The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-01

hand shot. he cut could have been made
with sharp-edged tool.
Doctor, in case of person receiving a
wound Of that kind, what would be the i'm
mediate efTect?"
He would lose consciousness"
Would he be able to perform any act ?"
mo, sir; not consciously"
Suppose there would be case of suicide
and man should hold a revolver to his head
and shoot, would he have power, or con-
sciousness or animation enough to place the
revolver on his chest and throw his arms be-
side him ?"
Il don't think so. Any movement would
be spasmodic "
"Or to remove it from his chest ?"
"No, sir"
Policeman Hurley was recalled to tell the
position Of the revolver on the chest He
said the handle was towards the left hand.
Michael Igo was called and also testified that
| the handle Of the revolver was towards the
left hand of the victim. Witness testified
that the Foltz house had a bad reputation.
He first heard that about three, or four,
weeks ago.
John Hopkins, brother of the deceased,
called. The deceased was 10 years old the
2lst of last July. The deceased never carried
] q ANNhANCA " NlAhNon kuOWltuBt Out once,
and then witness took it away from him.
| Witness identified the revolver shown by the
coroner as a weapon belonging to another
brother. Witness heard his brother, the de-
ceased. talk of Mary Michulski taking him
to the theatre. Witness mother knew de.
ceased went with Mary occasionally and
cautioned him against doing So The de-
ceased was temperance the last three months
and kept good hours, except during the week
before his death, when he came home late a
couple of times. When that revolver was
kept in the house it was empty. There
never was cartridge in the house Don't
know how he got the revolver. 1t was not
locked up. He could not have carried it
more than three weeks before his death.
George Smith, boy, testified that he was
one of the parties sent for doctor
Joseph Michulski, step-brother of Mary
Michulski, was next called. He testified that
his sister had been living out with Mrs.
Foltz since week last Sunday. Mother is
dead. 1 live with my step father. My right
name is Dorm / never knew the character
of the Foltz house. He couldn't tell why his
sister left home. She had never been in
treated there, She left home once to live
out with her sister. He did not know Of his
sister staying out late.
James Foltz husband of Mrs. Alice Foltz.
told of his absence from the house at the
time of the shooting. His wife told him that
she was in the kitchen when the shot was
fired.
Mrs. Foltz and Mary were taken out of the
Council chamber while the witness was on
the stand. The testimony was a repetition OF
his wifes and Mary's story, as already pub,
lished, aud as told by them to him. He also
explained how the chairs in the house be.
came broken, and said all were broken be.
fore the shooting, one in house in which he
previously lived. About week ago Jimmy
Hopkins and Jimmy Bottom took out re
volyers and were fooling with them unit
! witness told them 70 put them away, OF leav,
the house. The reyOlyers were put away
. The only thing witness heard Hopkins an,
Mary talk about in regard to other boys wa
when Hopkins said the two boy
he travelled with, Sam Morgan an,
James Botten, had gone to Chicago and h
felt very lonesOme-that be had nobody I
go with. In the last two weeks Hopkin
, came to witness house pretty often. Som
weeks he would come every night and othe
weeks every other night. That was when h
I and Mary got to be pretty great friends
5 Mary was hired to clean the witness hous
4 because his wife had fallen on the ice an
d hurt herself, No women ever visited Ia
!. house, only Mary. No men called there onl
f the boys referred to. Witness knew of n