The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-10

der burns on Mr.. McMa1on's left haud
and sight you'd On the little finger.
here nay nave been :. .:le powder bafao
on his :aglt hand I Old not probe fer
the ball. vas present When McLt1cn
| signed The statement There was an
operatioc reformed from > TO Z p. nj
Can not .ell exsc. ;icis. Dr.. purdue and
myself performed the operation. TIE
| bali was taken out after death. The de-
ceased never recovered fror; the snock
OF the operation. but he was coasc:sus.
If he had recovered from ne first shock
Of wound and opera ton ne would have
had a chance for life. He made MS
I statement just '.efcre We performed The
operation. No anaesthetics had been ad-
ninistered before he made his s;a .e,nen..
l think the undertaken has the Jai, that
We took from the body. The wound would
have been fatal without the operation
DR.. PURDUE'S EVIDENCE.
DR.. Purdue's evidence was practically
the same as that OF d.. Hoffman. He
said:
| Il am graduate and surgeon and
physician. 1 am surgeon for three Of the
railroads here. I saw Mr.. Mcmahon
| a fatal gun shot wound. I old him this
was very serious mat.er. re was
very muscular man end - perfect ply
! sique, if there can lie such a thing. It
was a fatal wound. We Performed the
| opera ton for the purpose OF trying 10
save his life. It did roI save MS life.
His death was the result OF his wound"
on cross examination DR.. Purdue said:
81 did not tell Joe that he could not
get wei was getting my instruments
ready while the other physicians were
getting him ready for the opera ticn.
There was no disagreemect among the
physicians that I know of as 20 me ne
cessity of the operation. The BACKS of
both hands were powder burned and
there was wound on the .itt!e finger.
Men similarly wounded do sometimes get
well after the irtestiEes have been in
tersected. The bah passed INTO the b5iy'
about three inches 10 the right and txo
inches above the navel, passed down.
ward. backward and outward, ranging
downwards all me time"
CLARK a LITTLE TWISTED.
The general opinion is that "Nobby''
or j. c. Clark's evidence in behalf of the
state is not as strong as it was before
the coroner's jury. He told about the
same story yesterday with the addition
tlot ne connected Mr.. Mcmahon with the
handling Of a cane about the time of the
trouble. AS stated above, however his
evidence became slightly twisted under a
very clever and intricate cross examina-
ton by Judge Wall. In substance his
direct testimony is as follows:
My name is j. c. Clark. l reside in
Cincinnati when at home. 1 was at the
Manhattan hotel on End of this month.
Mr. Mcmahon said: Wait a minute; /
want 10 see Mr.. Pratt In a few min
utes Mr.. Pratt came down stairs with a
man whom L have since learned was
Cunningham. They all stood in front of
the desk ard engaged in conversat ton.
They were not over two feet apart. Mr..
Mcmahon said, You are here imperson-
ating an officer Cunningham said,
That is not true Mack said. You are
a d liar Cunningham said. What?
and jumped back and commenced fir
ing. Mcmahon advanced and tried to
ward off the shots. Cunningham drew
his gun from mis- nip pocket. Mack was
standing with both hands on his cane
when the first shot was fired. Mack said |
Take my revolver and shoot that man; |
he has killed me- McMahon's pistol was
under him and I pulled it out. Cunning |
ham covered Us with his revolver and !
said. Don't raise that gun I said don't |
Shoot; you have killed one man now"
On cross examination he said:
az have been with Mcmahon since 1894. |
I have been engaged IN different capa-
cities. was to help route the show this |
year l had an interest in the side show /
last year. Ny wife and myself were 10 |
get $50 a week this year. 1 cannot say |
how long Mr.. Mcmahon had been in the |
hotel. l came from the winter quarters |
to tell Mr. Mcmahon OF something that |
needed his attention. Mr.. Allen came |
there with me- He was not one Of the |
group. I wanted Mack 70 go down 10 !
the grounds to see about some lettering. |
The office boy went after Mr.. Pratt.
When they came down they had a very
brief conversation. not more than two
minutes with Mr.. Pratt. before he went
up ana brought Cunningham down. The
first thing that Mr.. Mcmahon said was
L
an officer There was no swearing until
Mack said You are a d liar That
was all he did say. He did not say, 1
will not allow any s-Of a b 10 come
here from Texas and take one Of my
men, After that l turned 10 the door
20 see if my wife was coming. When
Mr.. McMahon said. You are a liar
said WHAT very quickly
and whipped out his gun and commenced
firing. Mack dropped the cane and
tried 70 grab Cunningham gun with his
left hand and tried 10 get his own out
With his right hand. I was looking at
them when the second shot was fired. I
TANK the end of his pistol was IN McMa-
hons pocket when l pulled it out. l got
possession Of the gun. The very words
AIcAIahon used were: Take my pistol
and Kill the man who has killed me-.
was getting II for business, but Cunning
ham covered me with his gun. l could
not now swear 70 the gun if I were -
see il. went after the pistol as other
friends have done. Under the impulse OF
the moment l might have done as Nc
Mahon told me 70. He some times
came down in the morning and left his
gun IN the drawer Of the Royal EX-
change Have seen him put on gun a.
night He did not usually carry a gun.
Allen and l were the only men belonging
to the show present. l went 70 arrest
and caught him by the
shoulder. He tried 20 make me take my
land from his coat and I struck
lim. Il was when the second shot Was