The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-26
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Coroner Lincoln Examines Three
More Witnesses In the TO0mbS
Murder Case.

Coroner Lincoln continued the Toomos
inquest yesterday. examining three VII
nesses during the afternoon. including
Patrolman Mclaughlin. Pauolman Foye
and Mrs. Ellen NJ. Blake.
Patrolman Mclaughlin testified that ne
knew Miss Toombs by sight for seVeral
wears before the murder. ON SUNDAY
morning March IS. ne saw her l$lhS III
the entry OF the house az a-5 DeNteI
street She was alive, but DreathllS
very slightly. lie was Informed OF me
shootiug by a mOtorman. VINO intormed
him that the murderer had run TOWARDS
Cranston street, near WaVerly' Inc WI
ness told of DR.. Perrys attempts 10 re-
Viye the girl and OF his finally Stauhs
that he could discover no signs or nie.
Il was the only policeman there ,,ls At the
time" said the witness. saw OHlcor
James l.. sherman IN citizens clothes
coming toward the house. While wait
ing for him 70 got into the entfy' hI >
Blake gave me the girls pocketDook anu
a roll OF papers The ambulance then
came up and then ] rode back in the am
bulance 10 where the shooting occurred
The doctor went In, looked at the pody
In Conclusion the officer said that the
girl only gasped while he was there
never attempting 10 speak.
Mrs. Blake. wife OF the man who chased
and caught Morse. was the next witness.
Her testimony follows:
II was in my house Sunday. March 15
when, about 10:40 n. m, | heard pistol
shots and then my little boy shrieked.
Then l heard "A woman's voice Shrek
'Murderl' Then / ran TO the parlor wind
ow and / saw my husband running; then
he lodged behind a post. | ran down
the back stairs and went over the fence.
which took me 20 Bellevue avenue. When
] got there | saw the woman who had
been shot turning over on her side. There
were two ladies, who got here about the
same time / did. They lifted her up.
The woman apparently tried 20 speak.
but was unable 10 do So / said: My
God! who did it?' and my little boy said:
"A big man, mamma, and papa has run
after him.
There was an electric Hight man there
and I told those present they might take
her TO my house, as she was not yet
dead: so the light man and another took
her up and brought her to my house, and
rs they thought she was dying they laid
her In the hallway"
'She tried 10 speak but coufdnt. She
looked at me most pitifully, and then her
eyes rolled and she laid back and died.
"She had been there perhaps five or
six minutes when the officer came. Some
ono there said II | could get a blanket
they would like 10 cover her up. I went
upstairs and pulled a blanket right off
the bed. and with the officer we covered
up the body.
81 saw the medical examiner examine
the body and / saw two holes in the
! jacket OF the girl where the cloth was
burned
The last witness Of the day was Officer
Welcome w. Foye. He testified that ne
was at the corner OF Bucklin street and
Potter's avenue at the time OF the shoot
ing. He got into the patrol wagon az
IL came along and went to the house
where Miss Toombs lay dead. Learning
that the one who did the shooting had
gone up Althea street, they drove ur
there with the patrol wagon. As they
turned the corner they saw tho crowd
and Officer Sullivan. who had a man with
him, walking toward Cranston and Mes
ser streets. where there Is patrol box
One OF the officers took the man by the
collar and dragged him into the wagon
1t was William stevens Morse. the Off
Ger learned later. The witness wen
back to the house where the girl Ia,
dead and the medical examiner came
| and also Rev. Mr.. Gates. who said sh'
| was a member OF his church.