attorney
LOweuthal spraDg to his feet with loud OBJ
lection to a man being asked to testify
against his wife. The Coroner, however,
insisted, and Mr.. Sbatturk answered that
he himself had kept pistol in the house,
but had taken II away with him two years
ago.
Officer Desmann gave testimony that on
going into the room after the shooting lie
had asked Mrs. Shattuck for the pistol
and that she had produced il from under
the pillow at her left hand. The officer
presented the pistol TO the COroneT's jury
for examination. 1t was an old Smith 81
Nesson revolver, one chamber of which
had been discharged.
Officer D-nnan cOrroborated the testi-
mony of Desmann. To both himself and
the latter Truly Shattuck bad said that
her mother had shot Harry Poole. Mrs.
Shattuck was not arrested until after the
officers had gone TO the Receiving Hospital
with the body Of Poole. Denuan returned
alone to the Shattuck residence to arrest
Mrs. Shattuck. BE entered by the back
stairway. and as he passed the window of
Mrs. Shattucks room saw her stand
log on the floor between The two beds,
but on reaching the room, moment later,
found her in bed, fallen back, with eyes
closed as if in faint. When taken out to
be dressed she called twice for glass of
water, and once made a movement as if to
vomIt 1t was on this latter account that
MI rs. Sha tuck was taken to the hospital,
ITO be examined as 10 her sickness"
The last witness summoned was Deputy
Coroner Jones, who identified the effects
taken from the body of the deceased. He
had mol seen on POoie's body the ruby ring
which Mrs. Newlands had testified was
the gift OF Miss SnatIuck, and which Poole
had had on his fingers when he left home
SUNDAY morning.