The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
THE LAKE CUBA TRAGEDY.
CoRONER'S INQUEST OYER THE DEATH
OF YOUNG AUSTIN.

He Was Blown Tn by Dynamite While
Asleep in Cottage ON the LIKE Shore
Young Bishop, Who IL Suspected and Is
Under $1,000 hail, Says He Is Innocent.
BOLIVAR. n. Y. July 1.-THE Coroner's in
quest to fix the responsibility for the death OF
Everett Austin OF Belmont, who was blown up
at Lake Cuba last Saturday morning while
asleep in campers cottage met at tho Court
House in Belmont this morning at 10
O'Clock. Two sessions were held and hf-
teen witnesses sworn. The inquest adjourned
at u O'Clock Tonight to meet in Cuba on
Monday morning. Coroner II. w Gillette Of
Cuba Is President The nine jurors arelrrom-
inent business men OF Wesvie. selected be-
cause they are free from local feeling in the
case. Tho Commonwealth is represented by
District Attorney Church. The Hon. Charles
II. Brown was present In the interests Of the
Austin family. and may represent them in q
damage suit that may be instituted when the
case is settled Gabriel Bishop. the young man
suspected OF the crime. and who Is under SlO.-
600 bail pending tho result Of the inquest. was
represented BY former judge Harlan Swift ono
York bar and j. c. Legget. an able Allegany
county attorney.
Austin. father OF the victim; Mrs, James
Anderson, chapcrone OF the pnrty,qt Belmont
young ne9pIs who stopped at the Morgan p,I, cot,
and Ada Furman. who went boat riding with
Bishop and Paul Morgan the night before
tn" tragedy. and who wcIc expected to tes-
angry and yindictive toward the Belmont
cycles apart while they were boat riding.
and on a previous occasion Embarrassed their
horses and hid some OF the straps. The girls
testified that they heard the boys make some
such remarks, but that II was only in a spirit
OF fun. The other witnesses testified to the
cottage on the previous evening and to tho
finding Of a small piece Of fuse on the doorstep
OF the little cottage whore the explosion took
place.
Pshop was in Belmont all day in company
with Paul Morgan the Young man at first ac-
who has not been arrested and is said to be
able to prove an abb. The boys spent some
tme in the courtroom and then walked about
town. Bishop Is ~ years Old slight Of build.
has black hair and dark eyesana is bright-ook-
ing. His six years n Germany were mostly
He simply maintains his Innocence and re-
fuses to further discuss the case. He realizes
his grave position. but is wonderfully COM
posed and has strong hopes OF acluittal His
mother. handsome woman OF A.. and sis
ter two years older than himself attended both
sessions and caught every word Of the test-
monv. Paul MorEans father. mot her and sis
ter were also present and interested spectators.
The most important witnesses will be sworn
at Cuba Bishop will there have to account for
the disappearance OF q stick Of dynamite the
hiding place Of which WAS known ~ him and
one other person, and to account FOR "hgre-
aboutS from to 1880 A. H. last Sat The
web of circumstantial evidence t. woven
about him will be very strong His attorneys
realize ii and are preparing for great fight.
From now on every inch at the sessions OF the
inquest Will be stubbornly contested.