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

When the HERALD went to press last even
ing the Hopkins inquest was still in progress
and Policeman Michael q. Hurley was
called He repeated his story as told before
Justice Shoemaker on Monday night, bearing
upon his finding of the body and the position
of the revolver on the victims breast. Wit
ness searched the FOltz house for weapons
other than the revolver, but found none that
could be connected with the case. The
Foltz house he heard of before the shooting.
1t had bad name.
Policeman William Matz was called and
swore that while he was in the house after
the shooting the two women were walking
to and fro in the front room, crying. Mary
was repeating over and over again "Alice,
you know how 1 went to the door and | heard
the shot, and l asked Jim, did Alice shoot
at your and you says no and then l looked
and l said o, Alice Jim has shot himself"
Witness said he did not inquire of the neigh
bors as to whether there had been noise of
quarrel in the house before the shooting.
John McCord, one of the boys called to go
for doctor, gave unimportant testimony
The Foltz house had bad reputation. He
heard people talk about men going there but
he never saw any only Mr.. and Mrs. Foltz
and Mary go there.
Jacob Perkins was next called. He was
one of the parties called from the Becker
house to go and get a Doctor He testified
that Hopkins was lying on his back, with his
arms stretched beside him, and revolver
was upon his breast Mrs. Foltz and Mary
said Hopkins shot himself
Edward Kester called and told his story of
the finding of the body in the Foltz house, as
already stated in the published reports with
the addition that Mary Michulski told him
that she thought Hopkins shot himself be-
cause he was jealous of her because he had
asked her to go to church and she refused TO
do So Mary also told witness that Hopkins
was lying upon the floor, and she was sitting
beside him, she told Hopkins that there was
gentleman outside who wanted TO see her;
that she got up and went to the door, and as
she ptued it Hopkins shot himself.
Policeman Martin Mullahy testified to
going to the Foltz house and finding Hop
kins lying upon the floor, He produced the
revolver. Mrs. Foltz's husband came in
while witness was at the house. The house
was reported to witness by a neighbOr, who
complained of men rapping at his door in
mistake for the Foltz house, but the neigh
Dor would not swear out a warrant against
the house. The complaint was that the
Foltz place was a disorderly and bawdy
| house.
! Dr. w. N, Stein testified that he was called
TO the Foltz house after the shooting. He
| found Hopkins lying upon the floor, uncOn,
csious and very weak, His pulse was beat
ing 100 per minute. Beside the bullet hole
he found a cut, the lower end of which was
| Z of an inch from the entrance Of the bullet
and the lower end was about an inch anC
a quarter from the entrance of the bullet
The doctor also said the victims left eye wa
very much blaekened and swollen. Thl
doctor also testified the black eye might hav,
come frem the shot, and also from the cut
This cut could not have come from the bullet
in his opinion. 1t was such cut as nigh
have have been made by an edge tool, Th
victim could have inflicted the out and thel
shot himself A knife or razor might hav
inflicted the cut The cut was bleeding whel
got there
DIR, j. G.. Church testified that he pei
formed an autopsy ON the body Of the de
ceased, He found bullet wound and it wa
little below the middle Of the cut Th
bullet wound was one and l1-16 of an inc
deep. The calibre of the revolver was 3S
The revolver was very close to the head
judging from the powder marks The bulle
took very slight downward course. II wa
almost direct. 1t was found in the spheroi
bone. The cut on the head might have bee
produced by placing the barrel of the +,
volyer, in direct contact with the place
entrance, and the recoil of the weapon woul
tear upwards He judged it was rigt