Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-26
soon lodged in the city Jail.

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office and Dunn was taken to the
Occidental Hotel. On the way
the boys who were carrying him
were obliged to stop and put out
the fire, where the powder had
burned his clothes. Physicians
who were already in attendance
on Dunn, qnickly attended the
murderers second victim.
DR.. Farra and Coroner Wilkins
were among the first to appear at
the scene of the shooting. The
Doctor examined Ready and
found him pulseless, and pro-
nounced him dead though he was
still gasping. The body was i'm
mediately removed to the NOR
que. !.
Ready was shot in the face,
near the right ear, the bullet
passing through and coming out
near the left eye. Another shot
entered the back near the thigh,
and lodged under the skin near
the navel. This was cut out by
the coroner. The third entered
the back, higher up, struck
rib and passed around the body
and was cut out on the breast.
Officer Osburn was shot in the
neck, the ball passing through
his collar, just below and in
front of the ear, the ball passing
backward and downward and
lodging probably back of the
shoulder blade. This has not
yet been removed.
At four o'clock on Sunday
afternoon Officer Osburn was re-
moved from the hotel to his
home, where he is now resting
quite comfortably. There are
we'll founded hopes for his re-
covery. -,
Dunn was shot in the left side,
the bullet entering a little below
the navel, and lodged near the
spine. The bullet still remains
in the body.
James Dunn is between 40 and
and so years of age, and was at
one time chief of police of this
city, and was an efficient officer.
He is now farmer and stock
dealer, living on a farm on the
Long Tom river, near its mouth,
just east of Monroe. He is a
| widower, having three children,
| two boys and one girl, the Oldest
| about FL. He is still in a criti-
cal condition, with the chances
rather against him.
The coroner made preparations
to hold an inquest, and had en-
panelled jury for this purpose.
E. R. Bryson, representing the
district attorney, objected to the
holding of an inquest on the
tground that the shooting was
done by an officer of the law ir
the discharge of his duty. The
shooting being acknowledged by
| the sheriff.
| On the presentation of The
| facts the coroner decided the in
|quest unnecessary, and the jury
was discharged.
| The pistol used by Ready, ano
which is claimed to have beer
given him by Turner, was a five
barreled Harrington & Richard
son, 38 calibre. The pistol hae
been reloaded after the shooting
on Main street, and when take1
from the corpse contained thre'
cartridges and two empty shells
i The shooting Of Osburn oc
cured at about 1910, and tha
of Ready and Dunn at 12:4o a
m. on Sunday.
! During the excitement On Maii
street Ready attempted to shoe
John Vineyard but Turner strucl
Iup his arm.
I The funeral of Chester Kead,
occurred from his fathers resi-
| dence at 2:3o on Monday after
noon. The funeral service wa
) held by Rev. Coney, of th'
Church of the Good Samaritan
! During the early fracas Of
! Main street, Ready gave the pis
tol to Turner and the latter 500
returned it. He will probabl
, be held as accessory. Turner
. said to have admitted this fact.
FL Preliminary evidence will b
: taken in the case of Turner o