The morning call., 1894-01-10

| years with che effects of severe attach n
poison oak or poison ivy. and she alst
| suffered with neuralgla-was often con
fined tn her bed"
Had she been suffering much lately
Just previous to the shooting?"
'She was confined to her bed all day
Saturday"
WAS she out of bed at all Sunday morn
ing before the shooting occurred ?''
Just lew moments; but she was un
able TO walk and went right back under
the covers"
Miss Shattuck then testified that sh,
met Poole at the door, went with him Il
| the mothers room, where the three wer,
together for about fifteen minutes or more
The conversation held between them wa!
| over the question of marriage.
II felt little faint" said Truly, "afte,
we had been talking awhile, and''-tht
| witness hesitated, drew a heavy brea th
then added went out TO get a drink Of
| water"
After answering several other question,
bearing upon the story already told, Miss
Shattuck testified that she had been en-
gagged to Harry G. Poole ever since las
April.
when he was at your house on Sunday
morning." asked the Coroner, Twas be per.
tectly agreeable that the marriage shoulC
take placer"
Yes"
| liz OnoIcu UO
None Whatever, beyond the fact that i
was Sunday and license could not be pro
cured that day"
was the mother angry, or did she show
any signs of anger during the converse,
| tiOn?"
''She did not seem angry"
| 10lS answer came with q slightly rising
infection, with perfect righteousness oil
expression. I'VE we're talking in a per
/ tectly friendly manner" the witness added
Nothing had been said for moment OF
| so previous to the time Truly left the
room.
Coroner Hughes then shifted the ground
| OF inquiry. No evidence had been given
| to snow how Mrs. Shattuck could have
become sufficiently angry at young Poole
TO cause her TO shoot him instantly upon
! Truly's leaving the room.
Where did you see Poole last previous
to Sunday morning?" suddenly asked the
Coroner.
For the third time during the fnoue.,
Miss Shattuck hesltated before answering.
But this time she neither bowed her head
with the sign of grief, nor faltered because
OF voice choked with tears. She paused
all at once, looked up and about quickly
as with start, flushed. seemed to hold
her thoughts In suspense, and presently
answered:
Il saw him Saturday night"
Nv heFe did you see him on Saturday
night?" asked the Coroner.
Still again Truly hesitated, and for a
| period that seemed fully a minute long.
Then she drew heavy sigh-one of those
voiee-0f-the-breathe expressions with which
| mankind sometimes spesks-and at length
replied:
''I-l-he came to the TivoIi for me-"
DIR. OConnell, who held the autopsy
over POole's body, was next called. His
testimony added nothing TO the report OF
the autopsy already published. He was
not acquainted with Poole and knew
nothing of the shooting.
The messengeT-Doy. summoned next to
/ the wltDess-chair, had carried the note
which contained the fatal words, "For
! Gods sake, come quick" TO Harry G.
! Poole. The note was brought to the mes
senger Office without an envelope on il. 1t
was written on piece of white paper,
which had been crumpIed and mussed, and
! which had been torn at the bottom
The ten-year-Old brother of Truly was
| neXtswOrD. He said be was not at home at
! the time Of the shooting, but had gone to
| Larkin street to visit an aunt He did not
know Harry G. Poole. did not know any
| one by the name Of Poole. did not know
! any one 10y the name OF Harry. He had
| gone to the corner of Fifth and Stevenson
streets for a messenger-boy at about g
o'clock, at his sisters request. Did not
! again go into the house. His mother was
/
| been i'll bed the day before al! day.
With this preamble started the sensa-
| tiOnal evidence of the inquest. The Cor
Oner asked the boy if he had been at home
! the night before the shooting. The answer
| was in the affirmative.
"What time did you go to bed that
night?" asked DR.. Hughes.
"At o'clock"
WAS your sister at home at that time P''
Yes, Sir"
Are you sure she was at home?"
Yes, sir"
IL will be remembered that the papers
! of Monday morning stated that lTruly had
! been at the 1ivoli as usual all that even
| ing.1
| How do you know she was at home pr
Because L saw her in the front room
reading"
Saturday night. before you went &c
bed ?'
"Yes. sir"
Those present in the courtroom took a
| breath. Attorney Lowenthal moved In
| his chair. He was near the stove
Did not your sister go to the Tivoli on
Saturday night as usual?" continued the
inquirer.
mo, sir"
Again Lowenthal shifted in his seat. He
had voun teered to be the friend of the
family.
"At what hour did she usually go to the
theater?"
"About half-past seven"
And she did not go at that hour on Sat
urday night?"
| mo. Sir"
Attorney LOwenthal took another chair
farther from the fire.
The boy tOld his story without a blush
without hesitation, disingenuously, He
asseverated again and again, as often as
he was asked about it, that he saw his sis.
ter at home at o'clock on Saturday night
Coroner Hughes dismissed the brilliant
lad presently, and called Mrs. Hildebrand
the landlady of 413 Stevenson street. Mrs
Hildebrand was in her kitchen al the time
of the shooting. Somewhere between II
and IL o'clock she heard a sound which
resembied the report of a pistol, but, MOI
being sure whence it came, did not leave
her work until Truly Shattuck burst into
the kitchen with both hands up" CRYING
"Oh, Mrs. Hide brand, won't you come II
stairs? My mother has shot Harry" HeI
actions then followed the course which
the papers have described. She
did not see any pistol in the
room. but noticed something in Mrs,
Shattuck's right hand, which lay on
the covers. She assisted to dress Mrs,
Shattuck, who was laughing and erwin g
| Mechanically all Of tho timo Mrs Cho,