The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-04-07
VERDICT OF
MANSLAUGHTER
COrOner's jury Determine That
Nelson Magnant Met Death
at the Hands of Henry
Clay Hendricks.
sa-
HENDRICKS IN CUSTODY.
Examination Set for April 18th
Prisoner Confined i'm Jail
in Default of Furnish
ing Bail.

Inc discovery OF the ueau oouy
of Nelson Magnant, curled up in a
cutter near barn at the NJ. K,
Mission, at an early hour last Satur-
day morning, caused considerable
excitement. AS soon as Coroner
Gordon Johnston was notified he
empanelled a jury consisting OF
II. j. Seifert, John G. Sterk, Jr.,
Patrick Culliney, T. G. Fitzpatrick,
Samuel McKindles and Harry Selden,
who viewed the body, and the in
quest was set for / o'clock in the
afternoon. When the hour ar
rived, the inquest was adjourned
until Wednesday afternoon, and as
rumors of foul play were widely
current, it was decided to have a
post-mortem examination, which
was held Wednesday morning by
Drs. Zellen and Stringham.
AT the inquest the testimony OF
a large number of witnesses was
taken. The physicians testified
that the immediate cause of
Maguant S death was from conges-
tion of the lungs.
From the testimony submitted at
the inquest it appears that on
Friday evening, March Both,
Nelson Magnant went to the
home of Mrs. Hendricks, in this
village, where he had usually
stopped. 1t was about s O'Clock.
He found the doors locked. He
started dewa town again and met
Henry Clay Hendricks, a son, and
William Madden. 1t is claimed
that young Hendricks and Magnant
had words, and that Hendricks
knocked Magnant down and kicked
him several times or the head and
body, and left him lying beside the
road. A short time after this,
George Miller, of the Mission,
drove by with horse and cutter,
aud discovered Magnant. He
lifted Magnant into the cutter,
supposing that he was intoxicated,
and decided to take him home.
Miller drove up in front of a saloon
and went inside to get friend who
was going with him. While Miller
was in the saloon, the horse started
for the Mission, going direct to
Miller's house. About 3 O'Clock
Saturday morning Mrs. Miller
heard the noise made by the horse
and went out and put the animal in
the barn. A couple OF hours later
she again went to the rig and dis
covered the dead body of Magnant
in the cutter. She notified Frank
Pequette, who resides but a short
distance from Miller's place, and he
promptly notified the authorities.
After hearing the testimony, and
due deliberation, the coroner's jury
rendered the following verdict:
CERTIFICATE AND FINDING OF JURY.
State of Michigan, GO
County of Baraga, '''
An inquest, taken at L L'Anse town
ship, in said county, on the 4th day
of April, A. d. 1900, before me,
Gordon Johnston, one of the cor.
oners in and for said county, upon
the view OF the body OF Nelson
Magnant, then and there lying dead,
by the oaths of the jurors whose
names are hereto subscribed, who,
being duly sworn to inquire in be-
half of the people OF this state
when, in what manner and by what
means the said Nelson Magnant
came to his death, upon their oaths
do say "that the deceased came to
his death by congestion Of the lungs
caused by blows and kicks on the
person Of the said Nelson Magnant,
committed by Henry Clay Hendricks &
on the night Of March Both, A. d.
1900, and the said Henry Clay