Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-18

/ ny Jdluos WOlle anu OlueTS ldulIldT
with the use of firearms, and as fully
demonstrated at the Coroner's inquest,
when experiments we're made with the
rifle found in Sharratt's bedroom. As
shown by the testimony Of Henry Nice,
Jacob Holgate, Louis Colvin, Charles
Stanton and others, there were abso-
lutely no powder burns or powder in or
around the wound in Sharratt's neck.
The only persons who had been in the
house up to the time Nice, Holgate,
Stanton and Mrs. Stanton had been
called in, as above stated, we're the
Greens.
The testimony OF Nice, the Stantons,
Holgate aud others all showed that
Sharratt was jovial, good natured fell
low, always looking on the bright side
of life, and on this evening preceding
the tragedy was in his usual good
spirits; there was nothing different or
unusual in his demeanor; he attended
to business at the store as usual on that
evening, and there was nothing TO indi-
cate the coming tragedy. DR.. f. NJ.
Carter and others testified that it would
have been impossible for Sharratt to
have committed suicide in that manner
with the rife found in his room, aud
that he must have been shot by some
other person than himself.
When Holgate and Nice came into
the Greens dwelling house that Satur.
day morning Sharratt was found shot
| they found Green standing at the head
of the bed on which Sharratt was lying.
shaking his fists in threatening man
ner in Sharratt'S face and using pro-
fame language. After this demonstra-
tion the Greens objected to anyone
entering Sharratt's bedroom, and sew
| eral persons who came over from Wald-
port TO see oharratt were turned away
| until after the so-called Sharratt will
had been written, which purported to
give everything to the Greens. Chas.
| Stanton, who was called in by Green to
write the SO called will, has stated that
Sharratt was suffering terribly and
appeared greatly excited aud fiighty
while he lStanton) was writing, and
that Mrs. Green stood by, and when
| Sharratt would swoon she would pour
whisky down his throat until he re-
yived. This she did several times dur
ing the time Stanton was writing the
| so-called will. DR.. +. NJ. Carter, Jacob
| HOlgate and others all stated that Shar-
ratt Was not at this time capable of un-
derstanding what he was doing or able
to comprehend the nature of the paper
which was being written out lmme-
dlately after this so-called will was
written, Sharratt became paralyzed and
| speechless and SO remained until death
relieved his suffering. When Sharratt
was asked by Holgate as to who shot
| him, he became much excited, and eX-
| claimed three times: " "They're after
men' When asked by Henry Nice or
others, he remained silent or shock his
head. James Wolfe and others testi-
| fled that the wound in Sharratts s neck
was never made by % rifle ball (this
| being the caliber of the gun found in
Sharratt's bedroom), but that the fatal
bullet was fired from a larger caliber
weapon. That the bullet had been ex-
tracted was clearly proven when Dr. F.
NJ. Carter, in the presence of Sheriff
Ross, w. w. Soule, Chas. Stanton aud
d. L. Keasey, made further post.
mortem and found where the bullet
had lodged against IL bone in the back
of the neck, and from which spot it
had been removed. DR.. Carter found
under Sharratt's head a % rifle bullet
which had been extracted from the
she'll. 1t was conclusively shown that
this bullet had never been fired out of
Il gun. Why this substitution? What
became OF those revolYers Mrs. Green
said were there when or just before the
shooting took place! They have not
been seen from that day to this, al.
though searched for diligently.
1t was shown by the testimony of
James Gatens and others that Sharratt
was preparing to leave the country; he
had told these parties that the way he
was living was "a hell Of a way for
man to live," and he was going away.
When these statements were made by
him he WAS living with the Greens.
Sharratt had deposited most of his
money in the bank in Green's name,
instead of in his own name, and the
Greens had SO arranged matters with
him that large part of his property
was in Green's name. Sharratt was
going to leave the country and very
naturally expected to have his money