Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-27

Oficer Mike Nullarky was the NEXT to
testify. He stated that he was On
Twenty-f0urth street. near Market.
when Snead ran to the hose house. He
heard some one say that some one had
been shot He also saw a man In a
white sweater run from the house. He
n Comfort and another man started
I after the fugitive. A freight train was
moving slowly on the track and the
man in the white sweater ran under it
and down the bank, and he and the men
followed as fast as they could. The
man ran out into the water and he
followed to some men ma fiatboat to
stop him and make him come in. BY
this time they had reached the river
edge n a pistol was pointed at him
n he came in ou Of the water and was
placed under arrest by him. The pisto;
was aiken from him and handed to him
by Comfort. They walked him q short
distance Up the bank and thence to the
Niagara engine house. He complained
that the stones hurt his feet and ais
that ne a left his valise neal the ore
pile, but no trace of it could be found.
Richard Comfort testified that he was.
on his way to visit his sister, when he
heard he shot frea. Tie stopped and
heard two more. He then saw a man
come out the back way, but could not
say how he got to the street. He saw
him run down Main street to the alley
corner. He asked another man what
was the matter and he was told that a
man had been killed. He then with two
others ran to the river bank and saw
the man in the white sweater come out
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ran down the bank and grabbed the III
from Mullarky and pointing it at the
man who had now rushed into the water
he said: I'm make him come in or
I'll blow the top Of his head Off" The
man then came in out of the water, and
he put his hand in his pocket and took
the gun and gave it to the officer. The
remainder of his testimony was the
same as Officer Mullarky's, ard describ-
ed the walk up the bank.
Other T~estimony.
Harry McGuillan testified to the fact
that he was in his room shaving and
Lowry, who was changing his clothes,
said that il Travis knew what danger
he was in he would not have said what
he did to him, but he would not tell Nc
Guillan what it was he had said. He
also told him, McGuillan, that he had
Killed three men in his time. He told
how he and several others had been out
and had returned to the house, but there
had been no fuss. Later he went u
to the saloon, and while he was there
some one came in and said Travis had
been killed.
DR.. Megrail read the following state
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animation conducted in the undertaking
parlors of c. H. Watkins, Jr.: In the
presence of Drs. Schwin, Megrail, Arm
brecht, A. Wilson, Best, Etzler, Bagu-
ley, R~idgeway, Wingerter and Plant,
Coroner %Schultze, Sheriff w. w. Irwin,
Sanford Furbee, Harry A. Watkins, w.
G.. Sadler, J.. Wilson White and others:
Subject, William Travis; color, white;
hair, dark; eyes, brown, pupils moder-
ately dilated; slight bleeding from nose,
clean shaver face with the exception of
a slight mustache; height, 5 feet IL
inches; well developed; weight, about
$50 pounds. Bullet passed
through upper left lobe of lung, toward
medlan line. slightly downward. Blood
clot found filling the anterior mediasted
space.
he described how the bullet was
found lying loose in the lower lobe of
the right lung. having passed through
the pericardean downward and slightly
backward through the pulmonary art
cry and right auricle. There was large
clots of blood in the lower part of the
left plural cavity.
This concluded the testimony and the
jury, composed of H. c. Richards. fore
man; C. H. Watkins, ST., VIM. Weiser,
j. A. Beabout. T. J.. Ball and j. ". Scar
borough, rendered the following YER
dict: I'VE, the jury, find that the de-
ceased, Vim Travis. came to his death
on Saturday, May 25, 1901, at about $50
O'Clock p. M. by q gunshot wound fred
from a revolver in the hands of Tom
Lowry, alias Hennegan, in Wheeling,
Ohio county, w. Va"