Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
Funeral of Murderer Occurs
Today.
MORE LIGHT ON HIS DEATH
Is Thought That He Was Victim of
Marshal coulter's Gun--WaIked a
Mile With Bullet in His Breast
Was Shot But Twice.

Pennington, Dec. 22.-(SpeciaD-
= Bullets from Deputy Fish and Game
: Commissioner George Stillwel's gun
q have done their work. Justice A. A.
IN Musgrave and Marshal R. w. Coulter,
), victims of Stllwell's awful fury, are
"A dead. Stillwell's funeral took place at
Il. 40 o'clock this morning; services over
M1!he remains of Justice Musgrave will
Fibe held tomorrow afternoon at
! O'Clock. The arrangements for the OBJ
s,equies over the remains of Marshal
Coulter have not yet been completed.
X The town is on tension which finds
expression in the anxious, drawn faces
OF Ihe people. Additional, deputy sher-
:. ifiis and policemen are on duty No
( cle.sh is feared between Stillwelrs
4 friends and those of the dead men,
. bu t the officers have been sworn in
merely as precautionary measure
IA part Of the blackest chapter in
thh:, city's history was written rapidly
yes serday. At $50 o'clock yesterday
MOI ming Justice Musgrave succumbed
to his wounds. Nearly four hours Ia
ter, at 1920 o'clock, the spirit of Mar
shall Coulter took its flight. The for
mer was IS years of age and the latter
80 years old.
Th, ) announcement of the demise of
these two old and highly respected
citizeYls cast a gloom over the entire
comm unity Their death was expected
but Il lie people hoped that Providence
would be kind and spare them. 1t was
given out Saturday afternoon that Mar
shall Coulter had fighting chance
for his life. 1t is known now that he
never at any time had the slightest
chanc for recovery.
Coulter Killed stillweII.
Tod ay Sheriff Ramsey of Keosauqua,
expires sed the opinion that a bullet
from tcoulter's gun killed Stillwell. 1t
has be en automatically established
that th e marshal did shoot at Stillwell
after be latter had pulled his gun
The NJ arshal's revolver was a 3S cali
bre. ~ ball of this size ended Still
wells life The only other gun of this
size was used by Stillwell himself.
There We're but two bullet wounds in
Stiliwe IFS body, one in the breast and
one in the hip. He walked at least a
mile af ter receiving his wounds and fl
nally fell exhausted from loss of blood.
Aside from the two bullet wounds just
mentio ned but few shot were found
in his body. These hardly penetrated
the ski N, as the members of the posse
who Were nearly all armed with shot
guns, were at long range, when en-
deavoEing to get Stillwell.
Extra Officers on Duty.
TheI are many rumors flying about
and til ere is much excitement, but nc
trouble from Stillwells friends and
relativ es is expected This was ex
pected however, at first. Sheriff
Ramsey and his deputy are here and
extra policemen are on duty. The
town S under strain, which If broken
too stlddenly, may unduly excite some
of th's less cooler heads and trouble
may tensue.
The Funerals.
Thi, funeral of Justice Musgraye will
be held tomorrow afternoon at :
o'clot *. The arrangements for Mr.
Coult er's funeral have not been com
plete,d Stillwell was buried at II
o'clock today.
Sketch of Musgrave.
Ju stice Musgrave had been justic;
of the peace here for four terms He
was formerly resident of Nova
Scotia. He has resided in Farmingtor
for a bout ten years. He leaves wife
one daughter and two sons. The chill
dren are: Mrs. C. L. Paisley and DR.
Geor ge Musgrave of Cincinnati Ia
ana EdWaTu MuSSraVe OIL lndepen
denc e.
Coulter a Brave Man.
Marshal Coulter had been nigh
wat. ,hman here for fourteen years
for the past eighteen months he ha
also been marshal. He was veteran
of the civil war, having served unde
Shei man before Vicksburg and wa
with him on his famous march to th,
sea TAI has haan in tioht p1nnac GOV
erali times during his term, in tn
capacity of nightwatchman but ha
never before been injured, while in tn
disc large of his duty He leaves
wife and two sons. The latter ar
Frallk and Truman Coulter
MILES ELECTED.