Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-29
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Not Much Doubt But That the vii.
liams Murder Will Be Charged
to Him.
Several Witnesses Tell the Coroner's
Jury he Was the Man Who
Fired the shots
A Pal Attempting TO Fix the Crime
on Another The Coroner's
Inquest.

1T appears quite certain that the MUIR
DER OF the colored man, Joseph WILL
Jams. will be charged against the sus-
pect who says his name is Gray and
that he Will have to answer to the
courts for the offense. With several re-
liable men swearing positively that he
is the one who fired the several shots at
Williams, and the testimony Of one of
the other tramps under arrest that
Gray was of the party, will make a
strong case against him, altho this
third man is attempting to shield Gray
and fasten the responsibility for the
eolored mans death on another whose
name he claims he does not know.
The third man arrested is the one re-
! ferred to Tue sday as doing considerable
talking. He gives his name as Dunn,
and is large man like Gray, but wears
a sandy mustache and has a florid COM
lsplexiofi, While Gray is dark and is
lsmoothe shaver. Dunn at first denied
lstrenuousiy that he was in the party.
but when confronted by Sheriff Shoe
maker and John Raber with the de-
Rails of his actions at that time he adj
mitted that he was III the crowd. Ra-
| Der, who Witnessed the shooting, says
Dunn was among the three who fol-
llowed closely on the heels of the man.
who killed Williams and Vas after met
jby Raber near the stock yards and
emerging from behind some buildings
land lumber piles Dunn is, in the opin-5
lion of the officers trying to Shield Gray.
land declares that the man who had the
lreyolver was a tall fellow with a sandy
mustache whose name he does not
know. This in Way is a description of
1.-THE second OF the suspects Identified as
Iamongs the party-the one who was sit
ltlng on the beer keg during the quar-
]rel and considerably intoxicated.
Coroner Lierle this morning empan-
Ieled a jury and commenced the inquest.
4 which has occupied most of the day. The
! Jury selected was L.. C. Abbott, Theo-
Idore Johnston and G. c. st. Ciar-all
|excellent men. The proceedings We're
Ieonducted in the sf1eriffs office and
County Attorney Stone assisted in he
! examination of the witnesses. DIR.
Mighell testified concerning the nature
liof the fatal wound. etc. Lewis CieNe-
A land, a cannery employe Who saw the
linen holding Williams and heard the
A shots, also testified, and said the man
5I.with the revolver was the one who
gives his name as Gray. John RAJ
sEber. anothxr cannery employe and who
was. probably, nearer to the scene than
l3any of the others who Witnessed the
sIltragedy, gave the details about as out
lined in these columns heretofore. He,
with George b. Hayes, testified that
Il WILLIAMS. after he was hit, said the
4 trar1ps had insulted the girls and he
4 had resented it, Raber also said that
4 when Williams was shot Gray, or a
Imam answering his description, was
within few feet Of the victim. and
8Iwhen he fell three other tramps SUR
i rounded him.
4 The clothing worn by the murdered
Imam al the time was exhibited, and an
discrimination shows that oneSof the first
|.shets went thru one of the pantaloon
LEGS and grazed the leg Of the coiored
5lnsan.
4 Pat Dunn, one Of the tramps under
4 arrest. was put on the stand this aft
8lternoon TO tell what he knew of the saf-
flair Dunn told confusing and cons
4 iiicting story, trying first to clear him-
4 self of any participation in the affair.
land second. Ito fasten the crime on some
4 one not under arrest. He declared that
5he was drunk and lying by the stock
a yards fence all the time: that he was
81 too drunk to participate, but that he
KNEW Gray Was not theane, saying that
the man who did the shooting. With two
Il companions. boarded freight train
Immediately after and started towards
EsTama. He said further that Gray was
U rot in the crowd at the time, but that
he met him later near by. This is III
4 direct contradiction to the statement he
made TO Sheriff Shoemaker and John
& fiSleaber Tuesday. when he said that Gray
mas one ofsth party. Dunn Disguised
the jury by his conflicting statements
and Was taken back 10 Jail.
George Spencer, a cannery employs
s. Frank Solomon, an eyewitness, to the
John Stepan and others We're
Fexamined, the investigation not being
EcGncluded until this evening.
IsE The jury will probably declare thai
Williams was killed by one Of a NUM-
Der of tramps and may recommend thai
EGray and Dunn be held, hut will prob
ably not say definitely who, in I he'll
Eopnion. committed the murder. leaving
, that for the courts to say.
The FIVE men arrested at Tama anC
!, brought to the city could not besidenti.
,3sfed az being among the party. altht
n three of them admitted they We're with
!. the crowd prior to thetrouble.
I AZ TRAMP,S GOODNESS.