The herald., 1896-06-21
As the Result of the COrOner's
Investigation
THE JURY POINTS A FINGER
And as q Result Amos Abbott Rests
Under Suspicion
(eorrle Probably Knows More Of the Deed
Than She Has Yet Admitted
The Victims Dying Statement implicated No
One The Suspected Mans Testimony
Evidently Was Not Belleved-He 10
Probably Behind the Bars

Probably benlnu tuc phIS
Considerable light was thrown on the
mysterious murder OF Edward Wnlte.
who was shot at II o'clock Friday night
on Chavez street, by unknown persons
at the coroner's inquest yesterday.
While no one yet knows who the assas-
sin was. the evidence presented to the
Jury was so convincing to their minds
that they brought in verdict stating
that the "evidence adduced pointed to
one Amos Abbott" as the perpetrator OF
the deed.
A number of witnesses were examined
at the inquest and some of the testimony
was conflicting. Enough had been as
certained, however, to show that Lie
ber's statement about the two men was
correct, and that Georgie Abbott prob
ably knows more than she cares to tell
about the case The first witness put on
the stand was Peter White, brother OF
the deceased
He identified the remains as those OF
his brother, Edward, and said that the
latter was thirty four years of age. He
had been living at his residence on
CneSLuuI SlTctt SlilCC SciiihS W eO"AA
from Indio, but was not working. On
Friday morning Peter loaned his BROTH
er 81 in silver, and when he left home
the deceased wore silver watch and
chain. On the body when found was but
rs cents in coin and the watch and chain
were missing. On the ground where the
shooting took place was found 10 cents
more, making q total of $1.5O, and the
manner in which White spent the bal
ance has been accounted for.
Dr. Bryant described the wound which
caused Whites death. The bullet had
entered the left breast below the nipple
lust missing the lower portion of the
heart. 1t passed through the stomach.
liver, ETC.. and made its exit on the
right side below the ribs, through the
abdominal wall. Death came primarily
from internal hemorrhage caused by the
wound.
Fred Bohni butcher, whose place of
business Is on Alameda avenue, near
where the affray occurred, testified that
at $3.50 in the evening he had spoken to
Georgia Abbott as she was going up
town in company with deceased, and re-
ceived a reply from her. Alphonso Lie
ber, night watchman at the Wieland bot
tling works, told his succinct story of the
ARRAY substantially as told in yester-
days Herald. He saw the two men sneak
along the Chavez street fence, saw them
sitting on the beer barrels, heard the
shot, saw the flash and the victim run
and saw him taken away in the patrol
wagon.
Mrs. George Abbott then told her
story of the affair. She had gone up
town with White at 80 and the two had
visited two saloons, one of them the Vi
emma. White spent 80 cents in all for
beer, paying for it in silver. He also
bought 10 cents worth of candy. They
were going home by the usual route
when some one stepped up behind them
in Chavez street and ordered hands
up. Both she and her escort turned
partly around and threw up their hands
When she saw q man with what was ap-
parently a white mask or handkerchief
over his face with a revolver in his hand
she gathered up her skirts and ran.
Quite a distance had been covered
and she was crossing the railroad tracks
when the shot was fired She did not
stop running until she reached her home
and knocked at the door until her mother
let her in, when she told her that White
had been shot. Nothing further of the
matter was known by her.
Mrs. Susan Killett mother of Mrs.
Abbott, then took the stand. She said
George had gone off up town with White
after putting her child to bed and she
went to a neighbours for a time, but later
returned and waited UP for her daugh-
ter's return. Just about II o'clock she
heard shot fired and in a few moments
a loud knocking at her door and a voice
calling Mamma, mamma, let me in"
She opened the door and George, pale
and breathless, rushed in, saying What
am I going to do? Some one has shot Mr..
White" Mrs. Killett told her daughter
to go to bed, and locking her in the house,
went to Whites saloon to notify the
brother. From there she went to the
bottling works, where Mrs. Lieber told
her the wounded man had already been
taken away in the patrol wagon.
AS to Whites relations to her daughter
Mrs. Killett said they were good friends
and that White was a suitor for her
hand. He had known George since she
was girl, but had nSt lately been going
with her; in fact had been out with her
bue twice. About week ago he gave
Georgie his picture and asked her to
marry him. but she did not know what
answer he had received. Questioned as
to Amos AbSott, the divorced husband
of her daughter, she displayed consider
able warmth in her remarks.
Amos came to her house frequently
and always raised a row. He wanted
to secure the child which Georgie had,
not being satisfied with the one the
courts had awarded him. He never
while at her house mentioned Whites
name. Six months ago after an unsuc-
cessful effort to get George to come
back and live with him, he had told her
that If he ever caught his ex-wife out
with man he would kill them both and
set fire to her house. She had not seen
Amos for some time until yesterday
morning, when she met him near the
Catholic church at the plaza He spoke
to her and mentioned the murder, tell
ing her she had better not go to the in
quest-to keep herself out of it. Later
on she saw him at her house and he
was anxious and worried, but said little
Mrs. Killett's testimony was quite strong
but showed the ill-feeling existing be-
tween Amos and herself.
"A railroad man, Reuben Loudeschlager
by name. residing at .211 Ann street, was
the next witness. At IL o'clock Friday
night he and a companion named Will
lam Lands were walking slowly along
Main street. They were about in front
OF the bottling works when they heard
a shot. Hearing nothing more they
walked on and had about reached the
corner of Alhambra avenue when a man
came reellng along and fell between two
Telegraph poles at the corner Tie and