The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-13

said County, upon inc View OF the Ooly ~ jacob
BaumbeRer jr, there lying dead
The jurors sworn to laquuc when, how, aud
by what means the said Jacob Iaumbosser' lr'
came to his death, upon their oaths DO say that
his death was caused by agunshot wound ard
by some person unknown to tue Jury,
This was the verdict rendered last
night by the jury impSnood by County
Coroner schutzo to hold the inquest
Officer Shields summoned the jurors
and witnesses yesterday afternoon, act
ing as special constable, The jury was
composed OF NIahlon Kennedy,
Nathaniel Mouuliorl, George Carl
Louis Hoesche, Thomas Dawson aud
Frank NJ. Bowers. ThOy mot last even
ing at Coroner schutls's Office, in the
Eighth ward. Prosecuting Attorney
Howard was present and examined all
tho witnesses carefully, going into tho
minutest details, but he brought out
nothing new that would throw any llght
on the source. Of the bullet that killed
young BaumberGer.
The fret witness was Dr. W. p, Me-
grail, the county physician, who made
the post mortem examination lie
showed the bullet, which was found i'm
bedded in the apex Of the right lung,
after having passed through the heart.
He said from the direction the probe
took in probing the wound it was very
evident that the fatal ball had come
from almost directly overhead IA
there was no possible place from which
II could have boon fired downward, the
ball must therefore have been fired
high into the air and struck young
BaumberGer in its descent.
An IMPORTANT POINT.
This was the most important point in
all the evidence. 1t not only bears out
the theory advanced in this paper yes.
terday, but it suggests the idea that
perhaps the ball may have been fired
from the hillside to the northeast, aad
its initial force having been spent high
in tho air, il iell vertically. acquiring its
deadly force as IL descended at the IN.
creased rate OF 80 feet every second.
This is important, as it Is known that
some men we're shooting in the locality
indicated. The ball, on examination,
proves to be OF .3S caliber, instead OF
80. as was thought the night before
DR.. George L. Mccoy who was pres.
emit at the autopsy, gave testimony
which did not differ from DR.. MegraiPs.
William JuenCke, who was with
Baumbergur, told the same story he
told the lSrELMGgNCgR reporter, and
facts exactly as they were printed yes.
terday were narrated again By August
II. Meyers, Jacob Schlieccher and Wal
ter A. Wheat. 9. +. Morris acted IS
clerk, and after all the evidence had
been signed by the witnesses, tho jury
deliberatsd short timo and framed its
verdict
Squire schultEs was anxious 10 have
the Jury add condemnation Of the
habit OF wreckleSs shooting, and at his
suggestion Prosecutor Howard wrote
out clause to the effect that the per.
son firing tho shot was either guilty Of
criminal negligence. or 1t was the act OF
an assassin" After considerable dis.
cussion, however, II was decided that
this would not add TO the force Of the
verdict, and it was not added.
THE LESSON OF THE CASE.
Itisa fact, however, that tho person
who fred tho fatal shot was guilty OF
manslaughter lie was firing in the
city limits, which is violation of law,
and death caused, even BY accident,
in the commission Of an unlawful act, Is
granddaughter.
Wheeling has had perhaps not more
than one accident OF similar general
character. Some years ago passenger
in a street car was killed on the South
Side by shot from revolver which a
man in a house nearby was careleSsly
handling. The shot in that case, how.
ever, was not fired Intentionally. There
il too much reckless uas Of firearms,
and BaumbergerS death should teach
lesson.
The father and brother OF Daumber.
ger came down from Warrington, Pa,
yesterday. Tho family has the sym.
pathy oil all tho neighbors. Tho father
has been out OF work for some time, aud
the sisters have had hard lines to sup
port themselves. They were much re.
joiced when thOir brother told them
Thursday evening that no had the
promise Of job in tho steel works. and
in half an hour after no had carried tho
joyful news home he had received his
death wound.
What brings tho case close homo to
everybody ia tho fact that II one man
walking ChoOriully on tho street, having
no quarrel with anybody, in the beSt Of
health and spirits, eau DO shot 10 death
without warning, from aHourcs 30 mys.
FERROUS, tho aamo fate might bOiall any.
one. This idea was suggested a acoro OF
times yesterday Ia conversations about
tho case, which seemed to be tho main
theme oil conversation everywhere.
THE FORCE or 4 FALLING BULLET.
Tho theory advanced in tho ISrgLLi.
uEHCEn yesterday, which seems still tho
ouly possible solution oi tho mystery,
that Baumbsrgor'a death was caused by
o descending rIho or pistol ball fired at
considerable distance, was tho thomO
OF unusual discussion about town yes.
to-day. Many people, while suggesting
no other possible way In which tho
thing could have occurred, Hlil main.
tainod that ball falling from above
would DO 'apOnt." There does not seem
To bO much room for argument on tho
question, either from tile standpoint Of
common bonso OF the conclusions Of
scientists, who agroo on this point rs
thoy do not often agrOciA ball falling
after bsing shot high In tho air will 70.
cover In it, descent all tho force II lost
in ascending, allowing for resistance Of
air Part Of tho force Of shot not
straight up IL Of course expended In n
lateral direction, aud IL lost In tho balls