The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-25

what was done with him, and he
couldn't help it.
While he was being searched he was
asked the cause of an injury to his
hand. His knuclles were skinned, and
his hand was covered with blood. Il
don't know anything about it," an
| swered Musick wearily. 1t is thought
that his hand was injured in the scuf-
fie with Shonkweiler, who disarmed
him after the shooting of Getty.
How Getty Was Shot.
When the officers arrived at the
| ty lying on the floor, gasping for
breath. but unable to speak. Musick
seemed to be dazed, and kept his
hands to his head. Shonkweiler was
shooting.
Getty and I came in together" he
said, "and old man Music got up and
was going to run US out. Getty said
he had as much right in there as M Mu- u
sick, and then Musick shot him. When
/ he shot Getty he jumped onto me, and
1 took the gun away from him. He
acted crazy drunk
Frank Raynor was interviewed last
night.
ST can't tell you much about it,
said Raynor. Music had been drunk
for several days, and was ugly and
sassy 1 intended to fire him Satur-
day night, but he didn't show I'D so
! that could. 1t seems that he
crawled into the house and went to
| bed early in the evening, and when
Getty and ShonkweiIer went down
/ there, he got mean. Getty and Mus1ck
have not been friendly, but there had
never been any open row between
them.
1.-The gun was mine. and I didn' t
| know it was in that house. 1t has laid
around for years, first at one place and
| then other, and was never intended for
anything but a bluff in case of trouble.
( Old man Music must have found it
when he went tin there, and laid it
handy for trouble.
There was no excuse for his bur-
glar story, because the electric light
was burning, and he knew Getty as
well as he knew me. and he has work
ed for me fer a long time. | under
stand there was some words passed be-
tween them before the shooting.
''I couldn't keep the old cuss sober and
/ don't believe anyone else could. ] sent
Getty down there on an errand and
Shonkweiler went with him. Getty had a
right to go there all right, and walk in,
The revolver used by Musick is 45
calibre Remington of the largest type.
contained five loaded cartridges and one
empty shell. Getty was shot through the
top of the head, the bullet making a long
capped while Getty was dying.
Chris Getty was the father-in-law of
Frank Raynor and was employed by him.
Raynor is a brewery agent and both Getty
and Musick were employed in delivering
! beer to joints
| Sixth avenue and has a wife and two
| grown children, son and a daughter. he
| Detective Belts of the police force, who
knows Musiclx, said at the time of the ar
rest that he had no idea that the old man
would harm any one. He was so meek,
| said Belts that you could slap his face
and he would not resent it in the least ]
think he must have been frightened into
/ fr-iv 1f xpff -
The officers found an electric light burn
| ing in the room where the shooting occur
erd The light was one of the two power
kind and was turned to the low notch, but
| everything in the room was distinctly Wis
ible. and Musick admits that the light was
/ burning when he shot Getty.
| At the time of the shooting Frank Ray
nor and his family were in the house inn
mediately in front of the little house. They
heard the shot and with the exception OF
George shonkweileF @ and y 4, = MeManns NC lsL
ing were the first on the Scene.
McAanns and Shonkweiler were visiting
Raynor in the front house when he sent
| his father-in-law back to the small house
| in the rear on an errand. Shonkweiler and
| McManns accompanied him,
Shonkweiler had his shirt torn off in the
| scuffIe for possession of the revolver. Geo.
1 Shonkweiler is the survivor of the Shonk-
weller disaster of the food of 1903, when
/ the Shonkweiler residence in the north
! part of North Topeka, was swept away by
| the water and the other members of the
| family were drowned.
Brewing company and lives in the house
| at 413 West Curtis street. The little house
| where the shooting occurred is in the yard
| directly back of the residence and was for
merly used as joint. Liquors were stored
/ in the place since the general closing order
/ and it is presumed, although not admitted
/ that Ravnor sent Getty back to get some
refreshments for his own use.
Since the place was closed it has con-
! tanned bed and it is thought that Musick
went in there early in the evening while
very drunk and went to sleep, first plac-
| ing the large revolver on a chair near his
| bed The door was not locked and Getty
| had no trouble in walking in.
Getty was about 60 years of age and
] leaves three grown children. one of them
being the wife of Raynor-
Coroner's Inquest Is Held.
/ A coroner's inquest in the North To-
peka murder case was commenced al
Hogan's undertaking establishment al
/ II O'Clock today. Before the noon ad-
| journment two witnesses were heard
The first witness was Frank Raynor,
proprietor of the place on Curtis
street where Chris Getty was shot and
killed by Henry Music, andsson-in-law w
of the man who was killed.
Raynor testified that he sent his
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