The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-05-22
NO LIGHT SHE'D
ON THE SHOOTING
Only Surmises as to Trouble
Between Wilson's and West.
Coroner's Jury Finds They Came to
Their Deaths by Shooting Each
Other.
THREE VICTIMS ARE. BURIED

1--WE. the jury ind from the evi.
dence that NJ. l.. Wilson, Yves Wilson
and Arthur West came to their death
May 20. 1906. between and o'clock
p. m. by their own hands by shooting
each other.--R. n. Wade, +. II. Par
ham. j. l.. Page. b. II. Johnson, ]. J.
Ritehlson. II. w. Horton.
This was the verdict OF the coroner's
jury in Graves county at the inquest
into the cause of the deaths Sunday Of
Mark and Yves Wilson and Arthur
West. who were killed in Mark Will
sons store in Lynnville.
Those who we've sworn and testified
before the jury were; Ed Melton. ].
p. McCuan. Noble Allen, Robert Poy-
ner, Jack Page. Allen Roberts, DIR. ].
w. Forrest, Joe Andrews and j. i
Caldwell.
The burial of the dead men occur.
red Monday afternoon. Mark Wilson
was buried at the Lynnville cemetery
while Yves Wilson and Arthur West
were buried In the Beech Grove cens-
tory
Version Of Tragedy.
BY well informed citizens coming
from Lynnville Monday is given
very plausible version Of the affair.
Yves Wilson and Arthur West had
been TO the Mt. Zion foot washing
about six miles from Lynnvllle near
Cuba and came back late in the after
noon intoxicated. After arriving in
front OF Mark Wilson's store and GO
Ing inside tho latter Joined them and
all three went riding in the same bug
gy for a short while. They all came
back and went inside the store. A
short time afterwards which was al
most Z O'Clock. a fight ensued 1t is
thought between Yves Wilson and Ar.
thur West, the latter having 80 cal
ibre hammerless pistol. Mark Wilson,
II is thought, had Yves Wilson's re-
volver which was a late improved 30
calibre Smith a Wesson.
In the attempt to protect his broth
er. Yves Wilson, Mark Wilson Is sup
posed to have shot at Arthur West and
steiutHtdl9 MT MS DTotHei tnluuSu
the breast producing instant death
At this juncture the battle with revolt
vcrs was between West and Mark WI
sun. West was shot three times, one
ball went through the body under tho
arm. one in the right arm and another
broke two fingers on his right hand
which held the revolver.
The bullet was mashed fiat caused
1t IS presumed. by striking the revol-
wr held by West.
Mark Wilson was shot twice, once
through the breast and the other on
the right side near the nipple. Six
shots were fired and II appears most
credible that three of the shots
from a pistol held by Mark Wilson
struck West as they proved to be the
nature of SO calibrc. while the balls
that penetrated the body of Mark
were of 32 size, the weapon held by
Arthur West.
Mark Wilson's body was found about
22 feet from West near the stove and
his pistol lying on a counter which
could have dropped from his hand
while falling against the counter.
Wife First on Scene.
The wife of Mark Wilson was the
first to enter upon the scene.
The doors OF the store were all
closed Mrs, Mark Wilson, hearing
the shots on the inside of her hus-
bands store and fearing something had
gone wrong, went there and ON get
ting the door open she was horror
stricken to find her husband. Mr.
Mark Wilson. his brother Wesley viii
son, and her neighbor Arthur West
AL on the floor dead.
These were the only ones In the
houses at the time the triple killing
took pace. and the particulars will
never be known.
Just a few minutes before the kill
Ing John Mccuen and 200 Page had
left the three men in the store. but
there was no trouble up when they
eft.
The parties who left the store a
short time previous 10 the tragedy say
that when they left Arthur West was
booking ut a hat with 4 purpose of
buying and that Mark Wilson was
talking TO him.
Coroner ID. A. Saffold was notified
and he went to the scene Monday
Mark Wilson was prosperous mer-
chant at Lynnvlle, while Yves Wilson
and Arthur West we're farmers and
lived nearby.
Mr.. Mark Wilson leaves wife and
hree children. Yves Wilson leaves
wife and six or seven children and
Arthur West left wife and two or
hree children.