Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-25
Patrolman Llewellyn and
Special Burlington Agent
Harrison Held for the
ss Death of Ross Howard.
INQUEST HELD
THIS MORNING
Coroner Slaught Secured
Testimony of Witnesses to
Shooting That Caused
HoWard's Death.

Following the death of Ross Howard
at the Ottumwa hospital Sunday noon
Officer Gershon Llewellyn and Specia
Burlington Agent James Harrison
were arrested this morning by Con
stable G. A. Crawley on the charge o.
manslaughter, filed against them by
Dave Howard, brother of the dead
man. When arraigned before Justice
1 Of the Peace w. J. Berry, both men
pleaded not guilty to the charge and
their preliminary hearing was set for
next Friday morning at o'clock.
They were released upon $500 bonds
Peritonitis, the malady which at
tending physicians have feared. claim
ed young Howard, after three days OF
suffering. Howard received bullet
hole through his abdomen Thursday
afternoon while endeavoring to escape
from Oficer Llewellyn on Iowa
avenue, after having been arrested on
two charges. Saturday afternoon the
physicians reported his chances Of life
were very favorable but the disease
which they knew would cause his
death set in despite their efforts to
prevent 1t. The remains were remoy-
ed to the Sullivan undertaking parlors
ifor post mortem examination and the
csoroner.s inquest.
--s inquest This Morning.
Coroner A. w. Slaught held the in
quest this morning at 8 o'clock and Sc
cured the evidence from all eye wit
nesses to the shooting. Desiring to
take the matter of calling Officer
Llewellyn to testify at the inquest
since he had claimed his privilege to
refuse because of the criminal action
pending against him and since counsel
for the Howard family insisted upon
his testimony, Coroner Slaught adj
tourned the inquest until z o'clock
this evening However, the evidence
OF all witnesses except Officer Lew,
ellyn was presented to the jury COM
posed Of II. s. Merrick, B. w. Van der
Veer and H. G. Anderson for the pre-
paration Of their verdict
Drake First Witness.
The evidence of the several wit
nesses was practically without varia-
ton, all telling about the same story
Of the shooting. Some witnesses de-
Aclared that they did not hear Officer
pLlewellyn call to Howard to halt
others affirmed the question. One or
two asserted they did not remember
Of Agent Harrison calling to Llewellyn
to shoot HON (Howard) but the decla-
ration OF others that he did say to
shoot, was corroborated by Harrison
himself D. w. Drake, the first wit
ness, stated to the jury that he saw
1.-The whole affair from the Burlington
tower, where he Is in charge. In sub
stance he said that Llewellyn and Har-
|rison called Howard over from the
grocery store across the street, read
the warrant to him and the three
started up Iowa avenue AS they
reached the Rock Island tracks he as
serted that Howard turned and ran.
Llewelyn called two or three times
for him to halt and Harrison calling
after him to shoot him. 1t was
stated that several shots were fired
when the shooting first occurred, but
the testimony of Drake showed that
only one shot was fred.
Others Testify.
J. L Cherry was the second witness
to be placed on the stand He stated
that he left the street car upon which
he was working to get drink of
water at Odenwalder's lumber yard
when he noticed the three men, the
two of1cers and Howard. coming up
the street In regard to the shooting
be gave practically the same story as
Mr.. Drake. He stated that he heard
Omcer Llewellyn call halt three times
and that he also heard Harrison call
twice to the policeman to shoot him
W.. Tuder, the third witness, denied
that he heard either Llewellyn call for
Howard to halt or Harrison say to
shoot him, although he was standing
In front of the grocery store just a
short distance away
DR.. A. O. Williams, who with Dr.
Elaught made the post mortem ex-
animation, enlightened the jury as to
the course Of the bullet, the organs it
penetrated and the malady which the
inflammation caused.
DR.. w. C. Newell, the physician who
attended Howard, gave the particulars
OF the case from the time Officer
Llewellyn summoned him until
Howard's death at the hospital He
stated that VITA several other physi-
clans he had managed to prevent
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