Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-31
An Old Negro Killed.

making his home at "Aunt Mandy
| Williams DIETER known as EWING
an aged negro woman of this place
for the past 20 or al years, was struck
. blow in the side by William Ewing,
Aunt Mandy's 46-year-old son, who
also makes his home with her, about
O'Clock last night and died in about
or 10 minutes afterward.
The particulars of the sad affair are
81 follows:
"Uncle john" as he was called by
both old and young, had cut and car
Ified some dry wood into the kitchen
10 be used in the cooking stove.
When William came home shortly be-
ore 6 O'Clock considerably under the
influence of liquor, he got this dry
vood out of the kitchen and put it in
| p the heating stove. "Uncie John''
registered his objection and told VIII
lam he did not want him to burn
That wood, and threatened to take it
cut of the stove, whereupon William
cursed the old man and dared him to
couch the wood. Although feeble and
ouch advanced in years "Uncle
John" was not disposed ito take a
dare" and commenced to remove the
rood from the stove. He took out a
Peouple of sticks and William told him
IN he took out any more he would kill
him, emphasizing his threat with
eaths. "Uncle John" plucked anoth-
"a stick of wood from the stove, and
just as he siraightened up William
truck the decrepid old man a terrific
how in the left side and knocked him
i<fo the southwest corner of the room,
fdistance Of eight or ten feet. "Un-
Yes 56nn got up, suck or Sood ~
hand, and told William if he struck
him again he Oohn) would strike him
(William) with that stick of wood.
The old fellow walked across the
room, sank into a chair, commenced
to culver and threw his head back on
the bed. AUNT Mandy" who had
been an eyewitness to the shocking
scene, went to the old man and raised
his head, but his neck had already be-
gan to stiffen, and turning to William
Aunt MANDY" said: "William, you
have killed John" William replied:
81 don't care d If I have, and
you, too"
"Aunt Mandy" gave the alarm and
a number of parties soon reached her
house, among the first being Major
Marmaduke, COL, who took "Uncle
John" up in his arms and laid him
down upon the bed, but the poor old
man only drew one breath after he
was laid down, and that was his last.
= Sheriff Dempsey, with his usual
promptness, put in his appearance and
placed William Ewing under arrest
and lodged him in jail. After realiz.
ing the awfulness of the deed he had
committed William broke down an6
wept like child, and told the sheriff
he believed he would take knife ano
cut his own throat, but his knife wa:
taken from him by the officer.
A coroner's inquest was held this
(Friday) morning by DR.. G. M. Dewey
and also an autopsy held on the body
Five witnesses were examined, bu
their testimony developed nothing o
importance In addition to what ha.
already been given, except that th'
autopsy showed the heart to be very
much enlarged, and that the lung'
were nearly gone and that the deceased
was In a very precarious state o
health.
DIR. Dewey, the coroner, gives it a:
his opinion that the blow the victim o
William Ewing's rage received pro
duced paralysis of the heart and deatf
ensued before reaction could take
place.
The coroner's jury, composed o
Capt. R, N. Scott, J. c. Rucker, G. B
Gillian, w. w. Ward, Miller LESLEY
and r. P. Trent, after hearing the evi
dence and examining the body return
ed the following verdict:
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