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CORONER'S INQUEST.
The Dead Body of Bose zimmerman
in the Grave-The Live Body OF
Joe Turner in the jail.

State OF South Carolina,
| Abbeville County.
An inouisition indented taken at the Nor.
ton place in Abbeville county, the 5th day Of
Coroner for said county, upon view Of the
body OF Bose Zimmerman of Abbeville coun.
ty, tn en- and there being dead by the oaths Of
n; more, G % Ed jay, B. j. Henderson, j. 6. Good win
Wash Fisher, Nathah Wideman. Allen Tol.
bert, Harrison Elmore, Richard Jordan, Man.
uel Mcclellan, being lawful jury Of Inquest
the State Of South Carolina, where and by
what means the said Bose Zimmerman came
TO his death. upon their oaths do say:
We the jury and that Bose zlmmerma1 nan
gun being In the hands OF Joe Turner.
j. Foster Hammond, Coroner.
VIM. Wideman, sworn, says:
| Bose Zimmerman and Marshall Patton was
at Arch Patton's house. We all come up the
road together. Me and Bose turned off and
come up here together. Marshall come with
us. Bose come in and Marshall went on
down the road and said he would come on
back directly, and they would be ready TO go.
they ask ed him If he would nave some He
said he believe he would CO. We heard some
one whistle and he said he reckon that Is Mar
shall now. He went on out and was gone
about three minutes. and we heard the report
Of the pistol. in about minute he came run
ming back and fell across my mothers lap
and said, Oh, am shot. No, sir, I did not
hear any. fuss. l have not heard OF any
| threats. thought II WIS Marshall who Wnls'
tied, and Bose thought 1t WAS Marshall.
Florida Wideman, sworn, says:
Bose was here and 1 knew he went out and
l heard the pistol shot, and he was about a
minute coming back to the house after the
faUS he would TiS be over here 1 don't Know what
business he had with Will. l was not look
ing for him. Joe Turner always carries q pis'
tol all the time. l heard some one whistle.
last Tuesday morning. He said Marshall Pat
ton either had to cross the river or touch bot
tom one. He said 1t was about some reports
about me and Joe. Joe told his vile yester'
day that he would be over here last night.
Joe Turner Is my brother-in.law They had
been married year In March.
Joe Wideman, sworn. says:
/ was In the house and heard some one
whistle. did not see any one. Bose was 10
the house and when he heard the whistle the
second time he said, Will, believe Will 60,
and II don't see you ali any more will say
good night. Just about that time heard the
shot and he run In the house and fell across
my mothers lap and said, Lord, cousin Fan.
ny, I am shot. I never heard anything about
these threats, except what l heard here few
minutes ago.
Marshall Patton. sworn. says: :.
Me, VIII and Bose come up the road togeth:
er. Me and Joe Turner had had no fuss.
had not heard OF any threats. I told Bose to
him would be back directly aud we would
20 back together. heard some one Will iste
twice and thought 1t was some OF the boys
coming down the road: Some one told noe
that Joe Turner had made threats against me.
| don't know who II was. 1t was last week or
week before last. Joe Turner came to me and
asked me about this girl. saw those tracks
Joe Turner so we'll that I know his track
wherever l see II. He wore q number nine
shoe. Last Tuesday evening me and Joe had
conversation about this matter, and be.
Just felt like 1t was him after me. Joe had a
pistol 81 Smith & Wesson. Joe Turner's
pistol Is In the shop now.
VIII Wideman, recalled, says:
saw the track. thought IL was Joe Tur.
ner's track. had seen bis track before and
that one was like II.
Arch Patton, sworn. says.
l seen that track and I have got belief
that 1t Is his track. 1 think he wore about a
nine. Joe had 80 pistol. He had one other
the first OF last year and he said some one
stole 1t. II was 38. Marshall told me that
Joe Turner had said he had done some devil
ment up here and was trying to lay itop him:
Marshall said 1t was not him but he believed
1t was Joe Turner. Said he had spoilt his sls-
ter-ln-law. Him or Marshall one.
Lewis Smith, sworn. says:
When the boys come up the road last night
they were friendly. I called VIII Wideman
by and we had q conversation. heard the
pistol shot. / come up here this morning and
come on back. / did not know the track
with the shoes on, but after he pulled his
shoes off l knew the tracks. Joe worked
with me, and knowed 1t.
Robert Chiles sworn, says:
Yesterday evening between sundown and
dusk was coming from the COW pasture.
come by Joe Turner's house and he called me
and saio hold on there, and told me he want
ed TO borrow my pistol. asked him what he
wanted with 1t. He told me his brother-ln-
law, VIII Wideman, owed him some money
was afraid he would meet up with dog or
something. l told him he could get 1t II he
would take care OF II and not lose It, He.went
on up to my house and got the pistol and
went on back down to bis house. After we
had went to bed and had dosed off to sleep
my wife called me and said cousin Joe called
me. When I got up he told me 10 come out
there and told him did not come out bare
footed. did 60 though. He said he did not
go over there but Just went out behind DIS
house To devil his old woman, and then be
gave me my pistol and told me he unbreach.
was not but two In 1t. He said he woul Id buy
me one In place OF It, and he went on home.
Then this morning he told me not to say
anything about me loaning him my pistol
nor being at my house any time last night,
and told me to tell my wife not to say any
thing about 1t.
H. brennan, M. D., sworn, Says;
certify that have examined the body OF
Bose Zimmerman and find that he came to
his death from gun shot wound, cutting the
swallow and winpipe both but either one was
sufficient TO cause death. being q 85 caliber
ball. n. brennan, NJ. u.