Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-17
THE coRoNER's JURY.

lin NOhOtAh 3 eOhAs
At three O'Clock Friday afternoon
the coroner's inquest was begun at
Lupton's undertaking establishment
Coroner Bndgford conducting. The
inquest was held privately and the
public was excluded. MIR. Rodgers
represented the State. The attorney
for the defendant was not admitted.
The coroner's jury is composed Of
the following gentlemen; M. r. Wise,
William Atkinson, P. M. Morris, Sam
uel Byrns, George Baker and M N.
Nelson.
The first witness called was DR.. VI.
w. Macfarlane. The points in his
testimony we're: 81 am physician.
knew nothing OF the trouble until 1t
was over. 1 heard shots from my
office. i saw Rhodes Clay on the
couch in DIR. Crawford's office from 3
TO minutes after the shooting. |
examined him and found one wound
that passed through the chest. The
ball entered on line between the
nipples, one inch to the right Of the
median line, and made its exit inches
below the external line of the axllla.
There was another wound through
the biceps muscle OF the left arm, the
ball striking the ribs, but not enter
ing the chest cavity. Mr.. Clay did
not speak after l reached the Office. /
saw Mr.. Barnes two hours after the
shooting. He was at home and had
two wounds, one In the knuckle Of the
little finger on his right hand, the
other was in the right forearm, fol-
lowing the bone to the elbow, where
the bullet was removed. The wound
was such, think, as 10 lncapacitate
Mr.. Barnes from handling or firing
revolver with his right hand for an
hour Or so, the member being tenn
porarily paralyzed."
DR.. T. ]. Baskett: II am ply
sician. l saw Rhodes Clay in Dr..
Crawford's Office. He had bullet
hole in his breast between the fourth
and fifth ribs near the sternum. The
apature OF exit was on a level with
the entrance and just below the shoul-
der blade. The entrance was prob
ably half Of an inch below the line Of
the nipples and about one and one
fourth inches to the left OF the median
line. | saw the body afterward at the
undertaking establishment OF Mr..
Lupton and think that the ball passed
through the heart, unless it was de-
fected. The coat was slightly dis
colored at the point Of entrance, but l
can hardly say that it was powder
burned. When he received the
wound in the arm, the side of Mr..
Clay must have been turned square to-
ward the party who fred the shot"
DIR. NJ. Il. Crawford 81 am a ply
slcian. / heard the shooting at the
post-oflce. l was about 20 feet south
Of the alley, which is south OF my
Office, and was driving north when
heard the shots. l locked up and saw
@. A. Barnes fall In the street, about
five feet from the granitoid walk at
the northeast corner OF the post
onice. There were six or eight shots
fired and as Barnes fell saw revol-
yer In the air near MIN. Tnere we're
no shots fired after this. After the
fall l saw Latney Barnes running to-
ward the trouble from the north. He
had a revolver in his hand, but was
caught by John ]. Steele, who turned
him over TO Marshal White. when
l first saw Mr.. Clay he was walking
around the northeast corner Of the
pOst-ofsce. lie walked southeast into
the street, where he was Joined BY A.
J. winscott. The couple passed me
and entered the east door Of the post
onice. The next l saw Of Mr.. Clay
was In my ofice. where he was lying
ana couch. did not hear himspeak. -
J DE Crawford described the wounds