The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-11
NOVEMBER

all day. but In respect to the wishes
Of the young ladies' relatives here,
the crowd was not allowed TO sratify
It's curiosit y.
The evidence given in this morning
was substantially as follows
MIR. f. +. Bell, who knew the girl,
was present and testified: 81 cannot
say how she came to her death ex-
cept from hearsay. They came after
me and she was dead. she must be
about 81 years old. Her husbands
name is George Shirley.
81 had eaten supper when n col
ored woman came and told me that
Mr.. Overstrcet said to come over,
that Joe Endrcs had shot Dora. He
came to the door and asked me if she
was dead and showed the door open"
MIR. Phil Hisey was sworn. He said;
about Z o'clock last flight / eft
my home at Seventh and Boyd.
met Endres and he asked me II had
any cartridges. told him I did not.
He asked me n didn't have as many
as two or three and ] replied that 1
diI not. afterwards heard about
him shooting the woman, and when
| got there I found her dead. It was
alb 1t 7 o'clock and he said as many
as Tvs, or three would do. lia went
lnoo 81 alley. He did not seem to
be arun.. but did not seem TO be In
his usual condition"
Era Feds, colored, testified:
"Abt,. tel minutes to ] heard
hack drive up. l then heard pistol
shoe enc & woman screamed. ian
out inc sew man running and
someboo after him calling bat,
halt, apc shooting. Then ] was
Afterwards asked to assist to take
her In the house. We got her in and
put h, or the bed. She was shot
In the left breast. In about five
minutes Joe Endres came back.
saw hiIl WIN a. PoOo', ""' 'N"'
waited to see what he was going to
do to the girl. He ran up to the bed
began to strike her with the butt OF
the pistol. He struck her three times
! believe, and then shot her twice
once in the head and once in the
other breast. l then ran. There
was then no one else n the room but
Endres and the woman. She tried
TO fight him Off but was too weak,
before he shot her.
Chief II Police Fred Hoyer testified;
Yesterday evening before Z o'cock
young Henry Gore, the hack driver,
came IN my office and said lady want
ed to see me. found lady and she
asked me II | was Mr.. Hoyer and said
she wanted me to go with her home,
saying that she was afraid Of Joe En-
'dres. asked her what was the matter
and she said Ice was drinking. She In
sisted on my going with her, saying
that she knew me and j knew her.
when the hack stopped she told me
to go to the door aud see " joe was
there. l had gotten in the yard when
heard the crack tf pistol, bang,
bang, bang" l ran out to the hack
and the woman began screaming. /
saw Endres running around the head
Of the horses and when he got up we
grappled. had thrown my pistol INTO
his face and commanded him to sur
render. He held up my hand with
the pistol and was holding me with
the other. | felt a sensation in my
1T arm and found afterward IL was
powder-burned. He Knocked up my
pistol as II went off and then ran. |
let drive at him and he kept going to-
wards the coal office and fence and
afte, Looking for him ! met co'ored
man and he told me he saw Joe going
up Eighth street"
Here the chief detailed his search
for the murderer, which is unimpo T.
ant, inasmuch as he was by this time
Aack at the house. When chief Hoyer
got back he found Enders lying on
the floor.
"When | first went to the house
with the girl, was not more than six
teen feet from the hack. My opinion
is that he fired first shot from the far
side # the hack. The girl was on the
left side II the hack. The first saw
II Enders was when .he came around
from the horses head. The powder
burns We're from his pistol He had
hold Of the barrel of my pistol. My
watch chain was broken
"Hc neveDsajd a woId to me. sa d
surrender. ice, surrender, OF I'll xii
you. He did not let go OF me until
my pistol went off. Then he ran and
| fired at him twice. He made no
statement { % me after he was shot"
DIR. X. A. Hicks testified: THE lady
shot had been In my employ for abous
ten days as office girl and collector.
She hac been very efficient, ana was
accustomed to leaving the office at
$50.
81 was Informed last night that she
was shot and went out at once.
went into the house. Ifcould see as
went IN by the dim light that fhe lamp
was about to explode. l saw Endres
on the floor. Presently he reached
around and got the pistol There was
confusion. l saw him shoot himself.
After getting a fresh light i picked
up the pistol. His head was on her
breast. He was unconscious at the
tine but soon rallied and We asked
him why he did it, He would not ans
wer a. first, but finally said he would
not trve done It had he not been
drunk This moaning he was perfectly
C conscious and realizes everything.
He voulc not say anything about II
this morning. He was shot In the