The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15

WHAT BECAME OF
THE OTHER BULLET?
Guy Crabb Was Shot Two
Times.
ONCE IN T H E BAG K
Coat and Vest viii Settle Ali
Doubts.
ONCE IN THE BAG


ner's inquest yesterday when it was dis
covered that there was another bullet in
the back of the dead man.
1t was first thought that the wound
made in the back was from the body
coming in contact with nails in the boards
on which it was brought to the city.
but DR.. Clark. in his testimony at the
inquest, stated that it was made by bull
let the same size as the one making the
wound in the head. The person who
made the stretcher afterward testified
that the nails were driven in and clinched.
After hearing part of the testimony
in the case yesterday, the inquest was
continued until Wednesday at 10 O'Clock,
for several reasons. Mrs. Johns, the sis
ter ofthe dead man, who went out to
the home on Friday night for the pur-
pose of warning Mrs. Crabb that her
husband was coming, was unable TO
appear at the inquest owing to the fact
that she is suffering from collapse.
Another reason is that the S-year-old
son of Mrs. Crabb. who saw the men
talking AZ the barn, is wanted to give
testimony. The coat and vest are also
wanted for examina ton and, as they were
left at the home in the country, it was
Impossible TO get them here yesterday.
great many opinions are now being
expressed as to which shot was fred
first, and the fact that tie man was
found lying on his back MAKES it con-
elusive to some persons that the wound
in his back was The bullet making this
ha nd i- h.
able another examination viii be made
in the morning. DR.. Clark said he was
unavle to state the course of the bullet,
but he was satisfied the wound was made
by one. He also said that in a wound
OF the kind it is very difficult To find
the bullet. as it may have glanced and
lodged in an entirely different direction
from which it entered.
Williams says he does not remember
whether he fired once or twice.
The inquest began yesterday at IL
O'Clock and was adjourned at f. The first
witness called was III. A. Baker, a neigh
Dor of the Crabbs, who lives about a
mile from the Crabb home, and who was
one of the first TO reach the scene of the
tragedy. He said he has known Guy
Crabb for the past thirty years. and Mrs.
Crabb for about thirteen years; that he
knew of no unpleasant relations existing
between them and, as far as he knew.
Crabb never had any difficulties with
his brother-in-law. Williams, but seemed
TO be on excellent terms with him, He
said the last time he saw Crabb alive
was in Wichita about three weeks ago.
He testified that he was called to the
Crabb home shortly after o'clock fon
Saturday morning and that when he
arrived there he saw Crabb lying on the
ground, apparently dead. He said: THE
body was lying on its back about fifty
feet from the barn. the arms were out
stretched at the sides with the hands
about twelve inches from the body. John
Baker and Bruce Sherwood were there
when l arrived" lie said that he helped
carry the body TO the house, but that
nothing was done until the arrival of
the coroner When asked If he saw VIII
liams at the barn when he arrived. he
said he saw neither he or Mrs. Crabb
until about / O'Clock. He then saw VIII
liams and asked him how he did it. and
Williams replied that he had shot him.
He was asked if he saw the revolver
Williams had used, to which he replied:
sent for it by the sheriff, and when L
asked for it his sister went into the pan
try ard got the gun. lie stated that he
had had no further conversation with
Williams other than that given.
When cross examined by Attorney
George Adams. he gave the distance from
the house to the barn and from the fence
To the barn also, and told where the
body was lying. He said the dead man
had on a brown coat and vest. which
the~coroner helped to remove, but stated
that they did not remove the shirt ard
undershirt lie stated that he brought
the body to Wichita in spring wagon,
leaving there about dusk. The body was
placed on two boards. which were nailed
together with three elects.
John Baker. who lives a half mile from
tho Crabb home. was the next witness
called. He said he had known Mr.. aad
Mrs. Crabb for the past seventeen years
and always thought Crabb to be a man
of mild temper and peaceful neigh
Dor. He said Williams came for him a
few minutes after O'Clock and said: 4
have killed Guy" When he asked how.
Williams said he had shot him. He then
asked Williams why he had shot Crabb,
and Williams said that Crabb had come
o.. There and told him be was going to
kin the whole outfit, ana that he had met
him out at the barn and tried 10 per-
suade him 10 return to the city, bat
Crabb struck him and he then drew the
gun and killed him Baker said Williams
did not say how many shots he fired He
said he noticed blood on the shoulder,
coat collar and hat of the dead man.
but 4id not notice any on the back OF
the coat.
3. II. Sherwood was the next witness
called. He lives about one-fcurih Of a
mile from the Crabb home ana WIS the
first person 10 arrive on the scene after
the tragedy. Nellie Cyabb came Tor him
and he arrived there little after 3
O'Clock He said he had heapd 10 report
OF 8 revolver. He also testified that
the body was lying on its back about
fifty feet from the barn. He sSid he did
not go near II until Baker came lie
said he had no talk with Williams until
he started 10 town With the sheriff.
When the body was taken to the house
Sherwood made the stretcher of two
boards. mailing them together with three
elects lie said the nails were driven
from the bottom and then olinched and
the body placed on the other side. so
the wound made in the side could not
have been made with the nails.
Nellie Crabb was the next witness
called She IS &. cousin Of Crabb's and
was ut their home when the shooting
occurred Her home is in this city
and she was there on a visit She sad
Crabb came to Wichita about three weeks