The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-20

Alter letting the cn1ef or police out
OF the automobile, the sheriff start
ed back to the city to secure the war
rant. Chief Cunningham had hardly
made a start toward the house when
he heard two shots fired.
Saw That Crisis Had Come.
When the brother and sister were
LETT alone for the short time, it is
evident they felt hat the crisis of
their lives had come, and hat they
had either TO make a brave stand or
succumb to the inevitable and to pay
the penalty of their folly, There
was no denying the fact that they
We're guilty OF the crime of incest, for
the poor oma too plainly bore the
The supposition is THAT they found
they had but little time to rrange
matters to satisfy the officers that
there was no guilt between them,
and that the only way out of the
difficulty was death.
The attic room on the second floor
can only be reached by means of a
ladder and up this they climbed. The
supposition is that the woman per-
haps thought the best way to end
her life was by hanging, and it was
further evident that she was willing
victim to the arrangement. Gray
could not have possibly forced the
kind without there being some marks
OF violence on her clothes or per-
son. There was nothing of the kind.
clothes were not disarranged,
which would have been the case had
he made any attempt at killing her
and she showing any resistance. 1t
yielded to the inevitable. After Gray
had assembled to the attic room he
pulled the ladder up after him, which
accounted for the absence of my
thing in the room to gain access to
the attic above.
Suspended From the Raftcr.
Par of a s%uspender was found on
the floor, and it is supposed it was
first used to endeavor to hang the
sister. Next a strong piece of cloth
used. This was placed around
her neck and thrown over the rafter.
The cloth, however, did not contri-
butte anything toward her death for
the reason that it did not reach
clear around and the weight
was suspended Nearly entirely on the
back of the woman's neck. With her
hanging in that position it is evident
that Gray shot the woman in the side
of the head and death followed in
stantly. With that part of the deed
done he turned the revolver to his
head and fired the fatal shot which
ended his miserable career, the bull
let entering just a little behind the
a The woman was dressed in an
ordinary house dress. and Gray had
on his working clothes. just as he
came from the field. Her age is
about IS and his about As.
Heard Two Shots Fired.
Chief Cunningham stated that he
was within two or three rods of the
house when he heard the two shots
fired, both coming within ten sec
onds of each other. He said at first
he did not think Of the possibility
of the murder, and yet on reflection
1t occurred to him that it might be
that Gray was shooting more with
the idea of frightening away the Off.
GERS. He had learned previously that
Gray said that If the officers ever
came for him that there would be
some shooting done, and the chief
thought the shooting was done with
the idea of standing them off. Sherir
Plotner had got a block away on his
trip back down town but the chief
could not make him hear when he
called to him about the shooting.
Chief Cunningham said that he
went over to a neighbours residence
and called up over town by tele-
phone and told of the shooting. but
could not say what had really hap
pened. The youngest girl was play
Ing in the road some distance from
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