Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-06

been running a drug store in Benton
City Tor sometime. He was about
th'rty-tive years of age and a single
man, respected by all who knew
him. In fact few men were so uni
vcrsally liked and more highly
thought of by his friends and the
general public than Mr.. Houghland.
Just what business he had at the
residence OF Mr.. Hinton mt the time
he was killed will perhaps never be
definitely known. Mr.. Hlnton's
sister says she was not expecting
anyone. MIR. Hinton himself SAYS
he did not know who it was he shot
ut or what business he had there,
lie says that he had heard someone
around the house the night before
and thought he was trying to get in.
His residence is a three room house.
MIR. Hinton was in the shed room
with his rifle and says Mr.. Hough-
land (although he did not know who
1t was at the time) came up to the
window OF his sisters room and tap
ped on it. He says that in raising
his gun to fire he made some noise
and that he thinks Houghland turn.
red TO run before he fired the shot. 1t
would be almost impossible for the
ball to have taken the curse it did
if Mr.. Hinton shot him from the
window while he was standing up.
The bullet went in just above the
hip and came out at the shoulder
and it would look as though be was
shot while lying down or at least
STOPPING forward. Mr.. Hinton's
sister was in Mr.. Houghland's store
Friday afternoon. She and the de-
ceased We're, it is said, good friends;
in fact, Mr.. Houghland had kept
company with her some off and on
during the past few months. Mr..
Hinton vas arrested and brought to
Mexico and placed in Jail. Coroner
Fritts and his jury have been hard
at work on the case and there will
probably be some new developments
within the next day or so. The re-
mains of Mr.. Houghland were
brought to this city to the residence
OF his sister-in-law, Mrs. Houghland,
a most estimable widow of south
Mexico. Deceased had his life in
sured only Il few weeks since for
$1,000 in favor of his sister-in-laW's
little daughter, to whom he was de-
voted. He had promised her father
on his death bed that he would see
that she wa educated. The funeral
was conducted at the Baptist church
Monday by Rev. A. E. Rogers
and Elder w. B. Taylor, and the
members of the Masonic order of
this city attended in a body.
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
There are no new developments
in the Hinton-Houghland case. The
coroner's jury has completed its in
vestigation and returned its verdict
as given below. The preliminary
hearing of Mr.. Hinton will be held
in the Court House in this city be-
fore Squire Winscott at 8 a. m.Fri-
day. The following is some OF the
evidence in brief as brought out dur
ing the Coroner's inquest:
Henry Hinton, the man who kill
ed W. II. Houghland, being duly
sworn testified in brief as follows:
"On the night of the shooting l
WAS ut home i'm the summer kitchen.
| was at home all night. Went TO
Mr.. Douglass, a neighbOr, at lO:l5.
| had been at home until that time.
(Here Il plat of the house was shown
and the location of the windows and
the sleeping rooms of the family
Gxed.) The house contains three
rooms including the shed room
where Hinton was. On the night OF
the shooting my sister, Violet, was
at home. | had not been used to
sleeping in the room where was
We had been interrupted for a few
nights before by somebody around
the house and it was hard TO get a
GOOD view from the room where ]
usually slept. The interruption con
sisted of a noise at the window OF my
SISTERS room. When | went into the
shed room my wife and sister had
not retired. The first thing that at
tracted my attention was a noise al
the window like someone tapping OF
it or trying to open it. L was lying
down when | heard the noise. l sa"
n man at the window. He was ap
parently trying to get into the house
| reached for my gun that was lay
ing beside me and stuck it out OF the
window. The nan started TO ruf
inst before | shot him. Think the
noise of my gun on the wlhaoN
startled him. [ did not say any
thing. He was about fifteen fee
from me when | shot. When l firee
he screamed and groaned. thei
got up and opened the door oil TN
room. About that time the wohhe'
folks came out. | told them to brln'
a light; heard the man groaning ant