The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-22
THE INQUEST CONCLUDED
FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE KILL
ING OF r. o. sHlNN.
Or. w. NJ. Brumby and w. o. Baldwin
Were the Last Witnesses Examined
hv the Coroner.

Justice AIalsch yesterday concluded the
Inquest ON the body OF r. 0. Shlnn. the
attorney who was shot to death by Dr., T.
+. Boyd ON Main street Thursday after
noon.
The date for an examining trial for DR..
Boyd has not yet been announced.
The testimony before the coroner yester-
day afternoon was rs follows.
w. o. Baldwn--On the evening OF sep
temher 10, 1901. at about 6.10 o'clock Was
passing up Main street with Mr. WIN Ar
mold aud had gotten to the corner OF iusk
avenue and Main street, when Mr.. Arnold
separated from me and went on up Main
street. l turned back and as ! had gotten
between Heyer's drug store and the pho.
tographlc supply company store J. henru
two pistol shots, one Immediately after the
other, and as the last one was hred | saw
MIR. Sltlnn emerge from the stairway Neal
ing up into the Masonic Temple with his
lace TO the wall and his hands up on the
wall holding and dragging himself along
me wall until he got TO the photo supply
companys door ana went In. As he went
In another man twho | have since learned
was DR.. Il, IT, Boyd came out of the nfore.
said door Of the stairway with a pistol In
his hand and In pursuit Of Shlnn, aud went
into the same door which Shinn mad en-
tered, and took his pistol In both hands
and fired two shots at Shlnn that | know
Of and ! am under the Impression that he
fired three shots, but Will not say positive
" as 20 the three shots. The next tning !
Boyd was backing toward the door and
did finally back out on TO the sidewalk,
both, parties holding on to the pistol, and
finally Shnu. from exhaustion, fell on the
sidewalk, Boyd falling on him. both still
holding on to the pistol At this stage or
the trouble grabbed Boyd by the neck
and also grabbed hold Of the pistol and
halloed for help. when other parties whom
| did not know came and assisted in sepn-
rating the hellgerentS and getting the pls.
tol. | remained there for a time and looked
wounded
one 60 get Doctor This is all / know
about the matter.
DR.. W. NJ Blumby-I am acting city
health officer and under bond to preserve
the peace and dignity of the state. My
office is diagonally across the street from
the scene OF the tragedy, aud when heard
the first pistol shot ] ran to the window,
and as the second shot was fired saw Il
man run from the entrance of the Masonic
Temple into Heyer's photo supply house
Another man with pistol In his hand fol-
lowed running from the same entrance 10
the edge of the sidewalk, hesitate a sec
ond, then turn and enter Heyer's also
| did not recognize either party from where
! stood. | ran from my office down to the
street and on reaching same saw the same
two men rolling over on the sidewalk,
struggling for the possession Of pistol,
but before | could reach them they We're
separated by two or three hystandcrS. A
man whom ] then recognized as Or. i. II.
Boyd was holding the pistol and refused
to give 1t up to two men who were en-
deayorlng to take 1t away from him |
made him drop the pistol, at the same
time telling him that ! was an officer and
to consider himself under arrest / left
him tDr Boyd with the two men, one n
private detective, thinking they would hold
him until a policeman arrived and turned
to the wounded man sitting on the side
walk. On inquiry he told me that his name
was r. O. Shinn and that Dr. Boyd, the
dentist, shot him without provocaGon. He
expressed desire to make an ante-mortem
statement, saying at the time that he real
lied he was dying man. Recognizing
Judge Charles Ashe In the crowd, | called
him to the wounded mans side and he told
him OF the whole affair. | had the would
cd man removed to the Kimhro sanitarlum,
where we arrived AT $50, the shootlng oc-
curing at $50 or 5;15 p. m He died at
S15, three hours later.
In addition 10 the above testimony Or.
1 Brumby gave a report of the autopsy on
the body Of T, o. Shinn which was given
/ In The Post the morning after the tragedy.
| The autopsy was made by Drs Brumby,
Goss, Noteworthy and Gray.