The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-06
LOUD RELEASED on BOND.
THE CORONER's JURY FOUND \
VERDICT Oh MANSLAUGMTER

charging Him With Fitzpatrick.
NIurdcr-IIIs Bail Fixed at $1,000.
Loud and Helene stockton in
court-The Young Woman Arrested
ns Accessory 10 the KfIIinG-Fits-
>atrick's Friends Start a Fund to-
Aid in the Prosecution of Hi,
slayer.
Charles d. Loud. the slayer of Phil
Fitzpatrick. was released from Jail yes
terday by Judge Falligant on a $500 bond.
The coroner's jury brought in a verdi p;
yesterday morning at o'clock. after hav-
ing been in session all night. The verdict
was manslaughter. The jury was com
posed Of H. Basch. J. Schmiedeberg. G. o.
Howe ". Gray. L. Hartigan and NJ. Nc
Hugh.
J. J. somers, a friend OF Fitzpatrick's
at once sued out warrant before Justice
Reynolds. charging Loud with murder
Loud was turned over TO the jail on this
warrant. He was Immediately taken TO
the court house. however. for hearins
before Judge Falligant on application for
bail, brought by mis- counsel, Maj. P. W
3Ieldrim, T. 5. Morgan, Jr. and II. W
johnson. Loud made his statement and
Helene Stockton made hers. both being es-
sentially the same as the statements made
by them to a Morning News reporter at
the barracks shortly after their arrest
Tuesday night. The evidence taken before
the coroner's jury was also read.
II was announced during the progress
of the hearing that OConnor & O'Byrne
had been engaged to assist in the prosecu-
tion. and recess was taken until the
arrival Of Mr.. O'Connor. He and Mr.. Fra.
ser stated. after comforting together that
they would not urge that bail be refused,
in view Of the evidence presented, but re,
quested that if bail be accepted it be 10
answer for any degree Of murder or man
slaughter for which the accused might be
indicted.
Judge Falligant at once granted the re-
quest for bail and fixed the bond at 5000.
1t was Immediately signed by Mr.. William
Pritchett, large naval stores operator of
Montgomery county, who qualified for
$15,0O
The manner in which Helene Stockton
gave her testimony made great impress
sion upon those in court She was calm
and dignified in her manner, which, added
to her prepossessing appearance, won her
favor. The attorneys and others present
could hardly believe that she was the
young woman, who. according TO all re-
ports. has been leading very gay and I'M
conventional life. After Loud had been dis
harged, he called the woman aside and
he two talked together for several min
ties. There was no doubt in the minds
Of those who witnessed the scene that
Helene would stick to "the colonel" during
the case.
The body of Fitzpatrick will be Inferred
at the Catholic cemetery this afternoon at
o'clock. The funeral will take place from
the residence Of his friend, J. j. Somers.
where the body was taken after the trag-
edy Tuesday night. There is no doubt
that the funeral will be largely attended
Phil Fitzpatrick, as his friends generally
spoke Of HIM. had scores of friends lie
was clever. of a genial nature and made
friends readily. He had his faults of
course. but they were offset by many good
qualities The manner in which he came
10 his death was a shock TO a large circle
of friends.
The deceased came to Savannah from
Lowell, Mass, where his father is still
living. It is not known If he had any other
relatives. No word has been received from
there as 10 the disposal of his body, and IL
orders are not given otherwise, it will be
buried this afternoon as announced. Cor
oner Goette has embalmed the body
IN anticipation of the possibility of its be-
ing ordered shipped north.
While preparing the body for burial Cor
oner Goette discovered third wound and
which evidently "a hp
which had been entirely overlooked. 1t
was under the right arm, the bullet pass
ing across the chest and lodging near the
left nipple. The fact of the wound re-
manning undiscovered was due to its being
Immediately under the arm, and that no
blood had issued from it up to the time of
its discovery, the flesh having evidently
closed behind the bullet.
When Coroner Goctte lifted the arm
in dressing the body the blood
gushed out making known the
presence of the wound Coroner Goette
probed it and found that the bullet had
passed through the right lung. This was
evidently the wound which caused death
as the wound upon the top of the head
which was supposed Tuesday night to have
produced death, was one which was not
necessarily fatal. though it might have
proven so.
The bullet which caused the latter
wound struck the top of the head, plowed
along under scalp for four inches, and
came out. There was a slight fracture
Of the skull, but not sufficient to have
caused immediate death. The other
wound was in the left hand, the bullet
grazing the hand between the thumb and
torehnger and passing through the hand
ut the base of the third finger
Loud has stated all the time
that he fired the first shot over
Fitzpatricks head with the in
tention of frightening him. AS he only
red three shots, however. the fact of
here being three wounds would seem TO
show that he is mistaken. Coroner Goette
and several of Fitspatrick's friend who
we're with him when he was killed are
OF the opinion that the first shot was
the one which struck Fitzpatrick in the
head, and that the third shot was the cue
which was fired by Loud as Fitzpatrie lS
retreated into the hallway where he fell
Immediately on receiving the wound
Fitzpatrick's friends make out a very
different story of the affair from that
told by Loud and the Stockton woman.
Fitzpatrick, they say, was not drinking
etu tad haxr mi.