The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
ANOTHER THEORY
OF DARE'S DEATH
Testimony Before coroner's Jury
Sheds New Light on
the Case.
Possibility Of Dare's Having Been
Accidently Shot by Friends
Is Considered.
sherlin and McAllister, the Missing
" +.
sherlin and McAllister, the Missing
Companions, Reach Their Home
in Indiana.

Dare was accidentally killed by his
own companions while trying to pro-
tect themselves from the highwaymen
on the train. p.
The head brakeman, w. j. Grout,
said that he took revolver. from a
man, whose description fits one of
Dare's two friends, Sherlin and Nc
=Allister, and that the gun was turned
over to the police. This revolver was
a s38-caliber, and had been fired five
times. All Of the stoways as we'll as
the rear brakeman, M. J. Hawley, say
that there were but five shots fred In
the holdup. The bullet which was
taken from Dare's skull does not APP
pear to be of calber larger than 3S,
altho some Of the officers maintain
that it, is= a a.. IL. q
IF the testimony Of the rear brake
man and the stoWays that only 1--WE
shots were fired is true, and the man
from whom the revolver was taken
was either McAllister of Sherlin, then
it would appear that Dane had been
shot by one Of his own friends, who
mistook him for one Of the highway
men. - : - $50 $50
The officers, as we'll as Coroner
Williams, are inclined to concur in
this theory. They do not think that
the shooting Of Dare was intentional.
Dare's Friends Went On.
Another thing which the officers
say looks suspicious is the fact that
Sherlin and McAllister continued
their trip homeward, without stop
ping to inquire what had become of
their friend and former schoolmate,
who was missing when the affair was
over. ~. . -
| The theory of the officers is that the
version of the hold-up recounted by
| Burcham, Mcfarland and Bennett in
Saturdays J o r n is the true ones
When the, boys from w alkerton saw
robbery in progression the car next be-
hind theirs they became excited
to have drawn his revolver and fired
five times at the robbers before MAX.
ling his way. to the engine. One o.
these shots is thought to have been the
one which killed Dare.
w. J. Grout, the head brakeman
gave testimony which went a Iona
I way toward clearing up the mystery
He says that when the train was abou
two miles from the Belt Line cross
ing man with his hat in his hane
climbed down over the tender to the
iengine and explained that robber!
were holding up the train. A minute
later another man, who. seemed &C
|quainted with the first man and callet
him by name, came over the tender
hourishing a-revolver, and telling wha
he would do If he got a chance at thu
Erobbers. The revolver was being flour
iished in a dangerous manner ant
Grout took it away from the man
The two left the train at-the Belt Lin
|crossing and nothing has been seel
|of them since. While they were on TIN
tender the second man asked Of tn
other where somebody: who wa
lknown to the two; was. The third mai
inquired about by the man with tn
gun is thought to have been Dare.
| M. J. Hawley, rear brakeman OF
the train, told the jury that he wa
riding sin the cupola of the caboos
and was looking directly toward tn
car where the murder occurred. HI
heard. five shots fired and saw fv'
flashes of the pistol. He is positiv
as to the number Of shots.
Ed Mcfarland, G. G. Burcham, +
i Bennett and O. J. HubbardGau testi
fed that they had heard the shooting
(which occurred on the car aheadso
the one where Mcfarland, Burchan
and Bennett were slowed away and OF
i the one in which Hubbard was hidden
i They all agreed that there were bu
five shots fired.
One Other Possibility.
The only testimony that would in
dictate any other possibility for tn
killing was that of Hubbard, who sal
chat there were two boys on the tral1
presumably about II years. old, VIII
were drinking heavily and firing re
volvers. One of these boys had toll
4 Hubbard that there was a. man on tn
train with whom he had quarreled an
that he would not hesitate to shoe
him if he got a chance. Hubbar
thought that these two boys were i
the car with him when Dare wa
killed, but was not certain.
George Craig, one Of the jurymer
received a telegram from Walkertor
, Ind, this morning. stating that Nc
! Allister and Sherlin, Dare's two com
panions, arrived there yesterday after
noon, having caught the next trail
out of Minneapolis for their HON
! after the shooting occurred.
: The jury, composed Of George Craig
:, Edward Chase,sG. l.. Hagen, O..
Sprague, J. A. Johnson and r. I. Lo1
stedt, returned a verdict that Oar
/ died from the effect of a bullet woun
c caused by some person to the jur
. unknown.
Coroner Williams will arrange fc
, taking the dispositions of McAlliste
= and Sherlin at their homes in Indian:
and these will be added to the record
, of the coroner's office.
,, Detectives Smith and Hicks wi
: probably visit Elk River to secure
description of the five men VIII
boarded the train at that place an
!. who are supposed to have robbed Sc,
: eral Of the stoways.