The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-28


which was done. and sent me after the
doctor. | got DR.. POrterfeld as quick
as | could. Never saw the revolver
before. Have seen Deli have d pistol
a number of times. but did not see
him with one yesterday. There was
ne one in the rear end OF the hall, anO
no one in the front end but me and
sutton. Have no idea how the shoot
ing occurred or who did 1t. Don
know how pistol came there unless
Dell had it. Dell carried d pistol all
the time but | never saw Sutton with
one.
DR.. J. D. Porteriield: Testified to
having been called to see the boy.
Found hun on the floor in the hail
Shirt was open at breast and wound
was parallel to the fourth interspace
ut left edge of sternum. Made no
close examination of wound, merely
looked 1T it casually. The boy was
dying and did not probe the wound.
He lived about d riIute after l got
there. Inc wuund was an entrance
wound and was caused by "a missile.
Inc boy died by internal hemOrrhge.
lne wound seemed to be direct one,
and do not thlnk it could have been
s.if-lnhic'ed. There were no powder
burns. no diSc0loration OF the cloth
ing no sbrrds OF clothing in the wound.
Do not thiuk the shot was fired IN
close co ltact with the body. The
bullet evidently went through the
aorta or severed the upper portion OF
the heart, and in this event the boy
could have walked only a few feet,
and il all probability would have
fallen at once.
Jno. d. Wilson: Know nothing Of
the affair of NV own personal know
ledge. Was III the back part of the
store and heard Il shot fired. That is
all | know.
The Mystery Expi;:lRcd
The above was put in type shortly
after the morning session adjourned.
The afternoon Sc ;ion brought some
interesting Developments aud cleared
up the mystery completely. Chas. J,
Haman, Aiberg Williams aad w. Nj.
Stone testified this morning but in the
light ot testimony brought out this
afternoon il is not necessary to pub
lish it The first thing on the docket
this afternoon was statement made
to the jury by j. D Wilson. He stat
ed that late yesterday afternoon Chas.
Sutton came into the store aud admit
ted to him that McGuire had acci-
dentaly shot Dell.
Chas Sutton was placed op the stand
and made the following statement:
Mcclure. Geo. Dell and were stand
ing in the door. Dell had been try
ing to get some loads out Of his pis
tol and ,couldn't t DO it. He handed
the pistol to MEG uire and while the
latter was trying TO extract the load
the pistol went Oft and shot George.
MEG uipe was standing back near the
steps. and George was standing near
the door. the two were abGat three
feet apart Mcclure asked George if
he was hit, but got no answer. He
started to- weaken, dropping to his
knees. when | found that George
was shot l ran over to Wilson's drug
store intending to get DR.. Howard.
but did not see him and got DE-. Por-
terfield. Mcclure ran up the street
with me to the DOCTORS office. Do not
know what became of the pistol.
Knew George for or S..years. He
was in the habit of carrying a pistol.
Don't know why he wanted to take the
loads out of the pistol.
Lawrence Mcclure: Made the same
statement as above with regard to the
killing. Said. that when he found
George was shot he threw the pistol
back in the hall and when he returned
from his trip after the doctor he went
back and gave the pistol ID kick but
could not tell where 1t went. He add
ed that he made his statement this
morning under excitement and was
badly scared. He decided later to tell
the truth.
J. 81. Clodfelter: This witness stood
diagonally across the street, heard
the shot and saw the boy fall out of
the door backward. he acted as if he |
had been showed out. He fell down |
and threw his hands back as if to |
keep his head from striking the floor /!
went into the hall, took hold |
Of the boys hand and saw that he
was dying.
John Dell. father of George, was
called to the stand by'request of Jur- |
DR. Num- to see if he could recognize |
The pistol which did the fatal work. |
Mr.. Dell did not remember to have
ever seen it before
The jurors in the case were: w. |
A. Summers, G. W..Cross, J. T. Num-,
a. S. Dear, Henry Meysteadt, Jr., C.
Stehr.