Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-15
Dead Man Had His Skull Crushed.

LYNCHBURG, VA, Nov. 14.-(Special.)
The coroner, DR.. John Walker, at IL
o'clock this morning, held an inquest over
the body of E. S. Oglesby, which was
found at half-past II o'clock last night
III the midle of Seventh street, at the
corner OF Federal street. The testimony
showed that Oglesby and Norman Wills,
the latter now at the Home and retreat
desperately wounded, met at a little after
| IL o'clock at the BARRON, of W. 5. roster
in Fifth street, and then after a few
words quickly spoken in anger there, they
went out talking to Settle the matter
The men walked down Fifth street a
square or SO to Federal street, down
which they must have turned and walked
two squares to where the fatal quarrel
took place.
The testimony did not show who hred
the shots, because no one saw the shoot
ing; but young Wills, in his statement to
DR.. billiard at his home last night, said
that he was shot at three times by Ogles-
by One ball grazed his knuckle ana
another wounded him in the abdomen
Willis also stated that as he was about
to leave the spot he saw Oglesby take
the revolver, and, placing 1t to his own
head, fire.
Before the coroner's jury it was stated
that only three shots We're heard, anc
that when Oglesby's body was found a
five chambered pistol was in his hand
three shots of which had been discharged.
THE JURY VERDICT.
The jury rendered verdict that r.
S. Oglesby came to his death on Nov.
18th by pistol wound in his head, but
the Jury is unable to say by whom the
| pistol was fired" After the jury had
been discharged relatives of the dead
man requested the coroner to reopen the
case, which he agreed to DO, and the
! Jury has been summoned to meet at 1880
O'Clock this afternoon to hear several
| new witnesses.
| At / o'clock young Willis is reported to
| be doing favorably He was carried to
| the Home and Retreat at half past two
i o'clock this morning and DR.. billiard op-
| Grated on him from 3 to 5 o'clock. The
| doctor, in speaking OF the operation, said
! the ball entered the abdomen half an
F.! inch above the naval and little to the
| right. and extending straight backward
| through the liver, ard in its course cut
| ting large and important blood vessels,
! from which the hemorrhage was very
profuse. After long and tedious work
the hemorrrhage was controlled, and the
patient put in a fairly comfortable po-
| sition His condition, however. is serious
and the worst will be no surprise
a SEG..,D INVESTIGATION.
! When the coroner's jury met again this
| d1ternoOnS TWO witnesses -leSili!SI iilht d.
! the time the shooting took place they
! heard five shots fired. DR.. John Walker,
| tie coroner, stated to the jury that since
| the morning session he had examined the
! head of Ogesby and found that the skull
| was crushed on the left side at the juno
| ton of the forehead and hair. The blow
. could not have been caused by his falling.
and did not kill him, but might have rem
! dered him unconscious. He thought the
| pistol wound was the cause of his death,
f; and OgleSby might have recovered from
| the fracture OF mis- skull. Abiding TO
! scratches on the face and hands of de-
| ceased, the coroner said that there evil
/ IDENTIFY had been q personal difficulty be-
! fore the shooting. The jury. after hearing
| this evidence, stated that they saw no
cause to change the verdict rendered in
| the morning.
Tonight the condition Of Willis is re-
| ported to be unfavorable. and it is likely
! that he may not live until morning.
| Both young men We're sober at the time
| of the shooting. and both had previously
| borne good regulations.
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