The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1898-09-15

HOMICIDE.
So Says the COroner's Jury in
the Veal Investigation-Evi-
dence Completed This
Morning.
IL Showed a Clear Case of Self
Defense-The Jury Was Unan1
imOus in Its Opinion-Seai
Is Out URder Guard.

MS morning cOIOhel nelpS COh-
vened he jury selected yesterday to
hear the evidence in the inquest over
the remains Of the late Mr.. James Ii.
Grief. One witness ,Chas. GIssenoth,
stranger, was sworn yesterday, and
made his statement, but being the
only witness present, the inquest was
adjourned until this morning at 9
o'clock.
Mr.. I'd Pearson was then sworn +,
and stated that the shots were fired
while he was on his way around from
behind the bar, to put the men out.
He told how they came there twice,
the last time with knife, made
threats and then attempted to get at
Veal.
John Bury, who was there both
times the young men went there after
Veal, made a very clear and explicit
statement Of the case, having seen
the whole affair fIom start to finish.
When Veal fred the shot, he had run
from behind the ice box to the front
end OF il. Grief seized a stone
match case that sets near that end OF
the counter, and 1t was as he attempt.
cd to draw il back that he was shot
Shotta was in the rear erd when the
first shot was fired, and as he ran out
to where Grief was, he, too, was
shot. He and Gissenoth ran out the
front door, and Grief sank to the
floor and was placed 10 chair.
Gissenoth was recalled, and said
that he saw the whole difficulty, and
that when the young men began to
abuse Veal, and attempted to get at
him, Mr.. Pearson said he was not
going to stand it, but was going to
put them out and close up. Grief
said Then We II get him."
DR.. Reddick attested the nature OF
the wound.
Everybody but the coroner and
Jury we're then excluded from the
chief Of policies room, where the IN
quest was held, and the following
verdict was returned:
PApuCAH, KY, Sept. 10, 1898.
We, the jury, find that j. ii. Greif
came to his death from gunshot
wound fired by Rufe Veal, at james
Sherrell's saloon on Fourth between
jefferson and Broadway streets, at
80 O'Clock on the morning Of Sept.
l4th.. 1898, and we, the jury, find
from the evidence before the jury,
that the killing was done in necessary
self-defeuse. Signed:
&. l.. WoRTHAM, &. W. EMERY,
GEo. JACKSON, JoLN AUSTIN,
J. W. HuGHEs, W. +. SHoEMAKER.
Mr.. Veal, with his guard, Mr.. Joe
GoCrieux, we're present at the in
quest, nut Mr.. Veal said he did not
desire to testify in the case.
The exaSining trial Of Rufe Veal
will take pla,e tomorrow morning
before Judge SANDERS at 10 O'Clock.
Yesterday when Greif died, and Veal
surrendered to Mrshal Collins, he
was warranted for murder, and in
the afternoon turned over to the cir
cult court.
Judge Husbands reminded the
case to the police court for an exam
inlng trial, however, saying hat the
warrant was issued in the police
court. aud the grand jury had Moth
ing to do with that. veal wss rep.
resented 10y Attorneys Reed, Greer,
Oliver, Cross and Gilbert, and the
first two being compelled to 90 to
Hickman, when the case was called
Yesterday afternoon, it was continued
until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
saa JudS2 Sanders appointed Mr..
Joe Gourieux gusrd u scGori;rr::' Al
Mr.. Veal. can
There will likely be a large ,r1ar.
ct the trial, and the general g nark
Is tna' hi. ea' N.Y. '' .issful
as he was by the corohers iEo;ns
1t is given out as tip that the more
| jury has sufficiently investigtro fic
hint tha' no iNo'' ' ", tow