Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-10

Trust Co Bldg.
ed. lic admitted that he had quar-
relied with the woman. but declared
that he had no intcution of killing
her.
He evidently did rot know Tint his
shot had been fatal, ~ he iclcphoncd
tn Mamie Gordons house soon after
the shooting 10 know whether or not
dora had como home" No one
lrows what tclcphonc the Indian
used
Woman's Dying Statement.
Although SHE was terribly lnjnrcu,
Dora Hall made II statement to Ser
gcant Mi,chc!. before her death. II
Was from hcr that the sergeant learn.
ed tho namc and description of INC
Indian.
The woman, not realizing her con-
di,lon. was afraid to give the ser
Goar; amy information at first. saying
that she wlY afraid the man wouln
Kill lor. She was prevailed upon to
talk. however and she declared tha,
tho Indian deliberately shot her no.
cause she would not To 10 New York
with him. She talked with great
effort. and the scrscnnt mlsundcratdoa
tho name. therefore until after Witch
EVANS arrest Sunday the police had
his nemc recorded as "Fritzway., The
woman said that she had been liv-
Ing with The Indian. but came here
aud went 10 Mamie Gordon's house
for hc purpose of getting rid OF him.
lie went TO the house Saturday night,
caught her when shc appeared at the
door and took her 10 Writings sa.
Icon Gu Warwick avenue. There the
shooting occurred as described i'll
this pancr Sunday.
Coroner's Inquest.
Although Il seemed impossible for
The police to got any details concern.
Ing the shooting Saturday night, tic
Witnesses talked when put under oath
before the coronors jury Sunday
morning. Bartender liislcy, who had
said that he did not know that the
mra and woman We're In the room
bchinh the saloon, admitted that nc
had served drinks to the pair in the
room. He swore that that he knew
nothing OF Tho shooting, however;
that when he ran into the room upon
hearing the shot the woman was lying
upon tho floor and tho Indian was
gone.
The coronors jury returned Il YER
dict to the effect that tho woman
came To hor death from tho effects of
n wound inflicted by Harrison Witchc-
wah.
Bullet Shattered Backbone.
The bullet that killed Dora Hall en-
tered the womnn's left temple. tool.
u downward course mi shattered the
backbone. after passing through and
hrcahing tho left lawhonc Doctors
Greasy. Corss ami Kagcy attended
Der. ana MI operation was performed
in an attempt TO remove the ball
after The patient had been carried TO
The st. Francis hospital
1no physicians say that IL was lit.
lie short or miraculous 70, tho wo-
man 10 be able 10 talk after receiving
such u frigatful wound
Funeral Of Woman.
The body ,f the murdered woman
will be buried at Greenlawn cemetery
this morning, lnncral services will
he conducted NJ Cancc's undertaking
establishment ny Rev. J. w Porter,
u. u, at 10 o'clock.
The woman's fatho- is a physician
who lives near Waite Sulphur
Springs. Va, The father was notified
OF the murdc, but he wired the au-
tiotities that he was not able TO have
The body brought home. and asked
that 1t be- buried here.
Dora Hall was &5 years OLD. she
had lived in resorts here anu In Nor
fork for scyc'al years. She came hero
about two weeks ago from Norfolk
and Went 10 Mamie Gordsn's house
ON rwenty-fourti, st.cci.
A Wild Wcat Rider.
W'itchcwah has been cowboy
since carly youth and was cmploycd
On ranch until he won't away with