Evening star., 1900-12-24

tween and e streets, where the inquest
was conducted by Coroner hewitt and Act
ing Deputy Coroner VIM. N. Fisher. NJ. II.
Bingham, assistant United States attorney,
present.
The INQUEST was held in the back room
of the station house. the cloak room and
waiting room of the officers. The coroner
placed a thirty-two caliber six-shooter on
the table before him, this being the weapon
with which the killing was done.
First Witness Examined.
The first witness called was DR.. Taylor
B. Dixon, resident physician of the Emer-
gency Hospital, who had been called to the
Winder building to see the body Of the
dead auditor He arrived there about 2:30
clock Saturday afternoon. he said, and
when he entered the auditors room he
found him stretched full length the
floor. The body was still warm. though
the man was dead. He found bullet hole
in his chest.
DIR. William N. Fisher, acting deputy
coroner, who performed the autopsy on the
murdered man Saturday evening, described
the location Of bullets in the body. Morris
weight, he said, was apparently 10 pounds
and he had evidently been in excellent
physical condition. Near the upper stud
in his shirt he found a powder-Sta ! hole
such as would be made by a piS,Jl ball
The ball had entered the body a little to
the right Of the breast bone. He had
traced the bullet through the large artery
an inch from the heart. The ball was
found between the ninth and tenth ribs.
third or a half of the blood Of the body
was in the dead mans chest.
Another bullet had entered the left knee
and had gone through, being in the trous-
ers when they were taken off. There was
triangular cut on the right hand, extend
ing from the little finger, as if made by a
sharp instrument. The immediate cause of
death was wound of the heart.
Chief of Division Called.
WV, EIdridea chief Of division Of ba
auditors office. gave a narration Of what
took place in the auditors office Saturday
afternoon. He had been in that office and
had called up some one on the telephone
and then waited to have the auditor sign
a paper AS he was there Mr.. Hege Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
called up Mr.. Morris and the two were
talking together. He heard the auditor say:
How are you, Mac?' or What Is H.
Mac?"
The witness turned about and saw Nc
Donald, who said. addressing Mr.. Morris:
II want to see you,' and the auditor re-
piled: WELL" and stopped his writing me
witness had his paper signed by the audi
tor and went into the adjoining room.
II knew the feeling was not good be-
tween the two men, though Mcdonald had
not been around the office since ne was
dismissed" the witness said. The witness
sat down to his own desk, he said, in the
room adjoining the auditors office Then
he saw Dan Wilkes, the messenger, VINO
had waited to blot the auditors signature,
pass out into the hall. and at once there
was a conversation, though he did not near
what was said 1t was in a low tone but
soon there were louder sounds. They had
not spoken more than dozen words. wit
ness said, when their voices were raised,
and there were sounds Of "a struggle or
some kind of a racket" The witness
Jumped toward the door Of the auditors
room as Mr.. Morris came plunging toward
the same door and almost ran into him.
The witness jumped back to let him
through. He could not remember that the
auditor said anything. Mr.. McGinn. who
was in the room, yelled and said some one
then grasped the auditor and pulled him
back into the room, and the witness and
Mr.. McGinn went into the room where the
scuffle was going Just then one or two
shots were fired. The witness went toward
the auditors desk.
II was near Mcdonald" he said, land !
think l had hold of his arm or coat, and
Mr.. McGinn was near Mr.. Morris. Then
Mcdonald held the pistol against Mr. Nor
Mr. Mcdonald fired still another shot at the
auditor.
Mcdonald Fires at Himself.
The witness took hold of Mcdonald and
was thrown off, and Mcdonald turned the
revolver on himself and fired. Mcdonald
then turned to 60 out of the door he had
entered. As he went down the hall the
watchman, who was an old man, attempted
to stop him and received a blow on tho
head as It seemed to the witness. Mr..
Morris did not utter a sound after witness
returned to the auditors room
The witness had known very little of the
relations between Mcdonald and Morris. a.