Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Coroner's Jury Listens to Testimony
Of Death Of Harry Long.
TWO MEN HELD FOR ASSAULT
Roles who Injured John Doll Must
stand Trial-Bids on Paving
VIII ne TnbuInted
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we. the coroner's jury, sitting in Inquest
over the body OF Harry Long, lying dead,
express our judgment In the case in that
we hereby find Harry Long came to his
death by a gunshot wound, said shot sup
posed TO be fired by the land OF Wesley
Mcbride on the 9th day OF November, 1909,
about the hour Of 3 p. m, in the city Of
South Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska"
This verdict was signed by w. p. Adkins,
foreman Of the jury, and j. f. Shultz, J. J.
Ryan. r. II. Weir. p. j. Martin and o. E.
Bruce, following the coroner's inquest Fri
day at South Omaha over the death OF
Harry Long.
The examination of witnesses was con-
Quoted by the county attorney, James Eng
lish. and the defense was represented by
j.. II. Van Dusen. The witnesses were
Andrew and Louis Jounschiet, Fred Hen
derson, Lehelgh Mcfarland, J. F. Marvel,
Henry Elsfelder. Or. e. L. De Lanney and
Captain p. II. Shields,
Andrew Jounschiet was with Wesley Nc
Bride and Harry Long from the time they
left their homes until they had tramped
over the river bottoms for some hours and
had made a campfire in the willows oppo-
site the foot Of Missouri avenue. There he
left the other two boys and returned home.
They had spent the afternoon hunting and
shooting at marks with the revolver which
Wesley Mcbride carried. He said Wesley
told him he had bought the revolver the
night before at q store on N street and
with it a belt, scabbard and box Of cart
ridges.
Boys Meet Harry Long.
Most Of the time was spent shooting at
bottles and tin cans. Wesley Mcbride and
the Jounschiet boy left the home Of the
latter early in the afternoon and on the
way met Harry Long. Harry Long went
with them from that point, but without
any special invitation. On the sandbar
near the place where the shooting occurred,
Jounschlet said Wesley McBride said sew
eral INES. Shall / shoot him?' indicating
Harry Long. He seemed to say 1t in a
joking way and laughed when he said It.
The Jounschiet boy said he thought he was
only joking, but told him mo- and not to
shoot anybody.
When Jounschiet last saw them, Harry
Long had kipdled a fire and was gathering
dry wood to keep it going, and Wesley
Mcbride was seated by the fire.
Fred Henderson and Leheigh McFar-
land discovered the body Of Long about
p. M, while they were hunting rabbits
in the willows. When they came upon the
body they were first attracted by seeing
the hat and shoes. They approached the
boy and found him lying on his face with
his hand pressed on one Of the wounds
in his cheek. Ho was dead, but the fire
was eth burning and seemed to have been
recently rekindled. They saw no one about
the body.
on the ground for a distance of thirty
feet were marks Of blood and evidence
where the boy had twice fallen and finally
crawled along on the ground. on the trees
UP to the height Of four feet were blood
stains also indicating that the boy had
been on his feet part OF the time. These
two boys gave the alarm. Officer Marvel
corroboraJed the circumstances Of the find
ing OF body and told of tracing foot
prints on the sandbar leading finally to
ward South Omaha.
Boys see wesley Mcbride.
Louis Jounschiet said he and another
boy met Wesley McBride about 4 o'clock
and that he was pale and asked If he
looked pale. He told them he was Ill and
went on toward home.
Elsfelder told Of finding the gun in What
appeared to be a washing machine on the
back porch. He save his opinion Of the
mental condition of Wesley Mcbride, also.
Dr. DELANEY conducted the autopsy.
p. H. Shields told that on the way to
the police station Wesley Mcbride told Of
the shooting and said the first shot was
an accident.
The attorney for the defense did not
enter into any lengthy cross-examination
OF the witnesses. The jury made up It's
verdict in q few minutes.
j. IL. Van Dusen. representing Mcbride,
was the only one appearing, neither Wes-
lev Mcbride nor any member of his fam
lnly being present
Probable Outcome,
County Attorney English said after the
hearing: 'Ihls is one OF those unfortunate
cases which cannot be passed over lightly,
ana OF course there win have to be a hear
INK before the courts. l presume a com
plant with the proper charge will soon
be filed. II will probably be second de-
gree murder. In that case the defense
may have a hearing on the present state
OF the boys mind after the preliminary
trial, or II mental affIicson is to be ne
defense that may be advanced at the trial
before the district court"
The name Of The dead boy is Harry Long,
a confusion having resulted on the night Of
the death.
Two Poles Arraigned.
While waiting Tor the coroners Jury In
the Long case, the county attorney sub
mitted a complaint and arraigned Joe
Sczurek ana Joe Gaia, on charge Of assault
with intent to do great bodily injury. They
were charged With assaultlng John Doll
on the night Of November 2a and ~fractug-
ing his tkull, beside laying open the brain,
with a Ratchet. They we're said to have
been lncensed against Doll because the lat
ter had had them arrested for breaking a
gun and for assault In connection. They
were tried in the former suit before Judge
Caldwell and fined SIS and costs. The ami
mus originating In the trial and the pre-
vlous quarrel stirred them up to the last
attack against Doll while he was seated at