The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-02-25
CORONER's INQUEST.

oouy vi ueorSe avery. mr. feers was
accompanied by DR.. W. A. Phillips one
of the county physicians. W. H. Jack
son, miner from Olinghouse was the
first witness and testified in effect as fol-
lows:
| was at Olinghouse Canyon on Satur-
day, the morning of the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1899. | heard a report but could
not distinguish whether it was the re-
port of gun or whether timber fell.
Immediately following the report heard
man holler Oh h-h, | think he
hollered about four times. jumped out
OF bed and went to dressing. l told Mr..
dollhouse that | knew the man who was
hollering was hurt. thought that the
sound came from towards the mil.
l went straight for the mill and just as
l got there jeff Poole stepped out OF hi,
house and asked him If there was any
body in the mill aud he said there Was
not. told him heard somebody hol-
Ter and thought somebody was hurt.
shavings in the stove and lit fire, step
ped out of the tent to throw out some
coffee grounds when saw Reed coming
down the road, he hollered and notion
cd at me at the same time. When he
got within about ten feet OF me he said,
II have shot and killed Avery with
rihe." He said he had done it accident
ally and wanted place to lie down, l
took him into my tent where he lay
down on my bed and then he told me to
take his horse and rig ami come to
Wadsworth. hollered to Effricks and
Kearney and told them to go up to the
cabin and they started ahead OF me and
| told Mr.. dollhouse to stay there With
Reed and l would 60 on up too. When
| got there Kearney and Effrick had
walked past Avery and did not see him
saw him lying with his head dowa the
hfii in little pile of brush, his feet
about two feet iron the trail. l stepped
down, stopped and pulled out his right
arm and felt OF his pulse to see ii there
was quiyer OF life in him aud | said
that he WAS dead. l told kearney and
Effrick that would go in and get the
saddle and saddle up and go to Wads-
worth.
Reed asked me il the old man was
dead and | told him he was. 1t was
about ten minutes after | heard the shot
that Reed came TO my place. When |
went TO the cabin there was blood on
the door sill and on the steps. / was in
the cabin when Constable Golding TOOK
the gun from under the mattress, the
gun was pointing towards the door.
did not examine the gun. Avery's body
was about l6 feet from the cabin door.
The nigh before the shooting l went up
to see Reed and Avery. Reed complain
ed about having the grip and the
measles on top OF it. Avery came Out
side when was leaving and told me there
was q piece OF vacant ground the abin
set on and Avery, Reed and Shepley had
located it. but the last time Reed came up
from town he had torn down the monu-
ment and location notice because Shep-
lev did not want his, Shepley's. name TO
any more ground. Avery said he had
told Reed he did not allow any body TO
tear down location notice that had his
name on it. Avery did not say that
Reed made any reply.
DIR. w. A. Phillips testified as follows:
/ made an external examination OF
the body amt found that a ball had en-
tered on the right side between the sew
enth and eighth rib on a line with the
front part OF the axilla. | found that
the ball had left the body an inch and
half 20 the left OF the left nipple and an
terror of the axilla. In taking this route
the bullet would naturally pass through
the liver, the diaphram, the heart and
portion OF the left lung. A wound Of the
liver or diaphram or heart in either
is usually fatal.
Constable Golding testified that he
served a warrant OF arrest upon Re, d
and took him into custody. Reed when
asked saying he was feeling pretty
tough" Constable Golding found Reed 8
rifle between the not and the mattress
and said he had cot examined the rifle
to see what was in it. Under the Cor
,ner's order before the jury le extrac.-
ID first an empty shell and twelve iosd-
ri cartridges. The rife is Winchester,
iS calibrc, 92 model. The Coron.