The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-04

| All the EnoRB OF fnyeiCi3ns Oooiu wv
Save Him-ae Questioned the Doctor
Freely About His Chances to Survive
His Injuries-Frank Smith Succeeds te
the Management of the Circus-Cun
ningham Given Better Quarters in ths
County Jail = Coroner's Inquest Post.
poued Until Monday-FuneraiT Today.
Joseph B. McMahon, who was shot
Friday afternoon by Deputy United
| States Marshal Cunningham. OF Abilene.
Texas, died at 7:3O yesterday morning.
| HIS death was peaceful one.
During the night Dr.. Hoffman remain
ed with him and did everything in his
| power 10 save his life. At short inter-
vas the patient would ask DR.. Hoffman n
whether in his opinion he would survive
| the wound, and while the doctor encour-
aged him, ne did not deceive. He advised
| him Of the fact that while the injuries
We're serious, there was chance OF sur
| viving them. In addition 10 the doctor
| the dead mans wife and intimate friends
remained close 20 him all night. When
.
with remarkable courage during his sick
ness, became prostrated with grief. The
poor woman is entitled to the sympathy
OF every person in Wichita. During the
past three months she has lost her faith
er. her mother and her husband by death
and that, certainly, is more aff1iction
than usually fails 10 the lot of one person.
The funeral of Mr.. McMahon will be
held at the Scottish Rite cathedral at 8
O'Clock today. The religious services will
be conducted by Rev. J. +. Won Herr
Iich Of the Episcopal church, Of which re-
ligious organization Mrs. McMahon is
patron. The Scottish Rite services viii.
follow the religious services. The body
will be placed in the receiving vault OF
the cemetery until such time as it can
be transferred TO the old home in Mich
igan. The body will be in state in the
Consistory between 0 and u o'clock to-
day, where his friends can view ii.
As to the manner of the death Of Mr..
McMahon and the justification of the
shooting there is nothing TO add 20 what
maS stated in yesterdays Eag,e.. The de-
tails so far as can be known, until the
witnesses are put on the stand, We're COM
plete. AT that time the terror of what |
was given in yesterdays paper viii be |
born out. The feeling that was mani |
Tested after the shooting first occurred |
has modified a great deal until now ev-
erybody is looking at the matter as cit |
liens interested in even handed justice |
and right ought to look at il.
Mr.. Cunningham is still in jail and was
confined in the rotary Friday night, but |
Sheriff Cone received such a number OF
telegrams yesterday from Texas stating
the character of man he was that ne
moved him into more comfortable quar-
ters al l o'clock in the afternoon and
gave him a corridor al to himself. In
the forenoon several Knights Templars
called on him, they having received a
showing him to be a member in good
standing there. 1t is also said that sew
.ral banks in Texas telegraphed here Of
,ering to go his bail for any amount.
The cororer empanelled a jury yes
erday to hold an inquest, but after view
ng the body. the assistant county attor-
ley, James F. Comfy, agreed with Judge
Helm and Judge Wall. attorneys for Gun
lingham, to a postporement OF the in .
luisition unit. Monday. The assistant
ounty attorney does not believe that any
inquest il needed, ard Commissioner
Harmon has entered his protest against
ne, but DR.. Rose seems TO be running
he coroner's office himself and has as
much as told the county commission ers
nd the assistant county attorney to mind |
heir own business. The coroner will go
N with the inquest. Mr.. Cunningham :
7ill watch his interest closely from the
tart and well he may, for ne can expect
J be prosecuted with vigor.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Frank Smith 7
rrived from Kansas City TO assume 5
barge of Mr.. McMahon's business. and
ne circus will go on the road or April /
without being in the east embarrass- 7
/ by the death of its proprietor. Mr..
nlith is splendid manager. has been $
18th Mr.. Mcmahon a long time, and il s
2 was here on Friday Joe Mcmahon 5
-ould be alive now; for Mr.. Smith il
ould probably be the man who would c
Tx 20 the Texas officer about the pris- =
,er he held and hence there would be
0 trouble between them. Mr.. Smith is
3t so impulsive as Mr.. McMahon was
I'd is much better calculated for the set
ement of difficulties OF this character.
= is a great pity that Mr.. Smith had not Z
zen in town twenty-foUr hours earlier
r. Smith viii have full charge Of the :.
rcus from now on ard no man is more
'mpstent TO take that position than he -
While he will not, perhaps, have the
onderful command over men that Joe =
cMahon had he will. knowing that fact ~
= men more easy TO command, and on
e whole his management will be found |
have been very successful. az the end
the season. :"
The death Of Mr. Mcmahon will be deep
regretted by every one who knew him
rsonally. He was man OF unbound -
generosity. had very strong friend r
ips and was liberal 10 a fault He held -
me very close relations with a dozen
SO prominent citizens. and they knew
: character and the worth OF Il better
IN anybody else. Among his friends 9
was a prince OF good fellows. Every
2 Of them vii shed a tear for his un-
nely death.
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